[Pythonmac-SIG] donation

[Lee Cullens]

All well and good Robert (and no disrespect intended) - but to me  
they seem to be more interested in sending spam than alerting those  
that do business with them.  The warnings I mentioned were heads-up  
email followed by more detailed snail mail -  all in all much more  
professional and I didn't have to go digging (and their  
aggressiveness "seemed" to lessen the volume by decreasing the rewards).

Not a matter of size either, as one of the "more professional"  
examples I noted likely has as many doing business with them as the  
subject.  Some places take things more seriously than others.

Even so, I'm not trying to discourage others from using PayPal - just  
noting why I will not.  When I was looking for a new Minolta Dimage I  
found many sites where authentication icons were not even links  
(which might be considered a giveaway :~).  So yes, one is personally  
responsible for their own business dealings and what ever one  
personally choses is their business.

I personally believe that the only way to even start to "clean"  
things up is to demand more professional and ethical practices from  
the businesses that one might do business with (I won't even get into  
government).  My grandmother once said (c1945) "Only a fool pays  
someone to pick their pocket."  That and my attitude in this matter  
likely denote just how out-of-date I am, but such is my personal  
choice (and I'll spare you my sermon on the cell-exchanging life  
forms we are :~)

My best to all,
Lee C

"Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the  
same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an  
unhealthy state of things." —Winston Churchill.


On May 24, 2005, at 8:32 PM, Robert Kern wrote:

> Lee Cullens wrote:
>
>
>> Even so, (especially with the volume that is evident) a "good"
>> organization should warn anyone doing business with them that such is
>> occurring.  My bank and my brokerage have both sent me such warnings
>> in the past when their was just a hint of phishing scams that I never
>> saw.
>>
>
> You mean like
>
> https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/general/SecuritySpoof- 
> outside
>
> linked from the homepage?
>
> -- 
> Robert Kern
> rkern at ucsd.edu
>
> "In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
>   Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
>    -- Richard Harter
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