Transfer money

For the first time since I have been using computers and the internet (since the early eighties, that is), I am at a loss for how to transfer money

For the first time since I have been using computers and the internet (since the early eighties, that is), I am at a loss for how to transfer money.

Oh, sure I know how to use the absolutely perfect system, PayPal, and knew immediately (when I first signed on with PayPal) how, in a heartbeat, to transfer money from my PayPal account to my bank account…but this is an unusual (and maddening) transaction I need to make.

Again, I prefer to transfer money through PayPal, as it is easy-easier than learning to tie shoes is learning how to set up an account, transfer money, get paid, etc.. I checked out e-gold and was not impressed.

Though minimalist in website design, it is also minimalist in information dispensation and in client services.

And Western Union is fine if you are about to be evicted and Mommy sends you a wired amount of dough from her IRA account, but Western U also charges a hefty chunk to do so.

So I took on this project knowing they used the ever dependable, reliable, and long-standing PayPal.

When time to pay me/us came around, they started posting notes on the writer boards, saying they were "having trouble" with their PayPal accounts and would we all please open e-gold accounts if we wanted to be paid on time; otherwise, they said, it would be a week or more through PayPal.

I stuck with accepting the week or more option, as again I had no interested in hunks of metal in place of real US Dollars.

Though, I WAS questioning how such a big company could have "trouble" with PayPal, considering how easy it is to send, receive, and transfer money…

UNLESS they were bullshitting about implying trouble and instead were greedily screwing someone somewhere along the way and found that impossible to do with PayPal.

After ten days of no pay, I invoiced and waited, invoiced again and waited, emailed and waited, called and waited.

So I create yet ANOTHER online username and password-information I have to now remember blahblah complicating my accounting, records, and cluttering an already involved brain.

The company paid fairly immediately then (though only half of what they owed, making up bogus excuses and acting all punitive, and again bulling.

(As an attentive, timely, and effective performer for them, I was certainly not treated as they announced they treated writers. Be careful when someone doth protest too much, though.

I should have seen the red flags, but, oh, well, that was an inexpensive lesson….)

Okay, so with four credit card bills, an IRS debt I make monthly payments on, a friend to whom I owe rent money, and an unusual need for food, electricity, and an ISP/phone connection, I now had the money I needed to pay up. Or did I? I did NOT.

I instead had a hunk of gold or silver or platinum bullion. No, I had less than one unit of metal, as the dollar amount in my "account" did not reach the equivalent etc. etc. yak yak.

I could not transfer money from e-gold, as they don't DO that. I could not get paid by check or transfer of money, as they don't DO that, either.

Online resources and related articles about transfer money: Welcome - PayPal PayPal lets you send money to anyone with email. PayPal is free for consumers and works seamlessly with your existing credit card and checking account.

Glossary: Wire transfer A wire transfer is an electronic transfer of funds. Wire transfers can be done by a simple bank account transfer, or by a transfer of cash at a cash office. Bank wire transfers are often the most expedient method for transferring funds between bank accounts. PayPal PayPal is an e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. PayPal performs payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other corporate users, for which it charges a fee. In October 2002, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay.

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