You could meet Pescado in a dark alley with a suitcase full of cash, or...
cwykes:
Am I really off track here? I don't see how changing the mechanism for getting cash to Pes from paypal to Tshirts is going to solve the actual problem which is sending money from the US to Malaysia. If the money ends up in the US by whatever means it's collected, you'll hit the same problem trying to transfer it to some random guy in Malaysia.
My suggestion ... talk to Paypal in advance i.e. NOW and ask how you can do it. Taking the money and then trying to transfer it it is the wrong way round and you can see why it raises crime/terrorism flags. If the US banking laws are tougher than elsewhere, then maybe you need someone in the UK/europe/Australia/wherever works to own the paypal account that receives the money.
As to paypal fees......... You pay a onetime fee to convert your account to one that lets you receive payments from credit card. Once you've done that.... what's the problem? You could encourage people to use their bank accounts to pay, but I'd rather not put my bank details on paypal. I'm use my credit card on paypal - better protection for me I reckon.
I might buy a Tshirt, but I can't see me wearing it in public, and someone is stuck making and dispatching the things which is all too much work surely?
Hecubus:
Once we have the money in a bank account, it can be wired to Malaysia; this is what we did to pay for Cheezeserver in Decembe 2007. We set up that account in July of last year and got the last of the money PayPal owed us in December, in time for the bill. I figure, if we have multiple options, with money coming in a variety of ways, we won't have a large sum stuck with PayPal.
FourCats:
Why doesn't Pescado just print his own cash?
lemmiwinks:
A real life MATY Trogdor shirt. I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Kazzandra:
I like the idea of MATY+PMBD merchandise as a side-effort, but I would also like to be able to send direct monies, as well. Once I know I've done my part, merchandise would be good. However, I don't want the price to be so padded that I can't buy but maybe one mug. It would take me back to being a child at the local book fair, surrounded by rich kids buying overpriced books that they'll never read, and me counting out change to buy an eraser :'(
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