You are a victim of online marketing. Peter Timusk B.Math statistics. BA legal studies Legal studies of the Information Age Vice President Computers for Communites School work blog http://notebook.webpagex.org Some papers www.webpagex.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of gene loeb Sent: July-12-11 5:06 PM To: air-l Subject: [Air-L] deception of paypal Attention all, I wanted to make readers aware of the deception of the services used to pay for membership in AIR in May6. At the membership site, there was a choice of paying by pay pal. I an not acquainted with purchasing on line and use a credit card to payThey some bills. Pay Pal appeared to be a convenient way to pay my 45 dollars membership. I thought they would send me a bill. Buried deep in my email, I saw a note from "Billme later.." I thought it was an ad, not knowing what was sent to me. I had no recognation of how to pay my paypal and thought it was linked tpo my visa bank card. Today, I received in the mail a bill from "Billme later", my first such bill. It was for $109, when membership is only $45. I also received a phone message from their customer service. In this conversation, the deception became aware to me. BILLMELATER is an online FINANCE COMPANY linked to PAYPAL. The notice I did see today was difficult for an old guy to realize that Io needed to sigh into a website to get my bill. Further shock: while Congress has recently passed legislation to regulate bank fees, this online company, *billmelater is chaging maimum fees *BECAUSE IT IS REGULATED. Because I didn't realize what was going on, the billing company for PAYPAL purposely waited TWO months to call me and send a bill. *The late fee was $25 FOR THE FIRST MONTH AND $35 +$2 FOR THE SECOND MONTH.* Outrageous and unregulated. The professional organization of Internet researchers allows this to happen or is not knowledgeable. This is not a way to get members. AIR needs to find another way, not allowing PAY PAL to operate. Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. . _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/