Hi Laurence,
I did take a look at both NOCHEX and Paypal, as I have personal accounts for
both of them outside of Harlequin. The main problem with them, though, is
that they require a player to sign up for an account with them - a somewhat
convoluted process, involving paying money to them, waiting to hear back,
etc., whereas anyone can use Worldpay.
However, that said I will be looking at other ways for players to pay in the
next few months, including the possibility of direct payments into our bank
account, which should be entirely free of extra charges. And it might be
possible to offer NOCHEX and Paypal as well. Watch this space, as they say.
Not that I have ever heard anyone say that, come to think of it, but someone
probably says it somewhere.
Cheers,
John
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Have you ever looked at a service such as NOCHEX or the others popular with
users on the Internet auction sites? It's fairly easy to sign up to and
IIRC it costs 99p to transfer any amount between your NOCHEX account and
your bank account. You'd have to investigate it, but I _think_ it would
enable UK players to send you funds electronically for a much smaller hit
than the current credit card surcharge.
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