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credit cards - revisited

updated thu 10 feb 11

 

steve graber on wed 9 feb 11


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=3DA0=3D0Ai've done some small volume of international sales and found payp=
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o be easy =3D0Aand cheap in fees compared to my regular brick "real" bank.=
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=3DA0lower fees.=3DA0 don't be greedy and simply get a small percent from =
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