I wasn't willing to link PP with my checking account.
After reading through their eula/tos, who can blame you. Since you strike me as a techy savvy kinda person, you probably know what a dmz is and that's how I approach ecommerce -- through a buffer. I open a secret checking acc't, well, I guess it's not so secret now that I'm telling you tiny people who live inside my laptop. At one of those cartoony looking banks around town for free. No checks printed, no deposit slips, no overdraft-protection just a no-thrills free acc't. Add money to it to cover what I'm planning on purchasing through sites like paypal, ebay, amazon and what-not. For cases where credit/debit cards are required, you know those pretty looking pre-paid Visa gift cards at your local gas station? Yep, you got it. Most don't need registration or any personal identifiable info. Now you don't have to worry about unauthorized reoccuring charges even though you gave consent initially.. And for those ofyou who are more concerned with your identity being stolen rather thanyour money ... you're gonna need to sit down when I tell you ... there is no such thing as anonymity on the 'net. Guess what, the people that need to know who you are, already do
