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Politech<\/a> has an interesting post titled Jim Davidson on the (many) alternatives to Paypal<\/a>. As it is clear from the heading, the article is about online payment systems. It links to several resources which explain why “PayPal is bad for you” (appologies to South Park) and what you can use instead. Worth a read.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n Politech has an interesting post titled Jim Davidson on the (many) alternatives to Paypal. As it is clear from the heading, the article is about online payment systems. It links to several resources which explain why “PayPal is bad for you” (appologies to South Park) and what you can use instead. 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