On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Bob Nestor wrote:

Wow! Thanks again all! Its been awhile since I've been on a mailing list
with such quick, and helpful responses! It will be a great pleasure to me
to continue running NetBSD on my Mac :-)

-Sean-Paul Rees

> >Even with all this new enryption software and all the whatnot, I am still
> >uncomfortable with the idea of transmitting my CC # out over the world.
> >Call me paranoid, I guess its all the dramaticized stories that I've seen
> >through the media.
> 
> Bidding for items on eBay doesn't require transmitting a Credit Card 
> number. If you are the winning bidder on an item you and the seller 
> communicate via e-mail and work out the payment details.  All the stuff 
> I've picked up (a couple of Ethernet cards and such) have been paid for 
> with a Postal Money Order.  eBay isn't like a lot of the online auctions 
> where you're dealing with one particular dealer who requires a credit 
> card, it's an online auction that gets individuals together and they 
> complete the transaction themselves.
> 
> hope this helps, and good luck with the NetBSD upgrade.
> -bob
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