To US: Stop Flashing Shiny Things to Canadians


	To US: Stop Flashing Shiny Things to Canadians

rccgd

3-24-2007 1:25 PM

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canada, business, payment, google, checkout, paypal, sucks

rccgd says:

We've been dealing with Paypal for a number of years now, and we've been happy with their service (some hiccups here and there). Since we rely on Google's services for our day-to-day operations, it would be nice to incorporate Google Checkout to our e-commerce websites, too. But alas! It's only available to US businesses!

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