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The reason why I refuse paypal is very easy to understand : I can without any problem send money to anyone (though the fee I have to pay is totally illegal in Belgium), but cannot receive any cent.
In the past, this was possible, but you never got reimbursed when the balance of your credit card was in your favour.
Bidpay is quite similar : I can't receive any money from them.
But Western Union works fine and this is one of my preferred payment method : I don't have to wait for clearance as it is immediate.
But there are still some interesting ways to pay : the new IBAN bank account structure authorizes to send web-based banking drafts to anyone in the EU, and the fees are very low for both parties. In addition you can always track payment and know the real identity of the person who has received the money.
Hope this helped,
Gruessli,
Thibaut
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Once you'll convince PayPal to accept italian based bank accounts I will be really happy to use it. It's three years now that, now and then, I mail them to know if/when they'll do.
The answer is always the same: we don't know; we are not planning this in the near future.
Massimo
P.S. I think I should take a swiss account...