Here's my proposal for the paypal free
$5 sign up-referral fee.

Everybody who signs up, designate the
same person as the sponsor.  That person
collects all of the referral fees.  Then
we have a raffel or something where
everyone who has done the referral gets
an equal chance to win the referral
fees.  Or we could have 1st, 2nd and
3rd.  If $100 perple did it, the pot
would be $500, and each of the 100 who
signed up would also get $5 each sign up
fee.

This does not seem illegal or fradulent
in any way.  Paypal gets what it
wants...new cutomers...and we are prime
users...for list purchases.  Who cares
if people all assign to the same person
for referral...the person assigning does
not get the money, only the choice who
to refer to.  I suppose if one person
got 800 referrals, there would be some
notice.  But paypal gets exactly what it
wants through the referral program, and
extra group exposure to boot, and
interest in who wins the raffel.

If this sounds crazy, i'll drop it.  But
if 200 people did it, that would be
$1000 toward vanagon/syncro parts.  You
have to register a credit card to get
the $5 sign upo fee, but you don't have
to buy anythoing or use the service
...it gets credited immediately.
steve