You can pay by phone here now. The problem is not on out end. 

BenT

sent from my electronic wallet

On Jun 11, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there not some sort of phone bill pay system in almost universal use in SA?  I recall a piece about that on one of the TV News hour shows..  There might be a way to hook into that system from out side somehow.  All you phone guys should know about that...I heard that some company was attempting to get a similar system going in 'modern' countries, but good luck out spending Wells Fargo, Citibank and that type Corporation to buy the needed laws...
>   Probably won't happen in the US anyhow.
>   Don Hanson
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 3:15 PM, BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> No wonder no ZA/RSA vendor responded when I asked about Paypal. I suspected as much. It would have been better if they just said 'NO'.;-)
> 
> 
> BenT
> 
> sent from my electronic leash
> 
> On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote:
> 
> > On Jun 11, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Oxroad wrote:
> >
> >> But now I want to get my hands on the SA sliders. Where's James
> >> Cohen when
> >> you need him?
> >
> > I have a friend in ZA and we have done business in the past. The
> > problem with doing business with friends in South Africa is that
> > there's no easy way to move money around.  We found exactly 2 methods.
> > 1.) Bank transfer. ($40+ fee at the time. Kinda kills any profit) 2.)
> > Smallish amounts of cash in many different looking envelopes. (Spreads
> > the risk. Mail theft is not uncommon I'm told.)
> >
> > No Paypal, no Western Union.
> >
> > I'd love to import those windows (which would be the easy part.)
> > Paying for them is a PITA.
> >
> > Jim
>