But who will take my money?
Some confusing news, in the world of online payments. The merchant to the world, aka eBay, has decided to disassociate from PayPal, the money end of the system. I know, they’d already gone through a friendly divorce some time ago, but for people like me there was nothing visible. With fifteen years of experience in letting the two empty my pockets, I had no complaints.
Now, another firm will take over the payment end of the system. Not immediately; the phase shift will require a couple of years to actually be completed, but I foresee a degree of distrust that will grow. Will people continue to send money to a firm that is being replaced? I’ll adopt the “wait and see” approach, but this wasn’t something I expected.
At home, I took advantage in a change in the weather, to go out and see what the wind had done. I quickly realized that my ladder was not long enough to be useful, so I hacked away the dangling participle, cleaned up the corner as well as I could and sent off some photos to the contractor.
We’ve been here for almost three years; any call for support goes with the worry that we’ll have worn out our welcome. So far, so good… I had a reply within the hour, saying that it will be repaired and could I wait until a warmer day. Yes, I can! Wind damage is unpredictable, and knowing that the firm who built the place has my back is very comforting. Here’s a photo, to show what minor winds can do.
