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PayPal – PayPal is an account-based system that lets anyone with an email address securely send and receive online payments using their credit card or bank account. It is the most popular way to electronically pay for eBay auctions and it is becoming a cheap way for merchants to accept credit cards on their on-line storefronts instead of using a traditional payment gateway.

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If I catch a submission that is made by an underage child, I'll delete it and no reply will be forthcoming. I have children, and it is my responsibility for my youngest to know what he is doing when on the net. I cannot profess to know for certain of the age of someone submitting a form, and the responsiblity for this is not totally mine alone. A large part of it lies with the parents to monitor their children's internet access, as I do with my youngest child.