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PayPal for the Philippines!

paypal for the philippines

For the poor souls who’ve long waited for PayPal to land at this archipelago, I hate to douse your hopes but this is not the news you’ve been waiting for. Instead, this is in support of my friend and colleague J Angelo Racoma’s call for change in the existing circumstances that render the Philippines “PayPal-unfriendly”:

PayPal won’t deal with us. It’s probably because we have a history of having potential for money laundering activities. Or maybe it’s because of poor security in banking or credit card transactions.

The point is that we have to lobby for inclusion as a PayPal enabled country.

Why so, you might ask? Why the hell do we have to beg our arses off for PayPal? Well, the comfortability of Philippine online shoppers aside, PayPal would be a great way to expand the nation’s budding knowledge economy (the “K-economy”, as often mentioned by my professor in the University, Dr. Apolinario Nazarea).

It would be better for you to head over to J’s blog for all the details; nevertheless, here are some of his words that I need to stress:

If only we had PayPal in the Philippines, then I think we would be able to open to the world better means to access to our pool of talent.

Having PayPal in the country would greatly benefit the following people:

  • Web developers,
  • Designers,
  • Photographers,
  • Writers,
  • Pro-bloggers,

and virtually anyone else who can render services remotely while corresponding via the Internet.

All the more I support J’s call, as the short list above applies to me in more ways than one. Fortunately, J Angelo’s doing some homework already, recently sharing his insights with a Philippine statesman. Let’s hope their conversation (along with his blog entry) gets the ball rolling. PayPal for the Philippines!

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11 Responses to “PayPal for the Philippines!”

  1. Jorge Says:
    July 9th, 2006 at 4:21 am

    Damn, Paypal Philippines would just rock. Sana nga :p Re: your comment on my blog pare, http://farfromneutral.com/exodus/2006/07/06/the-detroit-collapse-his-hairness-in-chicago/#comment-5632 I’d be happy to :) Where do I sign up? lol

  2. jangelo Says:
    July 9th, 2006 at 8:15 am

    Thanks for the write-up Phillip. We’ll benefit greatly from the opportunities that PayPal would offer us.

  3. gary Says:
    July 9th, 2006 at 7:54 pm

    I think it’s just an oversight on their part. Money laundering is not an excuse. Paypal is technically competent and savvy enough to handle that sort of thing. It’s downright annoying already. AAARRRgggh. (venting) hehe.

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  5. Corsarius Says:
    July 19th, 2006 at 5:37 am

    Jorge and J, here’s one hoping for better times!

    Gary, you’re right — the situation’s annoying! But of course, we can’t put all the blame on PayPal, esp. if they’re really quite apprehensive about the Philippines.

  6. Krissy Says:
    July 26th, 2006 at 11:15 am

    OMG, if we could do that…the possibilities are endless. The things I can finally buy from eBay, haha! But then I’d run into Customs and the Philippine Postal System…which is knee-deep in corruption…

  7. Anton Says:
    July 31st, 2006 at 11:43 am

    Guys, if anyone here need help to pay his/her seller abroad thru PAYPAL, we can help you. We can pay the seller using our own PAYPAL account. For more details you please feel free to call us at TEl . Nos. 893-6695, 893-6655 or 893-6688 You may reach us also at Mobile No. 0917-893-6695 look for Ms. Regie, Anton or Jun

    Thank you!

  8. Corsarius Says:
    July 31st, 2006 at 1:28 pm

    Krissy, endless indeed! Endless nightmares, too, with Customs ;) Though my first and only big package (i.e. PC game) dealing with the postal system was quite smooth. I don’t know if that’s a good enough barometer, hehe.

    Anton, thanks for the info, appreciate it.

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  10. jay-ar Says:
    October 11th, 2006 at 10:56 am

    yea!!! we must have paypal here in the philippine this is good espacially to hose who shop online and deal internationally,.. i also thinked that it can also improve our economy!!!!!

    Customs is bullshit!!!!

  11. Corsarius Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 8:56 am

    hmm…strong words, jay-ar, though if one thinks about it, words that are right :)

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