Urgent Notice - BidPay Closing

[The Tavern Wench]

Just received this email:


Effective December 31, 2007, BidPay.com, Inc. will be discontinuing operations. We regret any inconvenience to our users and thank you for your patronage over the years.  Please note the following important details about the shutdown.  Please plan accordingly.

Effective IMMEDIATELY, BidPay will no longer accept new BidPay account registrations.

Effective IMMEDIATELY, banner insertions for new auctions will be disabled.  That means that any attempts to add “BidPay” as a payment option in auctions will not be effective.  Accordingly, you should offer alternative forms of payment.

Effective 5:00 P.M. PST, December 25, 2007, BidPay will cease accepting payments.

From January 1, 2008 through 11:59 P.M. PST, January 31, 2008, registered users will have read-only access to their BidPay account information.

Customer support services will be available through January 31, 2008 by contacting support@bidpay.com.

[CrankyCanuck]

 
Again they're shutting down??? Sheesh, why did they both re-opening the 2nd time.  Never much cared for them - took three weeks to get my payments from them sometimes.

 

[The Tavern Wench]

My thoughts exactly Shelley!

But eBay says they are approved and reliable, but Google isn't. Go figure.   

[Mojavelyn]

I wouldn't open a PH or personal account with them... They supposedly had to approve my site before they would let PH members use them... a couple of members had put direct pay links in their ads... circumventing the PH check out... (hhhmmm... wonder where they are now??)

Just seems flakey to me.