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Hack 13 Pay from a Cell Phone
Send a payment or request a payment with a WAP-enabled cell phone . Imagine rummaging through items at a garage sale and finding a priceless antique. Now imagine checking in your wallet only to discover that you don't have the $19.00 to pay for it. What do you do? Hide the antique behind a box, run to the nearest ATM, and hope the item is still there when you return? No, you use your head, the power of PayPal, and the wonder of technology: pull out your web-enabled cell phone and use it to send a PayPal payment on the spot! To navigate to PayPal's Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) site, open your phone's browser, choose "Go to URL" (or something similar), enter paypal.com , and click OK.
2.5.1 Sending MoneyAfter you have successfully logged in, you can select the Send Money link from the main menu, as shown in Figure 2-5. Next , enter the recipient's email address, the amount in dollars, and the amount in cents . Figure 2-5. Sending a PayPal payment from a WAP-enabled cell phoneWhen you're done, click Submit. This brings you to a screen where you can confirm the payment by selecting Yes, as shown in Figure 2-6. Figure 2-6. Select Yes to confirm your payment2.5.2 Checking the PaymentAfter you have made the payment, the recipient might want to verify that the transaction has completed.
To check the status of a payment, log into PayPal on your phone and select the History link to display a transaction log that lists transaction amounts (debit or credit) and transaction dates in chronological order (newest to oldest). Select a transaction to view more details, such as who sent the money and whether the transaction has completed successfully. 2.5.3 Requesting Payment with a Text MessageYou can send an SMS message directly from your own cell phone, from the web site of your recipient's carrier, or from email. Each cell phone and carrier has a slightly different procedure; refer to your phone or calling plan documentation for details. When you enter the text message, make sure to include paypal.com . If the recipient is using a WAP-enabled phone, he simply clicks the Go option button that appears and is taken to the PayPal WAP site to complete the transaction. |
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