Opening a cc merchant accnt - like getting an enema with a rusty potato peeler
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It appears that inconvenience cannot be created or destroyed; the merchant account people frontload the inconvenience, and then, satisfied you probably aren't a crook, leave you alone. Paypal backloads the inconvenience - signup is easy, but then at any time they might freeze your account and steal all your money.
Seriously, there's a huge market for a transparent, straightforward merchant account provider.
Because I'm sure that Authorize.Net has never frozen anyone's account and taken their money.
PayPal is not the only company that does this.
That's jolly nice of you.