[Olpc-sf] charging credit cards before shipment?

[Gabe Wachob]

Not so much that they aren't legally required - the point here is that
"legally required" is not really the right question - the right question is
what is your recourse now, in 30 days, if they were to go bankrupt, etc.

And thats not as simple as saying "legally required" ;-)

   -Gabe

On Jan 24, 2008 4:05 PM, Kristian Erik Hermansen <
kristian.hermansen at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 24, 2008 3:41 PM, Gabe Wachob <gwachob at wachob.com> wrote:
> > Having worked for Visa until recently, I don't think the rules, even for
> > purchases, are actually that simple. But Sarah points out the main issue
> -
> > this was a donation, and the PBS gift analogy is quite apt.
> >
> > Doesn't mean everyone did this primarily to support OLPC, but legally
> (and
> > administratively, from Visa's POV) I think thats the right set of rules.
>
> Hrmm, very interesting.  So actually what you are saying is that OLPC
> is not legally required to even ship the free gifts :-)  That is a
> very interesting spin on the issue.  Of course, I suspect that
> everything will work out, but it does make you wonder what would
> happen if OLPC suddenly went bankrupt...
> --
> Kristian Erik Hermansen
> "Know something about everything and everything about something."
>



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