Trying out PayPal Philippines

Some of you may have already heard that PayPal is now supported in the Philippines on a limited basis. This is great, a step closer to more convenient online transactions for Filipinos. In the past, there were stuff I wanted to purchase or donate to, but since they only accepted PayPal, these efforts were relegated to wishes.

Now that at least payments are supported, I decided to try it out. My first transaction was to get a month subscription to Triplejack Poker (even if it's just a month or so). It's not that I'm all that good at poker (I actually suck really badly, you can check my record yourself in the Scores section of Triplejack Poker), but by this act I want to accomplish the following:

• (primary) reward ZenBlender & SuperChicken (the people in charge of Triplejack Poker) for their effort in creating such a great product (I learned how to play poker, had fun, and learned a lot about myself and how I view life, wow!)
• show the world that Filipino's aren't freebie bloodsuckers
• test PayPal support for the Philippines
• show that not all Filipinos are intent on using various internet financial services for fraud

As much as I'd hate to say it, a big chunk of the "modern Western" world do think that the Philippines is backward and that Filipinos are money-hungry abuser's of any system made for civilized people (hotel freebies, all-you-can-eat buffets, online payment services, etc). Filipino's, don't give them the excuses they need to think so.