Comments on: Amazon Invests in Bill Me Later

By: Me, Myself and TechNews « My Tech Log

Me, Myself and TechNews « My Tech Log — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:12:19 +0000

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By: TBill

TBill — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:13:29 +0000

Jeez! What paranoia!!! Any credit check asks for the same thing: DOB and Social. Ever been to Free Credit Report sites? Guess not!! Ever applied for a credit card? Guess NOT!! Pay your bill on time and you have NO ISSUES and you get $10 off your Amazon order. How is that a bad thing?? You folks must belong to the Michigan Militia or something; maybe going to rent a truck in Oklahoma City, too!? Grow up. eBay just bought Bill Me Later, so shut up about what a big scam it is.

By: Common Sense eCommerce » Amazon Has Part Ownership of eBay?

Common Sense eCommerce » Amazon Has Part Ownership of eBay? — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:30:09 +0000

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By: Sensonize.com - Review Yourself! » Ebay Spends More Than $1.2 Billion To Buy BillMeLater And DBA.dk, And Lays Off 10% Of Employees

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:38:56 +0000

[...] they’ve made two acquisitions: Denmark’s DBA for $380 million and Amazon-funded BillMeLater for $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million in outstanding [...]

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De Koopman » Blog Archive » eBay voor 1,3 miljard op overnamepad — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:06:10 +0000

[...] van de verkopende partijen is Amazon.com. Die nam in december 2007 nog een belang in Bill Me Later. Het bedrijf heeft naar schatting ruim 3 miljoen [...]

By: After Cutting 10% of Its Workforce eBay Goes Shopping - GigaOM

After Cutting 10% of Its Workforce eBay Goes Shopping - GigaOM — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:27:07 +0000

[...] approximately $125 million in outstanding options. Bill Me Later had raised a total of $200 million in funding from Amazon along with several others. * Denmark’s leading online classifieds site dba.dk and [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » [fr] Coup double: eBay rachète son homologue danois pour 280 millions d’euros et Bill Me Later pour 600 millions d’euros

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:00:09 +0000

[...] (financé par Amazon, à noter)permet de payer sans avoir à utiliser de cartes de paiement et en saisissant uniquement [...]

By: Ebay Spends More Than $1 Billion To Buy BillMeLater And DBA.dk, And Lays Off 10% Of Employees

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:50:57 +0000

[...] 1,000 employees. And they’ve made two acquisitions: Denmark’s DBA for $380 million and Amazon-funded BillMeLater for $820 million in cash and approximately $125 million in outstanding [...]

By: mack

mack — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:26:55 +0000

To codehaus: RE: 4 digits, B-day. Yes, there would seem to be a series of numbers related in the time sequence to this situation. Consider when the first Soc. Sec. numbers were issued and to whom. There is also a correlation in zip codes. There’s some very sophisticated software out there.

By: mack

mack — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:04:34 +0000

If millions are doing it, it must be 1. as in, “hey Mom, all the kids at school are (insert)”. 2. Hey, if someone knows you SSN they can assume your identity. And you get to pay the bills. 3. Fill this one out yourself.

By: mack

mack — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:49:11 +0000

So sorry Amazon . . . you don’t need my social security no. to determine my credit line. No Go to You.

By: Daven

Daven — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:49:49 +0000

hmm, very suspecious to check out with Bill Me Later in Amazon, I’d rather to pay a little bit more $$ than give away some inportant personal infos

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By: Ruben

Ruben — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:21:59 +0000

I’ve used Bill Me Later for a couple of years now with no problems. I don’t know what is up with all the ID theft paranoia. Yes, it is just a b-day and last 4-digits of your SSN to “make a purchase” but there still is an approval process. It still must be cross-referenced with databases and credit reporting agencies. You then have to register on the BML website, once approved, and you have the option of paying with your bank account. I’ve done this for 2 years now with no problems. It’s great to see AMAZON becoming a part of it.

By: zel

zel — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:48:55 +0000

The more choices, the better …
Though i will prefer credit card, its good to have
another option if I dont want to give my credit card number
to “unknown site”..
I have tried bill me later once as they were giving me 90 days
no payment option, and i paid my bill online(dont trust
via post).

By: » Amazon.com Invests In Bill Me Later; Online Bill Payment Market Heating Up || Pulse 2.0: Web 2.0 Reviews & Profiles || » Blog Archive

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:32:13 +0000

[...] terms were not disclosed, but the company has $200 million in funding capital according to TechCrunch. Bill Me Later investors include Chase Paymentech, Azure Capital Partners, First Data Corp, [...]

By: nemrut

nemrut — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:15:45 +0000

..this could be hugefor the walmart crowd..unfortunately it suffers from poor user experience.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 23:47:33 +0000

Hmmm… isn’t this the business model that credit card companies use? Wouldn’t it be more efficient to simply use your own credit card instead of a middle man who acts like another virtual credit card?

Jon

By: Rosie Escobar

Rosie Escobar — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:34:41 +0000

Bill Me Later is an interesting service. There is little risk to the retailer, and that payment type actually results in much higher average orders sizes. However, the down side is that the retailer could disappoint some customers since BML requires a pretty high rating to get approved for that financing (and that is what it is, financing). There is some cool things a retailer can do with that service, though…. things like 90 days same as cash, etc,…

I thought amazon tried BML back in the day, but then took it down. Does anyone remember that?

By: Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:23:29 +0000

Bad concept!

By: AA

AA — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:21:35 +0000

@ #23

Agreed. The company I work for treats last 4 of SSN just like full credit card numbers. Even though the standards are spotty when it comes to partial SSN, we feel that the broad use of last 4 as a proof of identity warrants protecting them as well as a full credit card or bank account number. Afterall, you can always have a bank re-issue a card, but it would be nearly impossible to get a new “last 4″

By: Otis Gospodnetic

Otis Gospodnetic — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:12:07 +0000

Shaws@11 + codehaus@16 — last 4 SS# digits + DOB let them uniquely identify a person in one of those credit report databases.

It also means this works only for U.S. consumers…bah.

By: Social security

Social security — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:09:08 +0000

Advice… Never give out four digit social security. I wonder how many stupid people give out personal information where companies and organizations can access your life and health.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:54:47 +0000

So, the real question is what does this do to Amazon Payments? Does it combine with Bill Me Later, compete with them or what? See article posted here on Aug. 1.

http://www.tech...google-checkout

By: RG

RG — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:49:35 +0000

the Bill Me Later website says users have Zero Fraud Liability and don’t have to pay for any unauthorized charges.