Why Serbia isn't in "PayPal" ??!

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By lafamillia

e-Finance

Electric way of financing, paying and receiving transactions, along with buying thins via Internet is spreading everyday rapidly. This way of paying, is becoming - from future way of paying - to the present way of paying. Now, how much is it safe ? - It is 100% safe! What is the most powerful, world wide known company? - "PayPal" ! On a list of countries, where "PayPal" is doing business, we all can see that list is very,very long. There are numerous SMALL countries,with fairly-low developed industry - or they have really low percentage of Internet users; but, still, they are IN their list of available ones where individuals or business partners can do e-financing.BUT, there is one major miss in their list (worth about 3 MILLION of Internet users) - that miss is Serbia, Republic of Serbia located South-Central (South-Eastern) Europe. Why Serbia, as an European - modern country, isn't part of PayPal partnership ?

3 million Internet users without PayPal !

For many years, along with other social issues that concerns whole Serbian nation, question of "entering" PayPal into Serbia have begun to be one of the leading issues of the present. Ordinary people, along with those who want to ease their way of payments for their firm/s , are left without one of the leading (read: leading) ways of present e-paying. The advantages of e-commerce and e-paying are numerous. From comfort of being home while buying an item from America, to the percentage of additional fee - that is FIX and it can't be changed - while the other ways of paying, those trough the banks, leave the additional percentage "fee" to be the "subject of change". So, traditional way of buying trough Internet (with your credit card) requires lot more than it's actual price! While buying and paying with PayPal have ease that, and made e-commerce lot more acceptable for an average man. People of Serbia, remain shocked while Bosnia and Herzegovina, along with Albania (no disrespect) have gone in to PayPal system , while Serbia (as one of the leading countries on Balkan) was left out.

Empty promises

There were many,may statements of PayPal high representatives along with Serbian Government representatives - ministry of finance - that PayPal system will come in to Serbia in 2010.That announcement, was launched in 2009. As we all can see, nothing happened from that "promise".

Then in 2010, Minister of Telecommunications, Jasna Matic, have announced one interview to the national newspapers that " 2011 is the year when PayPal comes into Serbia " (souce: "Blic" newspaper ). As we all - again can see - nothing happened from that either.

What and when to expect?

What can people, three millions of them, to expect from future? What is actually blocking "PayPal" from entering in to Serbia? There are many other, lot smaller, poorer, countries that ARE on the list - but Serbia isn't. What's the problem? Is it the laws of Serbia, that "protect customers" from scams and being robbed? The huge bureaucracy that follows opening that kind of companies, because - i think - it would be the first company, in Serbia, that do that kind of business.One is sure, 3 million people are desperate. They want to pay and buy, some of them to sell, over Internet - and they can't because of... Nobody knows WHY? Is it about Serbian laws and Government policy ... ? Or it is about that PayPal has no intentions to go "into" Serbia, because of crisis that hit whole world - and them too, and maybe ... they are scared of "investing" in to market of Serbia?

Well, as always - hope is something that HAS to remain...last. At least, what's left -on the bottom- when Pandora's box was opened ? - HOPE.

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lafamillia Hub Author 7 months ago

What are your REAL experiences with PayPal?

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WannaB Writer Level 7 Commenter 6 months ago

Since I'm in America, I've so far had no problems with it. I didn't realize Serbs couldn't use PayPal. I have no idea why. They must think it's riskier to do business there for some reason. I wish I could give you the reason.

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lafamillia Hub Author 6 months ago

@WannaB Writer:

Well, You can't really imagine how hard is it to live over here. It's really an day after day fight.Nobody knows what tomorrow brings.99% of people live on the edge of the poorness.Can You imagine how it is to think about, some of us whole day, how to feed your children next day (tomorrow) when you and your partner, maybe, have no job or what so ever? I live, fortunatlly, in a normal family with mother as professor of IT and English.But, I have mine problems like fighting for the rights of those how ARE in some kind of a treatment, like Methadone Maintenance Th. and getting AT LEAST ONE MORE CHOICE as a right, to choose with which medicine will we be treated with.

Bogdan 4 months ago

I'm from Serbia and what lafamilia said about day after day fight is bullshit. I've lived in the US for 5 years and would much rather live in Serbia at the end of the day.

pedjaman 4 months ago

@Bigna

I wonder... what's your story? Why are you talking something which has no sense?

Let me guess... you don't live in Serbia now. So it is idolized :)

Every person which leave this country and spend at least three months outside, forget how hard is here and remember only good stuff. Jes there are good stuff here at end of the day... if you survive the day.

ST 4 months ago

It's really simple - if they give us paypal,they can't steal money like now,because we're paying HUGE taxes when ordering something from internet.And people just work and do nothing about anything.Crimes are organised by goverment and we are just watching...Another new day,another new hate why I live here.

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lafamillia Hub Author 2 months ago

@ST, I completely agree with you. But now, when Serbia is an EU candidate - it is just UNFAIR to have Sierra Leone on list for making an PayPal account - and not to have SERBIA, the MOST POWERFUL COUNTRY IN ITS REGION.

caesar 4 weeks ago

I am from Serbia too.i must agree with both but is shame that somalians and other countryes hava a paypal in their countryes and serbia no.sorry about my bad english

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lafamillia Hub Author 4 weeks ago

Yes! And Serbia as an "CANDIDATE COUNTRY" with 2015 EU entry!

Danilo 3 weeks ago

Hahaha. "Day-after-day fight". "If you survive the day". I mean, sure, Serbia's middle class is pretty small, there's like 20% people below the "survival income line", but we are not that bad.

PayPal is not doing business in Serbia because local legislature doesn't allow its business model. Similar services and tricks have been used in the past for money laundering and getting big money out of Serbia into privately held offshore companies, and current government can't figure out a better way to stop that other than stopping (or at least making much harder) all foreign transactions. They are stupid and incompetent, and that's what the problem is (along with the voters who vote for them).

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lafamillia Hub Author 2 weeks ago

You should consider where will Your vote go on 6th of May...

Serbian 2 weeks ago

Serbia should totally be available on paypal!!!!

Kralj 4 days ago

I do live in Novi Sad, second biggest Serbia town, and the cafebars are full 24/7, same as the nightclubs. Maybe the south is in poor state, but the north is still very wealth ...

PS I did live about 10 year in Austria/Germany, nothing better there ...

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lafamillia Hub Author 4 days ago

@Kralj

Wow, I live 50km away from Novi Sad, in Becej. And, I have to say that our cafe-bars are also fulled 24/7, but what has that to do with PayPal ? Is there ANY news on PayPal and Serbia? :(

Thank You.

Regards.

hobo 4 days ago

Guys don't wait around till Paypal finally comes to Serbia, you need to be smart.

Does Croatia or Bosnia have Paypal? if so go there and open a bank account. For user details you make up an address in Bosnia or wherever(your Grandma in Sarajevo maybe), an empty office will do fine. You then need a Bosnian phone number(prepaid mobile number works)

Lastly you need credit/debit card, this can either be the one you got with the bank(address does not have to match bank address),or much much better a prepaid card, these can often be supplied by banks.

For full information Google the word "Aspkin"

Hope this helps

Hobo 4 days ago

Oh the reason for Paypal not being in Serbia is related to a scam that happened in the 90's that Ebay lost millions from!

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lafamillia Hub Author 4 days ago

@Hobo,

What happened with E-bay in 90s ? Is it related to Serbia? Some scam in Serbia? I wouldn't be surprised. But, after all - why do we need it. It's May 16th - and one of the breaking news was that "EU closes the door after Croatia being joined." Why did we do all this synchronization of our laws, and EU standardization when we could do just fine as neutral country ? Doing business with west and east. Don't take me wrong, as an man that has affinity to some kind of policy like the Democratic Party of Serbia with its leader Kostunica.

I'm liberal oriented, or better social-democratic oriented, but - now when I see what have we done that doesn't goes on to "our hand" - at least, I would think TWICE after this decision of EU leaders. PayPal, E-bay ... These are just worth if You, as a country, are part of EU. Else, not worth of it. What do You think?

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lafamillia Hub Author 3 days ago

Lobi bi brodo da netekli na merekla na mojim habovima. tajteci satrovacki . Thank You all from Serbia for comments

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lafamillia Hub Author 3 days ago

Heheheh, I bet PayPal will come if Nikolic, with his party win the election. :sarcastic:

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