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| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 20:09 #139567 | |
bugsy
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I've made a few purchases in the past and on each occasion have received an email receipt from PayPal very promptly, usually within minutes. It doesn't really concern me yet but I was wondering if something has happened to their system as it's now been several hours since the transaction. Everything that you make will be useful - providing it's made of chocolate. Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 20:28 #139568 | |
Peter Bennet
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bugsy in post 139567 said:I've made a few purchases in the past and on each occasion have received an email receipt from PayPal very promptly, usually within minutes.I can confirm you were issued with 2 licenses at around 16.00 today. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 20:34 #139569 | |
GeoffM
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PayPal occasionally lags behind sending their emails, sometimes hours. I haven't received my copy of yours yet either, but I did from someone a couple of hours before yours.
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| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 20:36 #139570 | |
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bugsy
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Peter Bennet in post 139568 said:bugsy in post 139567 said:Thanks. In fact I'm playing the Staffordshire one at this very moment. Good it is tooI've made a few purchases in the past and on each occasion have received an email receipt from PayPal very promptly, usually within minutes.I can confirm you were issued with 2 licenses at around 16.00 today. 
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| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 21:01 #139572 | |
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bugsy
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I trust that I will receive a receipt in due course.
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| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 21:25 #139574 | |
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GeoffM
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bugsy in post 139572 said:I trust that I will receive a receipt in due course.That's entirely down to PayPal. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 21:49 #139577 | |
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bugsy
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GeoffM in post 139574 said:bugsy in post 139572 said:Would you believe it. Am email receipt has very recently appeared in my Spam folder and it's timed at 17:05.I trust that I will receive a receipt in due course.That's entirely down to PayPal. The lesson is: emails aren't necessarily instant, as is the case with some WhatsApp messages. Everything that you make will be useful - providing it's made of chocolate. Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 17/05/2021 at 21:50 #139578 | |
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Peter Bennet
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GeoffM in post 139574 said:bugsy in post 139572 said:You could just look at your paypal account (or bank account if paypal just processed the payment).I trust that I will receive a receipt in due course.That's entirely down to PayPal. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 18/05/2021 at 08:27 #139585 | |
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bugsy
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Peter Bennet in post 139578 said:GeoffM in post 139574 said:Yes. I did check my bank account and saw that the money had been taken. It's just that we like to keep receipts of any purchases.bugsy in post 139572 said:You could just look at your paypal account (or bank account if paypal just processed the payment).I trust that I will receive a receipt in due course.That's entirely down to PayPal. As I said above, it arrived... eventually
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| No receipt yet for recent purchase 18/05/2021 at 15:35 #139594 | |
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GeoffM
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The fact you got the licenses almost immediately means your payment was authorised as PayPal doesn't do the exchange of messages necessary to issue a license without such an authorised payment. That part is critical and likely gets high priority. An email receipt is a much lower priority, not quite so mission critical though still probably legally required in many jurisdictions. And mail servers can be a bit slow sometimes. I eventually got my copy last night which is one of the longest delays I've experienced. Again, this has nothing to do with SimSig. PayPal generate the emails on their end and send direct to you (and a copy to me). SimSig Boss Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bugsy |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 19/05/2021 at 22:34 #139623 | |
clive
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bugsy in post 139577 said:Oh you youngsters. When I first used email, the modem in the office only dialled out between midnight and 6 a.m. If the email was going to the USA, it went via relays that would take a few hours. So even if the recipient replied immediately, I wouldn't get an answer until two days after I'd sent the email. And this was what we viewed as normal. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: bill_gensheet |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 19/05/2021 at 23:54 #139624 | |
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bill_gensheet
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I needed to get some CAD data over to a circuit board manufacturer quickly, and we worked out that it was quicker to put a floppy disc in my pocket and to drive 20 miles over there than to send it by direct modem (this was before email or the internet appeared at work). Adverts for PCB makers used to include their modem settings and a dial-in number. Otherwise it was put it in the post along with the paper order. Bill Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 20/05/2021 at 08:00 #139628 | |
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kbarber
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clive in post 139623 said:bugsy in post 139577 said:Oh you youngsters :-)Oh you youngsters. When I was in Junction Road, every freight train had to be advised verbally to South Tottenham, Gospel Oak or Engine Shed using the omnibus phone. (And it was only about five years earlier that train running on the GN Main Line was reported using the single-needle telegraph as described here https://signalbox.org/branch-lines/the-speaking-telegraph/ ) Log in to reply The following user said thank you: mldaureol |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 20/05/2021 at 09:06 #139630 | |
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Sacro
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bill_gensheet in post 139624 said:I needed to get some CAD data over to a circuit board manufacturer quickly, and we worked out that it was quicker to put a floppy disc in my pocket and to drive 20 miles over there than to send it by direct modem (this was before email or the internet appeared at work).That's still the case today Quote: Andrew S. Tanenbaum: Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. Computer Networks, 3rd ed., p. 83. (paraphrasing Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, University of Toronto Computing Services (UTCS) circa 1985) Last edited: 20/05/2021 at 09:08 by Sacro Reason: None given Log in to reply |
| No receipt yet for recent purchase 20/05/2021 at 21:37 #139639 | |
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bugsy
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clive in post 139623 said:bugsy in post 139577 said:Hehe. I wish that applied to me Clive :DOh you youngsters. I'm not saying how old I am but I used to go to secondary school on one of these ...  Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Everything that you make will be useful - providing it's made of chocolate. Log in to reply |