{"id":1636,"date":"2011-12-14T18:49:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T18:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2011-12-14T18:49:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T18:49:10","slug":"exit-the-dragonfish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"Exit The Dragonfish?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In November 2009 it was announced that Linden Lab had struck a deal with Dragonfish,\u00a0the payment processing arm of 888.com. This was discussed on the official forum back in the day<\/a>. This was followed by a beta billing option entitled local payments, which you can read about here<\/a>. Basically local payments allowed people to pay Linden Lab via a currency other than US Dollars, which will explain why US residents may have no idea what I’m talking about, US residents were never put in the local payments beta.<\/p>\n

However over the last week or so, those of who were in the local payments beta, many of us not through choice, will have received an email informing us that local payments beta has ended:<\/p>\n

Dear Ciaran<\/em><\/p>\n

This email contains important information that affects your Second Life account and requires action in order to continue any payment transactions with Second Life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Due to the conclusion of the Second Life local payments beta program, it is required that you add a new credit card or PayPal account by going to your billing information page on Secondlife.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

Best Wishes,<\/em><\/p>\n

Linden Lab and the Second Life Team<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Now if you have received this email, you will have been given a date by which you need to update your billing information. This seems to suggest to me that the Dragonfish deal is at an end, although there has been no official confirmation of this, I can think of no other reason why I’d have to update my billing information again.<\/p>\n

I know there were issues with people trying to use Paypal with the local payments system and I know there have long been complaints about billing issues, but that happens for customers whether they are using Linden Lab or local payments.<\/p>\n

As I said, there has been no official word from Linden Lab or Dragonfish about this, so I may be miles wide of the mark, but local payments are coming to an end, let’s hope there aren’t too many problems as people switch their billing information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In November 2009 it was announced that Linden Lab had struck a deal with Dragonfish,\u00a0the payment processing arm of 888.com. This was discussed on the official forum back in the day. This was followed by a beta billing option entitled local payments, which you can read about here. Basically local payments allowed people to pay … <\/p>\n

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