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daniel-cussen
"Buxfer may terminate your access to the Website or your membership at any time, for any reason, and without warning, which may result in the forfeiture and destruction of all information associated with your membership."

Ouch.

Legalese aside, this new deal with Amazon means you guys are currently a free alternative to Western Union and will soon be a cheaper alternative to the same, right?

Caligula
More like an alternative to neteller/firepay.
ashu
Daniel: We really need to revisit the legalese, We already got rid of a couple minor clauses in there. But, it's just that lawyers are very conservative naturally, and development effort foreshadowed going over the terms very carefully. We will take care of that by the end of the day.

In terms of alternatives, Amazon is the alternative to Paypal. We hope though that our app will be an important use-case for driving the payments functionality, especially for the younger crowd.

jamiequint
Amazon FPS + Buxfer = Crazy Delicious ??
hira_khan
Sounds like an interesting idea - Whats the user base of Buxfer at the moment ?
zach
Killer addition. A site where you can track expenses is cool, but if you can square them up with actual money, now we're really talking.

This would be very helpful for fantasy sports, where there's a lot of money flying around for site fees and prize pools. Fantasy football season is just around the corner and $100+ entry fees for workplace leagues are not that unusual.