Waiting for Paypal Payday

Seven days for my Paypal money to reach my verified bank account? Why on earth ... ?

The whole idea being instant gratification, immediate funds transfers and the like, what's up with the delay?

So, I've covered ordering pizza with Paypal it my previous blog post, but what about Amazon, Best Buy, grocery stores?

Am I missing some big, bad paypal secret that is making these giants of retail forego this popular payment method?

Order Pizza with Paypal

Like a lot of geeks, or half geeks, I have a Paypal account I use fairly often for a variety of things.

A couple of weeks ago, I wanted pizza.  My Paypal account balance was high, but my checking account balance was low.  As you may know, Paypal takes 3 -5 days to transfer funds to your account.  This would not do - I wanted pizza NOW!

Lots of internet research availed me two important facts:

1. Restaurants do not accept Paypal
2. There was a not a site to convert my Paypal funds into pizza

I did come across GrubHub.  I'm not exactly sure how they work because, after plugging in my zip code, they didn't work with any restaurants in my area.

So, PayPizzaPal was born a couple of days later. 

PayPizzaPal is a site that accept Paypal funds and sends the hungry consumer an e-giftcard from Dominos, Pizza Hut or Papa John's for a small service fee.  The e-giftcard can be used at the pizza restaurant's website to place an order for delivery or carry out, simply by placing your order and selecting giftcard as your payment option.

If you find yourself craving pizza or wings, and want to order food with your Paypal money, PayPizzaPal is your destination.

Identity Crisis on the Internet

I am a divorced 34 year old female from New York.  I enjoy dressing up and going out. My radio is often set to the Top 40 station. I make friends easily and in a variety of social settings.  Not the typical earmarks of a geek.

BUT I also play MMORPGs whith vigor, have created android apps and launched an internet business (inserting plug for my site here!).

So, who am I?  What convenient tag can I pin on my chest?

I still need my boyfriend to help me buy a new computer that is going to be able to do what I need without getting ripped off.  He also needs to remind me regularly which is the modem and which is the router (I don't know why I blank on that particular thing.)  I call the one a "Blinky Box" which he, luckily, finds endearring.  I can do some light troubleshooting, but a blue screen gives me light palpatations. 

Not a full fledged geek, yet not exactly technically challenged, I wonder where this leaves me. 

Average?  Are the masses now half geeks?  Is this merely an expected consequence of an increasingly technical world?  Geeks are applauded, even envied.  So is our new social standard, our aspiration, to be a geek?

I feel like I should find a genius best friend named Sheldon, invest in some quirky vests and list C+ as my interest on Facebook, all so I can stop living in some half geek pergatory.