Western Union is an interesting method I've found for paying Eastern European and Asian companies. The talented Russian fellow who redesigned ContentGod.com I paid him through WU. I can even see selling limited intangibles and services, especailly a B2B product, that way (but haven't decided totally yet in its favor).
However anything beyond a handful of items here or there it won't cut it. Too much of a hassle, too limiting, very bureucratic. Certainly won't work for paysite memberships as it *seems* it would require the paysite owner to leave the house, go to a WU office and pick up the money in most cases. They are using the web as a world wide "telephone in" initialize-the-payment system, but then the money delivery side seems to be still caught up in the old cash-only-in-first-person method, not credit card or wire transfer deposits. That is, at least that I could see. Their site is also very confusing in terms of finding accurate or useful information. Think they must have paid Microsoft to design their site, it's that bad.
... And, anyhow, with that, I'm off to Negril. See everyone next week!
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