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Okay, just warn you all, this may be long, tedious and gripey. On the Sending Cash for Zines thread, the issue of using Pay Pal came up. I wrote that I didn't have it and that I was hesitant to try it. Well, today I went ahead and signed up for it. Here's the story. A few weeks ago I made a donation to Wikipedia. As is often the case, it pushed Pay Pal as the "Quickest, Easiest and Safest" opti…