[masklinn]

Let's check:

Google Checkout,

- Not present at all in a number of countries

- Impossible to sell from an even higher number of countries

- No customer support at all

Paypal

+ present virtually everywhere

- customer service generally considered frustrating, becomes terrible when dealing with their fraud detection

iOS AppStore

+ present in more than a hundred countries (though some parts e.g. iAd may not be available everywhere)

± customer service generally regarded as good, except when dealing with the approval process (and even that area shows progress)

[a-google-guy]

>-No customer support at all

Hi, may we help? :) We also do have forums that are actively monitored.

Also if anyone is interested, checkout is present in these countries: http://goo.gl/I49QQ

[ROFISH]

Except that Google's forums don't help when Google locked five figures from you on a spiky day, continues to accept money with no way to withdraw, provides no telephone support, and offers only an (apparently overloaded) email support. (Eventually I got my account unlocked and funds released... six months later.)

Coincidentally, I've never had such a problem with Paypal. (My gripes with them generally revolve around the glacially slow history search.)

[Keyframe]

Can you sue them for interests, if not damages?

[ROFISH]

That was two years ago and it's not worth the effort. It's better just to explain the moral of my story when Paypal vs. Google Checkout debates occur: Paypal at least has a phone line.