Over a decade ago, PayPal (then x.com) gained a user base by offering the same deal -- $10 for signing up.
Good hope they can drive a stake through their cold black heart and kill the beast once and for all time...
That's actually the last thing you want to see happen. What's better is that Amex knocks Paypal dizzy, then Visa/MC decides maybe they can boot Paypal off the map and comes in with their own service and we get a 3-way fight. That will keep rates competitive and we will have less of a problem with a monopolistic power thinking they can do whatever they want and flip you the middle finger if you don't like it because they know there isn't an competitor you can move to.
