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If Customer elects to pay by credit card, debit card, or other non-invoiced form of payment, Google will charge (and Customer will pay) all Fees immediately at the end of the Fee Accrual Period.
If Customer pays by credit card, debit card, or other non-invoiced form of payment, Customer will pay all Fees immediately at the end of the Fee Accrual Period or when otherwise charged by Google.
For Services with a fixed base charge, the charges are due at the beginning of each billing period.
"we will verify it by charging $1.95 U.S. dollars to the card and promptly refunding this amount after we have confirmed it.Excerpt from PayPal's User Agreement
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The clause states: “we will verify it by charging $1.95 U.S. dollars to the card and promptly refunding this amount after we have confirmed it.”
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