Sorry, I don't trust Paypal I use to have a paypal account. About every two weeks I would get phishing e-mails form "them" and "ebay" wanting imformation on my account. I've since closed the account and WILL NOT do further business with them. If others can get my e-mail address from them, then they can get my credit card and bank account numbers. If you can come up with another form of payment, I'll consider a premium membership. With Paypal....Not on your life.
Did you ever consider that maybe those "phishing" emails were actually valid? There is a whole process with signing up to Paypal.
Yes. Instead of clicking on the attached links I would use my browser to go to Paypal and they verified that my account was fine. It just got old. Even after closing the account I still get phishing e-mails from them
You mean phishing email from someone pretending to be them? I always use Sneakemail to generate new email addresses when signing up for something, so I don't have to reveal my private address.
I was wondering about that as well. Cogito posted this response in April to someone asking whether they can use their debit card. So you don't have to have a PayPal account. However, I think you still have to go through the PayPal portal. I had a terrible experience with PayPal before and have refused to use them again. So I'm hoping there will be another way to support the site at some point.
I went through paypal using my credit card. Didn't have a problem. It was like buying anything else online, but I'm sure there are exceptions.
Just looked at doing this myself (I figure if I'm still here and interested in a month's time, I'll give it a go, only fair to contribute). Anywho, you want to check your exchange rates. £1 does not buy $2 any more, I'm afraid, the costs in GBP should be higher. In other news, my wallet just bit me.
Can you pay via American Express Gift Card? Considering I'm fourteen, I do not have PayPal or a Credit/Debit Card. Lol.
I would imagine if you can buy something online with that card, you can pay for membership. Don't quote me on that. If the card is only for purchases at a certain store, then probably won't work. Have you considered asking Mom or Dad to pay? One way or the other, hope to see you sporting some green soon.
Hey Z, grandparents are a great way to go! Especially if you live far away from them. Just tell them you want $5.00 a month for a writing workshop and they'll be extatic to card it for you. If that doesn't work, tell your parents you want to be a graphic artist and you need them to purchase the new Adobe CS4 Design Suite Premium for only $2000. When they flip out and are floundering for a way to make up for the disappointment they've caused you, ask if they'd be willing to pay $5.00 a month for your premium membership to Writingforums.org instead, so you can become a writer... LOL. I'm kidding. But it really might work.
Just signed up for a must supporter (Only hadjust enough on my paypal for 1 month) I'm guessing i have to wait until Daniel comes on, to activate this.. Can't wait.
This reminds me, I signed up some while ago but am yet to proudly support the badge. Guess we'll both have to wait until Daniel comes on.
I didn't know there was a supporting feature. My Mother is in town this week (I'm on vacation yay!) so it will have to wait until next payday. I think this is really a great idea though!
If anyone had or is still having problems with subscribing or having the features implemented, please let me know. I did end up fixing the exchange rate. That was outdated. :redface:
Hey Daniel. I just donated to this site, and I'm not getting the features. Are those just automatically added to my account or do I have to enable them?
Daniel has to enable them manually, I think. Give him a PM, just to nudge him, and he'll sort it when he's next online
I donated to the site as well, and I've tried everything to contact Daniel, but no luck. I even e-mailed him using the e-mail from the Pay Pal receipt, but no reply. I must admit I'm a little miffed at that.
Edward, I've informed him through other channels that you're waiting, so I'm presuming he must be temporarily without internet. As soon as he gets my message, I know he'll sort it.
