Donations

[giggirl]

Have only just spotted the Donate page. I went there by accident. Now I feel guilty that I've had a free ride all these years! Is there any other way than Paybastard (Paypal)?

[macroban]

The good thing about PayPal is that you can make anonymous donations.

[giggirl]

And the bad thing about PayPal is that they are bloodsucking bastards who I would rather not sign up with if there is an alternative

http://www.paypalsucks.com/

[sophiesofa]

I hadn't noticed it either thanks giggirl!

[SteveT]

I still haven't found the donation page, but like giggirl do not do paypal, is there no other way as I would happily send a cheque?

I do believe in paying my way and don't expect a free ride, except on my bus pass!

[giggirl]

Hey Steve - the Donate button is on the very bottom line - far right hand side.

I'm happy to send a cheque with a fee backdated to when I first joined the forum. I can even send you some folding-stuff by special delivery!

I do have a Paypal account but it is currently frozen by Paypal, which means that I can't take money out. It has a lot of money in it (about ?600). Under Paypal's Ts and Cs they can freeze any account at any time until they are satisfied that you are who you say you are. Interest on frozen accounts (which they keep) is a nice income stream so they are in no hurry to unfreeze frozen accounts. They have a copy of my passport and a current utility bill but it could still be months before I see my money again.

I'm not looking for advice here; I've already made the decision that I'm not going to get hot and bothered about Paypal - I just wanted to illustrate the point that Paypal is not a user-friendly organisation. There's nothing benign about them.

[Mark]

Hi, it's really good to know people want to donate, thank you. Unfortunately we can't accept cheques as we don't have a forum bank account but I believe you can pay to paypal using your credit/debit card i.e. you don't have to have a PayPal account to donate. I think there's something called electronic cheques too but I've not looked into it.

Thanks again

Mark