Other payment options for supporting ECF?

[Sdh]

Exactly what the title states. I would love to contribute. However, I don't use paypal or the other alt your entity has. Can one pay by debit/credit card or money order? Personally I would have became a member from jump if I had the option of using credit card without going through a third party service (paypal, money bookers?)
Please and thank you for your response.

If you would have a address I would also consider sending a bank or western union money order.

 

[cskent]

Excellent question, I don't do paypal either and would support the forum financially if I could use another payment method.

And, it's kind of annoying that most all of the sellers in the classifieds will only do business that way too.

 

[Timtam]

Why not use paypal? You dont even need to make an account.

 

[Sdh]

I have checked it out. It does state I have to make a paypal account. (Which is something I don't want to do!) Anyway, when another payment option is offered I will subscribe. I don't want a third party obtaining my information. (Moneybookers and paypal). Thanks for your time.

 

[Timtam]

I have checked it out. It does state I have to make a paypal account. (Which is something I don't want to do!) Anyway, when another payment option is offered I will subscribe. I don't want a third party obtaining my information. (Moneybookers and paypal). Thanks for your time.

Would you be comfortable with google obtaining your info if we brought in google checkout?

We have limitations on what we can do for you in this instance. Most of our payments are handled by third-party providers. most services on suppliers' sites are handled by a third-party.

 

[PsychOfMSE]

Just use moneybookers, you can use a debit/credit card with that method of payment.

 

[Sdh]

Edit: I suppose I will see what happens. Paypal is a bite for me because my hubs has a account with them...I wanted to keep things separate....

 

[rolygate]

Sdh,
I think that whatever system you use, they all need some details in order to set up an account for you. We're talking money transfers here, the days of hardly any security are gone.

If the main drawback is confusion between Paypal accounts, maybe you could set up a new email address for yourself, to use as the email for your own Paypal account. There are two ways to run it, one of which might suit your circumstances better:

- With an email client
- As webmail

With an email client, like Thunderbird or Outlook Express, the email is downloaded onto your computer. With webmail, you go to the web service and login to get it. It could be more private that way.

 

[tiburonfirst]

roly, ecf might want to consider a third-party provider who accepts the major credit and debit cards and paypal ......

 

[rolygate]

The trouble is, it's not a simple issue. The payment gateway needs to be integrated with the forum software in order to update the status of the person paying. If it wasn't for that, many other options would be available.