I was just wondering how long it takes to process a subscription. I paypaled my payment on the 22nd. I was just seeing what was going on in the realm of sdmb-paypal relations…
According to Ed Zotti:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4675793#post4675793
“Did you pay via PayPal eCheck? In this type of transaction, funds are debited from your bank account and not credited to us until they clear your bank. Typically this takes 3-4 business days. We are supposed to receive a payment notification from PayPal when the funds clear, at which point we’ll change your member status. We understand from vBulletin, the supplier of our message board software, that PayPal sometimes fails to send out these notifications. If you’re still a guest at the end of the week we’ll inquire further. If you did NOT pay via eCheck, pls say so and we’ll investigate now.”
So, if you didn’t pay by eCheck and are still facing this problem, please email Ed Zotti with details of your receipt.
What xash says is correct. In some cases it takes as many as 4-5 business days for PayPal to handle this transaction.
This is a PayPal deal and not anything on our end; most other forms of payment zip right on through very quickly.
We are looking at the situation, but our inclination is not to manually interfere with the automatic process and let stuff process on its own schedule. If this becomes a problem, we’ll deal with it, but right now, it’s not.
If you’re going to use PayPal in this sort of situation, you have to understand the problem (if this is indeed a problem), is on their end and just be patient.
Thanks for alerting us to this situation. If you do not see a change in your user status in the next few days, please send me an email. TubaDiva@aol.com.
your humble TubaDiva
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