The ads are becoming really really annoying, occasionally making it impossible to post. I am ready to join, but I am really not ready to join pay pal. Any other way?
You should be able to pay by credit or debit card without joining PayPal. My account has been frozen for something like 6 years but I’m still able to pay for my membership and custom title.
PayPal keeps changing the screens around and sometimes the option can be difficult to find, but it should be possible to pay using a credit card without signing up for a PayPal account.
Some users have reported different screen layouts with different browsers, so using a different browser might enable you to find the credit card option more easily.
Yes, just choose the PayPal option and then on a later screen you will have the option to pay with a credit card without using PayPal. That’s what I did.
And I just renewed from Canada* without needing a Paypal account, although as ecg said, the screens have changed. Pay close attention to the screens; the “No thanks” (or similar; I may be misremembering) button was very non-obvious to me.
*I mention my location because I seem to recall some non-Americans had problems in the past (and may still).
ETA In case it is also browser dependent, I used Firefox 54.0 on Linux.
I renew mine from Australia via cc (no paypal) without issues, but cannot remember quite how I did it last time.
Ditto. I used to have a Paypal account in the distant past, but to subscribe to the Dope I’ve only needed an Australin credit card through Paypal.
Well, hey it worked! The last time I tried this I got exactly nowhere. This time it was easy, never a question what to do next. Sometimes, things do improve. Hey, where are the ads?