# Anyone willing to pay for me so I can be a subscriber? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419 "2004-12-01T00:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/1 "2004-12-01T00:45:18Z")
Well, I’d like to be a subscriber, but I don’t know how to work PayPal or even have a credit card. My parents won’t let me use their credit card, either, and they don’t trust the Internet enough to use their credit card on it, anyways. So, anyone wanna pay for me? I promise I won’t do anything illegal or unethical or whatever. But, I don’t know how I could pay you back because I don’t trust the post mail service system enough to send cash to someone who might be halfway across the world. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/2 "2004-12-01T00:54:37Z")
lacking much financial security myself, i cannot help you. there were a few messages in ATMB (about this message board) that might help. good luck and happy posting ;j ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/3 "2004-12-01T01:05:50Z")
I’d do it if I had any spare income but I can’t even afford Christmas presents for my family this year. If you don’t get any offers here, you can try [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245878) thread in ATMB. That should probably be a sticky anyway… we’re still getting lots of people that can’t subscribe and the board’s full of suck… er, I mean philantropists. ~ **Aesiron** grateful recepient of much SDMB philantropy. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/4 "2004-12-01T01:37:09Z")
IIRC, you’re in Toronto, right **dare\_devil**? I can think of a couple Toronto Dopers who might help you out. How would you feel about sending cash to someone in Toronto? Also, I don’t know how Canadian post offices work, but I think in the US you can order a thing that will tell you when the other person receives the mail. Maybe you could look into that? ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/5 "2004-12-01T01:42:01Z")
Or you can get a money order at almost any grocer, and send it to someone to pay for you when they receive it. That’s what I did! (Thanks, **Bambi Hassenpfeffer**!!) Just change your password for the day they will be paying for you. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/6 "2004-12-01T01:52:23Z")
Thanks, **AwSnappity** and **_Deva_**. I’ll try to figure out what to do before my guest membership expires. ---
**Author:** ![Cardinal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal/32/4000_2.png) [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/7 "2004-12-01T03:38:58Z")
Heck, a kid in North Carolina mailed me a fiver so I would pay for him. He had to tell me his password temporarily, but it worked out. I hope he gets a cc for next year’s payment. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/8 "2004-12-01T03:48:47Z")
> [@dare\_devil007\_](#): > > Thanks, **AwSnappity** and **_Deva_**. I’ll try to figure out what to do before my guest membership expires. Email me. ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/9 "2004-12-01T14:53:18Z")
If the problem is just that you don’t know how to work Paypal, wouldn’t it just be easier to learn - it takes about 5 minutes - than to get someone else to pay for you? I don’t mean to be unsympathetic but you have figured out how to use a computer so Paypal shouldn’t be that big of an issue. Good luck in any case. It’s fun here. ---
**Author:** ![grey\_ideas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dfb087/32.png) [@grey\_ideas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grey_ideas)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/10 "2004-12-01T17:12:59Z")
**missbunny** I think the problem is not just confined to not being able to use Paypal, if you note **dare\_devil007\_** said; > [@](#): > > …but I don’t know how to work PayPal or **even have a credit card. My parents won’t let me use their credit card…** bolding mine So I think, without the credit cards, you can’t even use Paypal. Although with a debit card it may be possible. Anyway, email me if you really need a hand with the subscription **dare\_devil007\_** , I can help out. grey\_ideas ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/11 "2004-12-01T17:26:04Z")
I thought I set up my Paypal account by having them deduct the funds from a checking account. My memory could be faulty, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/12 "2004-12-01T17:35:05Z")
I set up my paypal with my debit card. Which of course, draws funds from my checking. I think you can set up a paypal account with a checking account alone, but I’m not certain. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2004, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-willing-to-pay-for-me-so-i-can-be-a-subscriber/277419/13 "2004-12-01T18:06:02Z")
I no longer remember for sure how I set up my PayPal, but it doesn’t matter – **dare\_devil007** is 15 or 16 and probably doesn’t have a checking account either. **dare\_devil007** – email me if you haven’t got another offer. I may be willing to sponsor you, but have a couple of questions first.