# Can we send you a money order? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 11, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-send-you-a-money-order/264017 "2004-09-11T05:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![observer11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@observer11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/observer11)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-send-you-a-money-order/264017/1 "2004-09-11T05:35:08Z")
There were some postings about this during the SD’s transition to its paid format, but the answers seemed less than ideal. The question is: Is there a way one can subscribe to the Straight Dope anonymously, without using a credit card, Paypal account or other personally identifiable information? How hard would it be to set up a P.O. Box to which someone could send a money order with a note, saying essentially “Here’s the money. Give (guest user name) a year.”? If that can’t happen, is there a comparable alternative? Also, on another subject, is a spell-check function available as part of the posting process? ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-send-you-a-money-order/264017/2 "2004-09-11T06:08:19Z")
While you wait for an official response, you might want to check out this thread, which has a mod and an admin answering the same basic question. I know you can’t search yet and probably haven’t seen it. [http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264836](http://207.97.195.229/sdmb/showthread.php?t=264836) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-send-you-a-money-order/264017/3 "2004-09-11T11:59:11Z")
And in answer to your second question, no. Most people who are worried about spelling c&p into/from their favorite word processing program. Some compose in a word processor anyway - there’s nothing like spending half an hour composing a brilliant post full of wit, wisdom, and irrefutable logic just to have the hamsters go on a cigarette break as you click submit. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-send-you-a-money-order/264017/4 "2004-09-11T13:26:42Z")
I find it’s often just a problem of the hamsters needing a **P**. 😛