# Charter Membership only via PayPal now?? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946 "2016-06-21T06:44:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/1 "2016-06-21T06:44:37Z")
Seeing that my CM is up for renewal in a couple of months, I tried to pay my CM dues via credit card AS I HAVE DONE EVERY TIME IN THE LAST 15 years only to find that the only option to do so is via PayPal. Is this now the case? Because I don’t actually HAVE a PayPal account. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/2 "2016-06-21T07:01:56Z")
It’s always been through PayPal, there’s an option during the process to input your CC # directly unless something has changed recently. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/3 "2016-06-21T07:09:45Z")
Well, there must have been some glitch, because the first two times I tried there was no option for a CC payment, but on a third attempt YES, there is indeed a CC option. Anyway, done for another couple of years… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/4 "2016-06-21T17:27:04Z")
Hmm, I have been having a bag of krugerrands delivered directly to Ed for years now, is that not the proper way?😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/5 "2016-06-21T20:10:54Z")
It USED to be. Now, the bag goes through me. I’ll PM you my address… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/6 "2016-06-21T20:11:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Hmm, I have been having a bag of krugerrands delivered directly to Ed for years now, is that not the proper way?😕 > > 😃 It’s changed. All such transactions are to go through me from now on. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/7 "2016-06-21T20:16:14Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It USED to be. Now, the bag goes through me. I’ll PM you my address… > [@Loach](#): > > It’s changed. All such transactions are to go through me from now on. Actually it’s me. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/8 "2016-06-21T20:17:16Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > It’s changed. All such transactions are to go through me from now on. The Hookers and Blow, too? or just the gold? ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charter-membership-only-via-paypal-now/757946/9 "2016-06-21T20:28:21Z")
I’ve always paid via credit card through the Paypal portal too. Until my most recent renewal in March, when I simply could not find an option to use a card. It surprised me, because we use Paypal for sales from our own online gift shop, and the credit card option is well known to me. Nevertheless, I could find no provision for renewal payment except Paypal. Luckily for me, I have a personal account and so I made my renewal. I marked it up to me just not searching diligently enough, until this thread.