# HELP! Paypal E-Check cleared But I'm still a guest.

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**Created:** [April 15, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-paypal-e-check-cleared-but-im-still-a-guest/240158 "2004-04-15T13:14:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-paypal-e-check-cleared-but-im-still-a-guest/240158/1 "2004-04-15T13:14:14Z")

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I made a Paypal payment at the beginning of the week and it cleared yet I am still a guest. As mentioned in another post I don’t think I identified my username through paypal. How cane I verify payemnt to the SDMB gods and become a charter member?

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-paypal-e-check-cleared-but-im-still-a-guest/240158/2 "2004-04-15T14:35:53Z")

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**pezpunk** , I just checked the mod control panel and you are shown as Charter Member. However, your status is custom set to Guest for some unknown reason.

So, even though your status shows Guest, you are a Charter Member.

You can do the Charter Member dance in these 3 ways:

1. Do a search. If you can do a search you know you’re a Charter Member.

2. Look up this list:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showgroups.php)?

There you are cuddled up between **Petey** and **phall0106** and some hampsters. They like living under rocks too 😃

1. You will notice, as will others, that your post count and location are visible to all.

So, no worry, this can be fixed with an email to **Tuba** , **Dex** and some other admins. We have your monies.

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-paypal-e-check-cleared-but-im-still-a-guest/240158/3 "2004-04-15T15:23:30Z")

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I don’t know what happened, as I am not involved in the financial end of things. However, I changed your user status to Custom, and put in Charter Member. Happy now?

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope

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**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-paypal-e-check-cleared-but-im-still-a-guest/240158/4 "2004-04-15T15:39:32Z")

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Thanks guys. You rock. 🙂