# I let my subscription expire for a few hours. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 21, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619 "2012-05-21T16:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/41 "2012-05-25T19:10:34Z")
It’s confusing because the button says “Order Using Paypal.” Paypal (the company) processes these transactions, so whether you pay by a PayPal account or by using a credit card, they handle it. However, you do not have to use a Paypal account to pay for your subscription. So click on the Order button already. When you do that you will see a page with two options. 1. A great big box that says 'HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT?" You don’t want that one. 2. A little bitty box that says “DON’T HAVE A PAYPAL ACCOUNT?” That’s the one you want. Click on the hyperlink of your choice. ---
**Author:** ![bdgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a87d85/32.png) [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/42 "2012-05-26T01:31:28Z")
Damn, I thought we couldn’t get it back if it lapsed, so I never bothered to ask. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/43 "2012-05-26T13:14:10Z")
bdgr, you have a message. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/44 "2012-05-26T23:22:40Z")
I let mine expire for 8 days. \ I was too busy with protest walks and political stuff to check my gmail. I’d forgotten that my SDMB messages go to that address. Did I lose my charter member thingie for good? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2012, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/45 "2012-05-26T23:44:34Z")
Just wanted to add that I renewed my subscription, and that when I checked the board in the last few days, I was surprised to see ads, but that I might have let my subscription lapse didn’t click in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/46 "2012-05-27T02:19:28Z")
Fixed that for you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/47 "2012-05-27T02:37:18Z")
Thank you, **TubaDiva**! ---
**Author:** ![aerodave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@aerodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aerodave)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2012, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619/48 "2012-05-27T13:02:57Z")
I just let my charter membership expire…again. I do this every year, and I FINALLY figured out why. My email address for the board was a long-defunct one. I always wondered why no one reminded me to renew my membership. Hell, I didn’t even know renewal emails were sent out until this thread. Well, my email is fixed now and it will never happen again. I don’t know if I can successfully plead for mercy one more time from **Tuba** , but here I am, hat in hand. [on knees] May I please have my old title back? I will try to screw up at least somewhat less in the future. [/on knees] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-let-my-subscription-expire-for-a-few-hours/622619.md?page=2)