# SDMB subscriptions... what about the younger dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 21, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516 "2001-11-21T02:24:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Royal\_Sampler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Royal\_Sampler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Sampler)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/1 "2001-11-21T02:24:58Z")
As in, those who are aged under 18? Who don’t have credit cards? Will they be forced to the chopping block? ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/2 "2001-11-21T05:13:27Z")
Here is one thread talking about [sponsorship](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=98148) if people don’t have the money. I’ve also seen some dopers offer the use of their credit cards, as long as they get the money from the person using the CC#. There are a ton of threads about this that have gone on over the past couple of weeks. I don’t have time to go through all of them, but a couple of quick searches on the subject should find you more of what you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/3 "2001-11-21T05:13:27Z")
What about the children? Won’t somebody think about the children? [sub]Obligatory post[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/4 "2001-11-21T15:06:21Z")
Two words: Money orders. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2001, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/5 "2001-11-21T16:17:07Z")
I would be willing to bet that our younger set has more access to funds than the adults do. In any event, we’re not worried about it. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/6 "2001-11-22T12:57:53Z")
Tuba, I thought I saw you say somewhere that money orders and checks couldn’t be accepted because they would be too much trouble to process. True? If so, that scours me off the site. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/7 "2001-11-23T04:54:27Z")
While nothing has of yet been formally decided or announced or anything (it’s still early days), what I have heard and reliably report is that electronic forms of payment will most likely be the only way to go here. That means credit cards or PayPal or one of the other services of that type. Again, nothing has been decided, nothing has been announced, it’s all in the formative stages. But keep in mind that processing checks and money orders is expensive and often annoying for a company and the resulting recordkeeping after often costs more than the original transaction is worth. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/8 "2001-11-23T08:59:15Z")
Thanks Tuba, I guess. Take your time (lots of it) assembling the PTP system. I can wait. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/9 "2001-11-23T14:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*While nothing has of yet been formally decided or announced or anything (it’s still early days), what I have heard and reliably report is that electronic forms of payment will most likely be the only way to go here. That means credit cards or PayPal or one of the other services of that type. > \*\* Really? This _could_ be a problem for me… I only have one credit card (personal choice… and this is not the place to rant…), and the bill is paid by my sister in Maine, USA… I reimburse her every few months for the few charges that I place on my one CC… Online, some sites will accept my CC (Amazon and a few others…) but some will NOT (as my IP address is in Korea, while the billing address is in the US)… I may have to get another credit card, or work something else out… ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/10 "2001-11-24T17:46:26Z")
Get a volenteer like you do for the mods. I can’t see it bein a HUGE issue as most people would use CCs. An Acess or Excel program would be easy enuff to write to keep track. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/11 "2001-11-24T19:50:41Z")
Perhaps they could save their money and build character by dispensing of their gold teeth, “hip” clothing, athletic sneakers, immoral television programs and (wince) rock & roll music. And get jobs. Why, I had a job shovelling mosquito feces (and liking it) when I was 15 years old!!! These young people today are so irresponsible with their money. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/12 "2001-11-25T00:05:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TubaDiva \* > \*\*I would be willing to bet that our younger set has more access to funds than the adults do. > > In any event, we’re not worried about it. > > your humble TubaDiva > Administrator \*\* Not worried about it?!? thanks. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/13 "2001-11-25T04:16:56Z")
Most of you have at least one parent who has at least one credit card. Some of you have your OWN credit cards. Buy a little less beer and get a subscription to the Straight Dope. While I do not doubt there are disadvantaged teens in the world, I bet most Teen Dopers are not in that category. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/14 "2001-11-25T15:32:01Z")
On a related note, what about those of us who don’t have credit cards at all? Robin ---
**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:** [November 25, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/15 "2001-11-25T16:06:18Z")
We’re looking at electronic transfer systems such as PayPal. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-subscriptions-what-about-the-younger-dopers/94516/16 "2001-11-25T23:05:54Z")
Thanks, Tuba. 🙂 Robin