# Subscribing w/o credit card

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 9, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346 "2004-05-09T21:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![START](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@START](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/START)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346/1 "2004-05-09T21:43:54Z")

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I heard it is possible to subscribe without a credit card for this board…if that is true then someone tell me exactly what to do.  
If not then I will be back in a few weeks.

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**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346/2 "2004-05-10T00:19:34Z")

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You can find a proxy and also members who offer to pay your subscription on this thread:

> **[Make your "pay my subscription fee" request here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=245878)**
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> As I noted over here, I’m volunteering to pay a fellow Doper’s (possible a couple of fellow Dopers’) subscription fee. To save you guys opening the other thread, I’ll repost the rules here: I know there are a couple of other people who are doing...

Salaam. A.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346/3 "2004-05-10T13:09:34Z")

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**Aldebaran** ’s suggestion should be the LAST thing you think of – that’s begging for charity. If you really can’t afford it, that’s one thing.

If you have the money but just don’t have a credit card, then go the [www.paypal.com](http://www.paypal.com) and follow the instructions there. You can set up an account with PayPal that’s not a credit card, it’s a well-secured method of paying for things on the internet. You send them money (or a credit card number) and they set up an account for you.

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**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346/4 "2004-05-10T23:12:56Z")

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I first mentioned **"You can find a proxy"**

If _that_ is not clear enough…

Or is sending the money to an other member who then pays for you by proxy **begging for charity** in your view.  
Salaam. A.

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**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2004, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing-w-o-credit-card/244346/5 "2004-05-10T23:15:11Z")

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By the way: PayPal does not accept every CC on this globe.