# Subscribing **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing/262397 "2004-08-31T10:22:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FruitPie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@FruitPie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FruitPie)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing/262397/1 "2004-08-31T10:22:47Z")
This might be the wrong forum and I’m sure it’s been asked a billion times before but how do I subscribe if I have neither credit card nor PayPal? Also I didn’t realize my guest subscription had ended(don’t worry,I’m using a friend’s guest at the moment) and then when I went to subscribe found I couldn’t as it wouldn’t let me in as my guest had expired. Surely we should be able to get onto the board to join? 😃 I emailed the SDMB team but have had no reply since ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscribing/262397/2 "2004-08-31T12:33:00Z")
**FruitPie** , as far as the correct forum is concerned, About This Message Board would probably be most appropriate, but I’ll take a stab at this. There are numerous Dopers who regularly help Guests who don’t have credit cards or PayPal, to become full-fledged Charter Members. I’m one of them. What you’ll need to do is email me at gsbakker @ [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) [without the spaces of course] and we’ll work out the details there rather than here. You’ll send me money via snail-mail, and I’ll subscribe for you (using your username and password, which you change after I get you subscribed). What I don’t understand is that as a Guest, you should still be able to login but just not be able to post after your Guest Membership expires. That only helps you though if you’ve got a way to pay the subscription fee. When you need assistance here at the SDMB, you can rely on the ever lovely and helpful **TubaDiva** ([tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com)).