# Subscription not working **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 22, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172 "2007-04-22T13:17:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/1 "2007-04-22T13:17:54Z")
All right, I’m trying to resub, but for some reason, I’m getting, “Unable to charge credit card.” What gives-is this a problem on my end-or the board’s? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/2 "2007-04-22T18:53:25Z")
Are you sure your entered all the info correctly? Or maybe it’s a conspiracy. Due to pure envy, somebody might be conspiring to make all Charter Members a just a plain old lowly “Member”. And where else to start than with the member with kajillion posts. Or something. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/3 "2007-04-22T20:47:15Z")
I tried it twice-didn’t work. I’ll try again later, but it still irks me. ---
**Author:** ![Fretwork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@Fretwork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretwork)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/4 "2007-04-22T21:22:48Z")
I used to have tons of problems when I moved. At my old address I had two addresses, one a street address and one a mailing address. When I switched my cards over I only had a single address. No matter how I explained it to them they would only change one of the addresses and the other was stuck in the system for e-tail to trip over. Same thing with phones. I went from a land line and a cell to just a cell. They kept arguing with me that my cell no was in there correctly, but the e-tailers always wanted the now-dead land line. This happened on every single card, even when I went into the bank and got their assurances that they understood. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/5 "2007-04-23T00:09:18Z")
**Fretwork** has a good point; it could be something like the address validation. In the address fields, are you entering information just as it shows up on your statement? GT ---
**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:** [April 23, 2007, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/6 "2007-04-23T05:29:28Z")
Not sure what’s going on here. What did you do last year? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/7 "2007-04-23T23:25:50Z")
[QUOTE=gardentraveler] **Fretwork** has a good point; it could be something like the address validation. In the address fields, are you entering information just as it shows up on your statement? GT [/QUOTE] Yep, indeed. **Tuba** , I don’t know-I believe I entered the exact same info. I’m going to try again tonight. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/8 "2007-04-23T23:51:28Z")
It’s doing it AGAIN. No reason, nothing. It worked the other day for another purchase. What the HELL? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/9 "2007-04-24T00:06:08Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] It’s doing it AGAIN. No reason, nothing. It worked the other day for another purchase. What the HELL? [/QUOTE] SDMB2007042319031400808001 Figure it out by next year, OK? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/10 "2007-04-24T23:51:05Z")
It worked somehow. I got a notice that it went through. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/11 "2007-04-25T01:40:03Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] It worked somehow. I got a notice that it went through. Weird. [/QUOTE] Er, see Frank’s post above yours. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/12 "2007-04-25T02:03:29Z")
[QUOTE=Guinastasia] It worked somehow. I got a notice that it went through. Weird. [/QUOTE] You think that’s wierd? Check the time stamp on **Frank’s** post. Not only is he sponsoring subscriptions, that son of a gun has spoken to us from the FUTURE! Either that or you’re stuck in the past, in which case it’s no wonder you can’t see **Frank** ’s post above yours-- it didn’t even exist when you made your follow-up comment. This is exactly like “The Lake House.” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/13 "2007-04-25T02:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] You think that’s wierd? Check the time stamp on **Frank’s** post. Not only is he sponsoring subscriptions, that son of a gun has spoken to us from the FUTURE! [/QUOTE] Er, uh, there’s a _time_ stamp and a _date_ stamp. Look again. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/14 "2007-04-25T02:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Er, uh, there’s a _time_ stamp and a _date_ stamp. Look again. [/QUOTE] Uh, yeah. I guess I got confused, and now I’m embarrassed. Which is, interestingly enough, exactly how I felt after watching “The Lake House.” ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/15 "2007-04-25T02:34:23Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] Er, uh, there’s a _time_ stamp and a _date_ stamp. Look again. [/QUOTE] Heh, those two knuckleheads, I tell ya! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/16 "2007-04-25T13:50:14Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] SDMB2007042319031400808001 Figure it out by next year, OK? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Dammit-why did you do that? I could have done it through pay-pal. I just needed to get the security code on my card-it was rubbed off. 😉 Thanks, though. :o ---
**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:** [April 25, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subscription-not-working/401172/17 "2007-04-25T14:05:13Z")
It’s good to know what the problem was, thanks for sharing that with us.