# Twice Paid

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834>\
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**Created:** [March 23, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834 "2004-03-23T02:51:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834/1 "2004-03-23T02:51:45Z")

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The wif and I both have computers and we both post at the SDMB ( here DUH !! ) so we went pro with Pay-Pal… Did not seem to work… Pay-Pal knows we did it and the Reader seemed to, but the board did not seem to figure it out.

So we paid again with a credit card and it went through just fine… Hmmmmmmmm

Now I will have to wait and see how it all shakes out as to if I get double billed. Prolly work out, just will take some time I bet.

At least we are in now.

I set cash from Pay-Pal, wonder if that was the problem? I just followed the instructions on the SDMB link. I have a regular Pay-Pal account and it seemed set up correctly…

Any others having Pay-Pal trouble?

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834/2 "2004-03-24T18:50:02Z")

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> [@GusNSpot](#):
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> The wif and I both have computers and we both post at the SDMB ( here DUH !! ) so we went pro with Pay-Pal… Did not seem to work… Pay-Pal knows we did it and the Reader seemed to, but the board did not seem to figure it out.
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> So we paid again with a credit card and it went through just fine… Hmmmmmmmm
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> Now I will have to wait and see how it all shakes out as to if I get double billed. Prolly work out, just will take some time I bet.

PayPal eCheck transactions take 3-4 days to clear. If you get double-billed e-mail me and we’ll figure something out.

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834/3 "2004-03-24T19:43:47Z")

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Thanks Ed.  
No problem, just wanted to get in an ‘heads up’.  
Also a warning to others trying to do it like we did.  
If a problem, I’ll let ya know, so far so good.

Gus

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**Author:** ![Toddly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@Toddly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toddly)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twice-paid/235834/4 "2004-03-24T21:22:55Z")

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I tried to sign up this morning using the laptop. I input all my info for a debit card and after selecting Submit I just got a blank page. A few hours later I tried again and discovered that Zone Alarm was interfering with the process. I turned off Zone Alarm and all went well and recieved a confirming e-mail. I’m wondering if the first try actually went through or not.