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Is there a way to pay for an upgraded mac-forums membership without joining PayPal?

You don't have to sign up for a paypal account, there should be an option to pay without joining on the landing page.

It looks that way until you get to the attached screen shot. I don't see any way around it.

I have the option to pay without a PayPal account. What country do you happen to be in?

Eric559 said:

I have the option to pay without a PayPal account. What country do you happen to be in?

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USA..

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Sorry, upon further review I've noticed my link would not have helped.

Follow the red arrows. >_<"

Thanks, but like I said before, I never get to that point. I get a form that requires I enter a Paypal password and login. I've attached a set of screenshots that show the sequence:

Have you tried clearing your cookies and stuff? Using a different browser? I don't have a paypal account either.

Not sure why you are getting directed to that page.

Step 1: http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/premium.php

Step 2:




Step 3:




Step 4:





Step 5:




Step 6: Fill out the rest of the information it requests.

Sorry for all the pics. Hope this helped.

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Thanks for all your effort. Unfortunately your step 4 is where we diverge. What I get in step 4 is a form that asks for pwd/user name. I'll try one more time to post that screenshot.

mbohn said:

Is there a way to pay for an upgraded mac-forums membership without joining PayPal?

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No.
You cannot do so without signing up for PayPal.

It is clearly stated as such on the PayPal registration/payment page.


The second option only exists for those who don't already have a account set up with PayPal.
PayPal uses funding from either a credit card or a bank account, which is why those two options are listed.

The account is required.

That explains it. Thanks!

Sorry, I missed that text about needing to sign up for an account. I was rushing through it just to get the screen shots lol. I would just sign up for a PayPal account. I have one and it comes in handy every now and then. Good luck.

Is there a financial benefit to a merchant, M-F in this case, to require a customer to sign up for a Paypal account in order to make a purchase?

I've dealt with other merchants who use PayPal and I don't recall any requiring me to join Paypal.

mbohn said:

Is there a financial benefit to a merchant, M-F in this case, to require a customer to sign up for a Paypal account in order to make a purchase?

I've dealt with other merchants who use PayPal and I don't recall any requiring me to join Paypal.

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Most likely not.

This is a fee that is charged yearly though so that may be the reason why a PayPal account is required. If it was a one time purchase then it would probably be different.

Eric559 said:

Most likely not.

This is a fee that is charged yearly though so that may be the reason why a PayPal account is required. If it was a one time purchase then it would probably be different.

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Thanks, that makes sense.

Can we have an option to pay one year at a time?

This would address the PayPal issue and also may help folks who don't want to commit to a subscription.

You can cancel this commitment, whenever you want to.
And may I ask why you don't want to setup a PayPal account...

I was hesitating too at first, but it's really easy to do.