Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal in order to pay your membership fees?

Submitted by Maxwell Smart on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 11:34
YES - I don't mind registering with PayPal.
19% (7 votes)
YES - I already have a PayPal account.
65% (24 votes)
NO - There must be some other way to pay online.
3% (1 vote)
NO - I don't want to pay online and would rather post a cheque.
14% (5 votes)
NO - I don't intend to join your fabulous club!
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 37

Comments

mervyn weaver's picture

paying club dues

Submitted by mervyn weaver on Wed, 27/04/2005 - 19:38.

is it possible to set up a standing order/direct debit at the bank for the anual dues? no bank runs for cheques & no 5% for paypal!

peter perfect's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by peter perfect on Tue, 29/03/2005 - 08:27.

then why dont we set up an account with ebay use buy now on ebay for membership. payments. Then the gwoa could be a PWOER SELLER.

kizmax's picture

PAYPAL YES PLEASE

Submitted by kizmax on Mon, 28/03/2005 - 20:39.

WHY NOT USE PAYPAL AS AN OPTION .AND CHEQUES AS WOULD WORK FOR ALL PARTIES.

THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT MY PRINTER IS KAPUT.!

buckalec's picture

Paypal

Submitted by buckalec on Sat, 15/01/2005 - 00:03.

Hi,

All in favour of the Paypal option.

To be honest, it is the tedium of printing and completing the forms etc etc, that has thus far stopped me from joining. I am sure I am not alone in this. (Regrettably).

Any action that speeds up the process must be investigated and if remotely feasible offered.

Keep up the good work, I will join soon, either way!!

Cheers from Ireland

Martin

mortinson's picture

Re: Online Membership Payment

Submitted by mortinson on Mon, 22/11/2004 - 14:26.

Captain Spalding wrote:

If you had the PayPal option I would already be a paid member. As a G owner abroad, I'm unclear as to how to make payment. Should I just find out what today's exchange rate is and send a personal check in dollars drawn on a U.S. bank? That seems rather inconvenient all the way around. What would work best for you? If the PayPal option is in the works, maybe I'll wait for it.

This site is a valuable resource and I want to do my share to support it.

— Spalding

You are absolutely right... that way of paying would be absolutely impractical, given that the club's bank would take more than the value written for the pleasure of cashing your cheque!

I, for one, believe that many foreign enthusiasts would join the club if we allowed them to pay with PayPal.

Regards,

peter perfect's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by peter perfect on Sun, 21/11/2004 - 11:01.

Captain spalding, how about we send you a free copy of the colour 25th anniversary g-wizz I did in June. E:mail me your address and I will send you a copy.

Captain Spalding's picture

Re: Online Membership Payment

Submitted by Captain Spalding on Sun, 21/11/2004 - 08:29.

Maxwell Smart wrote:
Greetings all, one of the issues we will be discussing at this weekends AGM is the ability for new members to join and pay for their membership online, and for existing members to renew their membership . . . One solution is to use a payment system such as PayPal

If you had the PayPal option I would already be a paid member. As a G owner abroad, I'm unclear as to how to make payment. Should I just find out what today's exchange rate is and send a personal check in dollars drawn on a U.S. bank? That seems rather inconvenient all the way around. What would work best for you? If the PayPal option is in the works, maybe I'll wait for it.

This site is a valuable resource and I want to do my share to support it.

— Spalding

Rustbucket's picture

Paypal

Submitted by Rustbucket on Sat, 02/10/2004 - 11:41.

If you transfer funds from your bank account to your Paypal account then pay using these funds and not a credit card there is no 5% charge. A word of warning to any newbies to paypal and ebay - There are a lot of scams going on at the momment with spoof emails ( they look very authentic ) asking for your account details etc. Never give out any details no matter how convincing they look. To check / alter details in your paypal or ebay account always enter the sight via the official URL. Some of these emails have links to the site which are copied from the original URL but in fact take you to their own disguised as ebay or paypal. If you receive any of these emails please forward them to the relevant organisation so that they can be traced and hopefully stopped. I have used ebay and paypal for a couple of years now with no trouble at all and find their services very good. We Scotts look after the pennies :P

Roly's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by Roly on Sat, 02/10/2004 - 08:25.

Initially you only need to give your credit card details to Paypal but after a certain amount of money you then need to give them all bank details. I have just reached that point on ebay purchases

mortinson's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by mortinson on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 22:37.

Roly wrote:
You have to register with Paypal to you their services. I have been using them for ebay stuff but I now have to send all my bank details and I'm a bit aprehensive to do that. Plus they take a percentage of the fee.

Roly,

I might be mistaken but I think that the one who needs to register bank details is the party receiving the money, i.e. the GWOA and you as a member must only pay with your credit card.

And yes, they take a fee (5%?) but this would be payable by the GWOA as any other administration cost.

But this is something that we will surely discuss on Sunday.

Cheers

Roly's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by Roly on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 20:54.

You have to register with Paypal to you their services. I have been using them for ebay stuff but I now have to send all my bank details and I'm a bit aprehensive to do that. Plus they take a percentage of the fee.

Of course someone has to do the cheque run and I think David has to that at the moment.
How about switch or visa or being able to deposit a cheque at the local branch of whatever bank the club uses?

The forecast is for foul weather on Sunday..pity

mark's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by mark on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 17:02.

I'm a bit old fashioned when it come to online payment, and still prefer to send a cheque. But i don't see anything wrong in having paypal as another option for making payment.

Fordy's picture

Would you be prepared to register with a company such as PayPal

Submitted by Fordy on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 15:52.

Yes, registered, but will you add 5% to cover their fees :roll: Having literally just gone through the process of joining last week my view is that it's a pain to email then print off form and send cheque. An online option would be gladly received by the 'I want it, and I want it now' generation IMHO.

Maxwell Smart's picture

Online Membership Payment

Submitted by Maxwell Smart on Fri, 01/10/2004 - 11:34.

Greetings all, one of the issues we will be discussing at this weekends AGM is the ability for new members to join and pay for their membership online, and for existing members to renew their membership.

One of the problems that has stopped us from doing this so far is the fact that it costs money to setup such a system - probably more than it is worth.

One solution is to use a payment system such as PayPal that is cheaper to use, however it requires people to register with PayPal in addition to with the GWOA.

How many of you would be prepared to do this?