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<blockquote data-quote="RoyalEF" data-source="post: 7730877" data-attributes="member: 6762857"><p>The problem with this is that Patreon did this wrong from the start. There are thousands of memberships and services out there and none of them have this issue, because they either terminate at the end of month, after charged, or pro-rate for the part of the month used. If you request the subscription to terminate, it would terminate at the end of the month, charging you for already taking access and possibly reading dozens of content articles. End of story. Lots of models do this. And if they terminate access instantly they charge you for the part of the month. For such micro-payments, it would not be wild to say full charge of the month regardless of how many days you had access. </p><p></p><p>Patreon would have serviced their creators and patron better if they launched with a wild, crazy and never heard of financing model of.... starbucks, dunkin donuts, ez-pass and MANY more. Give ME, the patron control over when *I* incur and pay the full bank fees. I set a low balance and replenishment amount. I get charged the full fee for paypal or CC, which is under my control. I could opt to load a year's worth of pledges onto my Patreon account, paying one fee a year--saving me money (fees are mine to control and pay). Creators get my pledge minus Patreon's service fee (5%). Done. Problems solved by adopting a finance model appropriate to the business.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoyalEF, post: 7730877, member: 6762857"] The problem with this is that Patreon did this wrong from the start. There are thousands of memberships and services out there and none of them have this issue, because they either terminate at the end of month, after charged, or pro-rate for the part of the month used. If you request the subscription to terminate, it would terminate at the end of the month, charging you for already taking access and possibly reading dozens of content articles. End of story. Lots of models do this. And if they terminate access instantly they charge you for the part of the month. For such micro-payments, it would not be wild to say full charge of the month regardless of how many days you had access. Patreon would have serviced their creators and patron better if they launched with a wild, crazy and never heard of financing model of.... starbucks, dunkin donuts, ez-pass and MANY more. Give ME, the patron control over when *I* incur and pay the full bank fees. I set a low balance and replenishment amount. I get charged the full fee for paypal or CC, which is under my control. I could opt to load a year's worth of pledges onto my Patreon account, paying one fee a year--saving me money (fees are mine to control and pay). Creators get my pledge minus Patreon's service fee (5%). Done. Problems solved by adopting a finance model appropriate to the business. [/QUOTE]
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