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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5868202" data-attributes="member: 14159">So, I decided earlier tonight to renew my Community Supporter Account.  It had been lapsed for years, but I thought I'd get a Copper Subscription for a few months.  A tiny chunk of extra money in my paycheck from some overtime hours meant I had a little left over money to spend on something nice.  I thought I'd give some to ENWorld since I spend a fair amount of time on here anyway.I go to pay, and the only way I can apparently pay is PayPal.*sigh*  I was afraid of that.  PayPal never goes well.  I don't remember the last time I used PayPal and it didn't go wrong.So, I try to pay.  I pay my $9.99 for a 4 month subscription.  PayPal says the payment worked.  I check my bank account online, there is a pending transaction for $9.99.  I go and immediately start using the search feature.While browsing around, ENWorld suddenly tells me I can't use Search anymore.  I look up and see my CSA has been deactivated.I check my e-mail: Nothing.On a hunch, I check my Spam folder.  GMail marked two e-mails from PayPal as spam.Apparently my account has been decided to be subject to "random" extra security checks.  The same checks that happened last time I used PayPal, the reason I hate to pay for anything with PayPal, and the reason I don't shop on eBay anymore (since eBay basically insists everything be paid for through them).They want me to re-verify my bank account numbers with them. . .on an account that I haven't used in quite some time, but was still on my account.  The account is still open, but I haven't used it for banking in some time.  Since I use PayPal once every few years, it's not exactly the first place I update things when I move or change any information.  I paid for the CSA with a debit card on another account and another bank I added when I logged in tonight.  So, I log into my old bank online and get their routing number and account number straight from the bank. . .and PayPal says it's not valid.  Grrrr.The last time something like this happened was two years ago.  I was in Military Intelligence school for AIT in the Army at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona.  I was buying some gaming miniatures on eBay to have shipped back to my home for when I got back.  Apparently PayPal decided I would need extra verification for this transaction too, and at that time they got downright invasive about demanding proof of residence at where I was shipping the merchandise to, an explanation of why I was ordering from a computer with an IP address on the other side of the country, and demanded to speak to me on a landline phone that they would call me on and ask me authentication questions over the phone.  The eBay seller turned out to be a FLGS with a brick & mortar store and a conventional merchant account, so I called them and paid over the phone.  It took me over two months to get PayPal to unlock my account from that "random" check.  Left me with a very bad taste in my mouth for them.  I don't remember the last time I had a good transaction using PayPal.  I really, really wish ENWorld had a non-suck payment processor they could use, because right now they are the reason I don't have a CSA.</blockquote>

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