+nonnipoppy Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Is Groundspeak capable of accepting credit card payments directly for premium membership? I only have 15 days left. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I'll check the status of credit card transactions first thing in the morning. Setting up a merchant account has been more work than we thought. Link to comment
+wigglesworth Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I filled in the paypal information this evening but got cut off while waiting for the confirmation. Don't wish to pay twice as getting a refund willm probably be impossible. As a result I am not sure if I have become a premium member yet! I'll wait for a few days so see what notifications I get. Peter Link to comment
+BaldEd Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Eagerly awaiting news so I can join and use my PDA. Link to comment
+nonnipoppy Posted June 5, 2004 Author Share Posted June 5, 2004 I'll check the status of credit card transactions first thing in the morning. Setting up a merchant account has been more work than we thought. Is it tomorrow yet? Due to scheduling issues I must do something before next wednesday. I anxiously await your reply. Link to comment
+nonnipoppy Posted June 8, 2004 Author Share Posted June 8, 2004 I'll check the status of credit card transactions first thing in the morning. Setting up a merchant account has been more work than we thought. Well I have to do something today. It appears that tomorrow never comes for some. Link to comment
+Klatch Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 I'll check the status of credit card transactions first thing in the morning. Setting up a merchant account has been more work than we thought. I know you didn't say which morning, but... Link to comment
+BaldEd Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 What's the latest news, Jeremy? I need to join (need PQ's) and PayPal keeps fobbing me off. How I hate them for not giving me a reason why. Link to comment
+4x4 Trail Busters Posted June 16, 2004 Share Posted June 16, 2004 Is Groundspeak capable of accepting credit card payments directly for premium membership? I only have 15 days left. I too am interested in knowing this, as I would like to subscribe for Premium membership using a credit card. Is this in the very near future? Link to comment
Elias Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 This is being actively worked on, but we're still several weeks out before we can begin beta testing. Elias Link to comment
+GrizzlyJohn Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 This is being actively worked on, but we're still several weeks out before we can begin beta testing. Elias Oh OK. Link to comment
+baloo&bd Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Is Groundspeak capable of accepting credit card payments directly for premium membership? I only have 15 days left. I too am interested in knowing this, as I would like to subscribe for Premium membership using a credit card. Is this in the very near future? You can use PayPal. Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Maybe I'll just drop my check off next time I'm in town. Link to comment
+BaldEd Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Baloo&bd wrote You can use PayPal. Not if PayPal keeps rejecting your applications and gives no reason why!! PayPal is a total exercise in frustration. About 10 applications using different CCs = ZIP response. Emailing support about what the problem could be just brings up a request to phone them! Very expensive toll call to USA from here! I think I will give them a miss. Link to comment
+Divine Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Baloo&bd wroteYou can use PayPal. Not if PayPal keeps rejecting your applications and gives no reason why!! PayPal is a total exercise in frustration. About 10 applications using different CCs = ZIP response. Emailing support about what the problem could be just brings up a request to phone them! Very expensive toll call to USA from here! I think I will give them a miss. Ditto. To top this they blocked my credit card for too many attempts entering the same number (because they never accepted my billing address entered correctly and in other similar ways). I won't use that service again. Link to comment
+NeuroNomad Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 My membership is up in a week and I don't want to use PayPal myself as I don't have an active account and don't want to make another one just for this site, I hope that Geocaching.com will accept Credit Cards soon so when my membership runs out I can reknew. Link to comment
+BaldEd Posted August 1, 2004 Share Posted August 1, 2004 Elias wrote Jun21 2004 This is being actively worked on, but we're still several weeks out before we can begin beta testing. What's the latest estimate when this facility will be available? I want to be a premium member but have been completely stopped in my quest by PainPal for some reason known only to their computer! Link to comment
+Nybbler Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Any news on this topic? I don't understand why you put time in such things as icons for box sizes but not take charge of more important stuff like accepting credit card payment?! There are a lot of people out there who cannot or do not want to use painpal but would like to become a supporting and _paying_ member! This has been promised for May and now it's already September. If it is really actively worked on why don't you post some news from time to time so people don't have to wonder about the current state. Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 Any news on this topic? I don't understand why you put time in such things as icons for box sizes but not take charge of more important stuff like accepting credit card payment?! There are a lot of people out there who cannot or do not want to use painpal but would like to become a supporting and _paying_ member! This has been promised for May and now it's already September. If it is really actively worked on why don't you post some news from time to time so people don't have to wonder about the current state. While I too would love this feature for renewing my account, they fact 'they are not working on it' might well be due to the difficulty involved in getting a merchants account - something they have said in the past was problematic. I'm sure they are using their time to the best advantage. If they have to wait on someone else, why not dabble with other things in the meantime? Link to comment
+Divine Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I'm already getting used to being an ordinary member... Link to comment
+Galaad Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Of course I accept to pay a token to improve my preparation time to go out caching... and my credit card payment was accepted September 2nd. Since then, I have even less options than before! "Membership not existing" is all the info I get back when I try to activate my account in GC.com with the subscription # PayPal provided. No problem taking my money though... S-blablabla...? Help! Link to comment
Elias Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Of course I accept to pay a token to improve my preparation time to go out caching... and my credit card payment was accepted September 2nd. Since then, I have even less options than before! "Membership not existing" is all the info I get back when I try to activate my account in GC.com with the subscription # PayPal provided. If you send us an email, we'll look this up for you and get it resolved. Elias Link to comment
+Galaad Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Thank you! I will happily do so! Link to comment
+Klatch Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 No reply to the request for an update on credit card payment for membership, but a quick promise of help for another PayPal problem. Is the credit card option still being pursued? Link to comment
+fly46 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 No reply to the request for an update on credit card payment for membership, but a quick promise of help for another PayPal problem. Is the credit card option still being pursued? I'd like to know the same thing. Now that I have a job, becoming a paying member isn't that far out of the realm of possibility. Just not on pay-pal. Sorry, guys, But I know too many people that have gotten jerked around by Pay Pal that I just won't use the service. (Multiple people I know have had their accounts dissapear after they had collected more than $100 in them. Not alot for some, but for small business that's a ton to just lose for kicks.) Link to comment
Elias Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 Is the credit card option still being pursued? Its actively being worked on. Elias Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 How 'bout a bank account in Euroland? This would make anonymous money transfer possible - something I require for becoming a Premium Member. BS/2 Link to comment
+jkibbe Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 (edited) Is the credit card option still being pursued? Its actively being worked on. Elias Elias, Have you considered Worldpay? I use Fastmail.fm as my email provider and they took care of my c.c. processing. Seems to be a decent service, and they accept lots of different currencies & credit cards... http://www.worldpay.com/usa_en/sme/ -Jason Edited September 24, 2004 by jkibbe Link to comment
+Klatch Posted September 24, 2004 Share Posted September 24, 2004 It's actively being worked on. Thats all we need to know. Link to comment
+jkibbe Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 It's actively being worked on. Thats all we need to know. Well, it seems as if this whole merchant credit card idea has been worked on for months now - at least from what I've read from the other thread on this topic, so I figured I'd just offer my $0.02. I figured it couldn't hurt. It may be easier to allow a third party take care of the processing and web integration, rather than trying to code it in-house. Didn't mean to be intrusive... Link to comment
Jeremy Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Klatch doesn't work for us. Thanks for the info. Link to comment
+Team Spike Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 Check out http://www.emerchantsgroup.com/ - they were recommeded to me by a lot of other people and most get approved within two weeks. We are currently going through the application process. You get the direct number of the person handling your application. Groover Link to comment
+GrizzlyJohn Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 (edited) Check out http://www.emerchantsgroup.com/ - ... Unless the story has changed I don't think it is an issue of getting a merchant account. Last I heard it was a problem gettting or writing software to handle the payments. I think Groundspeak must already have a merchant account because I think you can use a regular credit card to purchase gc.com stuff. I will have to check on that it has been a long time since I have purchased anything from that site. Just tried to check but there was too many forms to fill out to get to the point to see payment options. At the risk of another warning I am just not seeing what the problem is. I have this done all the time, magazine subscriptions get renewed on my credit card, my car lease payment is made every month to my credit card, my payments on my NRA life membership are paid every quarter on my credit card. I am just not getting what is so different in the gc.com model that is making this so difficult to do. My membership ran out in August and I won't be renewing until credit cards are accepted. I would encourage everyone to do the same if you have a problem with paypal, and it appears that many do. I know my $30 is not going to make or break their operation but it is the only tool I have to make this point. Maybe if more people stop complaining about it and actually stopped using paypal it is possible that the voices would be heard. Of all of the projects that would appear to be on the drawing board I would think making sure people could send their money in how they want would be at the top of the list. But that is just me. Instead there seems to be time to come up with new icons, screensavers, backgrounds and smilies. Oh well, I guess it is their choice what they want to make a priority. Edited September 25, 2004 by GrizzlyJohn Link to comment
+Klatch Posted September 25, 2004 Share Posted September 25, 2004 This thread has had 1,107 views to date. To me this indicates there are many more people waiting for the ability to pay by credit card. Link to comment
+New England n00b Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 This thread has had 1,107 views to date. To me this indicates there are many more people waiting for the ability to pay by credit card. Every time someone looks at a thread it ups it's viewed count, whether or not it's a 'new' view... for example, I've looked at this thread at least 30 times. Each time upped that count. So it isn't necessarily 1107 unique individuals... And I'd still love to be able to pay with a debit/credit card over paper check. Link to comment
+graldrich Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 Add me to the list that does NOT like using paypal! Link to comment
+jon & miki Posted September 26, 2004 Share Posted September 26, 2004 We won't use paypal, but we'll still continue sending in our check. A reasonable credit card processor sure would be nice though. Jon Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 How 'bout a bank account in Euroland? This would make anonymous money transfer possible - something I require for becoming a Premium Member. BS/2 Any serious comments on setting up a simple bank account? Thanks, BS/2 Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted October 5, 2004 Share Posted October 5, 2004 Last I heard it was a problem gettting or writing software to handle the payments. The thing is getting something that manages memberships, I think. Right now the whole distribution of confirmation numbers, acceptance of confirmations, checking to see if you need to re-subscribe, annual subscriptions - it's all done through paypal. There's more infrastructure to build than just a payment module. If they didn't need to actually provide us services after the payment is accepted - I'm sure it'd be up and running already Link to comment
+RuffRidr Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I've been watching this thread with interest, but have never felt compelled to post to it. Well today I got an email from Groundspeak letting me know that my membership is almost up. So now it is my turn to add to this discussion. Last year I used Paypal. When I purchased my membership, Paypal pulled money from an account that I'm pretty sure I had removed. The result was an overdraft with the bank, and my membership ended up costing about twice as much as it should have. Of course, Paypal would do nothing. So now I also refuse to use them in any more dealings. I could use a check to re-up my membership, but I don't really like that idea either. I prefer to use checks only for face to face transactions. I can't remember the last time I used a check to pay for something through the mail. Jeremy, I believe your website is very deserving of the cost of a membership. If the means for me were available, I would re-up my membership right now. But if Paypal remains the only option available to me, I will regretably be forced to let my membership lapse. Maybe this is almost complete and I won't have to even worry about it. Also, does anyone know if I let my membership lapse, and then sign up again at a later time, will all my pocket queries still be set up? Thanks, --RuffRidr Link to comment
+GrizzlyJohn Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Also, does anyone know if I let my membership lapse, and then sign up again at a later time, will all my pocket queries still be set up? I can't say for sure but I think I remember reading about this before. I think someone had PQs set up and forgot to renew. And I think the fact they did not get PQs triggered them to find out why and then saw their membership had lapsed. They renewed and then their PQs showed up for them. They really were not expecting to see them but it looks like it did hold the information there. Link to comment
CoyoteRed Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 We let ours lapse for a couple of days. Signed up and something like 7 or 9 PQs ran all at once. Don't know how long they will hold them. What's funny was I was wanting to run a another PQ, found out membership lapsed, signed up again, the PQs ran going over the limit so now I couldn't run the PQ I was wanting. Got it the next day no problem, though. Link to comment
Jeremy Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 You can still send a check for now as an alternative to PayPal. Your pocket queries will not go away. They just won't run until you renew the membership. Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 You can still send a check for now as an alternative to PayPal. Will GC.com accept Traveller Cheques? BS/2 Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 Any news on bank accounts or traveller cheques? Link to comment
Jeremy Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I don't think there is any issue with traveler checks. Link to comment
+BalkanSabranje Posted November 18, 2004 Share Posted November 18, 2004 I don't think there is any issue with traveler checks. Does that mean that they are accepted? You see, I don't expect your bank to accept cheques coming from any Austrian bank (at least not without charging me far more than the 30 USD the annual membership costs)... BalkanSabranje Link to comment
Jeremy Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 We're now accepting credit card orders through the Groundspeak Store - This will be the start of a much better solution overall. Link to comment
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