O.K. - I don't want to sound stupid, but how do you do this with no Paypal account?
I see references to people using credit cards, but I don't see where or how.
I just get directed to a Paypal page that says something like "Hey-this didn't work"
Maybe I'm an idiot, but some step by step instructions would be awesome.

Thanks

This is what I've said a few times and never seem to get around to it, but I did now. Thanks for the push! LOL

PM Robin and I'm sure something can be worked out,Like send the funds to a fellow pinsider and have him make the donation on your behalf with paypal...But ask Robin first.

Great idea. I am another who has always been meaning to get that done. I just kicked in $10. I know it isn't much but if every user did $5-$10 each year that would really add up. I did mine because I am happy about a pin I found to buy on this site. Now I can wait a few months before starting to tell myself that I should again send in a little donation. Who's next?

Donated $25 about a month ago just for the sales i have had, i should probably donate more for all the tech help too.

I donate $5/month. I visit this site sooooooo many times during the day.....I dunno what I would do without.

According to your heart it was 8 days ago.
Hold your cursor over it and it shows how many days ago you donated.

wont let me do it. I have paypal and can make payments no problem but when i click donate it takes me to page that is not available from paypal. I even logged in, in another tab and it still did the same thing.

Same here for the donate button but the pay by the month button takes me to the PP page.

If you don't use PP and the vendor sends you an invoice you can pay with a credit card.

same here.

my bad.

seems like so long ago already. i mean 8 days ago we were going through the only drought i can remember in my area and last night it was raining so hard i could not see through the window. 8 days ago seems so long already.

First of all, thanks for all you donating to the site (or trying to)!

I'm guessing you are seeing this screen?

Paypal_Error.png

The error message baffles me, I'm seeing it myself 50% of the times, I have been trying to fix this for 3 hours and haven't gotten any closer. If anyone out there has an idea what could cause this, let me know!

yes, that is the message that I see.

yep thats it and its still there. I have tried prob 20 times now and never got it to work once.

No idea what is causing this. Googled the error message a millions of times. Searched all over the web for solutions, tried everything I could find, nothing works.

It's getting late here, gotta catch some sleep - I will work on this some more tomorrow, Pinside can't run without our donations

I'm open to suggestions, heck I would even consider adding an alternative payment provider but I'm guessing there's not much competition to Paypal, is there?

Mine went through. I'll try to make a habit of it. I really enjoy this site. Thanks!

Btw I had donated a while back but never got the heart icon. Is that because my paypal email and pinside email are different?

Oh how I wish there were. For Epay too for that matter, but that's off topic I know

Yes, that's because they're different. And you probably donated during my holidays.Anyways, shoot me a PM with your name and Paypal e-mail and I'll do it manually. Thanks!

Don't be heartless donate =-)

Every little thing helps they do work on this site a lot to improve it and keep it great.

Last week, I was getting the "Sorry- last transaction could not be completed." At the time, Robin thougt it migt be a glitch with PayPal, but the problem remained for me.
I did some googling and found some people that fixed it by deleting all cookies and their internet history. I did that and was able to donate with out any problems.
I can't say for sure though if that really fixed my issue or I just got lucky.

I donated $25 through GAP last month ....and still Heartless

You donated via the GAP t-shirt action? Cool, I will add a heart for you.

just donated, Man that feels good!

It does! and thanks Robin.

The American Classic Arcade Museum at Funspot uses Chip-In for some fundraising, in addition to PayPal:

http://www.chipin.com/

I prefer PayPal, but if you need to add an alternative, maybe that?

Thanks for reminding us. I hadn't paid much attention to donating since PPTR. I am thankful for this site and its members. Thanks for the slap in the face that it had been too long since I had donated.

I like the subscription paypal option. That way you don't have to remember to help out.

Provide an address and accept checks and money orders. USPS is'nt dead YET!

Ouch, that's a system I'm not really familiar with being from the Netherlands and all. I have seen it on TV a couple of times tough, where people get "their check in the mail"

But seriously, I think bank fees will be through the roof on international checks and not much will be left of a donation. Paypal is already taking 3.9% + $0.35 off each donation

Just threw some cash your way Pinside! I don't have any pins yet but I come on here everyday so as they say in the movie "Legend of Billie Jean" .... Fair Is Fair! By the way, that movie sucks balls!

Robin

I got rid of the paypal message by changing my email listed here on Pinside. My email here is different from my paypal email. Changing my email at Pinside got me into paypal. Hope this helps.

I dropped a few quarters in.

Kudos to the OP for starting this donation push. I know there is a donation thread stickied, but having one bouncing up on the main message board is really a good thing to remind people.

I have no idea what I would do without this site!

Holy crap, that seems to fix the problem. I had an e-mail field in the donation form and after removing that the page seems to work again.

I don't know if other people who were seeing this error message can verify, but for me this solved the issue. Thanks pdman!

Issue resolved, I was able to get the page to load and donate.

worked for me as well. changed my email address here to the same as paypal and it worked. Ill wait for the heart to show then change my email back to the way i want it.

edit: done!

Setup up recurring donation.

I think that's not even needed anymore, I have changed something in the donation page form, which excludes the e-mail address from being sent to Paypal. Glad it's finally resolved.

Thanks for the donations everyone, very cool!

Thanks for fixing the glitch, and more for running the site.
Just made a small donation by CC through the paypal donation link. Worked just fine.