LinuxQuestions.org
Latest LQ Deal: Latest LQ Deals
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > LinuxQuestions.org > LQ Suggestions & Feedback
User Name
Password
LQ Suggestions & Feedback Do you have a suggestion for this site or an idea that will make the site better? This forum is for you.
PLEASE READ THIS FORUM - Information and status updates will also be posted here.

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 11-30-2014, 08:48 PM   #271
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,597

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080

You should be all set now. Thank you for supporting LQ.

--jeremy
 
Old 02-22-2019, 08:57 PM   #272
1nuxg33k
Member
 
Registered: Feb 2019
Location: PNW
Distribution: Debian, LFS
Posts: 87

Rep: Reputation: 33
Hello. I have paid for a yearly membership but have yet to see the perks. Wanted to bring it to your attention that it is not immediate after payment.
 
Old 02-23-2019, 09:11 AM   #273
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,597

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080
Quote:
Originally Posted by 1nuxg33k View Post
Hello. I have paid for a yearly membership but have yet to see the perks. Wanted to bring it to your attention that it is not immediate after payment.
Thank you for your support. It should be immediate. Looking into what happened here, but have updated your account and added an extra month for the inconvenience.

--jeremy
 
Old 01-05-2021, 10:53 AM   #274
eight.bit.al
Member
 
Registered: Jul 2015
Location: Prison
Distribution: a new distro every day
Posts: 123

Rep: Reputation: Disabled
I signed up for the $5/month on Jan. 3. I don't see any change in member status. Please help. Thanks for a great resource. Hoping this is the correct place for this.

8bit
 
Old 01-05-2021, 11:52 AM   #275
jeremy
root
 
Registered: Jun 2000
Distribution: Debian, Red Hat, Slackware, Fedora, Ubuntu
Posts: 13,597

Original Poster
Rep: Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080Reputation: 4080
Thank you for supporting LQ - your account has been updated.

--jeremy
 
Old 01-05-2021, 12:47 PM   #276
hazel
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 7,477
Blog Entries: 19

Rep: Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409
I wouldn't mind contributing a few pounds a year; after all why should Jeremy have to pay for it all out of his own pocket? But:

1) I don't have a PayPal account and don't want one
2) I don't have a credit card and don't want one. Besides I'm probably not eligible to get one because I have no credit record. (Aren't algorithms daft? A human being, seeing a person who is not on record as ever having been in debt, would say, "Wow! This person obviously hates owing money so she must be a good credit risk." But an algorithm just says naah!)
3) I can't pay dollars by cheque because I don't have an account on a US bank.
4) I do have a debit card but that's directly linked to my bank account so I don't use it online.

Sorry, folks, but if you won't make allowances for my situation, I can't make allowances for yours.
 
Old 01-05-2021, 03:07 PM   #277
ondoho
LQ Addict
 
Registered: Dec 2013
Posts: 19,872
Blog Entries: 12

Rep: Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053Reputation: 6053
Quote:
Originally Posted by hazel View Post
why should Jeremy have to pay for it all out of his own pocket?
He doesn't... see attachment.
(no hard feelings, I'm sure the plea for donations is justified regardless)
Attached Thumbnails
Click image for larger version

Name:	maim_2021-01-05_23-05-07.png
Views:	41
Size:	10.9 KB
ID:	35167  

Last edited by ondoho; 01-05-2021 at 03:09 PM.
 
Old 01-05-2021, 05:05 PM   #278
teckk
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Oct 2004
Distribution: Arch
Posts: 5,099
Blog Entries: 6

Rep: Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822Reputation: 1822
Quote:
1) I don't have a PayPal account and don't want one
Ditto, how many times have they been hacked?

2) Nope, no credit rating means that you have not made financial institutions a bunch of money by paying interest to them. So you are bad.

4) I have not had any problem with that. There is a number on the back of the debit card. Make it so the card number can't be used without that security number. So, you have to have the card in your hand to use the debit card number.
 
Old 01-05-2021, 05:30 PM   #279
rtmistler
Moderator
 
Registered: Mar 2011
Location: USA
Distribution: MINT Debian, Angstrom, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian
Posts: 9,876
Blog Entries: 13

Rep: Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929Reputation: 4929
Would an international money order work?
 
Old 01-05-2021, 06:59 PM   #280
scasey
LQ Veteran
 
Registered: Feb 2013
Location: Tucson, AZ, USA
Distribution: CentOS 7.9.2009
Posts: 5,701

Rep: Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208Reputation: 2208
Quote:
Originally Posted by hazel View Post
I wouldn't mind contributing a few pounds a year; after all why should Jeremy have to pay for it all out of his own pocket? But:
1) I don't have a PayPal account and don't want one
1) It’s possible to use PayPal without creating an account or letting them “save” your card information...but I don’t disagree with you either, Hazel.
2) don’t know about in the UK, but where I am, it’s possible to get a credit card with no annual fee. If one pays it off every month, there’s no interest to pay...and doing that will establish a credit rating.

Jeremy—
Consider setting up a Square account and page.
 
Old 01-06-2021, 04:42 AM   #281
hazel
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 7,477
Blog Entries: 19

Rep: Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409
Quote:
Originally Posted by scasey View Post
1)
2) don’t know about in the UK, but where I am, it’s possible to get a credit card with no annual fee. If one pays it off every month, there’s no interest to pay...and doing that will establish a credit rating.
We have a thing called a preloaded card (but it's a debit card, not credit). You have a certain amount of electronic cash on it which you can spend online or by contactless, and then you can recharge it from your account. It's useful for people with a poor credit record and also for those who have money management problems, since you can't spend more with it than you have on it at the time. I could get one from my credit union. But there is a fixed monthly charge, which I think is the case for all these devices, so unless you use it a lot, it isn't worth it financially.
 
Old 01-06-2021, 04:44 AM   #282
hazel
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 7,477
Blog Entries: 19

Rep: Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409
Quote:
Originally Posted by teckk View Post
There is a number on the back of the debit card. Make it so the card number can't be used without that security number. So, you have to have the card in your hand to use the debit card number.
I've always wondered about that security number. I have used my card over the phone sometimes and I know they are not supposed to write down the number but how do I know they haven't?
 
Old 01-06-2021, 06:51 AM   #283
boughtonp
Senior Member
 
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: UK
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 3,563

Rep: Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528Reputation: 2528
Quote:
Originally Posted by hazel View Post
Quote:
Originally Posted by teckk View Post
4) I have not had any problem with that. There is a number on the back of the debit card. Make it so the card number can't be used without that security number. So, you have to have the card in your hand to use the debit card number.
I've always wondered about that security number. I have used my card over the phone sometimes and I know they are not supposed to write down the number but how do I know they haven't?
That's the CV2 aka CSC (aka a bunch of others, mostly combinations of "card (security|validation|verification) (code|value)" or similar).

Not having the CV2 doesn't actually prevent the card number being used, but it can result in higher fees being charged by the payment processor (and presumably an increased number of fraud checks applied).

If a company was externally audited for PCI DSS compliance and stored CV2 numbers were found, they would likely be fined, but otherwise it comes down to a question of how much you trust the entities you're providing your card details to.

Giving card details over the phone is not intrinsically more secure than entering them into a website.

 
Old 01-06-2021, 06:53 AM   #284
hazel
LQ Guru
 
Registered: Mar 2016
Location: Harrow, UK
Distribution: LFS, AntiX, Slackware
Posts: 7,477
Blog Entries: 19

Rep: Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409Reputation: 4409
Quote:
Originally Posted by boughtonp View Post
Giving card details over the phone is not intrinsically more secure than entering them into a website.
That's why I only do it with companies that I have done business with for quite a while, for instance my annual boiler service.
 
Old 09-09-2023, 06:43 AM   #285
MartinsH
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Sep 2023
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
Newbies

Am new here
 
  


Reply

Tags
do, how, make


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Contributing Member revof11 LQ Suggestions & Feedback 4 04-01-2007 10:51 PM
LinuxQuestions.org Contributing Members - What do you think? jeremy LQ Suggestions & Feedback 88 07-18-2006 11:34 AM
How to be a more happy,fun linuxquestions.org member ?? my-unix-dream General 19 06-30-2006 07:02 AM
New Forum - LinuxQuestions.org Member Intro jeremy LQ Suggestions & Feedback 6 03-18-2006 06:13 PM
LinuxQuestions.org Member Intro Forum - PLEASE READ! acid_kewpie LinuxQuestions.org Member Intro 0 08-11-2003 01:05 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > LinuxQuestions.org > LQ Suggestions & Feedback

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:11 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration