I've confirmed that BidPay works

Post by **Orleron** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 2:17 pm

After running through a couple of donation cycles (thanks to those who contributed), I have confirmed that we can now receive donations through BidPay.com.

http://www.bidpay.com

This is a service run by Western Union. Unlike Paypal, it does not work with your bank account. You click on the link that says "Pay Now", and it asks you whom to send money to. Type in:

exec@blackparadox.com

It will then ask you how you wish to send the payment. You can choose to use either a Visa or American Express to send the money. I know that is limited, but it is yet another method for your convenience. This will take the money directly from your credit card and debit it to our account.

Also, something to know, when you use this service to send money, it charges you US$1.95 service fee. That's more than paypal charges, but if you are scared of PayPal this can be an alternative.

Finally, BidPay is a system used most often on Ebay auctions, and it has a bad rep for people who take your money without giving you the item in return. For us, we do not have this problem because we all already know you will not get any item (real or in-game) in return for donations, so there is no way you can be cheated with it.

Thanks again for everyone who helped me test this. I am looking into making it available to interface with the fanfic as well, so people who do not want paypal can use it.