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Subject: Credit card availability


  Posted by: Guru - [330592710] Fri, Oct 12, 10:28

Paying for online purchases poses obstacles for teenagers and for some overseas Gurupies. On the other hand, I know that a number of international players do have eligible credit cards (and I can verify this via my GuruPatron results), and there are also ways that teenagers can get credit cards. Therefore, I thought a thread on this topic might be helpful for those of you who seem to be in a quandary.

What credit card issuers should these people be looking into? Does anyone have relevant experience with this? Are there any URLs that anyone can suggest? Let's see if we can provide some options for some of our credit-challenged Gurupies.

 
1 DR Stars
      ID: 162592010
      Fri, Oct 12, 11:14
I don't know if this applies here, but: Guru, if you can accept credit card payments I'll gladly contribute to this site. I can't open a paypal account for some reason from the DR.
 
2darkside
      Leader
      ID: 516203012
      Fri, Oct 12, 11:42
Not sure if it's an option for you DR, but Guru can also accept a check or money order (pretty sure he doesn't have the capacity to take credit cards).
 
3VIDevilRays
      Leader
      ID: 0502611
      Fri, Oct 12, 11:50
Actually, I'm pretty surprised TSN doesn't appear to be taking checks. Bet a lot of people are not playing because of that. Only reason I used a card was due to lack of payment options. Used a check for my Hardball teams. Lots of reasons why people may choose not to use a credit card even if they have one. If check "rubberizes"-pull the teams.

Any chance of changing this policy Eric?

 
4DR Stars
      ID: 162592010
      Fri, Oct 12, 14:13
I have a cousin living in the States maybe she can send him the check, how would that work?
 
5Guru
      ID: 330592710
      Fri, Oct 12, 15:40
I can't take credit cards directly, but a check is OK. There's a mailing address on my GuruPatron page. See the link at the very top of this page.
 
6PSCommish
      ID: 26724178
      Fri, Oct 12, 16:24
I don't know for sure if any of our customers have used it, but I've seen advertisements where you can prepay a credit card. Kinda like a gift certificate - Visa Style. The commercial shows parents giving them to kids "as a way to learn fiscal responsibility"...

It does seem like a decent way to budget funds and be able to buy things online. - Chris A.