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EarlG

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36. To clear this up (I say this every fund drive, and I've said it more than once this fund drive, but I'll say it again)

Reply to KS Toronado (Reply #35)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 10:07 AM

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Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are not major players in PayPal. Musk was ousted from PayPal in 2000, before DU existed. Thiel left PayPal in 2002, before DU started using PayPal to take payments.

When DU started using PayPal to take payments, it was owned by eBay. In 2015 eBay spun PayPal off into a separate entity, and since then it has been a publicly owned company.

It's been more than two decades since Musk and Thiel have had any connection to PayPal.

Nevertheless, we are attempting to come up with an alternative method of accepting payments, as mentioned in this OP.

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THANK YOU, EarlG, for ALL YOU DO!!! lastlib Thursday #1

Hearts ❤️ are sweet... but a shamrock fundraiser might be fun too 🍀... QueerDuck Thursday #2

Nice idea question everything Thursday #18

... Kali Thursday #3

Thank you. I used Stripe and it worked fine. ananda Thursday #4

Glad it is working! EarlG Thursday #5

It told me my star was manually assigned. ananda Thursday #6

They are all being manually assigned at the moment EarlG Thursday #10

Not a problem at all. ananda Thursday #27

You should add it so we can gift star memberships to other posters. W_HAMILTON Thursday #7

We do allow this during the Summer Fund Drive, with some restrictions EarlG Thursday #11

Thank you EarlG mountain grammy Thursday #8

1+ Paypal Stripe memo Norrrm Thursday #9

Dear EarlG... ultralite001 Thursday #12

Thank you EarlG! bamagal62 Thursday #13

come on DUers, let's PONY UP Skittles Thursday #14

So, contributing now will add one year to the end of our current star membership year? Sogo Thursday #15

Not a dumb question EarlG Thursday #26

K&R Bayard Thursday #16

EarlG, I am attemping to renew my star, and checked the thing niyad Thursday #17

EarlG has a step by step for using PayPal as a guest question everything Thursday #19

Thank you. For some reason, that slider button would not let niyad Thursday #24

Hi there EarlG Thursday #20

Okay, this time it worked. The previous times, the little slider thing niyad Thursday #23

I managed to purchased hearts once I followed your step by step question everything Thursday #21

Got some stars! Eko Thursday #22

Amnesty, please? question everything Thursday #25

EarlG I'll give this a try ... and once again ... THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart FakeNoose Thursday #28

I just used it and can't believe how much easier it was. blm Thursday #32

Yes, Pay Pal made it really hard to donate my $50.00 and then I had trouble logging back into DU. Botany Thursday #29

Love this... Lithos Thursday #30

Thank you. This was SO much easier. blm Thursday #31

This message was self-deleted by its author quaint Friday #33

I hope it's not too low tech DFW Friday #34

With Peter Thiel & Elon Musk being major players in Paypal KS Toronado Saturday #35

To clear this up (I say this every fund drive, and I've said it more than once this fund drive, but I'll say it again) EarlG Saturday #36

WOW, thanks for the history lesson Earl ! KS Toronado Saturday #37