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I cannot or do not want to use Paypal. How can I get a membership?

Sorry to say so, but we have to rely on Paypal for credit card processing because they allow us to keep payment fees low and thus offer the best deal on memberships.

Before you reject them outright, however, (and there are some valid concerns about opening an account which is, while convenient, inherently not held to the same standards as a bank account - it's more like a customer account at an online retailer such as Amazon), you should however know that for making one-time payments (entering your card data on the fly), Paypal are a financial institution like any other and have to adhere to the same protection standard as every other credit card processor. So there is no difference in security for that kind of payment, whether it is mediated by Paypal or another company.

If you absolutely do not trust them with your credit card, you can, at least in the United States, use a gift card to fund a payment. If you do that, obviously your risk would at most be any funds left on the card after buying your membership.

If that's not an alternative for you either (these cards are not offered worldwide), a last resort would be to ask a friend or relative who does use Paypal to buy you a gift certificate and repay them in cash or any other method you prefer. Gift certificates are the exact same price as standard memberships, so you'd not pay any extra for this process.

We do hope that there's a solution for you among these!