More on the declined charges
Added 2018-08-02 18:18:52 +0000 UTCI’m not going to play into the rumor mill, so I’ll keep it basic:
Basically what is going on is that a lot of pledges are being declined as fraud by your banks. In some cases, peoples’ cards have been temporarily blocked by their own banks because of these fraud alerts. As to why, I am sure we will find out once the Drama Llama has left the building.
If your charge was declined, you may have to contact your bank and let them know that Patreon is not fraud, and to allow the pledges to happen. Or you can try using a different card. Alternatively, you can use PayPal.
Another pothole in the highway to hell that is online content creation.
If you have ended up as one of the unfortunate recipients of this drama, I do much appreciate you going through the effort to stick around!
Comments
Mine happened because I added another pledge so the amount slightly increased which they found suspicious. Banks really need more art nerd employees.
Bananathunder
2018-08-07 02:18:08 +0000 UTCMine seems to be working
Mirage
2018-08-06 02:41:28 +0000 UTCHappened to me last month. Bank said that Patreon was a fraudulent charge, ignoring the fact the charge was going through every month prior for over a year.
RicanWolf
2018-08-03 22:03:47 +0000 UTCEverythings OK, from Europe with Paypal
Legend_Player
2018-08-02 21:39:35 +0000 UTCMine supposedly passed and the world rejoiced. No drama for me it seems. Which I'm glad
Benoit Descheneaux
2018-08-02 19:21:58 +0000 UTCYeah mine was declined so I switched my payment method to PayPal and my pledge seems to have gone through. I guess I'll talk to my bank this afternoon.
Lloyd Lucrezia
2018-08-02 19:18:22 +0000 UTCYep, mine was declined, switched methods
darian19
2018-08-02 19:10:51 +0000 UTCYeah this is me. Only one of my two payment methods was flagged though. Weird
Colin
2018-08-02 19:01:03 +0000 UTCMy pledge went through just fine, Brother. No issues on my end. I greatly appreciate the heads-up and your honesty. Keep up the good work!!! 👍👍😎😎
Ghost Commander
2018-08-02 18:31:16 +0000 UTCYes, they moved what country they are charging from, and it got flagged as fraud. I took care of it on my end...just Patreon threw a curve ball without telling anyone
RougeNation
2018-08-02 18:27:49 +0000 UTCLuckily my card wasn't declined but from what I've heard from other creators I support is that Patreon changed the way they bill or something and it's screwing with everyone's credit cards.
Rox79
2018-08-02 18:26:04 +0000 UTCEvidently they moved their payment processing location (country), which is flagging a ton of credit card companies' fraud detection. It's an easy authorization if your CC company allows you to verify charges by text, but otherwise a huge pain if you have to reach out and contact the company in order to clear the suspected fraud. Patreon dun goofed again.
Sleepnir
2018-08-02 18:23:52 +0000 UTC
