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[SaintRidley]

Anyway, it's nearly eight in Pennsylvania, was the Giant referring to his own time zone when he said the real update would be later tonight?

Later tonight in Giant-speak generally translates into after 3 am Pennsylvania time.

[MoonCat]

Later tonight in Giant-speak generally translates into after 3 am Pennsylvania time.

Dang. I wanna see what the Mystery prize is!

Also to find out if there's any more we can raise that he can shape into a goal.

[Elw00d]

Does anyone know if it is allowed to add 2 Sticky Schtick packs to a previous pledge? I'm going to need to adjust my pledge anyways for sales tax, might as well add some more swag as well (if I can). I would guess yes as the cards would not take up that much space.

[Gwynfrid]

And of course Rich is partly to blame here. He's the one doing business with kickstarter.

Well, his alternative option is to not do business with kickstarter, and not run a reprint drive. In that case he would not be responsible for your frustration, but you wouldn't exactly be able to pledge, either.

[Chess435]

Jefferson. (But our high school does get to represent Pierce in Mock Trial, for some reason.)

Grays Harbor here, so I guess I'm within driving distance of both of you!

[Tanuki Tales]

All I will say is that I agree that it is odd that Amazon, as a major website, doesn't accept Paypal when so much of the internet does.

But enough negative vibes and arguing people! We broke 1,000,000 dollars gorram it! That's gorram insane and amazing!

[Kobold-Bard]

All I will say is that I agree that it is odd that Amazon, as a major website, doesn't accept Paypal when so much of the internet does.

But enough negative vibes and arguing people! We broke 1,000,000 dollars gorram it! That's gorram insane and amazing!

I could easily be wrong about this, but isn't that because most of the internet don't have their own internal payment system because it's far too much hassle. over Since Amazon does have one which they have total control over rather than relying on something else like Paypal, I'd say it'd be weird for them to use Paypal.

They really should sort out whatever Amazon.de's issue with non-credit cards is though.

[CoffeeIncluded]

Due to the Kickstarter peculiarity of charging you only when the drive ends, if there's a problem with your Amazon Payments account (if you used a pre-paid or debit card that isn't accepted after all, for example), you won't find out until it's too late.

Credit cards are probably accepted regardless of country (Amazon.com Visa, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club and JCB are those that can be selected.) Pre-paid and debit cards, not necessarily - even if they have the Visa logo on them.

...Oh dear.

I have a Bank of America debit card and I live in the US. I've made online purchases with it before, but not with Amazon...

[Porthos]

Rich upped some of the limited points again about eight minutes ago:

PLEDGE $49 OR MORE
27 BACKERS • Limited Reward (23 of 50 remaining)
PATIENCE for a SIGNED PRINT: The 8x10 art print, autographed by the author, plus the Roy Greenhilt magnet and the coloring book and stuff. Add any one signed book for an additional $45. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10.) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!
Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

PLEDGE $240 OR MORE
18 BACKERS • Limited Reward (7 of 25 remaining)
A complete set of all 8 limited edition OOTS holiday ornaments from 2004 to 2011, signed by the artist, Rich Burlew, plus a Roy Greenhilt magnet. Add one copy of every OOTS books signed for $262 (or message me to add selected books only). (Ornaments must ship separately from books to avoid breakage. Canada/Mexico orders, please add $34 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $49.) [New reward! Added 1/27/12.]
Estimated Delivery: May 2012

Hurry and grab before they're closed once again.

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...Oh dear.

I have a Bank of America debit card and I live in the US. I've made online purchases with it before, but not with Amazon...

There is almost NO WAY Amazon Payments will not accept a BoA debit card. I'd say less than 1% chance. Actually, I'd say less than .001% chance.

Big Banks have power, after all.

I DO know for an absolute fact that Amazon Proper (as opposed to Amazon Payments) accepts BoA debit cards. So, don't worry about it.

[WampaX]

All I will say is that I agree that it is odd that Amazon, as a major website, doesn't accept Paypal when so much of the internet does.

Possibly because they don't want to have to deal with PR disasters like this due to use of Paypal as the payment medium.

[Porthos]

Possibly because they don't want to have to deal with PR disasters like this due to use of Paypal as the payment medium.

Also probably because PayPal is a Direct Competitor to Amazon Payments.

It's like asking why one can't use a Microsoft Gift Card at an Apple Store.

[CoffeeIncluded]

There is almost NO WAY Amazon Payments will not accept a BoA debit card. I'd say less than 1% chance. Actually, I'd say less than .001% chance.

Big Banks have power, after all.

I DO know for an absolute fact that Amazon Proper (as opposed to Amazon Payments) accepts BoA debit cards. So, don't worry about it.

*Sighs in relief* Phew. Okay. Good.

Besides, I just looked at the Kickstarter FAQ and if your credit/debit card doesn't go through, you've got a week to fix it. Worst case scenario, I'll tell my parents about the Kickstarter, possibly have a bit of an awkward conversation, and then have my parents pay for it directly with their credit card while I pay them back from my account which only has a debit card.

[WampaX]

Also probably because PayPal is a Direct Competitor to Amazon Payments.

It's like asking why one can't use a Microsoft Gift Card at an Apple Store.

Not without some intermediate laundry service.
It's probably pretty tough to buy a car with Microsoft Points exchanged for Chuck-E-Cheeze tickets, but I'm sure someone has figured out how.

[Crisis21]

Rich upped some of the limited points again about eight minutes ago:

PLEDGE $49 OR MORE
27 BACKERS • Limited Reward (23 of 50 remaining)
PATIENCE for a SIGNED PRINT: The 8x10 art print, autographed by the author, plus the Roy Greenhilt magnet and the coloring book and stuff. Add any one signed book for an additional $45. (Canada/Mexico orders, please add $7 extra to your pledge to cover shipping; international orders, add $10.) PLEASE NOTE DELIVERY DATE: This package will not ship until all other orders have been fulfilled!
Estimated Delivery: Dec 2012

Snagged one of these. Which means a Patience for a Signed Book has opened up.

I'm content with my pledge now.

[Forbiddenwar]

Hooray!
I now have three kickstarter accounts
And am getting:
A signed print
A signed book
The complete game
the swag pack 2 (Because you can NEVER have enough stickers)

[Evil_Lamp_6]

I'm happy getting all the books being that I have none of them, so the Whole Story Package has been ever so awesome. I also added money for a patch because patches are cool!

[Tanuki Tales]

Possibly because they don't want to have to deal with PR disasters like this due to use of Paypal as the payment medium.

I...

I don't have words for that.

I think I might just stop using paypal.

[Elw00d]

Forbiddenwar's post makes me wonder...........me adding/changing my choice from "The Whole Story" to "Patience" {but just adding the amount of Patience to the former} will Rich not be able to ship both? Should I just drop my pledge to the Patience pledge amount? And then buy the books from the store at a later time. I know he mentioned something about not being able to combine some orders due to the box sizes and shipping costs. I also thought there was a exception for autograph pledges. Anyone have any thoughts/insight on my plight? Thanks.

[Forbiddenwar]

But I'm in the 51st state.

OOH!
Which one? Puerto Rico or Guam?

Forbiddenwar's post makes me wonder...........me adding/changing my choice from "The Whole Story" to "Patience" {but just adding the amount of Patience to the former} will Rich not be able to ship both? Should I just drop my pledge to the Patience pledge amount? And then buy the books from the store at a later time. I know he mentioned something about not being able to combine some orders due to the box sizes and shipping costs. I also thought there was a exception for autograph pledges. Anyone have any thoughts/insight on my plight? Thanks.

Reasoning for my multiple accounts:
1) The full game is big - can't add anything to it besides a print and a thin book and I REALLY wanted the signed print
2) The swag pack 2 can't be combined with anything else, especially not the full game
3) if having 3 separate kickstarter accounts gets me awards sooner (see one of them was a patience reward) AND makes my life as well as Rich's easier, well then I will have three accounts and not worry about emailing Rich to see if I can combine X+y packages for Z amount.

Luckily, kickstarter accounts /= Amazon accounts. Everything is still coming from the same Amazon account.

[WampaX]

I...

I don't have words for that.

I think I might just stop using paypal.

The not as widely known
Caveat venditor

I would make a joke here about the world's smallest violin, but I don't want my fingers broken.

[Flame of Anor]

You assume I'm even in the Puget Sound area . I could be off in the Grand Coulee Dam area for all you know. (I am, but I have no idea if I'd ever meet your friends. Seattle is pretty big.)

My area is more into wearing Victorian clothes than steampunk actually.

Do you know Abney Park? Or a certain Dana H.? Or perhaps Anthony H. (different H)?

[MoonCat]

Do you know Abney Park? Or a certain Dana H.? Or perhaps Anthony H. (different H)?

Not that I know of.

I don't live in Seattle, and even then, it's still a massive city. I'm probably not going to know people from there.

[VinRaven]

Regardless though, only accepting credit cards is a terrible terrible practice, that should be rooted out.

And of course Rich is partly to blame here. He's the one doing business with kickstarter.

What, are you getting a commission from ebay/paypal or something, or just trolling?

[Chess435]

Not that I know of.

I don't live in Seattle, and even then, it's still a massive city. I'm probably not going to know people from there.

Same here.

[blackjack217]

OOH!
Which one? Puerto Rico or Guam?

Maybe DC, after all they keep trying to gain statehood.

[Forbiddenwar]

Mystery Prize 8 (Guess) A photo of Rich Burlew's accountant's face when he/she finds out about the kickstarter total.

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Yay! Rich took my Dr Evil Reference. I hope Scruffy can be both mr. bigglesworth and Mini Belkar.

[Flame of Anor]

You know, Coffee, your Murphy's Law banner isn't showing up. Maybe you should upload it to imgur instead of Photobucket?

[Chess435]

Thought this was kinda funny, so I took a screenshot:

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