High Number of Declines
Added 2018-08-02 19:33:24 +0000 UTCSo, recently Patreon's payment processor has moved from a US based one to a UK based one, which has resulted in a lot of US payments getting blocked by banks on fraud suspicions. This was completely unintended. As a result, atm nearly 25% of my patrons are currently declined.
You're able to resolve the decline by updating your payment information or contacting your bank to clear the charge. Patreon has acknowledged the issue as well.
Additionally, if you notice say, your role is missing from the discord server, or you can't access posts, check to make sure that your pledge went through.
Comments
That was loooong ago. Paypal and Patreon reached an agreement like early 2016 / late 2015. The issue now actually has to do with banks and credit cards out of the US.
Zedrin
2018-08-03 00:09:37 +0000 UTCTest with PayPal first to make sure!
2018-08-02 23:26:58 +0000 UTCThere was an announcement that "PayPal could not be used to pay for NSFW pledges" as well. Thing is, all the pledges I make are pretty much NSFW, I only use PayPal and, all of my pledges went through.
2018-08-02 23:26:35 +0000 UTCI actually got a the notice my self about 1 week ago that patreon was a fraudulent thing and I had to clear it with my banks fraud department
Bryn Kaelin
2018-08-02 20:37:27 +0000 UTCI hope it goes okay for you. My pledges went through. They took a while, but they went through. I hope everything resolves well.
Simone Spinozzi
2018-08-02 20:10:08 +0000 UTCLooks like I was charged the same as usual. Sounds like I'm good then. Sorry to hear about the other 25%. Hope this gets resolved soon.
Qrow92
2018-08-02 19:41:11 +0000 UTCOkay then.
NiGHTS4life
2018-08-02 19:36:02 +0000 UTCit didn't affect everyone, as I said it affected 25% of my patrons roughly.
Zedrin
2018-08-02 19:35:17 +0000 UTCMine seems to be fine. I was charged.
NiGHTS4life
2018-08-02 19:35:00 +0000 UTC