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Paper Roses

(7,473 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 05:52 PM Mar 2016

I wish there was a phone number to call to make a donation for my favored candidate.

I don't like to post my credit card on-line. Every site I go to wants to accept donations via the web.
Call me old fashioned but it is just a quirk I have.

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I wish there was a phone number to call to make a donation for my favored candidate. (Original Post) Paper Roses Mar 2016 OP
If you give your credit card number to someone on the phone The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #1
So find a number and call a campaign office Travis_0004 Mar 2016 #2
They accept donations by check as well. aidbo Mar 2016 #3
Are you sure about that ??? SamKnause Mar 2016 #4
Well, if you go to the candidates' websites they tell you how at the bottom of the donate page. aidbo Mar 2016 #5
Thanks but that is not what I meant. SamKnause Mar 2016 #6
Ah, you're welcome. Still applies for the OP though. aidbo Mar 2016 #7
Thanks. SamKnause Mar 2016 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,673 posts)
1. If you give your credit card number to someone on the phone
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 05:58 PM
Mar 2016

where do you suppose it goes? The person on the phone writes it down and enters it into a database and it is processed electronically over the Internet. It's no more secure that way than doing it online in the first instance. Maybe less.

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
2. So find a number and call a campaign office
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 06:28 PM
Mar 2016

There some random stranger will write down your credit card info and key it in online for you.

 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
5. Well, if you go to the candidates' websites they tell you how at the bottom of the donate page.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:37 PM
Mar 2016
https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/lets-go-bernie?refcode=homepage_main_nav

To donate by check: Bernie 2016 PO Box 905 Burlington, VT 05402



https://www.hillaryclinton.com/contribute/donate/
Mail: To contribute by mail, please send a personal check made payable to “Hillary for America” to:

Hillary for America
P.O. Box 1700
Merrifield, VA 22116-9559
Please include your full name, address, phone number, email address, occupation and employer in the envelope.

SamKnause

(13,091 posts)
6. Thanks but that is not what I meant.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 09:49 PM
Mar 2016

I wanted to use Act Blue for Bernie and pay by check.

I was told I had to use a credit card.

I am aware that I can send a check.

I have paid by check over the phone for numerous things,

but apparently Act Blue does not allow this.

Thanks anyway.

 

aidbo

(2,328 posts)
7. Ah, you're welcome. Still applies for the OP though.
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 10:18 PM
Mar 2016

If one is concerned about security w/credit cards, one could also get a prepaid credit card to use.

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