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I actually tried to donate to them, and they claimed my card was declined. So does NewEgg. I think some of these processors aren't equipped to handle debit cards, apparently, since both Amazon.com and CareerVillage have proven capable of "shutting up and taking my money".
Further pity, the Rolling Jubilee had stopped taking funds for the year. They're a favorite of mine: they buy up defaulted, second-hand debts of the housing and medical kinds that cripple people so damn hard, and then just abolish them. People who were being hounded by collectors get a call and find out their catastrophic debts are just gone.
A potentially easy way around the problem is to donate through GiveWell. Failing that, you could try via Venmo.
Damn!
Bloody hell!
http://i.imgur.com/ByU9iq0.jpg
Perhaps you should get an actual credit card as well as your debit card, for use with vendors and charities that can't handle debit cards.
(I appreciate that there are a number of possible reasons why you might be unwilling or unable to do that. They may be very good reasons. It's probably worth spending a few minutes, if you haven't already, considering whether they are good enough to outweigh being unable to donate to entities you would like to donate to, etc.)
I had no problems donating to GiveDirectly with my debit card; OTOH now I'm having trouble giving to CFAR via PayPal using the same card, which had never happened before to me. (I guess I exceeded my daily quota for Internet purchases.)
The thing is that it's supposed to function as a Check Card, able to be swiped as both credit or debit. This is actually the first time I've ever found anyone who won't take it.