For slower service
If you don't mind paying electronically, but you'd rather have your photographs e-mailed to you rather than downloading them yourself (for whatever reason), or you don't want to pay in US currency, there are alternatives.
If you want to pay by PayPal, but want to have the photos you buy e-mailed to you, then e-mail for instructions. Please tell us what it is you want to buy, in what currency you wish to pay, and to which e-mail address you wish to have the photos sent. We'll take it from there.
If you don't want to pay by PayPal, and you bank online with an American bank, you can send me an e-mail money transfer in US $. Your photographs will then be delivered by e-mail. You will incur a service charge which will vary according to your bank. To use the e-mail money transfer, sign in to your bank's online service, and read the instructions for setting up a transfer, then e-mail me so that we can work out the payment amount and other questions.
Western Union is another fast, convenient way to pay for your photographs and prints.
However, you may want to check out their
Terms and Conditions and their FEES, PAYMENT AND CURRENCY EXCHANGE section before you use them.
Upon receipt of your payment your image(s) will be delivered by e-mail.
For the slowest service of all
If you don't hold with that newfangled plastic or electronic stuff, you can pay by cheque or international money order (if you are not in the US, check your money order carefully and ask the bank or post office whether the money order can be redeemed in the US). If our bank will cash it without hitting us with a service charge, we'll take it. We have the right to refuse payment if accepting the payment will incur a service charge at our bank. We may not be able to accept all currencies. Before sending us a payment in the mail, e-mail, advising us what it is you want to buy, how you want to pay and in what currency, and to which e-mail address you wish to have the image(s) sent. We'll work it out from there.
Buying image for a Secret Pal?
That's great! But if you want to make sure that your recipient has confusion-free support, we suggest that you take an extra step so that we know who the photo "purchaser" really is.
If you purchase the image using the shopping cart and PayPal, the system automatically assumes that the gift-giver (the one who used the PayPal account, with your e-mail address) is the purchaser, so the transaction goes through in the gift-giver's name. This makes it confusing when someone else e-mails for help - fresh links, etc. are sent to the purchasing e-mail address, not your Secret Pal's e-mail address.
So, if you want to buy a photo download for your Pal, please do one of the following:
As soon as you place the order and contrive to send the download instructions to your Secret Pal, please e-mail to let us know the transaction ID, and the name/e-mail of your Secret Pal recipient so that we know to expect support requests from this other person. We promise we won't divulge your identity.
Alternatively, don't use the shopping cart button. Instead, please e-mail to request a Secret Pal transaction, identifying the photo(s) and the recipient's name and e-mail address. We'll ask you to make a PayPal payment (but not through the shopping cart), and when the payment is received we'll send the download instructions to the recipient with a note saying that their Secret Pal bought the photograph(s) for him or her. This option presents a little bit of a delay, since it's human-executed rather than automated, but it saves you the hassle of having to transmit download information while preventing your Secret Pal from figuring out who you are!
