You can finally join the partisans and even get yourself a cool morale patch to show your colors.
It took us a while to get there. We’re all volunteers. With real lives, you know. (Damn reality; always getting in the way of everything.) But The Zelman Partisans has now made a true, solid beginning.
UPDATE: Well, that was a bit embarrassing. The store broke after our initial tests but before we went live. Seems to be working now, so thanks for your patience. Go ahead and try again.
Have tried the join link on 2 computers and explorer, ff, and pale moon browsers, when clicking the add to cart the page reloads but won’t go to the next. Can I call someone or email the info?
RW — I’m so sorry you’re having trouble! And you’re not the only one. I’ve notified Jo Ann Alpert, who’s the person who really understands the store. Seems everyone reporting a problem is reporting the same problem, so hopefully it’s just one glitch that needs to be fixed. I’ll send Jo Ann a copy of your comment. But if you want to report details yourself, you can send to tzpstore-at-zelmanpartisans-dot-com.
Big time apologies!
Thanks for the info, glad its not just me.
Ordered a one-year membership. Will attach the patch to my trap shooting vest, which I may still need to rescue from the old house, or replace.
Worked today, thanks.
The site won’t let me use a card because (so it says) I have a paypal account. I’ve not used that account in over 10 years and can’t log in. So I’ll have to buy my membership later.
And I kinda don’t like being forced to use a payment method that I don’t normally use. It smacks of being forced to kneel before the emperor.
“And I kinda don’t like being forced to use a payment method that I don’t normally use. It smacks of being forced to kneel before the emperor.”
We have no means of processing credit cards directly and PayPal is currently the only option just because it’s the easiest and friendliest thing to set up. We will soon be taking payment by checks and money orders, too. It’s just that our treasurer tells us that the bank account needed to do that is still caught up in some “know your customer” security BS.
What is the price in Silver?
I’d love to join at the Founding Premium level but I don’t do Paypal for anyone.
R.L. — Silver. Now that would be nice. Unfortunately, at this point we have no means of taking any physical payment. We’re working on that. Fortunately, I understand that the store software will also take credit cards directly if you don’t have a PayPal account.
David earlier protested against being forced to use a PayPal when he didn’t want to (and couldn’t even access his old PP account), but I suspect that problem could be solved by using an email addy not associated with any PP account. (Not sure; this store software is as new to us as it is to everybody else at this point and we’re just learning some of its features and quirks.)
Kapitulieren? Nein!
Paypal should be avoided since they are very anti 2a, I had to use them this time since it was the only option. The problem mentioned above I don’t think is related to email, it is related to the card used, if it was ever used for a paypal acct apparently it can’t be used through the pp processing unless the pp acct is used for some reason. Had it happen to me once but when another card was used no problem. I never use pp unless there is no other option.
You had me at “morale patch”.
RW — We would love to avoid PayPal, and we could sit down over drinks and spend an evening counting the reasons.
Unfortunately, it’s effectively the only game in town for doing ecommerce unless you’re prepared to do your own cc processing. We will (soon, I hope) be getting the ability to take checks and money orders. But all we can do is look forward to the day PayPal gets blown away by some better-managed, less judgmental EZ online payment system — one that can establish a track record for reliability and stability and keep it (unlike egold, gunpal, bitcoin, et al.).
A.G. — 🙂
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Louisiana State University .
On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to face the man and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.
Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
This is for everyone who sends me those fake heart-warming stories.
“This is for everyone who sends me those fake heart-warming stories.”
Amen. May the next person who emails a story about an angel delivering a kitten to an adorable tot who’s dying of cancer meet the fate of Peter Davies. I would rather receive email from the exiled widow of the Nigerian Minister of Finance, requesting my help and my bank account number.