CSA Pastures sent me this email about confusion over PayPal on their site. If you’re having problems with it, or would like to pay by PayPal instead of check, read on…

Dear CSA Members,

Please read this is if you use or want to use Paypal to pay the once a month
additional products folks at Pastured Meat and Poultry. We have noted that
in the past months there is and has been some confusion regarding the Paypal
option for payment of your invoices. We would like to try to clear up the
steps of the process.

WHEN SIGNING UP ON THE WEBSITE
If you would like the option to use your Paypal account to pay for orders,
in your Member Information page on our website you must enter the following
information. Make sure the email address you use for our newsletters, your
order receipts and our invoices is your Paypal email address.
Check the small box at the bottom of page that says “Pay by Paypal” to get
the link to Paypal button to show on your invoice.
Checking this box only allows you the ability to pay by Paypal; that you
could use Paypal if you want to. You can still write a check at the
distribution site as it is not mandatory that you always use Paypal.

PLACING AN ORDER
During the month prior to the delivery deadline, you place an order and
receive an order receipt. This is just an estimate of the order value based
on average sizes of anything that is billed by weight. You cannot and do not
want to pay this order receipt with Paypal.

THE DAY BEFORE DELIVERY
In the days between the deadline and the delivery date, we are packing your
orders as the products arrive from our neighboring farms. When we are all
through, we enter all the weights of the items priced by weight and prepare
and send your email invoice. This is the email that has the Paypal link in
it IF you have signed up to be able to pay by Paypal. The Paypal option is
used by clicking on the “Pay now” button just above your CSA and name
information on the invoice. If you do not click this button to authorize the
payment, you have not paid the invoice! You can also log in to Paypal and
“Send Money” in the amount of the invoice. Either technique will work to
transfer the payment to us. My Paypal email address is
nkdbrown@lewiswaitefarm.com

REPORTS AT THE CSA PICKUP LOCATION
Then after all the invoices are sent, we prepare the reports we send along
with the delivery to the volunteers who help to distribute your orders. The
Summary invoice list that we provide the site coordinators has a column for
Paypal indicating Yes or No. A YES indicates your ability to pay by Paypal,
and does not mean that you have paid by Paypal, until you click the button
on your invoice. A NO indicates that you have not chosen to pay us by
Paypal but will bring a check to the distribution site each month.

If you have any questions, please write or call us. Hopefully this
explanation is clear.

www.csapasturedmeatandpoultry.com

Thank you for your orders and your support of our farms,

Nancy & Alan

Lewis Waite Farm
Grass-Fed Grass-Finished Beef
Natural Pork

Alan & Nancy Brown
135 Lewis Hill Lane
Town of Jackson
Greenwich, NY 12834

www.lewiswaitefarm.com
www.csapasturedmeatandpoultry.com
518-692-3120 or 518-692-9208

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