The Industrial Railway Society can now accept payment by credit card via the PayPal method. PayPal is an American system that allows the easy transfer of funds via the Internet. Until recently it was only available in the USA, but has now been extended the many other countries.

Important: The IRS can only accept credit card payments via PayPal. DO NOT send your credit card details via post or email, as we cannot accept such payments.

Do you want to use this system to place an order with the IRS? For this you will need one of the major credit cards and a PayPal account.

If you don't already have an account, go to the PayPal website and sign up for an "International Account". There you will find a list of those countries in which PayPal now operates, and details of how the system works.

Once you have a PayPal account, go to their website and Log-In. Click on the "Send Money" tab and you will get the following screen:-

Fill in the fields as follows:-

Recipient's Email:  treasurer@irsociety.co.uk

Amount:  All prices on this website are quoted in UK pounds. Formerly PayPal, being a US company, would only deal in US dollars. However the service has now been updated to handle some other major currencies, including UK pounds. Therefore conversion of our prices to dollars is no longer necessary.

Email Subject:  "PayPal order"

Type:  Goods (other)

Note:  The contents of this field constitutes your order, so please fill it in carefully with the following information:- 
Full details of your order, with the price of each item.
Your name and full postal address, including post/Zip code and the country.
You can also pay for IRS subscriptions on the same order. State clearly which sort of subscription you require - "Full", "Bulletin Only" or "Record Only" - and whether it is to be for 1 or 2 years.

Once you have filled in the form, send it off. The money will be transferred to the IRS PayPal account and the Society's treasurer will receive an email informing him of the transfer and including the contents of "Note" field. He will then see that your order is passed on to the correct department.

Please contact the Society Treasurer if you have any queries about the PayPal system or orders sent this way.