freedom of chat

I entered main chat hall today and had few questions but after my first i wanted to say thx but i got mssg ''As a free member you can only talk 1 time every 60 seconds.''  and i coulndt believe what did i saw. Rly chess dot com i didnt expected something like that. Btw i want to become premium but since there is no option to pay by phone and i dont have cc i cant be. I support ur bonderies and agree that free members cant do everything but to dont allow them to chat in main hall that is simple wrong and if u want to defend against spam im sure that there r other options for that

Like?

What other options?

Actually you can still go premium even without a credit card or pay pal.  Chess.com is happy to accept a money order or even a personal check by mail.  The address is in the FAQs, but you might want to contact billling to determine the exact cost and procedure.  Just click on "help & Support" at the bottom, click on the "contact support" box on the next page and then fill out a ticket.  Chess.com, like all businesses, will bend over backwards to help you spend money...

That is strange, I agree!

You can also pay by cheque/paypal.

hahaahhaha you started a topic for this lol!

I didn't know there was a main chat hall on here, are you thinking of another site?

Ruby, you play live or no?

Ah, ok, is there one on live. I play live sometimes, but not been in a main chess hall.

Ah, splendid

Agreed with OP, but you get used to it after a while.