Since you evidently used the PayPal link and not the Paid Subscription feature of the message board, you had to be manually moved to the Members usergroup. :wink:
Curious, did you try the 'Paid Subscription' feature in the user control panel?
no i didnt i only saw the paypal link. i am very unfamiliar with this site still it will take me some time to navigate through here. im a slow learner on the computer!