to anyone who may have experienced issues. its not just you. there was apparently some sort of false flag, fraud issues that patreon is dealing with. (Patreon)

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Hi everyone, as you know we're noticing an unexpectedly high number of payment declines. We're sorry for the frustration this has caused and we're doing all we can to help creators get paid by working with our payment partners and continuing to retry payments. More info below.