以下、リンデンから来たメールを転載します。
Dear Makochin Jewell,
This email is notification that we were unable to bill your Second Life account on August 12, 2009. Please review your Second Life membership and billing information, and make sure everything is up-to-date. Some of the more common mistakes are:
* Your credit card may have been declined for insufficient funds.
* Your credit card may be expired.
* You may have entered an incorrect expiration date for your credit card.
* Your billing address may not match the address on your credit card.
Additionally, your bank or credit card company may have flagged the charges for review. If none of the above are true and you suspect this to be the case, please contact them to authorize the charges from Linden Lab.
If you are using Paypal, check your Paypal account's verification and backing. Your Paypal account must be verified and backed by a funding source other than a credit card. (We are unable to accept Paypal accounts backed by credit cards.) Make sure the Merchant Agreement with Linden Lab is current, and make sure you haven't exceeded your Paypal transfer limits.
If everything looks correct, you may want to contact your credit card issuer (or Paypal as appropriate) to identify the problem.
Don't worry; this billing failure will not prevent you from logging on with your Second Life account. We will simply try to bill your overdue balance again the next day. If we are unable to collect the amount due within seven (7) days, your account will be suspended pending payment for an additional thirty (30) days. During that time, you will not be able to log in to Second Life. Alt accounts may be placed into administrative hold and you may be logged out of active sessions during this time as well. Failure to resolve this billing issue by the end of the probation period may result in the cancellation of your account. If you have verified the accuracy of your billing information, and are not aware of other outstanding issues that would prevent billing, please contact us through the support portal (https://secondlife.com/support ) as soon as possible.
To review or modify your account details, or to change or cancel your Second Life membership, visit
https://secondlife.com/account.
Best Wishes,
Linden Lab and the Second Life Team
えーとですね、英語が苦手な私がこの文章を訳すとですね、ようは「
金払えや、ごらぁ。」ということでしょうか。端折りすぎですかね・・・。
金がなかったら、身体で払え、と言うことでしょうか（違。
私はプレアカの維持料をクレジットカードで決済しているのですが、どうやらリンデン側に伝えてある（登録している）カードの有効期限が切れてしまったようです。
この場合、SL公式サイトから管理画面にログインして、メニューの「メンバーシップ」＞「支払い方法の更新」を選択し、カード情報を更新してやる必要があります。
メールを読むと、決済が上手くいかなかったとしても、即アカウントが停止されるとか、SLに即ログインできなくなるとか言ったペナルティはなく、7日ほど猶予期間があるようです。
ということで、本日カード情報を再登録して、とりあえず今のところ問題ないようですが、これで明日になって、また代金決済ミスッたとかなると、ちょっとヤバい雰囲気がします・・・。
明日、無事決済ができるか否か。結果が判明したらこの記事のコメント欄にでも投書します。