The 250$ is just for the vBulletin upgrade, the software that runs the forums. Everything extra is for the hardware upgrades. We're still short of the amount reached in the first round of donation which had to be refunded. Hopefully we reach the same amount as yesterday. Then we would have some nice hardware upgrades.
Usually banks have special debit cards for internet shopping and etc use which acts like a credit cards just that you can't actually go to credit, so basically it's a debit card but one that lets you shop on the internet. You should ask your bank for one. You will probably get it in a week time after order though.
The 250$ is just for the vBulletin upgrade, the software that runs the forums. Everything extra is for the hardware upgrades. We're still short of the amount reached in the first round of donation which had to be refunded. Hopefully we reach the same amount as yesterday. Then we would have some nice hardware upgrades.