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buying PLEX with Pre-paid credit cards (from store)
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Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#1 - 2014-09-22 20:15:12 UTC
I get mixed information about this... and before i spend my hard earned money I wanted to clarify a question......

1:) Can you goto a store put 50$ on a pre-paid visa, mastercard, whatever else and use it to purchase PLEX?

I live in the US and they are readily avail.

2:) If you CAN, is there a preferred card that works as in (visa, mastercard) over others?

3:) I dont use steam, I just use the launcher.... does this have any effect on this..... Also do not use paypal.....do i have too?

If someone could just clear this up for me i may make myself space rich buy ships i cannot afford to lose and welp them into YOU...

WIN WIN

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Adrie Atticus
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#2 - 2014-09-22 20:18:15 UTC
Check any of the 3rd party authorized resellers: https://secure.eveonline.com/etc.aspx

At least some of them should accept pre-paid cards.
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#3 - 2014-09-22 20:18:19 UTC
AFAIK sure. Its just a credit card.

You can use amazon gift cards and buy plex on amazon then sell them in game. So... I really don't know what your on about or why it would be any different. The system thinks you are using a credit card...

Or am I missing something here?

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Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#4 - 2014-09-22 20:21:23 UTC
DaReaper wrote:
AFAIK sure. Its just a credit card.

You can use amazon gift cards and buy plex on amazon then sell them in game. So... I really don't know what your on about or why it would be any different. The system thinks you are using a credit card...

Or am I missing something here?



You would think so Dareaper but I remmeber i had a credit card from MY BANK.... and it wouldnt allow it to be used to purchase gametime because of international reasons.... Im wondering if the prepaid will fault to the same speculation..... CCP Falcon... maybe wrong thread for this but could you give me a good ole' clear explanation for this.... i just want to load money onto prepaid visa card and buy 50 plex from you.... yes or no?

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Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#5 - 2014-09-22 20:24:23 UTC
Adrie Atticus wrote:
Check any of the 3rd party authorized resellers: https://secure.eveonline.com/etc.aspx

At least some of them should accept pre-paid cards.


Thanks for link...prob will do this although i wanted to avoid a third party...somthing just rubs me the wrong way about them.,.

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Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#6 - 2014-09-22 20:38:53 UTC
So you have to buy GTC and convert them into PLEX from amazon???? Why can this not be a little bit more straight forward ccp? Money is in the best interest of you although you seem to make it quite difficult to purchase PLEX and sell them ingame unless you have a bank account you want to use

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Hengle Teron
Red Sky Morning
The Amarr Militia.
#7 - 2014-09-22 21:11:49 UTC
PaySafeCard is a great option for a sort of prepaid credit card....
Lothras Andastar
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2014-09-22 21:30:06 UTC
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Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#9 - 2014-09-22 21:32:27 UTC
Hengle Teron wrote:
PaySafeCard is a great option for a sort of prepaid credit card....

Will this allow you to purchase PLEX right off of CCP website? Im just nervous to put money on a card and pay tax and have it not work... lol guess ill ask in alliance someone must know the answer

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Hengle Teron
Red Sky Morning
The Amarr Militia.
#10 - 2014-09-22 21:43:28 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:
Hengle Teron wrote:
PaySafeCard is a great option for a sort of prepaid credit card....

Will this allow you to purchase PLEX right off of CCP website? Im just nervous to put money on a card and pay tax and have it not work... lol guess ill ask in alliance someone must know the answer

well when you go to "buy PLEX" in your account management, there's an option to pay with PSC.
I only use PSC just for subing, but it works there no probs...
Satisfry
Doomheim
#11 - 2014-09-22 21:47:37 UTC
They sell PLEX at best buy don't they?

By the Riot Point cards
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#12 - 2014-09-22 23:48:51 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:
So you have to buy GTC and convert them into PLEX from amazon???? Why can this not be a little bit more straight forward ccp? Money is in the best interest of you although you seem to make it quite difficult to purchase PLEX and sell them ingame unless you have a bank account you want to use



you don't have too, but you can usually find a deal where amazon has the plex for cheaper then ccp

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Jeremy Kamira
#13 - 2014-09-22 23:54:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Jeremy Kamira
NEVER buy vanilla visa cards, they never work and there support is 100% worthless ****. Vanilla Mastercards however, are OK.

I am Canadian BTW, no clue about the state of the USA ones.
Angeal MacNova
Holefood Inc.
Warriors of the Blood God
#14 - 2014-09-23 00:49:58 UTC
So long as the prepaid credit card company allows you to go online and register the card to your postal code (or US equivalent) then this allows you to purchase stuff online. I have always subbed my account and I've been playing longer than I've had my own credit card. Pretty sure I would use a prepaid but can't remember. If a prepaid can be used to sub then it should be usable to make purchases.

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Dun'Gal
Myriad Contractors Inc.
#15 - 2014-09-23 03:11:17 UTC  |  Edited by: Dun'Gal
Confirming prepaid credit cards work fine for plex purchase, they also work for subscriptions but when sub comes due it will fail (obviously) if there is not funds on it. So you will need to add a new one.

Edit: as another canadian, I agree with the opinion on Vanilla cards - they are garbage
Pok Nibin
Doomheim
#16 - 2014-09-23 04:08:07 UTC
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KarmaFleet
Goonswarm Federation
#17 - 2014-09-23 13:14:11 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:
DaReaper wrote:
AFAIK sure. Its just a credit card.

You can use amazon gift cards and buy plex on amazon then sell them in game. So... I really don't know what your on about or why it would be any different. The system thinks you are using a credit card...

Or am I missing something here?



You would think so Dareaper but I remmeber i had a credit card from MY BANK.... and it wouldnt allow it to be used to purchase gametime because of international reasons.... Im wondering if the prepaid will fault to the same speculation..... CCP Falcon... maybe wrong thread for this but could you give me a good ole' clear explanation for this.... i just want to load money onto prepaid visa card and buy 50 plex from you.... yes or no?


Like your bank card, it will depend on the issuer of the prepaid card I assume. I doubt CCP keeps up with which card issuers allows certain international transactions and they certainly haven't weighed in on the numerous requests to do so, other than to say "good luck with that". Can you not just use Amazon with your existing card? I had the same experience with my bank issued Mastercard, got the same response from them :reasons:, and went to Amazon and purchased my game time with no issues. I've been doing it that way ever since.

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Utremi Fasolasi
La Dolce Vita
#18 - 2014-09-23 13:24:09 UTC
With prepaid debit cards you can run into trouble with authorization holds. You go to buy something for $10 online, have $11 balance, the merchant checks the card with a $10 auth, and then the purchase fails because of lack of funds for the real charge because it looks like there is only $1 left to your bank temporarily.
Domanique Altares
Rifterlings
#19 - 2014-09-23 15:23:17 UTC
You just need to check the terms on the card and make sure that it allows for overseas charges. I have previously paid my sub and bought PLEX with a prepaid AMEX card that I charged using Green Dot with no issue whatsoever.
Elsa Hayes
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#20 - 2014-09-23 19:51:25 UTC
You can buy plex at any authorized dealer with a pre paid visa card, I did it several times without problems, just make sure you stored enough money on it before you attempt the purchase (check your balance first) it should work without a problem.

Bought from shattered crystal and markee dragon and others in the past, never had any problem, same goes for 99% of all other games, so far only ran into 1 game which made trouble, other than that its handled like a normal credit card, you just have to make sure its loaded.
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