EVE New Citizens Q&A

You can also use a debit card/bank account, I think.

Paypal's not itself a bank in the sense you seem to be thinking of, it's a middleman service for banks and various corporate accounts. Like a normal line of credit, the company managing the service still has to have an actual bank backing it up that both parties recognize.

The service can handle one-time wire transfer type stuff too, in theory, but CCP's end doesn't support it yet. The page you're linking seems to be saying they'll get to it SOON(TM).

I tried putting in a random credit card number and it tells me the merchant only takes visa or american express or some others meaning its a CCP end problem.

The forums really can't help you with billing. I recommend opening a billing petition.

I have a feeling it has something to do with one-time vs. recurring, but what do I know. Similarly, one might be able to buy PLEX with PayPal from one of the many authorized resellers, but than that is more expensive than a subscription.

Pre-Paid credit cards, like "Visa Debit Card", haven been known to work. Beware that some have hefty purchase fees and annual fees, others have no fees, so shop around. Some banks even allow their debit cards to be used online, as an equivalent to Visa or Master Card debit cards. Some banks even offer a "Virtual Debit Card" that is only usable for online purchases.

PayPal requires something to get funds from, which will then be used to pay for eve. Its talking about how PayPal works. If I need to show my credit card to CCP to play eve, then using PayPal is meaningless in the first place. It also says its another payment option for those who may not have access or wish to use another form of payment like a credit card.

Well I tried to pay with PayPal without using a credit card last night and it said that the merchant which is CCP needs a credit card info linked with it.

http://imgur.com/r7Wcfze

http://imgur.com/jQCogcN

I have money in my account. I haven't needed a credit card to pay for anything else. I've bought a lot of stuff from safe online stores before, and most importantly, it says "the merchant only accepts, visa, mastercard, american express, or ...".

That merchant is CCP. It has nothing to do with my PayPal.

Look at imgur #2. It tells me I DO need one. I need a credit card to complete the transaction, ergo I need a credit card to buy eve game time if I try to pay with PayPal.

I use paypal constantly - I have just paid for a single month non recurring via paypal.

You need a bank card to use paypal.
Debit card, or credit card, but you need an active usable bank card to use paypal services.
If you have not set this up, or not attached a bank card from your account to the paypal services, then you cannot use paypal until you do so.

This is non-negotiable.

Once this is done, you can pay for game time using paypal OR a debit card (visa debit) OR a credit card.
I pay for single month non-recurring. I do this via paypal, which on my account has a visa debit card attached to it.
I did this yesterday morning to temporarily active multiple character training on my account for two months ONLY, AND to add a single month of game time to this account.

All paid for via paypal (connected to my bank via my visa debit bank card).

If none of this is acceptable to you, please proceed to a third party EVE game time card reseller approved by CCP.

www.shatteredcrystal.com and EVE Time Code are two that I know of and have used previously to do so.
Shattered crystal appears to be down right now, but eve time code appears to be working.

Don't imply - state. I don't know unless you write this in your post.



Not true - EVE Time Code is up and working, I have literally as of yesterday used paypal to pay for game time, and for multiple character training - using my debit card on that account - and used it again this morning to pay CCP directly for a plex.
I do not appreciate being insulted due to you being frustrated - please cease and desist from personal attacks, either here or via PM.

http://imgur.com/jQCogcN

This screenshot says "Please add a debit or credit card to complete your purchase." and is the one you are referring to.
You can use either form of card.

Cheers for the info.

Next question - with you having a paypal account, did you get the "login" screen before reaching that page (being sent to that page from CCP) and login to your account?
I know this is a tiresome question, but it may help your situation so that we can get you back into game.

I'm going to guess your bank card has not yet passed the expiry date?

I've just tried extending my account, and it shows the same screen as yours for the game time screen.
However, I always elect to manually pay here, as my paypal indicates to me the use of a one-time payment on this screen.
Once I click on next (disregarding that notice about the recurring payment stuff because my account always treats it as a one-time thing, and I'm always renewing it anyway) It sends me to paypal, and lets me log in on the right. I filled out my info, and clicked and payed (at 11:43 as of time of writing this day, etc etc) and got my receipt from paypal.

CCP should direct you to paypal site, which *should* let you log in to your paypal account so you can agree to let paypal transfer the cash for you.
If the previous paypal page is the one CCP is sending you to when it sends you to paypal, then this is very specific to you.
Please could you try first logging in to paypal on a seperate page/window, and then proceed through the payment steps again?