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buying PLEX with Pre-paid credit cards (from store)
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Prince Sanguine
#21 - 2014-09-23 20:00:30 UTC
Why not use PayPal?

Everytime you read this you are required to send 100 million isk directly to me.
Wildmouse X
Interstellar Pipelayers Union
#22 - 2014-09-23 20:11:05 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:
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



you can use some pre-paid cash cards to pay for plex or your sub - that is how I pay for stuff here.... however, most pre-paid cards do not work internationally, you have to make sure that the one you buy will... for example the regular walgreens pre paid card does not work internationally, but their balance financial premium master card does.
Azure Wyvern
Viziam
#23 - 2014-09-23 20:27:15 UTC
thank you guys for all this info... was exactly what i was looking for...
so to sum this thread up it appears as so....

1:) Certain pre-paid cards work as long a registration is done online

2:) Prepaid CC allows international transactions.

3:) The available balance is that or more then what you purchased ( Obvious)

Thanks again...
I will let you guys know how this works...

CARNAGE TO ALL
Nostromo Fidanza
Blueprint Mania
#24 - 2014-09-23 20:31:11 UTC
OP says: "Buying PLEX with credit card"

Um, Eve is a free-to-play game
Scipio Artelius
Weaponised Vegemite
Flying Dangerous
#25 - 2014-09-23 20:37:55 UTC
Nostromo Fidanza wrote:
OP says: "Buying PLEX with credit card"

Um, Eve is a free-to-play game

If you believe that for real, then you're not just a troll, but a complete fool of one.
Tydeth Gilitae
Magewright Artificers
#26 - 2014-09-24 03:55:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Tydeth Gilitae
Hello, OP.

As stated, it depends on the card type, because of this little number: "Due to changes in applicable law, gift cards purchased after March 31, 2012 may not be used for international transactions or purchases. Please use gift cards for domestic U.S. transactions or purchases only." If the Visa/Master/AmEx/etc. is a Prepaid Gift Card, CCP can not take your money directly because they're in Iceland.

Even PayPal can not help you if the vendor is not in the USA; they check and see the domestic restriction on these things.

Fortunately, Amazon.com sells PLEX directly as well as subscription game time, and is based in the United States. You just need to link your Amazon account to your EVE Online account and then make the purchase once the site shows the linking was successful. Wait a bit, and enjoy your PLEX/gametime.

Other resellers may also be Americans and therefore compatible with the restricted prepaid gift cards as well, but I haven't checked them individually. I didn't need to, what with Amazon working just fine.

You don't need Steam version of EVE to use the resellers(including Amazon), but if you did use Steam, it'd be probably easier to just buy PLEX/sub through Steam as that is an option for Steam EVE.

...Annnnnd the forum still eats posts.
Varesk
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#27 - 2014-09-24 05:13:36 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



CCP sells codes to 3rd party resellers.

If you buy a PLEX from CCP expect up to 1 hour or longer wait for your PLEX.
if you buy a PLEX from Amazon you will get the code instantly and have to spend 10 seconds of your life copying and pasting a code in to the "redeem ETC" field.
Aurora Tali
Doomheim
#28 - 2014-09-24 11:20:34 UTC
Do you have things like Paysafe Card , UK cash Card in the US ? you can buy them at any Tobak store Kiosk or Gas Station , yea you only can use one card at a time because stupid money washing laws but its a great credit card alternative specialy when you are not old enough for credit cards or when you fear that your inner pigdog is to strong and you go on a plex shopping spree xD
Sexy Cakes
Have A Seat
#29 - 2014-09-24 11:49:18 UTC
Most banks put a hold on international purchases. Just dial the number on the back of the card and tell them to remove it and it will work.

Not today spaghetti.
Tora Bushido
The Marmite Mercenaries
BLACKFLAG.
#30 - 2014-09-24 13:31:39 UTC
It will work for sure, but just in case it doesnt. Use that debit card to setup a Paypal account, then use the paypal to buy plex.

DELETE THE WEAK, ADAPT OR DIE !

Meta Gaming Level VII, Psycho Warfare Level X, Smack Talk Level VII.
Ocih
Space Mermaids
#31 - 2014-09-24 19:22:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Ocih
They work just fine.

Cdn here and I get stuck with a lot of small balance remaining issues but they have never been rejected. That's more of an OCD thing though.

$50 card, 3 EVE payments and you will have a $3 remaining. It adds up over time but again, they work.

(iTunes get as much of my remainders as I can pinch out - I can rent a movie for as little as .99 so I can bleed them to to the max)
Hengle Teron
Red Sky Morning
The Amarr Militia.
#32 - 2014-09-24 21:36:48 UTC
Ocih wrote:
They work just fine.

Cdn here and I get stuck with a lot of small balance remaining issues but they have never been rejected. That's more of an OCD thing though.

$50 card, 3 EVE payments and you will have a $3 remaining. It adds up over time but again, they work.

(iTunes get as much of my remainders as I can pinch out - I can rent a movie for as little as .99 so I can bleed them to to the max)

hm with PSC you can register a free online account and upload the remaining money there, so you can use up to the last cent.
Aquila Sagitta
Blue-Fire
#33 - 2014-09-25 03:59:49 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:


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....


Thats a limitation your bank is putting on your card for anti theft reasons. All you need to do is call your bank and tell them to allow oversees transactions for a set period of time and buy your plex then

Blue-Fire Best Fire
Antihrist Pripravnik
Cultural Enrichment and Synergy of Diversity
Stain Neurodiverse Democracy
#34 - 2014-09-25 06:43:08 UTC
I have been using prepaid Visa Electron for years without any issues. If I can do it from Serbia, which does not have full PayPal service (we are not allowed to receive money, just spend it through PayPal Ugh), I'm fairly certain that you can do it from the US Smile
Evelyn Meiyi
Corvidae Trading and Holding
#35 - 2014-09-25 15:34:09 UTC
Azure Wyvern wrote:
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


I've always been able to buy PLEX using Vanilla Visa/Mastercard. You can't, however, use them to sign up for game-time (AFAIK) due to restrictions on the cards regarding recurring charges.
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