Ingame Store: Gift Card Usage?

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I own every campaign and own each in retail form. I have never purchased from the ingame store, though I'm thinking of doing so for aquiring the BMP next week. I have a question: Can I use gift cards in the ingame store?

I've heard that only ones that can be refilled (like Visa ones) work...though I prefer the American Express ones as the preset values are often close to what I want, and there is (at least in my area) less of an activation fee.

What is the story with gift cards in the ingame store?

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

As far as I know all credit card gift cards (visa, mastercard and such) work as long as they are the type of credit cards that the store will take. So check and see if the in-game store has takes the type you want to use.

BulletStopper

BulletStopper

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

Staring At my computer

Knights an Heroes

Mo/

If you also have a verified PayPal account, you can download their "virtual debit card" that creates a onetime use credit card number that takes the money from your PayPal account.
I know that works on the ingame store, it's what I used to buy Eye of the North for myself and a guildie.

pamelf

pamelf

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Australia

Lost Templars [LoTe]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by BulletStopper
If you also have a verified PayPal account, you can download their "virtual debit card" that creates a onetime use credit card number that takes the money from your PayPal account.
I know that works on the ingame store, it's what I used to buy Eye of the North for myself and a guildie.
Now THAT is interesting to know... Thanks for the info.

bradktulu

bradktulu

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

Newfoundland, Canada

Dark Knights of Blue Moon [Fear]

N/Me

suddenly I'm not so concerned with the fact that the BMP might not make it's way to a store around here.

Qanar

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

Belgium

GWOnline [GWO]

Beware that if you're european you can't have a american guildie buy a prepaid CC for you to buy stuff in the online store. The currency for the european version of the ingame store / ncstore won't accept american cc's.

Pyro maniac

Pyro maniac

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by BulletStopper
If you also have a verified PayPal account, you can download their "virtual debit card" that creates a onetime use credit card number that takes the money from your PayPal account.
I know that works on the ingame store, it's what I used to buy Eye of the North for myself and a guildie.
going to check out that, never heard of it

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

To test if the preset amount American Express cards work, I put in one of my near-empty ones, assuming that, in the event the store does accept it, it will say not enough money is on it.

I get the error message "network error" instead...

So should I play it safe and get one of the refillable Visa ones? What do you guys think.

Songbringer

Songbringer

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

EastCoast

E/Me

/agree get a preset credit card and set it to exactly or raised to the dollar of the BMP+tax(if there is tax)

gremlin

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

GWAR

Me/Mo

Probably already been mentioned but Debit cards work ok too, my visa one did

Wouldn't have a credit card too easy to get into debt but my debit card is just a convenience to save writing cheques all the time.

Quaker

Quaker

Hell's Protector

Join Date: Aug 2005

Canada

Brothers Disgruntled

I know this may seem obvious, but you never know....

Gift cards work, if they are the pre-paid cards from one of the major CC companies (Visa, Mastercard, AMX).
Gift cards from retail stores - Wal-mart, Home Depot, etc. - don't work.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

I understand that already, Quaker.

I've just heard rumors though that only the gift cards where you can choose how much is on them and add additional money to them (most Visa ones) work.

In the past I've only used the ones with preset values (American Express).