Petition: clickandbuy the only way no,thanks.

[Frost]

It pisses me off that the Japanese players get special treatment.

It pisses me off more that Square refuses to address this issue publicly.

Those update notes for the next version update better be amazing, and the notes better come out in the next two weeks, or I'm letting my bill just lapse and walking away until they fix this.

I don't mind putting up with a little bit of nepotism, (or blatant racism, you can choose the word that applies more accurately) but I want to at least have something to show for it.

[Octaviane]

From FFXI Main Page.


Could this mean anything good?

OMG,...............but it's only for 90 minutes so who knows. Fingers crossed though for all of you.

I also wonder how often this will happen IF C&B is retained.

[Panthera]

OMG,...............but it's only for 90 minutes so who knows. Fingers crossed though for all of you.

I also wonder how often this will happen IF C&B is retained.

I don't think C&B is being disposed of. At the very least, it will be kept as an option.

Admitted: speculation.

[Maacha]

I don't think C&B is being disposed of. At the very least, it will be kept as an option.

Admitted: speculation.

What I'm thinking is that they're finding a way to make sure people don't get charged the international processing fee by their banks, which was BS anyway. I doubt there are any other substantial changes other than that. Unless perhaps they were adding more countries to the allowed list, but somehow I doubt it... >.>

[NkaiMoonwatyr]

I don't think C&B is being disposed of. At the very least, it will be kept as an option.

Admitted: speculation.

Thing is, i don't think SE simply CAN just get rid C&B. I stumbled across C&B's merchant contract and saw something mentioned about a 4 year minimum contract with some pretty stiff fees if the contract is broken early. Not sure if this applies to the situation between SE and C&B, but it might explain why they aren't ditching them and running like hell, especially with all the uproar about using them. They may be stuck with them for the duration of whatever contract they entered into and so are trying to put a 'positive spin' on the partnership in the hopes that they can fool people into thinking that it really really is a good thing...

Not that any of that justifies anything, they should have done some better research beforehand. But still.. makes ya wonder.

[Panthera]

They may be stuck with them for the duration of whatever contract they entered into and so are trying to put a 'positive spin' on the partnership in the hopes that they can fool people into thinking that it really really is a good thing...

The spin machine has been working marvelously thus far, and I don't think it can work much better.

[Jerbob]

Signed up just to scratch my mark here, not that I think it'll make any difference. SE has been messing us about for years and more than a few of my close friends in-game have quit over this. If nothing else that's hardly motivation for me to stay. Someone at SE really needs to get a grip.

[RAIST]

eh... they actually need to keep C&B, as it does provide an alternative for those that couldn't pay with the old POL system (non-3DS cards, etc.).

What they need to do is continue the direct-pay 3DS option in addition to C&B/Crysta options so they are covering all the bases.

[Klesniks]

There is a way you can judge for yourself how reputable Clickandbuy is without having to sign up with them first or believe any second hand information on forums or other websites (which I'm not doubting is correct!). Just go to their website and go to the 'shopping' tab. I didn't count but I must have gone to the websites of at least 15 of the companies listed, and only one of them actually accepted Clickandbuy as a payment method. Even Absolute Poker, listed on the Clickandbuy site, do not appear to accept Clickandbuy as a payment mechanism when then seem to accept just about every other payment mechanism. Clickandbuy is not on the list:
http://www.absolutepoker.eu/poker-mo...-funds-account

So, either Clickandbuy are just plain lying about having arrangements with these companies, or they had an arrangement but the company cancelled it for some reason (we can all guess why) and Clickandbuy haven't updated their site.

If this was the case with just one or two companies I could understand it, but it's most of them from what I can see!

That alone seals the deal for me as far as Clickandbuy are concerned, and I most defintely will not be using them.

[Runespider]

There is a huge post about this on the FFXIV forums too, the devs are also ignoring it there.

Intresting read.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Payment-System