Are alternative payment options being considered?

[Quetzacoatl]

I'd call the 800 number on your card if you haven't checked it in a while. A lot of companies have gotten on board with it lately (probly due to all the ecommerce now). I've never run into any issues using my card through secured sites. Granted, I only have 1 MC, but also have 4 VISA, an AMEX, and Discover. The security isn't just SecureCode, that is just MC's brand name. Visa uses the Verified by Visa thing (Visa/MC use the same protocols), JCB is Jsecure and AMEX is SafeKey. Granted, the last two are proprietary, but if you have one of those, it's pretty much a lock that it's active or at least available. And VISA appears to make it available to all US issued cards.

I tried to check for that, and that was when everyone got hit with that Cancelled Content ID fiasco during registration maintenance around the end of june/beginning of july. My bank does not support it. I think I'm honestly going to go with the Crysta Route via UltimatePay...because if I remember right, CC info on SE accounts need 3DSecure to directly buy Crysta, right? My plan is this:

I killed off one of my mules, so I drop my pricing down to $14.95. Then I can buy $30 worth of UltimatePoints and transfer them to Crysta afterwards ( I'm looking up how to do that). I won't be too worried about overpaying this way, because this will leave me with 10 crysta over by the end of the second month for me to refill. lolMicro-Management. I've never used Crysta before, but hopefully having 10 crysta left over by the second month by the time I buy more crysta doesn't mean I'll get my characters cancelled after my 2-month payment.

I just hope this doesn't cause complications. I had a whole day of those on the 2nd of July. -_-

[RAIST]

Sounds like a plan. I'm just curious how you managed to pay with the POL billing...if your card is being acccepted now with the POL system, then it is using either the 3DS or Jsecure protocol already. Your account appears to be active.

[Quetzacoatl]

Sounds like a plan. I'm just curious how you managed to pay with the POL billing...if your card is being acccepted now with the POL system, then it is using either the 3DS or Jsecure protocol already. Your account appears to be active.

Well, someone gave away the secret already (Eadieni, be glad I'm not on your server to spam you with /slap).

I updated my billing info via PS2. PS2 doesn't use 3DSecure.

[RAIST]

hmmm... been hearing people say it the workarounds didn't work for that anymore... Guess some people just aren't grasping how to do it. Don't know what is so hard about hitting the back button... but, wonders never cease.

[Quetzacoatl]

Well not anymore now by the time the transfer period ends.

SE, please take what I owe you!

[Alhanelem]

The question I pose to you is why do you think SE is selling crysta in these specific increments?

Because they plan to use Crysta for other things besides your $12.95 subscription fee for FFXI or FFXIV.

[Knives]

Crysta's used for a bit more in Japan, like items people can buy for their Square-Enix Members accounts. As of now, it's still fairly useless to us.

[Maacha]

Just lost access to my mule account. Clock is ticking now for my 2 main accounts... I hope they come up with a solution for us soon...

[Runespider]

Just lost access to my mule account. Clock is ticking now for my 2 main accounts... I hope they come up with a solution for us soon...

Really? I thought we had till the end of August before people would be getting locked out..how stupid can this company get

[RAIST]

grr....really wish they gave us PM support. Been talking with different people on different forums, and managed to track down some interesting info on Capital One Visa's. Would be nice if I had an easier way to track who that was....too many freaking posts in my history... lol.

Anywho...in case anyone is interested. Capital One used to to Verified by Visa. Saw a pic of the old VbV FAQ page (had copyright 2007 in the header). The signup pages are still on the VISA server (securesuite I think it was) along with all the other banks VISA links you to from their VbV pages, but it's no longer valid as they've changed the current agreements. But they did support it at one time...guess that's why mine worked so flawlessly back when I was using it online.

I posted this link somewhere else here already I think.. may have been another thread... been busy this week. But you could try to activate your Visa card directly with VISA (instead of your bank) if you are having issues getting a credit card to work. It probably won't work with the Capital One cards, as they apparently switched from offering this for their Visa's somewhere between 2007 and 2011 (but it shouldn't hurt to try I guess).

https://usa.visa.com/personal/security/vbv/index.jsp
****Note this is for US issued cards only.


EU issued cards have to go to custom pages for their respective issuers to request activation. You can get to them through here:

http://www.visaeurope.com/en/cardhol...d_by_visa.aspx

After clicking the Sign-Up link, you will get a drop box to select your country and check the bank listing to see if you may be able to activate it. Click on your bank's icon to get a page to try to activate VbV.