Direct Debt

[Aleste]

Not once did I say that I didn't believe contract extension was there; in fact, I agreed by saying that I recalled doing it a long time ago.

The post was more confirmation that (some?) debit cards do work for UK customers to pay for their FFXI subscription.

Tamoa and Saefinn also mentioned that they were UK customers on debit cards who have no trouble with their UK debit cards processing the transaction.

Therefore, we can assume one or multiple of the following;

The account is incorrectly set up
The card isn't a valid debit card type
The bank processing the transaction is lazy

[svengalis]

There needs to be a PayPal option.

[bungiefan]

Well, on the NA client we don't have anything like that. We just put our payment info in and it just takes the fee out month by month. That's way preferable to having to remember to pay every couple months. I'm sorry, I didn't know the payment system was different for the EU client.

Japanese accounts using WebMoney work the same way, while using credit cards they are just auto-billed until you deactivate the Content IDs. WebMoney lets you pay up to three months at a time per Content ID, but once you pay you can't deactivate for the future months you have paid. It warns you about a week before the month ends that your Content IDs will deactivate if you don't pay more WebMoney, and the error even shows up, and in English, if using the NA client, telling you to log in with the Japanese client to pay the bill.

WebMoney is a gift card currency, like Nintendo Shop Points, or PSN Points, or Live Marketplace Points, that you can buy the card, charge your account, and pay for certain online services with, like FFXI and Crysta. It's Japan-only though, so it must be imported if you aren't in Japan and have a Japanese account, since you can't add a non-Japanese VISA or MasterCard anymore to Japanese accounts.