EU Game Time Cards in Japan

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10-25-2014, 10:17 PM
Hanri

EU Game Time Cards in Japan

Hi, I currently live in Japan but my FFXIV Account is the EU Version.

Given that game time cards are region locked, I was wondering if anyone have any idea where i can buy a physical EU game time card in Japan.

This is also given that i can't buy the online version as well as can't use my credit card.

I would appreciate any information that I can get.

Thanks in advance!
10-25-2014, 11:19 PM
Hyperia

You should be able to buy the digital download code from the EU SE store and use it in Japan.
10-26-2014, 02:25 AM
Hanri

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hyperia

You should be able to buy the digital download code from the EU SE store and use it in Japan.

I tried. But it said i can't because i'm currently outside the eu region and won't accept my credit card payment. So... Yeah.
10-26-2014, 02:26 AM
kyuven

why not just pay for the account directly with your credit card?
10-26-2014, 03:01 AM
Kaze3434

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyuven

why not just pay for the account directly with your credit card?

never stopped to think that OP could have a card from EU or America and constantly gets 401 or 601?

you should be able to go onto a different site like amazon and buy specific time cards, tho i am not sure if they have EU ones. they also do digital time cards so you get the code as soon as you pay for the card.
10-26-2014, 03:05 AM
Fellisin

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanri

Hi, I currently live in Japan but my FFXIV Account is the EU Version.

Given that game time cards are region locked, I was wondering if anyone have any idea where i can buy a physical EU game time card in Japan.

This is also given that i can't buy the online version as well as can't use my credit card.

I would appreciate any information that I can get.

Thanks in advance!

You possibly could get a friend from back home to buy you a batch and ship out them to you. At least then you won't be hit by some stupid mark up for someone else to do essentially the exact same thing.
10-26-2014, 03:25 AM
Tyrn

If you can still use Paypal you can try GAME, they sell gamecards where they just email you the key and you can pay with Paypal.
10-26-2014, 01:06 PM
Hanri

This is so frustrating. I mistakenly bought a NA game time card from amazon. Why does it have to be region locked. I really don't understand. Could anyone enlighten me on the matter.
10-26-2014, 01:09 PM
Richiealvian

It is region locked for tax purposes, you can have different taxes in different regions of the world and SE has to provide reports to the government.
10-26-2014, 01:10 PM
kyuven

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanri

This is so frustrating. I mistakenly bought a NA game time card from amazon. Why does it have to be region locked. I really don't understand. Could anyone enlighten me on the matter.

I get the feeling it mostly has to do with currency exchange rates, so people don't buy digital codes from one country where it's cheaper to pay for them in another.