Prepaid Cards For Crystals That You Can Buy From Stores/ Amazon

You see, a friend sent me money on Amazon via a gift card, but since only subscription cards are available on there for FF14 (as well as the game addons, but that is not in my budget), I can't get myself stuff from the Online Store. I really wish there was pre paid cards you could buy, instead of having to use a Paypal (which I don't have) or Credit Card (which I don't have).

If you don't want to purchase a normal game-time card from GameStop like everyone else. Purchase a prepaid Credit Card genius..

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Originally Posted by grimgamer09

If you don't want to purchase a normal game-time card from GameStop like everyone else. Purchase a prepaid Credit Card genius..

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That is not what I am talking about. You CAN buy a 60 day game time card. What you CANNOT do is buy a pre paid card for money to use for the online shop. And while there is an option called "Amazon Pay", you CANNOT use your gift card balance, you MUST add a payment method like a credit card....which defeats the purpose.

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Originally Posted by Styrmwyda

That is not what I am talking about. You CAN buy a 60 day game time card. What you CANNOT do is buy a pre paid card for money to use for the online shop. And while there is an option called "Amazon Pay", you CANNOT use your gift card balance, you MUST add a payment method like a credit card....which defeats the purpose.

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I think grimgamer misunderstood what you were asking for (hence the comment about game time cards), but they're right that you can pick up prepaid credit cards. They function like a Visa or Mastercard, but are actually basically a reloadable gift card that just works anywhere that credit cards are accepted. So you can pick up a prepaid Visa, load $50 on it, et voila, you can use that card anywhere that takes Visa (such as the online shop) until the $50 is spent. Put $50 or $25 more or whatever on the card again whenever you want to spend more at a place that requires credit cards.

(You can also get one-off Visa or Mastercard gift cards, that are one-and-done and not reloadable, but that always seems wasteful to me.)

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Originally Posted by Packetdancer

I think grimgamer misunderstood what you were asking for (hence the comment about game time cards), but they're right that you can pick up prepaid credit cards. They function like a Visa or Mastercard, but are actually basically a reloadable gift card that just works anywhere that credit cards are accepted. So you can pick up a prepaid Visa, load $50 on it, et voila, you can use that card anywhere that takes Visa (such as the online shop) until the $50 is spent. Put $50 or $25 more or whatever on the card again whenever you want to spend more at a place that requires credit cards.

(You can also get one-off Visa or Mastercard gift cards, that are one-and-done and not reloadable, but that always seems wasteful to me.)

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The lowest card I could find is US$25, and it comes with a US$3.95 purchase fee (if I got the info correct). The thing is other MMOs have pre paid cards you can buy to get the currency for their online store (like Cartel Coin cards for SWTOR), so there really is no excuse for SE not to have some equivalent pre paid card for their online store.

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Originally Posted by Styrmwyda

The lowest card I could find is US$25, and it comes with a US$3.95 purchase fee (if I got the info correct). The thing is other MMOs have pre paid cards you can buy to get the currency for their online store (like Cartel Coin cards for SWTOR), so there really is no excuse for SE not to have some equivalent pre paid card for their online store.

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Square Enix isn't a bank. Minting pre-paid cards cost time, money and effort. What's wrong with using a bank for your banking needs?

I mean they could do "digital" cards, no? I dont think I've ever got a physical card when I bought a time card from amazon just a code to use.

Like a code that basically adds some crysta to your account or something like that.

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Originally Posted by hobostew

I mean they could do "digital" cards, no? I dont think I've ever got a physical card when I bought a time card from amazon just a code to use.

Like a code that basically adds some crysta to your account or something like that.

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This is pretty much what I am talking about. So i could get an Amazon Gift Card, redeem it, and then buy a Crysta Digital card with the money in my Amazon balance.