Terrible Payment System

[KaiKatzchen]

Found this, here is a link as well but I will quote it here::

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...l=1#post163779

8-06-2011 03:30 AM
Bayohne
Community Rep

Q: Will FFXI/XIV users paying via C&B be subject to any additional administration or credit card usage charges?

A: As a FFXI/XIV subscription takes direct payments from a user's chosen payment method, it is not necessary to store funds in the ClickandBuy account. Therefore the charges outlined below will not be applicable to anybody simply using their C&B account to pay for their FINAL FANTASY XI or XIV subscription. Should a customer wish to use their ClickandBuy account for additional services, additional fees may be incurred. For more information on these, please refer to http://clickandbuy.com/GB_en/

Users may incur various charges when utilising a C&B account. These include but are not limited to the following:
- ClickandBuy charges a 'pre-loading' fee of 3.9% of any transaction into your ClickandBuy account when using a credit card.
- There is a handling fee charged for withdrawal of funds from a ClickandBuy account of £1.85/€1.85.
- If a ClickandBuy account has been inactive for 1 year and contains funds, a maintenance fee of £1.00/€1.00 may be charged.

Please note players paying for their FINAL FANTASY XI or XIV subscription in a currency other than EUR or GBP will be subject to a foreign exchange rate of 5.9% per transaction.

^So we will have to pay the 12.99 + Whatever per character + whatever per retainer + if we don't use EUR or GBP be charged a 5.9% transaction rate every month too? .... *confused*



Also in the same post by that Dev:

Q: Why is Square Enix switching from the PlayOnline billing setup to Square Enix Account billing?

A: Square Enix has opted to employ an external company for the processing of payments to offer the highest level of security to customer transactions.

And just for the record, other threads where people have been or are complaining about the current billing system FFXI/FFXIV has/will have::

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Click-and-Buy

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.htm...273&h=50&p=1#1

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...illing-Options