Terrible Payment System

[Chocobits]

Yeah that's crazy. So does the new system with FFXI prorate the sub now? I always felt they should of had that in place in the first place, like who doesn't prorate these days. Um yeah talk about unreliable, seems like I enter my password in 2 times wrong and is locked out and I have to call them or email them and wait. That is lost business. I was going to buy a few things from Square Enix store but forgot my password, then got locked out and couldn't get em. So just found the plush moogle on Amazon luckily from Square Enix there, but didn't buy the few extra items I was going to get on a whim.

They should really offer, Google Checkout, Paypal or team up with Amazon or something.

Yes, the updated User Agreement indicates partial cycles will be prorated now. And your billing cycle starts the day you pay, not on a set schedule, so they can't conveniently lock out the system with a monthly maintenance on the first day of the billing cycle.

Here's an interesting tidbit that's been floating around but I don't think has made it to this thread yet:

FFXIV Blog Details Click and Buy Hidden Fees

Also of interest that I just found out! So almost everyone has seen this by now right? In the FAQ about the transferal of a PlayOnline account to a Square Enix account, the reason for the move is quoted thus:

In order to better safeguard the account security of PlayOnline users and provide a more streamlined account management experience, transfer of PlayOnline IDs to the Square Enix Account System will begin at the end of July, 2011.

So, how secure is this security? I did some digging and I found out some great news! It's pretty secure! Because the company Click and Buy partnered with to provide them card security services, Voltage Security Inc.. stole their cutting edge technology from another technology firm and they've been caught red handed!

Protegrity Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Voltage Security

As an attempt to invalidate the ‘201 Patent, Voltage Security requested the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reexamine the ‘201 Patent on December 1, 2010. Voltage based its Reexamination Request on specific prior art references that Voltage claimed should have prevented issuance of the ‘201 Patent in the first place.

In the Reexamination, Protegrity voluntarily submitted to the USPTO all of the other 180 prior art references identified by Voltage, Ingrian/Safenet or nuBridges in the patent litigation as purportedly invalidating the ‘201 Patent. Protegrity argued to the USPTO that all the claims of the ‘201 Patent asserted by Protegrity in the litigation against Voltage, Ingrian/Safenet and nuBridges, as well as 36 newly submitted claims, were patentable over all of the prior art references.

On July 5, 2011, the USPTO, after carefully reviewing all of the prior art references, confirmed the patentability of the asserted patent claims as well as the 36 new claims..

It's all there. Black and White. Clear as Crystal. You STOLE sir! Good DAY!

Companies of the same integrity seem to flock together. It's a beautiful thing. This is where we'll be sending our money people.