Alternate methods to pay for subs?

[Raist]

You have to buy Crysta through Ultimate Pay on your SE account management page. As the person above this post noted Pay Pal is there.

And therein lies the rub... currently the system taps the Ultimate Points system. When they started this mess ages ago, you got the option of creating a UP account. You get free bonus UP points for set up, and they had activities you could do to get more free points. You could also buy UP from just about anywhere in the world (had vendors based in Brazil, Venezuala, etc. that weren't normal options on the SE pages). To this day... I still get the notice about my UP balance before buying Crysta, even though it is now 0 since they shutdown the free points site.

With UP going offline, the Ultimatepay portion will need to be revamped...all depends on how SE and Visa are going to manage this going forward.

Really hope SE will acknowledge this issue soon, even if no solution is in the works yet.

[Wobble]

I use the prepaid time cards from SE myself.

[RazeLandale]

I have to wonder about the politics of nobody carrying their card. Like if they won't give them a fair cut or what. Since the only way to get a prepaid card is by buying one online with a credit card is kind of pointless.

[NyxNoughtNothing]

i've been paying my sub through Steam and i'm pretty confident you can use prepaid Visa cards and the like with Steam.

[SarcasmMisser]

Pre-paid Visa cards I've seen people have issue with at blizzard, because the lack of their account name on the card throws up a lot of red flags. Depends on the sort of card I guess? Maybe someone who uses them could enlighten. I don't know why you would trust paypal and not a bank, they're basically a bank except don't take on near the amount of liability when it comes to fraud, leaving you worse off if something went wrong.

Just take off your tinfoil hat, listen to what you don't want to hear and get a debit/credit card. It turns out withdrawing from the institutions of modern society has consequences.

[Doki]

Get yourself a sugar daddy?

[Arcsol93]

Lol well it turns out my walmart has a time card and I got the last one. I'm kind of surprised since this is a really rural town, though they weren't here back in April, not to mention it barely being available elsewhere. Not complaining though, saved me a headache.

Also there is an option to use paypal, if you click ultimate game card the option for it is under that. And yes I know its harmful to the economy to not use a credit/debit card but at the same time there are people like me who refuse to touch them for various reasons and there should be a better method for those people to play as well.

[UBERHAXED]

And yes I know its harmful to the economy to not use a credit/debit card but at the same time there are people like me who refuse to touch them for various reasons and there should be a better method for those people to play as well.

Not sure if you're a child or what, but you can't get far in the US w/o a credit card so when you grow up you'll need to get one. In fact, the longer you wait, the worse off you'll be. No credit is actually worse than below average credit. Not sure why you like to have hotels and gas stations place large $200-$500 hold on your card instead, but good luck trying to buy a house. You're only hurting yourself.

[Ilitsa]

Not sure if you're a child or what, but you can't get far in the US w/o a credit card so when you grow up you'll need to get one. In fact, the longer you wait, the worse off you'll be. No credit is actually worse than below average credit. Not sure why you like to have hotels and gas stations place large $200-$500 hold on your card instead, but good luck trying to buy a house. You're only hurting yourself.

OP said s/he refuses to -use- one, not necessarily that they don't have any. I refuse to use mine for anything except the bare base needs or absolute emergencies. Nothing wrong with not using one for every day simple purchases or online shopping.

@OP: That said, I'd suggest using a pre-paid, or if SE doesn't allow that, you can use prepaid to buy a time card from Gamestop.com Here, keep in mind that this method, they ship the actual card, so you'd need to buy ahead of time to get it before your sub runs out.

[Macka]

Not sure if you're a child or what, but you can't get far in the US w/o a credit card so when you grow up you'll need to get one. In fact, the longer you wait, the worse off you'll be. No credit is actually worse than below average credit. Not sure why you like to have hotels and gas stations place large $200-$500 hold on your card instead, but good luck trying to buy a house. You're only hurting yourself.

I am 31 my credit score is 763. I never owned a credit card in my life. Credit cards are one of the dumbest was to go about managing your money. There are better was to build your credit then getting a credit card.