Subscription options [EU]

[Eluvia]

Edit:
So even though ultimatepay has a warning that states there might be extra fees, there were none.
Turns out I could just use paypal/ideal and I was being paranoid while running for the hills.

My bad: To anyone who might be interested: original post below.

Original:
So I'm not really happy at the moment,

So I needed to pay for subscription today, no biggy I can do that.
But the issue is, I can't really. Well I can, but then I'd screw myself over financially.
Allow me to explain:
The options for payment are credit/debit, Crysta, or game cards.
I have a debit card, and I'm Dutch (kinda important here /(edit) So it's a little more localized)
So I chose credit/debit.
Surprise, only credit cards supported or no debit card I use at least.
So then to Crysta, but that supports the same cards (mine not included) or some external service, for which I'd need to pay extra.

So my options are: Find a store that sells game cards (not that easy around here)
pay extra to get the same.
or get a credit card.

In Netherlands (edited down from europe) credit cards aren't really a thing. People only use them for bigger purchases, we tend to use debit cards for everything else.

What irks me here is that the payment options are well, old.
There's no PayPal, no Ideal (I can understand that, as it's only dutch)
But there's no easy way to actually pay with your debit card here.

I personally refuse to pay extra, to get the same just because my payment options aren't supported when they're quite globally acceptable (PayPal for example)

So, I'll probably not be playing till Dutch debit cards are supported, or PayPal.

(Edit) Additional Info:
I have a Maestro Debit Card.
(just about all banks here issue maestro cards)

Also I'm not getting a credit card, just because of a game.
(there's no other reason for me to get one)

[Flaee]

Every VISA or Mastercard IS a credit card. I'm French and everyone has a visa, I don't even know if something else exists here.

Anyway, that has nothing to do with your card, it's SE's fault. Thousands of people can't pay. It's mindblowing.

[Nekodar]

Not sure if you have any local Amazon or what payment options you have from Amazon UK, but http://www.amazon.co.uk/Final-Fantas...game+time+card

Since you mention dutch, a dutch friend found time cards somewhere and got his veteran rewards before me...

[Flaee]

My Amazon page says they will deliver the cards. I don't want to wait 3 days for a delivery of a god damn CD KEY (plus I want 90 days, and cards are only 60 days).

There are sites that will email you a key immediatly though. But I don't trust them.

[Nekodar]

My Amazon page says they will deliver the cards. I don't want to wait 3 days for a delivery of a god damn CD KEY (plus I want 90 days, and cards are only 60 days).

There are sites that will email you a key immediatly though. But I don't trust them.

I don't trust most sites either, so your option then is that someone else can tell you about a reputable place to get the time card codes.
Or that someone you trust and trusts you, lets you use their credit card to pay for a subscription.

I realize that's not an optimal solution, so I'm just trying to give some options.

Edit:
If you want 90 days only for the veteran rewards, european time cards give time right away, so 2x60 would give the 90day veteran reward as soon as registered.

[Replica9]

There are several sites where you use your debit card to buy the cards and they will send the key through email ( i myself use offgamers , been using it for about 7 years now)

[Sotter]

So, I'll probably not be playing till European debit cards are supported, or PayPal.

They are already supported, VISA and Mastercard (which is a debit card too! not just credit ha)

You probably have p1ss poor credit rating or too young to own a visa/mastercard debit card thats why. Go walk into Game and buy a game card for 3 months div

[Sotter]

Also - http://www.money.co.uk/prepaid-cards.htm

Go get a prepaid visa card?

Your making an issue out of nothing at all

[MisaCeliousa]

umm everyone in Denmark who is 13 or older has a credit card

[Shirai]

umm everyone in Denmark who is 13 or older has a credit card

For us Dutchies that is not an option, for a creditcard here you need to be 18 years or older and a lot of us don't even want one or worse, are inelligible for one reason or another.
Assuming Eluvia is Dutch like myself.

Btw Sotter,
While your suggestion is valid, those cards will not be shipped outside of the UK.
Aside from that, Visa and Mastercards aren't issued as Debit cards over here, only as credit cards.
Here's some Dutch options for Prepaid creditcards:
http://www.creditcard-vergelijk.nl/c...id-creditcard/
Dunk €66 on it every 6 months and you're golden, although I'm pretty sure you'll be off cheaper getting a real CC through your bank and putting that away.
I have a CC through ING myself, which is included in my anual fee. All I pay extra on that is the interest for the stuff I spend money on.
But then again, I do travel a lot, so I have more than one reason to own an actual creditcard.