Payment Method Registration Errors [Error Code 401 and 601]

[sasakusaku]

Update: actually found UGC cards at one store in town: used it to buy crystal and now I have 30 days added. Now to go back and buy a few more.

Sadly, instead of 13 bucks a month, this game now costs me 20.

So moral of the story is: SE does not want me to pay with a credit card and will lock me out for a ?? amount of time before trying again if an error occurs. Also, they charged my CC $5.10 for NOTHING.

The biggest irony here is that I used that same CC they 'rejected' (and took fees off each time) to pay for 3x UGC cards.

If you are in Canada and have the same problems I (and others) did: most major retailers up here sell the Ulitmate Gamer Card. ie. Future Shop, Best Buy, E&B games, London Drugs (some do anyways), etc. I actually helped the assistant manager at the store where I found them who also was having problems trying to get SE to accept her card by testing the UGC and making sure it works. This is not a problem only encountered by a few people; it's quite wide spread. I can only think of one reason why this is happening: some thing's seriously messed up with your account page and it's causing a large amount of people grief.