no credit card...no psn store

Dues Bellator

hi ive no credit card ,is there any other way i can buy stuff on the psn store, im lucky that i got some great friends online that will share there add ons and such with me, but its a bit of a downer, xbox got it sussed with credits, why cant psn in these tight times do the same.

humanji

You can get a prepaid credit card. V3 works with it, as far as I know.

noodler

Thank god for the use of real currency on PSN I say!

ferrigan101

humanji wrote: »

You can get a prepaid credit card. V3 works with it, as far as I know.

Unforunatly not. The PSN have changed the way they take money from Credit Cards so if you have a pre pay card it wont work at the moment. Myself and thecivvie are constantly harassing them at the moment until they change it back:pac:

Retr0gamer

Strange, 3v cards work for me. Only used one last month.

ferrigan101

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Strange, 3v cards work for me. Only used one last month.

Is 3v the one off payment thing? We have been using pre pay mastercards which you can just top up. They were working fine up until about 8 weeks ago and now they just wont! It's the same across Europe. Heres the thread we've been posting on from the playstation community
http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=147&message.id=38784&jump=true

CutzEr

Hmm, I would just use 3V card vouchers, they (obviously :P) work better then the mastercard variant.

You can apply for one Here.

marko91

ferrigan101 wrote: »

Is 3v the one off payment thing? We have been using pre pay mastercards which you can just top up. They were working fine up until about 8 weeks ago and now they just wont! It's the same across Europe. Heres the thread we've been posting on from the playstation community
http://community.eu.playstation.com/playstationeu/board/message?board.id=147&message.id=38784&jump=true

ye my prepaid mastercard worked fine til yesterday now it doesnt work...just when i get home from holidays and go to download the cod5 map pack 2...great:mad:

ferrigan101

marko91 wrote: »

ye my prepaid mastercard worked fine til yesterday now it doesnt work...just when i get home from holidays and go to download the cod5 map pack 2...great:mad:

Yeah it's a total pain in the ass! I put a load of money on mine for getting stuff from psn and have ended up buying a dart board, furniture for the living room and god knows what else! It's all your fault sony!:rolleyes:

But on a serious note, at least it looks like someone is looking into the problem at last.

Pablod

3V Prepaid Card works fine, never had an issue
Sony deduct €1 for validation of the card, but its refunded a day or so later.

Varik

Pablod wrote: »

3V Prepaid Card works fine, never had an issue
Sony deduct €1 for validation of the card, but its refunded a day or so later.

so if i get a €20 voucher i can only use 19 then left with a refund of €1 that can't be used on psn

Pablod

Varik wrote: »

so if i get a €20 voucher i can only use 19 then left with a refund of €1 that can't be used on psn

You'll only be able to put €15 on if your card balance is €19.
(only increments of €5 can be credited to your PSN account)
so, i'd advise just put €15 onto PSN and when the €1 gets put back on the card, put the final €5 on PSN then
Hope this helps

Varik

i use a cc anyway,
but i got 2 map packs for 12 when my accout was empty used cc and it gave me the right amount not 15

can any amout be use when buying and needing to add funds

thecivvie

Some people are reporting similar problems with 3v, would be handy to know if it is a one off or a more serious problem.

Sony changed the way that they charge cards, and it seems to have affected pre pay Mastercards more that others. Of course the advantage of the prepay Mastercards is that they are valid for 3+ years so you don't end up weith multiple card numbers.

May try 3v tomorrow if I can find somewhere to charge it andf find me card

thecivvie

Charged my 3v and it works, pain is that I will have to keep changing the card evey couple of months, but I do understand that until recently the Mastercard prepays worked, Sony changed something and won't change back

thecivvie

SCEE have said today that there is a problem in the way their bank handle certain cards, this will be corrected shortly, now we know PSN and shortly

http://short.ie/acrt7b is the message on the Community Forums

ferrigan101

thecivvie wrote: »

SCEE have said today that there is a problem in the way their bank handle certain cards, this will be corrected shortly, now we know PSN and shortly

http://short.ie/acrt7b is the message on the Community Forums

Well this is good news of sorts I suppose, just have to wait and see how long it takes them!

Glico Man

+1 for 3V vouchers.

They have always worked for me and I've only had one problem with it trying to add to my account but that was sorted the next day.

Been using em ever since I got the PS3

thecivvie

I think you fail to see that it was PSN that caused the problem, so they could do the same to 3v vouchers. The advantage of the prepaid master cards is that you have the same card number for upto 4 years, instead of changing it every 2 to 3 months

ferrigan101

thecivvie wrote: »

I think you fail to see that it was PSN that caused the problem, so they could do the same to 3v vouchers. The advantage of the prepaid master cards is that you have the same card number for upto 4 years, instead of changing it every 2 to 3 months

This was exactly the reason i got myself a prepay MC. Still waiting for sony to fix it mind you.

sarumite

almanu wrote: »

why cant psn in these tight times do the same.

In these tight times I don't want to be giving microsoft €20 worth of points when all I want to do is buy a song for rock band. I would rather pay for what I want, than have to buy credit for something I may want in the future.

outlander83

just open an account in halifax mate, they will give you a debit card that acts as a visa credit card. very handy for the internet.

ferrigan101

Sony have finally fixed the problem with pre pay mastercards. Happy Days. I can downloadstuff again!

thecivvie

Excellent, happy days are back again