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  • #2452
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    i use Speedify on both my mac and iphone for setting up these Netflix accounts via Turkey and never have any issues.


  • #2453
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Aquos76 wrote: »
    i use Speedify on both my mac and iphone for setting up these Netflix accounts via Turkey and never have any issues.

    Thanks - I was looking one for mac. originally i paid using irish cc. Do you think its possible to change the card to revolut now ?


  • #2454
    Cassidy Rapping Ballerina
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Cassidy Rapping Ballerina


    Mr.S wrote: »
    It seems to vary in terms of how Netflix are "verifying" users, ranging from text / call verification to a phone number issued in the country your trying to sign up to, or in some (rare?) cases - credit/debit cards issued by that country.

    Open to correction but I believe to avoid the new verification methods:

    1) Sign up to a Netflix Ireland account, verify using your Irish details and ideally Revolut or a card that you won't change later on.
    2) Cancel your subscription and let the account lapse
    3) Activate a VPN connection to the country you want to sign up with (eg Turkey)
    4) Re-start your subscription by purchasing a plan, it should appear as local currency and not Euro.

    You can try to sign up for a brand new account via a VPN to Netflix Turkey, but I believe they will now ask for a local number or bank account to verify you are from Turkey, hence the trick to create an Irish account first.

    I signed up at the end of last month with payment made with my AIB debit card. Didn't know about this at the time. I do have Revolut but would there be any problem using my AIB debit card going forward?


  • #2455
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.

    Originally I had signed up using Irish credit card, I tried changing to Revolut but NF didn't accept that. It would have cost me 5.70 with Revolut but it cost me 5.87 with AIB credit card so not a big deal.

    Thanks lads for all your help.


  • #2456
    TriStar6
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭TriStar6


    Hi, Any family slots available?


  • #2457
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,408 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    TriStar6 wrote: »
    Hi, Any family slots available?

    It's less than €6 a month in your own... Pony up yourself...


  • #2458
    jusvi2001
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭jusvi2001


    bbari wrote: »
    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.

    Originally I had signed up using Irish credit card, I tried changing to Revolut but NF didn't accept that. It would have cost me 5.70 with Revolut but it cost me 5.87 with AIB credit card so not a big deal.

    Thanks lads for all your help.

    You might get charged for foreign currency conversion fee of 2.75% or 1.75 % depending on type of your card. still its cheaper than Irish NF account


  • #2459
    TriStar6
    Registered Users Posts: 350 ✭✭TriStar6


    dulpit wrote: »
    It's less than €6 a month in your own... Pony up yourself...

    Eh, thanks for commenting where it wasn’t needed


  • #2460
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    A tip that might make it cheaper. When my original cheap foreign deal failed I signed up to Irish account for a few months. I initially went for the mid tier and it offered a free upgrade to top tier. I cancelled and let the month run down and again got the free update for the next month. My third month I tried the lowest tier and then upgraded to top tier on the app. I was only charged the lower tier price. I signed up via turkey today but will try this in a month's time.


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  • #2461
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    jusvi2001 wrote: »
    You might get charged for foreign currency conversion fee of 2.75% or 1.75 % depending on type of your card. still its cheaper than Irish NF account

    I have never seen this fee charged to me, perhaps its blended into the transaction amount.


  • #2462
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,584 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    bbari wrote: »
    I have never seen this fee charged to me, perhaps its blended into the transaction amount.

    Some banks (KBC) break this out on to a separate transaction line item, some (AIB) bake it into the transaction, which is worse because it's not clear exactly what you're being charged for the FX exchange. More info is always better than less info or at least having to go digging for the info.


  • #2463
    Del Griffith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭Del Griffith


    Cancelled fine, VPN sign up fine but then I can't pay - KBC card not working, Ulster Bank card not working, N26 not working.

    Any ideas?


  • #2464
    pl4ichjgy17zwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,053 ✭✭✭pl4ichjgy17zwd


    Del Griffith wrote:
    Cancelled fine, VPN sign up fine but then I can't pay - KBC card not working, Ulster Bank card not work, N26 not working.

    Was a payment card not set up before you cancelled?


  • #2465
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Del Griffith wrote: »
    Cancelled fine, VPN sign up fine but then I can't pay - KBC card not working, Ulster Bank card not working, N26 not working.

    Any ideas?

    Revolut didn't work for me but aib did.


  • #2466
    Del Griffith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭Del Griffith


    Guadalupe Prickly Recruiter wrote: »
    Was a payment card not set up before you cancelled?

    Empty card.

    PTSB doesn't work either, this is a joke.


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  • #2467
    christy c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,197 ✭✭✭christy c


    bbari wrote: »
    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.

    Originally I had signed up using Irish credit card, I tried changing to Revolut but NF didn't accept that. It would have cost me 5.70 with Revolut but it cost me 5.87 with AIB credit card so not a big deal.

    Thanks lads for all your help.

    Just on the VPN, that's a paid VPN? I have ipvanish but it doesn't have a Turkish server.


  • #2468
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    christy c wrote: »
    Just on the VPN, that's a paid VPN? I have ipvanish but it doesn't have a Turkish server.

    No, its a free one and Turkey is on it. Sometime you get an error "Sever at full capacity" but if you keep trying you get thru it. Perhaps all the boardsies were trying to connect at the same time :)


  • #2469
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,408 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    bbari wrote: »
    No, its a free one and Turkey is on it. Sometime you get an error "Sever at full capacity" but if you keep trying you get thru it. Perhaps all the boardsies were trying to connect at the same time :)

    There's always the exitnodes trick in tor browser? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=110498236&postcount=1963


  • #2470
    Del Griffith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,216 ✭✭✭Del Griffith


    Tried AIB card as well.

    This doesn't work.


  • #2471
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Del Griffith wrote: »
    Tried AIB card as well.

    This doesn't work.

    Clear the cache and try again?


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  • #2472
    nhur
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭nhur


    So... I know this is a Netflix thread but wondering if there's a similar... Loophole for Disney. Plus?


  • #2473
    Skuxx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,373 ✭✭✭Skuxx


    nhur wrote: »
    So... I know this is a Netflix thread but wondering if there's a similar... Loophole for Disney. Plus?


    Disney+ allows 4 screens simultaneously to play, so in theory you could spilt the cost 4 ways and give each person the log in! As long as someone doesn't put it on all their kids phones there shouldn't be a problem!
    I was thinking to create an email address for this purpose and maybe spilt it 2 ways, giving 2 screens each and paying €35 a year seems reasonable!!
    Not sure of any other work arounds!


  • #2474
    w4ntedman
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭w4ntedman


    nhur wrote: »
    So... I know this is a Netflix thread but wondering if there's a similar... Loophole for Disney. Plus?

    I starting doing this got as far the screen looking for an Indian mobile for SMS confirmation and meant to get back later when I found a workaround.
    Forgot about since but those services do exist I might continue the research tonight....


  • #2475
    JustLen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 634 ✭✭✭JustLen


    .


  • #2476
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    Has Netflix blocked all revolut cards because the virtual card feature would have been abused for frer monthly subs ?


  • #2477
    mcgucc22
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭mcgucc22


    masculinist wrote: »
    Has Netflix blocked all revolut cards because the virtual card feature would have been abused for frer monthly subs ?

    Netflix hasn’t blocked all Revolut cards.


  • #2478
    masculinist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭masculinist


    mcgucc22 wrote: »
    Netflix hasn’t blocked all Revolut cards.

    I would typically get a free trial once a year or so and it seemed not to be accepting either mine or my partner's Revolut.

    I have a proxy app called Tunnelbear on my phone. I found a lot of harmless but informative webpages and news stories my friends could see in the USA and elsewhere were blocked by the EU. Tunnelbear gives a few hundred megabytes of free data per month without having to pay anything and you can choose where you want to route your traffic through.. Before I would toggle it on and off to see what was blocked. Ive been using it for around 8 years.
    Now I think it may be useful to register Netflix .


  • #2479
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65,710 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    It's getting cheaper and cheaper. Just paid EUR4.10 for the mid package (EUR10.99) via Netflix Turkey :D

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  • #2480
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    unkel wrote: »
    It's getting cheaper and cheaper. Just paid EUR4.10 for the mid package (EUR10.99) via Netflix Turkey :D


    Any free VPN that will go to Turkey.
    I tried my paid PureVPN with Turkey but I dont get the turkish netflix even though the VPN is working.


  • #2481
    Kolido
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,421 ✭✭✭✭Kolido


    JimmyVik wrote: »
    Any free VPN that will go to Turkey.
    I tried my paid PureVPN with Turkey but I dont get the turkish netflix even though the VPN is working.

    There was one mentioned a few days ago, speedify I think its called.


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  • #2482
    mcgucc22
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭mcgucc22


    masculinist wrote: »
    I would typically get a free trial once a year or so and it seemed not to be accepting either mine or my partner's Revolut.

    I have a proxy app called Tunnelbear on my phone. I found a lot of harmless but informative webpages and news stories my friends could see in the USA and elsewhere were blocked by the EU. Tunnelbear gives a few hundred megabytes of free data per month without having to pay anything and you can choose where you want to route your traffic through.. Before I would toggle it on and off to see what was blocked. Ive been using it for around 8 years.
    Now I think it may be useful to register Netflix .

    I used Tunnelbear back when i set up my Turkish Netflix account almost 2 years ago. I pay with Revolut. Never had an issue, hopefully i wont run into any in the future.


  • #2483
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    mcgucc22 wrote: »
    I used Tunnelbear back when i set up my Turkish Netflix account almost 2 years ago. I pay with Revolut. Never had an issue, hopefully i wont run into any in the future.




    Just tried it. No option for Turkey.


  • #2484
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    JimmyVik wrote: »
    Just tried it. No option for Turkey.

    Use Speedify, its free


  • #2485
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    bbari wrote: »
    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.

    Originally I had signed up using Irish credit card, I tried changing to Revolut but NF didn't accept that. It would have cost me 5.70 with Revolut but it cost me 5.87 with AIB credit card so not a big deal.

    Thanks lads for all your help.


    So I signed up for netflix and cancelled.
    I went to the Turkey site and logged in and re-enabled my account.

    It still had my payment amount in euro even though im on the Turkish Netflix.
    Do I have to wait the month til it expires, or remove my credit card and add it back in, or even make a new account?


    Sorry for being a pain. Thanks.


  • #2486
    sweetie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,795 ✭✭✭sweetie


    JimmyVik wrote: »
    So I signed up for netflix and cancelled.
    I went to the Turkey site and logged in and re-enabled my account.

    It still had my payment amount in euro even though im on the Turkish Netflix.
    Do I have to wait the month til it expires, or remove my credit card and add it back in, or even make a new account?


    Sorry for being a pain. Thanks.

    You have to use a VPN and wait until it's expired to see the different plans in Turkish money


  • #2487
    JimmyVik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,367 ✭✭✭JimmyVik


    sweetie wrote: »
    You have to use a VPN and wait until it's expired to see the different plans in Turkish money


    Ah thats what im doing wrong.
    Thanks for the help.


  • #2488
    padjocollins
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭padjocollins


    got it working myself after a few failed attempts. after account expiration

    as per instructions on 26.01.2020 by redriddick

    'Download tor, install and run once. Browse to the location where windows installed tor. Find the file torcc and open with notepad. Add the line exitnodes {ar} and save. Open tor and go to Netflix and log in using your details. 're start your sub and your set'

    on mac torcc is on ~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc

    Other people have reported success using vpns so you can try that instead of using tor browers if you like
    see bbari 08.04.20 comment
    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.
    speedify is free

    In my case after using tor , signing up for argentenian netflix, inputting my transferwise card details in the last step i was asked to input my argentenian mobile number to confirm an activation code.
    I did this using smspva.com , details from keano25 on 30.03.20

    'Couldn't sign up through Turkey no matter what VPN I tried so got it via Brazilian VPN. For anyone interested and doesn't want the read back for a few hours..

    VPN Brazil

    Sign up and enter bank details for Revolut card etc..

    They'll ask for a phone number, go to smspva.com and get a virtual Brazilian phone number it costs .50c.

    Netflix text the code to that number, input the code when asked.

    Done.

    You can now use your Irish number as recovery phone number.

    €8.15 for Brazilian Netflix.

    smspva can be a bit confusing, in my case i added 2$ to my account balance. then selected country agrentina and then clicked on netflix option torwards the bottom of the page. that game me a number i could tell netflix to send it to. After inputting it into netflix i got the activation code on snspva a few seconds later that i input back into netflix and i was all set.

    phew

    hope that is helpful to others.


  • #2489
    DopeTech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭DopeTech


    Turkish top package is only €5.84 this month though. There's cheaper than Brazil. I know it's cheaper than here but if you kept at it you could have got it down even further.

    https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dopetech.ie



  • #2490
    padjocollins
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭padjocollins


    DopeTech wrote: »
    Turkish top package is only €5.84 this month though. There's cheaper than Brazil. I know it's cheaper than here but if you kept at it you could have got it down even further.

    good point, was going for turkish, but smspva don't seem to have an option for turkish mobile numbers so went with argentenian. happy enough.


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  • #2491
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    unkel wrote: »
    It's getting cheaper and cheaper. Just paid EUR4.10 for the mid package (EUR10.99) via Netflix Turkey :D

    I'm still in Mexico


  • #2492
    corks finest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,708 ✭✭✭corks finest


    unkel wrote: »
    It's getting cheaper and cheaper. Just paid EUR4.10 for the mid package (EUR10.99) via Netflix Turkey :D

    I'm still in Mexico


  • #2493
    mcgucc22
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭mcgucc22


    padjocollins wrote: »
    got it working myself after a few failed attempts. after account expiration

    as per instructions on 26.01.2020 by redriddick

    'Download tor, install and run once. Browse to the location where windows installed tor. Find the file torcc and open with notepad. Add the line exitnodes {ar} and save. Open tor and go to Netflix and log in using your details. 're start your sub and your set'

    on mac torcc is on ~/Library/Application\ Support/TorBrowser-Data/Tor/torrc

    Other people have reported success using vpns so you can try that instead of using tor browers if you like
    see bbari 08.04.20 comment
    Signed up for NF on 6th March
    Cancelled the sub right away.
    Sub expired on 7th Apr
    Installed Speedify VPN and picked Turkey
    Logged on to my a/c and picked the sub with 4 users and UHD etc
    VPN is now off and everything is good.
    speedify is free

    In my case after using tor , signing up for argentenian netflix, inputting my transferwise card details in the last step i was asked to input my argentenian mobile number to confirm an activation code.
    I did this using smspva.com , details from keano25 on 30.03.20

    'Couldn't sign up through Turkey no matter what VPN I tried so got it via Brazilian VPN. For anyone interested and doesn't want the read back for a few hours..

    VPN Brazil

    Sign up and enter bank details for Revolut card etc..

    They'll ask for a phone number, go to smspva.com and get a virtual Brazilian phone number it costs .50c.

    Netflix text the code to that number, input the code when asked.

    Done.

    You can now use your Irish number as recovery phone number.

    €8.15 for Brazilian Netflix.

    smspva can be a bit confusing, in my case i added 2$ to my account balance. then selected country agrentina and then clicked on netflix option torwards the bottom of the page. that game me a number i could tell netflix to send it to. After inputting it into netflix i got the activation code on snspva a few seconds later that i input back into netflix and i was all set.

    phew

    hope that is helpful to others.

    after reading that, i think it would nearly be easier to hop on a flight to Brazil and just set it up from there.


  • #2494
    padjocollins
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭padjocollins


    Mr.S wrote: »
    This seems very overkill, why are you using TOR, editing exit nodes, creating a virtual number and not using Turkish Netflix? (€5.95 for the 4 screen UHD plan as of my last payment).

    The process of singing up to Irish Netflix, paying for a month, canceling straight away, and then signing up via a Turkish VPN using your original Irish netflix account (with normal bank / Irish phone number) still works.

    If that worked for you great. in my case i had to input the country mobile number and verify a code. no way around that for me. using a vpn or tor (editing a file took seconds) is not much of a difference in effort. overall it's not much work. the work was finding out what to do .


  • #2495
    Aquos76
    Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 9,045 Mod ✭✭✭✭Aquos76


    I exchanged €70 in to Turkish lira a couple of weeks ago and I got nearly 520 lira for that, that’s a years worth of viewing on the top package, so I’m quids in as long as my revolut card stays working, it should do as the expiry on it is sometime in 2024 I think.


  • #2496
    flexcon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭flexcon


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Did you verify all your details on your Irish account before switching countries?

    I've done it a few times using the above process for me and others and never had an issue as long you verify everything before jumping.

    Same here. 7 accounts done so far and all good doing it this method.


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  • #2497
    jusvi2001
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭jusvi2001


    flexcon wrote: »
    Same here. 7 accounts done so far and all good doing it this method.


    I have a active Irish Netflix account which i cancelled and waiting to lapse. i am planning to renew the account with a Turkish vpn. there is no mobile number on the account at present.

    Do i need to add a Irish mobile number before renewing with Turkish vpn?


  • #2498
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    jusvi2001 wrote: »
    I have a active Irish Netflix account which i cancelled and waiting to lapse. i am planning to renew the account with a Turkish vpn. there is no mobile number on the account at present.

    Do i need to add a Irish mobile number before renewing with Turkish vpn?

    restart the membership (it won't cost) - add the mobile number - cancel again and let it lapse

    AFTER its lapsed then do the Turkey job..


  • #2499
    jusvi2001
    Registered Users Posts: 449 ✭✭jusvi2001


    bbari wrote: »
    restart the membership (it won't cost) - add the mobile number - cancel again and let it lapse

    AFTER its lapsed then do the Turkey job..


    Done...thanks.


  • #2500
    padjocollins
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭padjocollins


    Mr.S wrote: »
    This seems very overkill, why are you using TOR, editing exit nodes, creating a virtual number and not using Turkish Netflix? (€5.95 for the 4 screen UHD plan as of my last payment).

    The process of singing up to Irish Netflix, paying for a month, canceling straight away, and then signing up via a Turkish VPN using your original Irish netflix account (with normal bank / Irish phone number) still works.
    Mr.S wrote: »
    Did you verify all your details on your Irish account before switching countries?

    I've done it a few times using the above process for me and others and never had an issue as long you verify everything before jumping.

    i didn't have my mobile number on my account. didn't realise it was going to be important. think there will be other people like me on this thread who will get caught out . anyway, it worked out in the end. cheers all


  • #2501
    bbari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭bbari


    Mr.S wrote: »
    The sticky with instructions needs to be updated to be fair!

    Agreed, it should also mention
    1-to include the mobile number before cancellation
    2-wait till the sub is lapsed and THEN do the VPN business
    3-name few of the free VPNs available


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