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corks finest wrote: »

Doubt it,I couldn't sign in last month,guy in customer care asked " where and when did you first subscribe?"
Told him "Mexico" as I'm working mostly there but manage to come home for 2/3 months of the year,and can't afford 2 subs, bingo no sweat

And he reactivated your account for you on the spot? Great result if so.

I was onto them via chat last night for over an hour and all they'd tell me was my account was cancelled due to suspicious activity. Wouldn't or couldn't tell him what the suspicious activity was so asked how do they expect me to renew membership if I don’t know what the problem was or how to prevent it in future. All they kept telling me was to renew with a different credit card so not sure if Revolut is the red flag. Asked how they can cancel my account mid subscription and they advised a refund has been processed but took a while to confirm that refund would be for full monthly sub of TRY41.98 and that it could take up to 30 days to receive it. Still no email from Netflix to state account has been cancelled or refund pending which is pretty poor.

Later tried renewing my account via TOR but when I entered my Revolut details it gave an error stating there was a problem with the payment (never even got to the section requiring mobile confirmation). Created a virtual card and tried that but same error so reluctantly tried an AIB credit card but same issue.
Mrdata, has payment been taken in TRY from your debit card and account now active. What sort of bank charges was applied for the payment do you know?

Tried today using the tips for TOR and any card I tried was a problem including a virtual Revolut card.

Poolboy19 wrote: »

Have you cancelled your existing Irish subscription with Netflix before trying it through Tor?

It had expired two weeks ago. Do I have to anything further to cancel it?

Pity but was only a matter of time before they started to clamp down.
I'd guess the growing number of people not renewing Irish & UK subscriptions didn't help.

digitaldr wrote: »

These kind of deals on bargain alerts remind me of when travel writers/reviewers rave about a "hidden gem". Before long the hidden gem becomes so popular that it closes down/has to restrict numbers. Still I guess the whole point in BA/UK hotdeals etc is to share info.

I don't see myself paying the Irish rates to be honest so they either get cheap money or no money from me.
I quickly deleted by revolut backup payment method from mine and left my trusty irish card. It seems like its revolut cards are the ones being identified?

Lastly, surely they can't insist on a Turkish card, you could be living there with an Irish bank account for all they know?

OmegaGene wrote: »

You can always change Revolut to one of the many other currency cards available and getting a Turkish SIM card isn’t a bad idea as this could also be triggering the cancellations

https://travelsim.com/country/turkey/

https://travelsim.com/shipping/#faq-question-6

According to https://travelsim.com/faq/#faq-question-0 the country code of the SIM is +372, which is Estonian. I had a look into getting a Turkish SIM earlier, and looks like it's not really feasible. From https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-turkey/:

Note that all foreign phones will stop working 120 days after they are first used in Turkey, unless you visit a tax office and pay a significant fee to register them. This won’t affect the vast majority of short-term visitors, but is something to bear in mind if you plan to return with the same device in the future.

It’s technically the IMEI that gets blocked, which is allocated per SIM card slot.

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

I was onto them via chat last night for over an hour and all they'd tell me was my account was cancelled due to suspicious activity. Wouldn't or couldn't tell him what the suspicious activity was so asked how do they expect me to renew membership if I don’t know what the problem was or how to prevent it in future. All they kept telling me was to renew with a different credit card so not sure if Revolut is the red flag. Asked how they can cancel my account mid subscription and they advised a refund has been processed but took a while to confirm that refund would be for full monthly sub of TRY41.98 and that it could take up to 30 days to receive it. Still no email from Netflix to state account has been cancelled or refund pending which is pretty poor.

Later tried renewing my account via TOR but when I entered my Revolut details it gave an error stating there was a problem with the payment (never even got to the section requiring mobile confirmation). Created a virtual card and tried that but same error so reluctantly tried an AIB credit card but same issue.
Mrdata, has payment been taken in TRY from your debit card and account now active. What sort of bank charges was applied for the payment do you know?

To update. I was with Netflix Turkey for past couple of months on premium package paying TRY 42/m but having cancelled my account the other night I today received a refund for TRY 84. Surprised both months were refunded as they only cancelled my account mid way through the second billing period.

Having failed the other night to renew my account via TOR with an AIB credit card I tried again this evening and surprisingly it worked this time round. Opted for standard package at TRY 30/m (got premium for first month at no additional cost). AIB charged an extortionate FX rate of 6.13496 so payment came to €4.89 (same payment on Revolut would have been €4.785) but still better than the Rip Of Republic price of €11.99 for same thing which I wouldn't have paid.

Will be interesting to see if they cancel my account in future since all I did was as told and renewed with a different credit card. Perhaps they're only closing accounts set up with Revolut for now.

Johnny Dogs wrote: »

Don't know if it matters or not, but going to ask anyway.
What is your revolut card, is it MasterCard or Visa?

Mine is Visa, same as my AIB card.

Wonder will it follow to other countries when they are finished with Turkey?
I'm meeting up with someone who works for Netflix in another country over the weekend, might ask them what's going on.

Renewed via argentina for 5.97e this month for the top HD and 4 screens

Aquos76 wrote: »

Out of curiosity there now, I just set up another account from scratch and it accepted a virtual Revolut card and never asked for a phone number.

You should sell that account :pac:

OmegaGene wrote: »

Plenty of better options out there for less money, I only have Netflix as a back up

Legal options? Which ones?(genuine question)

bromley52 wrote: »

PlutoTV, Sony Crackle and Tubi TV for starters. They are nowhere as good as Netflix but have some decent offerings. Eg early James Bond , Fr Ted, Mr Bean on Pluto TV.

So a combination of e4, more4 and itv4. Think I'll pass thanks.

mean gene wrote: »

im using a vpn and cant get into netflix abroad from here irish one is still popping up when i use a vpn in say spain-any tips there cheers

Have you tried logging out and killing the app and restarting once vpn is on ?

Johnny Storm wrote: »

FWIW comment on https://www.hotukdeals.com/tag/netflix
"It seems that Netflix are now determining location VIA "asn" rather than IP address and so VPN/Proxies will not work. I have no idea how to change "asn"."

Whats ASN?

Why would it matter in so far as you have a right to use your account in another country??

Still working for me, have it over a year just got my dad to sign into the account while in turkey so hopefully that keeps its active as well

seaniewicklow wrote: »

Tried sign up using Nord VPN but no luck, what's the best VPN to use for this

I’ve never had an issue using ExpressVPN

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Have you tried the Tor one posted previously on the thread?

I was just billed for my first month and it was €5.05.

How did you pay? Revolut telling me that should be €4.78