Where to spend excess Credit [Vodafone&Three on Android + iOS]

One More Toy · 19-02-2020 12:52pm

sweetie wrote: »

Yiu should be able to purchase via phone and then sign in online to Google play store and go to music and download

Are they DRM free though?

mrcheez · 19-02-2020 1:12pm

One More Toy wrote: »

Are they DRM free though?

Apparently so

https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/971440?hl=en&msgid=980188

though I'm not sure if I first need to have a Google Music account subscription (€9.99 / month) and *then* buy songs for additional cost on top of that rather than getting the songs as part of the 9.99

Still that's all promising... I don't think my Spotify app allows this.

EDIT: sorry I'm an idiot I missed the "Browse Music" button on Play Store where you can buy albums directly without the Google Music app

sweetie · 19-02-2020 1:28pm

mrcheez wrote: »

Apparently so

https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/971440?hl=en&msgid=980188

though I'm not sure if I first need to have a Google Music account subscription (€9.99 / month) and *then* buy songs for additional cost on top of that rather than getting the songs as part of the 9.99

Still that's all promising... I don't think my Spotify app allows this.

EDIT: sorry I'm an idiot I missed the "Browse Music" button on Play Store where you can buy albums directly without the Google Music app

yes, no sub needed. I've picked up the odd song/album from it.

mrcheez · 19-02-2020 1:33pm

sweetie wrote: »

yes, no sub needed. I've picked up the odd song/album from it.

cool just tested there with a free song and it seems to work, though I got the warning about only being able to download 2 times.

Just to be clear, if I sub to Google Music for 9.99, I can't download all songs as they are only streamable correct?

19-02-2020 2:01pm

street parking by text through the parking tag number (53311) seems to be definitely not working anymore from Three.

tried it again today and it was telling me to ring a phone number to complete payment whereas before it would just go straight through and be taken from credit

unless it's still working for other people?

sweetie · 19-02-2020 2:11pm

mrcheez wrote: »

cool just tested there with a free song and it seems to work, though I got the warning about only being able to download 2 times.

Just to be clear, if I sub to Google Music for 9.99, I can't download all songs as they are only streamable correct?

I would think so, yes.

glasso wrote: »

street parking by text through the parking tag number (53311) seems to be definitely not working anymore from Three.

tried it again today and it was telling me to ring a phone number to complete payment whereas before it would just go straight through and be taken from credit

unless it's still working for other people?

Haven't used it in a while. will try it on friday.

2lazytogetup · 19-02-2020 4:47pm

all these ways to spend excess credit seem to be disappearing - Deerzer, spotify, and someone suggesting parking by text is going.

I would suggest donating your excess to charity as per the first post. And you can feel good and justify not donating cash to a work a colleagues run or another charity. As in you are saving yourself the cash cause if you donate credit that is probably going to go to waste then you internally (inside your mind) justify not throwing a tenner next time someone is looking for money.

Thats what i did.

machiavellianme · 19-02-2020 6:03pm

My Mario kart tour gold pass is still working away perfectly from Three credit

B00MSTICK · 19-02-2020 6:42pm

Hi all,

I'm looking to conduct a little feasibility study into a way of converting excess credit into something more useful.

I have a working prototype so if anyone is interested can you send me a PM and I can go through it with them?
A small group would be more manageable for now, as its still a "Work In Progress", hence keeping it to PM's.
It's nothing shady so no issues there! (You can check my adverts feedback if still unsure - https://www.adverts.ie/member/51222)

Thanks

One More Toy · 19-02-2020 6:46pm

B00MSTICK wrote: »

Hi all,

I'm looking to conduct a little feasibility study into a way of converting excess credit into something more useful.

I have a working prototype so if anyone is interested can you send me a PM and I can go through it with them?
A small group would be more manageable for now, as its still a "Work In Progress", hence keeping it to PM's.
It's nothing shady so no issues there! (You can check my adverts feedback if still unsure - https://www.adverts.ie/member/51222)

Thanks

I wouldn't waste your time, hmvgamecredit couldn't make it work

Kenjataimu · 19-02-2020 8:41pm

One More Toy wrote: »

I wouldn't waste your time, hmvgamecredit couldn't make it work

If I remember correctly, hmvgamecredit were experiencing a lot of problems with scammers. Not sure how though.

Western Lowland Gorilla · 19-02-2020 8:52pm

mrcheez wrote: »

It's the OneDrive app that you subscribe to, and then that gives you access to the full Office 365

Don't see an option. I'm already signed in and subscribed so I assume it'll only work with a new account that hasnt subscribed already.

B00MSTICK · 20-02-2020 12:52pm

One More Toy wrote: »

I wouldn't waste your time, hmvgamecredit couldn't make it work

Thanks for the info. interesting reading.
I've tried to look at similar but didn't get too far. Indeed it seems many of these ideas did fail - meaning I'm probably overlooking something major.

Personally I used to spend the excess credit on League of Legends points - this resulted in about a 25-30% return on phone credit/cash value, so I feel there has to be a better option.

Thanks again for the feedback

mrcheez · 23-02-2020 12:15pm

I checked out the YouTube Premium subscription during the week, but the only option presented to me was pay by credit card, whereas Google Music had no problems defaulting to 3 credit (once the trial month is over) for 9.99.

Is the option for YouTube Premium at 11.99 no longer available for pay by credit?

The only way I could find the subscription option was to go in via the YouTube app, rather than via Play Store?

editorsean · 23-02-2020 1:02pm

Try the YouTube Music app to see if it gives the option. I think that's the App I originally signed up to YouTube Premium from my 3 credit.

23-02-2020 1:10pm

sweetie wrote: »

I would think so, yes.

Haven't used it in a while. will try it on friday.

did you try the parking tag parking?

sweetie · 23-02-2020 8:59pm

glasso wrote: »

did you try the parking tag parking?

My car broke down and I had to change plans unfortunately

24-02-2020 1:35am

sweetie wrote: »

My car broke down and I had to change plans unfortunately

cheers. you could always just send a text for the minimum minutes to test it out even if you're at home!

mrcheez · 24-02-2020 3:08pm

Looks like DisneyLife (currently €6.99 per month by credit) will be getting re-branded to Disney+, so I don't see them doing away with the pay by credit when it's launched.

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/disneylife-disney-plus-uk-plans-134202447.html

I might sign up for the free week before the launch, and then cancel if it doesn't work before the first charge hits.

mrcheez · 24-02-2020 3:17pm

mrcheez wrote: »

I checked out the YouTube Premium subscription during the week, but the only option presented to me was pay by credit card, whereas Google Music had no problems defaulting to 3 credit (once the trial month is over) for 9.99.

Is the option for YouTube Premium at 11.99 no longer available for pay by credit?

The only way I could find the subscription option was to go in via the YouTube app, rather than via Play Store?

editorsean wrote: »

Try the YouTube Music app to see if it gives the option. I think that's the App I originally signed up to YouTube Premium from my 3 credit.

I tested this again using the YouTube Music app, went to the payment section and under "Select payment method" I only see...

- Add credit or debit card
- Add PayPal

So I assume we can remove YouTube Premium from the list of services new members can pay for with credit.

Boler · 24-02-2020 8:19pm

mrcheez wrote: »

I tested this again using the YouTube Music app, went to the payment section and under "Select payment method" I only see...

- Add credit or debit card
- Add PayPal

So I assume we can remove YouTube Premium from the list of services new members can pay for with credit.

3 pay option is available for me again, just updated my payment method through the YouTube app.

mrcheez · 24-02-2020 9:48pm

Boler wrote: »

3 pay option is available for me again, just updated my payment method through the YouTube app.

I think key word there is "again"

Perhaps if you had it before it's still permitted to renew that way.

NADA for me, but to be honest it's no biggie as my main attraction to it is the music which I have access to via Google Music which I can pay for with credit.

Also I'm interested in the Disney+ now too.

gingernut79 · 26-02-2020 10:32pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Disney+ launches 24th March, I assume Disney Life will be no more then. Fingers crossed the new one can be paid for from credit, it's €7 a month

I tried a bunch of times to sign up with credit just now, and I thought I had managed it but its like it doesn't recognise it at all, and was still looking for CC details before I could get to the content.

marcbrophy · 26-02-2020 11:09pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

I tried a bunch of times to sign up with credit just now, and I thought I had managed it but its like it doesn't recognise it at all, and was still looking for CC details before I could get to the content.

Is there an app available?

mrcheez · 27-02-2020 11:35am

gingernut79 wrote: »

I tried a bunch of times to sign up with credit just now, and I thought I had managed it but its like it doesn't recognise it at all, and was still looking for CC details before I could get to the content.

I opened the Disney Life app there.

Logged in, it said I wasn't subscribed and I clicked the "Re-subscribe" button (odd it says Re-subscribe as I had never subscribed previously)

The "Google Play" overlay appears with "G Pay: 3" as an option, so it still seems to be available for me.

It's odd why some people can get access to paying via credit where others don't (for example I can't pay for YouTube Premium like this)

Note: I used the same email for the Disney Life account as my email with the Google Pay account, so check this is the case

carbsy · 27-02-2020 12:17pm

Which VPN apps support carrier billing these days lads? Have €10 left credit but PIA seems to be more than that now for a month... Cheers!

Sonic_exyouth · 27-02-2020 1:20pm

gingernut79 wrote: »

I tried a bunch of times to sign up with credit just now, and I thought I had managed it but its like it doesn't recognise it at all, and was still looking for CC details before I could get to the content.

Having similar problems, I'm assuming it's that they are taking no new members till the new service launches .. maybe?

mrcheez · 27-02-2020 8:15pm

Sonic_exyouth wrote: »

Having similar problems, I'm assuming it's that they are taking no new members till the new service launches .. maybe?

So you can't actually create an account on the Disney Life app?

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 27-02-2020 11:44pm

carbsy wrote:

Which VPN apps support carrier billing these days lads? Have â‚¬10 left credit but PIA seems to be more than that now for a month... Cheers!

I still only pay 7.52

carbsy · 28-02-2020 11:33am

Ryder Billions Coyote wrote: »

I still only pay 7.52

Hmmm I'll have to try it again then! Thx

baron von something · 28-02-2020 11:51am

I cancelled disney life last month and just re subscribed there with 3 pay. It charged me 6.99, up 50c. But then when I tried to log in it says my disney life account is not active that I need to resubscribe, but then wont let me. Gits still charged me though.

Do I contact Google or Disney for a refund?

mrcheez · 28-02-2020 12:48pm

baron von something wrote: »

I cancelled disney life last month and just re subscribed there with 3 pay. It charged me 6.99, up 50c. But then when I tried to log in it says my disney life account is not active that I need to resubscribe, but then wont let me. Gits still charged me though.

Do I contact Google or Disney for a refund?

Try Google first. You can contact them via chat.

Western Lowland Gorilla · 28-02-2020 5:53pm

Seems like you can no longer pay for youtube premium with credit on Vodafone

Might have posted already and apologies if so.

mrcheez · 28-02-2020 7:08pm

Western Lowland Gorilla wrote: »

Seems like you can no longer pay for youtube premium with credit on Vodafone

Might have posted already and apologies if so.

Yeah seems to be blocked for some but available to others (possibly if they were previous subscribers)

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 29-02-2020 12:55am

carbsy wrote: »

Hmmm I'll have to try it again then! Thx

Edit.. just tried and it's asking for €10.99 p/m hmmmm

Weird...I just went to sign up a new account to see and got this:

Discodog · 29-02-2020 3:51pm

Anyone found an Ad Blocker that accepts 3 Mobile credit ?

FFVII · 29-02-2020 4:25pm

Discodog wrote: »

Anyone found an Ad Blocker that accepts 3 Mobile credit ?

Ya wha?

mrcheez · 29-02-2020 6:03pm

mrcheez wrote: »

Looks like DisneyLife (currently €6.99 per month by credit) will be getting re-branded to Disney+, so I don't see them doing away with the pay by credit when it's launched.

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/disneylife-disney-plus-uk-plans-134202447.html

I might sign up for the free week before the launch, and then cancel if it doesn't work before the first charge hits.

For those considering signing up to DisneyLife now using their credit, I did a little digging around and found this article...

https://www.businessinsider.com/disney-plus-uk-launch?r=US&IR=T

Subscriptions for current members will automatically close on the next billing date following March 23, 2020. DisneyLife subscriptions will not automatically transition into Disney Plus subscriptions, so if you're still interested in streaming Disney content, you will have to sign up for a new Disney Plus account on your own.

After today (29 Feb) they are no longer renewing monthly subscriptions.

It would seem that Disney Life accounts will be allowed to die off rather than be transitioned to Disney Plus, so we probably just need to wait until the new app is out on Play Store before we know if we can subscribe via credit.

And also from Disney themselves...

https://support.disney.com/hc/en-gb/articles/360040080491-Important-update-about-your-DisneyLife-subscription

Please note that your account transition from DisneyLife to Disney+ is not automated. You’ll have to sign up for a Disney+ subscription. When Disney+ goes live on 24 March 2020, you can download the Disney+ app on your favourite devices, create a new account to log in

Discodog · 29-02-2020 6:05pm

FFVII wrote: »

Ya wha?

Glad to see you are using your time on Boards intelligently.

Electric Nitwit · 29-02-2020 7:19pm

mrcheez wrote: »

...DisneyLife subscriptions will not automatically transition into Disney Plus subscriptions

Thanks a mill for this info, I'd looked myself but not found it. Very useful to know

mrcheez · 29-02-2020 8:00pm

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Thanks a mill for this info, I'd looked myself but not found it. Very useful to know

It was pretty hard to find.

Most of my initial searches gave results like "a decision on what will happen with DisneyLife accounts will be announced soon"

The successful search keyword seemed to be "transition" rather than "migration" or "upgrade"

carbsy · 01-03-2020 12:17am

Ryder Billions Coyote wrote: »

Weird...I just went to sign up a new account to see and got this:

Hmmm perplexed

at9qu5vp0wcix7 · 02-03-2020 3:44pm

Are there any language apps like Duolingo that accept credit?

FFVII · 02-03-2020 7:59pm

Why the requests to spend credit on things when the best are free?

That's 2 now.

02-03-2020 8:00pm

FFVII wrote: »

Why the requests to spend credit on things when the best are free?

In what way is Duolingo better than, for example, Duolingo Plus?

at9qu5vp0wcix7 · 02-03-2020 8:34pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

In what way is Duolingo better than, for example, Duolingo Plus?

Just to confirm, you can get Duolingo plus using 3 credit, but only the monthly rate which isn't as good value as the annual or 6 month subscriptions.

recyclebin · 10-03-2020 12:42pm

My payment for my YouTube subscription just bounced. I'm on three and was using my credit to pay for it. Anyone else get the same email from YouTube?

Mac0783 · 10-03-2020 1:36pm

recyclebin wrote: »

My payment for my YouTube subscription just bounced. I'm on three and was using my credit to pay for it. Anyone else get the same email from YouTube?

Have you checked your balance? Mine bounced to and when I checked my credit balance it had dropped from €40 odd to €10. I contacted 3 but it takes 3 days to get a usage report. Have no idea where it could have all gone.

mrcheez · 10-03-2020 8:34pm

Slightly off topic, but for those subscribers to Shudder I've created a thread to keep track of any noteworthy releases, so join in

https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058060673/1/#post112787832

recyclebin · 10-03-2020 9:02pm

Mac0783 wrote: »

Have you checked your balance? Mine bounced to and when I checked my credit balance it had dropped from €40 odd to €10. I contacted 3 but it takes 3 days to get a usage report. Have no idea where it could have all gone.

Not sure if it was definitely taken from my credit or not. I did get a text message from Google Play thanking me for my payment and also got a text from Three letting me know of the charge to mobile purchase. These texts both came at 6am whereas the email came at 5:58am.

Where to spend excess Credit [Vodafone&Three on Android + iOS]

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