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  • #2372
    Troy McClure
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Troy McClure


    I have read pages upon pages on this thread on doing this. It seems the goalposts have been moved over the last couple of years since this thread started. Can anyone sum up what the situation currently is with doing this. I have never had a netflix sub. It doesn't seem the FAQ's at the start of this are still exactly the case anymore.
    What are the current 1-5 in doing this to get set up? They were mentioned along the way on a couple of pages, so can someone update as things seemed to have changed.

    After getting a VPN will the Revolut Card still work? Will an Irish CC/DC work? is there a difference between doing this with an existing (dormant) account or setting up a new Netflix account? Has Netflix changed in it's actions with how it views all this so as to counteract it.

    Thanks for anyone who can shed some light on this.


  • #2373
    Troy McClure
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Troy McClure


    Thanks for that detailed reply. So I should purchase a month on Netflix Ireland and then cancel it rather than go straight to Turkey to open one.
    Is it a 'shot to nothing' to try the Turkey option first?
    Do you have to give a notice period to cancel Netflix Ireland?
    Can I use an Irish CC to do either?

    Many thanks again.


  • #2374
    Serbian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭Serbian


    Worth reminding people that I had the same issue with Revolut not being a valid payment method. I outlined how I worked around it in this post.

    Basically, you sign up in Ireland using Revolut, cancel immediately, pay Irish prices for one month, then once your subscription expires, the card is already associated with your account and everything works as expected when signing up for Turkish, Argentinian etc Netflix.


  • #2375
    Troy McClure
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Troy McClure


    Does it make any difference if you use an Irish bank CC ?


  • #2376
    chrismcc409
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭chrismcc409


    Serbian wrote: »
    Worth reminding people that I had the same issue with Revolut not being a valid payment method. I outlined how I worked around it in this post.

    Basically, you sign up in Ireland using Revolut, cancel immediately, pay Irish prices for one month, then once your subscription expires, the card is already associated with your account and everything works as expected when signing up for Turkish, Argentinian etc Netflix.

    I did this after my first revolut card expired. Worked for 2 weeks then account was canceled and I was refunded. Was a brand new virtual revolut card that was only ever used for this. Not sure if its random cancellations or revolut targeted. Seems like once an account is cancelled that card is flagged for good. Have an n26 card I'll try next. Have also got a load of Turkish vouchers as had a lot of Turkish lira in my account from when it was cheaper.


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  • #2377
    jamescd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,345 ✭✭✭jamescd


    Troy McClure wrote: »
    Does it make any difference if you use an Irish bank CC ?


    Should be fine. I signed up a friend of mine a few months ago using his Irish debit card and everything's still good.


  • #2378
    paska
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭paska


    Mr.S wrote: »
    Thanks for the reminder - finally remembered to jump off the Mexican Pesos plan :pac:

    Worked fine for me with Revolut.

    For those that don't like using Free VPN extensions - WindScribe has a Turkey server if you are premium / or you can pay $1 per month for a Turkish connection and just cancel.

    I am on mexico since last year.What doi do to switch. Cancel and let Mexico expire and then sign up for turkey?


  • #2379
    cynosure1023
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭cynosure1023


    newincity wrote: »
    The trial has expired in Ireland now. I tried to create an account yesterday and found they have stopped giving free trial now. So I ended up creating an account in Austria as they are still offering trial. I used my N26 card for it.

    How u got around with mobile text confirmation? Any advise please?


  • #2380
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,254 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    cynosure1023 wrote: »
    How u got around with mobile text confirmation? Any advise please?

    Sign up for account in Ireland, enter your Irish telephone number. Cancel immediately, it will expire 30 days later. Then use that same account in Turkey or Argentina, wherever is cheapest.


  • #2381
    gar
    Registered Users Posts: 1,092 ✭✭✭gar


    Turkish Lira has hit 6.9 for the 1st time in a year.
    Good time to top up for nextflix through revolut


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  • #2382
    newincity
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭newincity


    gar wrote: »
    Turkish Lira has hit 6.9 for the 1st time in a year.
    Good time to top up for nextflix through revolut


    Can we pay in advance?


  • #2383
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    newincity wrote: »
    Can we pay in advance?
    exchange money from your Revolut Euro account to Turkish Lira. You lock in the exchange rate. I buy 41.99 (UHD plan) * 12 of Turkish lira, roughly €65 a year and I then forget about paying for Netflix for the year.


  • #2384
    newincity
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭newincity


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    exchange money from your Revolut Euro account to Turkish Lira. You lock in the exchange rate. I buy 41.99 (UHD plan) * 12 of Turkish lira, roughly €65 a year and I then forget about paying for Netflix for the year.


    thanks for reply. I am using N26 account I am not sure I can keep currency in different currency on it.


  • #2385
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    newincity wrote: »
    thanks for reply. I am using N26 account I am not sure I can keep currency in different currency on it.

    You can't


  • #2386
    paska
    Registered Users Posts: 334 ✭✭paska


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    exchange money from your Revolut Euro account to Turkish Lira. You lock in the exchange rate. I buy 41.99 (UHD plan) * 12 of Turkish lira, roughly €65 a year and I then forget about paying for Netflix for the year.

    Very smart. Thanks


  • #2387
    Johnny Storm
    Registered Users Posts: 3,983 ✭✭✭Johnny Storm


    Malas noticias mis companeros Argentinos...

    The Argentina price is going up from 369 to 449 at end March (22% increase)

    I hope this doesn't cause their economy to collapse again....


  • #2388
    Troy McClure
    Registered Users Posts: 309 ✭✭Troy McClure


    Does using the Irish CC make a big difference to the saving? Maybe I'm wrong but there seems to be issues with the revolut card expiring and the new one causing payment issues. Am I picking this up correctly?
    Ball-park then what are we looking at per month extra for using an Irish CC, can anybody estimate?


  • #2389
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,254 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    My last payment from Revolut was €6.42 on 22nd Feb, that was 41.99 lira. If anyone has a comprable payment from Irish card on same/similar date?


  • #2390
    jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭jarvis


    Troy McClure wrote: »
    Does using the Irish CC make a big difference to the saving? Maybe I'm wrong but there seems to be issues with the revolut card expiring and the new one causing payment issues. Am I picking this up correctly?
    Ball-park then what are we looking at per month extra for using an Irish CC, can anybody estimate?

    A few cents. Just use the Irish card and forget about it.


  • #2391
    TetraSonic55
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 461 ✭✭TetraSonic55


    Troy McClure wrote: »
    Does using the Irish CC make a big difference to the saving? Maybe I'm wrong but there seems to be issues with the revolut card expiring and the new one causing payment issues. Am I picking this up correctly?
    Ball-park then what are we looking at per month extra for using an Irish CC, can anybody estimate?

    I get charged 45 cent extra, but I don't mind that.


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  • #2392
    pissed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭pissed


    dulpit wrote: »
    My last payment from Revolut was €6.42 on 22nd Feb, that was 41.99 lira. If anyone has a comprable payment from Irish card on same/similar date?


    12th Feb €6.43 plus a debit card charge of 46 cents for 41.99 lira.


  • #2393
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    pissed wrote: »
    12th Feb €6.43 plus a debit card charge of 46 cents for 41.99 lira.

    will all depend on the exchange rates but if it's 45cent per month over a year is about €5.40~ nearly an extra month's payment so not using Revolut you're basically paying for 13 months and getting 12.


  • #2394
    jarvis
    Registered Users Posts: 1,497 ✭✭✭jarvis


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »
    will all depend on the exchange rates but if it's 45cent per month over a year is about €5.40~ nearly an extra month's payment so not using Revolut you're basically paying for 13 months and getting 12.

    Not worth the hassle of revolut. Look back at all the issues on the thread in the last few month. 90%+ are somehow involving Revolut. If it works for you that’s great but in my opinion it’s not worth the risk that something will mess up down the line at some stage and potentially leave the user starting again from scratch. Your saving enough to not be too concerned over €5.40


  • #2395
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    jarvis wrote: »
    Not worth the hassle of revolut. Look back at all the issues on the thread in the last few month. 90%+ are somehow involving Revolut. If it works for you that’s great but in my opinion it’s not worth the risk that something will mess up down the line at some stage and potentially leave the user starting again from scratch. Your saving enough to not be too concerned over €5.40
    totally agree, just nice to be maximising the savings. As you've said I've not had any issues with using Revolut whatsoever so I'll continue with it until it does.


  • #2396
    errlloyd
    Registered Users Posts: 12,599 ✭✭✭✭errlloyd


    jarvis wrote: »
    Not worth the hassle of revolut. Look back at all the issues on the thread in the last few month. 90%+ are somehow involving Revolut. If it works for you that’s great but in my opinion it’s not worth the risk that something will mess up down the line at some stage and potentially leave the user starting again from scratch. Your saving enough to not be too concerned over €5.40

    90% of issues involve revolut. But I imagine 90% of people who are trying to financially game a system are also using Revolut. So there could very well be the exact same rate of Rev issues as non rev issues.


  • #2397
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,254 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    From the looks of it Revolut becomes an issue if it wasn't already on the account. If it doesn't work, then consider whether or not the effort you might spend trying to figure it out is worth a few euro over the course of the year.


  • #2398
    A Law
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭A Law


    Troy McClure wrote: »
    Does using the Irish CC make a big difference to the saving? Maybe I'm wrong but there seems to be issues with the revolut card expiring and the new one causing payment issues. Am I picking this up correctly?
    Ball-park then what are we looking at per month extra for using an Irish CC, can anybody estimate?

    AIB CC 6.51€ for the 41.99 lira package


  • #2399
    coolbreeze01
    Registered Users Posts: 97 ✭✭coolbreeze01


    I got my account sorted using the Irish account set up cancelling straight away then when the month was up signed up for Turkey which cost me €6.14 for the most expensive package :D.

    Thanks for the Thread OP and all those whom helped.


  • #2400
    LeakingLava
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭LeakingLava


    Forgot to topup my Lira account on Revolut. Payment has failed and now my account is on 'hold'. Does anyone know if Netflix will just retry to charge the account? Used to just notify me to make sure to topup within 14 days and I could continue watching, but at the moment it's locked down so can't watch anything on it.

    Tried to add a different revolut card but it doesn't let me, saying that there's an issue with the payment method.


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  • #2401
    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 10,254 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    LeakingLava wrote: »
    Forgot to topup my Lira account on Revolut. Payment has failed and now my account is on 'hold'. Does anyone know if Netflix will just retry to charge the account? Used to just notify me to make sure to topup within 14 days and I could continue watching, but at the moment it's locked down so can't watch anything on it.

    Tried to add a different revolut card but it doesn't let me, saying that there's an issue with the payment method.

    Top up your Revolut and log into Netflix on pc. You should see a banner message or similar which says there was a problem with payment, and it should allow you to retry payment, which should then go through fine.


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