Erm... i suddenly lost the ability to pay for my Crysta? @_@Follow

So um...

I went to do what i normally would do and put some crysta on my account so i could pay for the following week.

And it just lists VISA, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, Carte Bleue (whatever the heck that is), VISA Electron (whatever the heck that is) and VISA Delta (whatever the heck that is).

I no longer have any debitcard options or iDeal (which was amazing...)

Also i... *rolls eyes* dont have the option to post on the official forums anymore, lol... so erm...

What's going on, how can i still pay for the game without applying for a creditcard (pro-tip, my country barely ever ever uses them for anything)

Grrrr... How could they remove an option without at the very least having an alternative ready? :/

Well, i guess that explains why the towns have been so empty lately.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/195964-with-playspan-discontinued-will-hurt-the-game?p=2500278#post2500278

Tried those Cat, and i appreciate the help, but i need a creditcard for Amazon as well, Gamestop is no diffirent but does technically accept Paypal too (which i guess i'll have to give in and setup then i suppose...), but Gamestop charges €19,99 as "handling costs" on a digital item code... I'd be paying €49,99 for not even a full 2 months of game-time. That's more than double the amount i used to pay.

There arent anymore true debit-card options for me. Technically Paypal is the closest thing, but that too requires hoops and rediculous extra costs.

I wish SE for once would just make it easy to give them money. It's like the whole FFXI 3D-secure card debacle all over again. :/
They had it all in place with iDeal, i'd click it, say yes, and they'd take the amount out of my bank account... All these "options"... they're just rediculous ._.;

Edited, Oct 16th 2014 9:38pm by KojiroSoma

Banks and the banking industry in Japan is notorious for being incredibly customer un-friendly. ATMs are only open during business hours, for example.

Square Enix is a global company, you think they'd be better at this by now.

I can't begin to tell you how right this post is. I got my pre-paid CC from Net spend maybe 15-20 years ago. It works as a credit or debit card, and does so for everything. You should really look into this option IMO.

don't know y u guys have such issues paying with a debit card. I can pay for my subscription with a debit card

Oh for f*cks sake...

Almost a week later, lots of figuring out what to do, 2 days for Paypal, 2 days for the FFXIV 60-day code to arive.

And you guys wont believe just how fricking wonderful my day is today...

Since you guys wont believe it i made a link just for you guys...

BEST DAY EVER...

See that? I removed the code obviously and inputted X's after the error came up, but...

Take a moment to bask in the majestity of the massive f*ckups of SE dropping nearly all payment options for my country.

It's a week later, I'm out €60, have nothing to show for it except for a useless code i cant input or exchange or return. And i cant wait to see what will happen to the email i send them.