thistlechaser: (Angry scribble cat)
[personal profile] thistlechaser
SE and Comcast: Two great companies so long as you never have to interact with them.

I decided I wanted to buy the FFXIV collector's edition -- basically $20 more for a special mount. Tried to enter my credit card. Error. Second card. Same error. Third card. Same error.

Please confirm the status of any relevant options and then try again.

How helpful is that? Went to the official forums. There is a 92 page thread of people with this issue, going back to 9/2013. Hundreds? Thousands? of people who want to give SE their money and who cannot.

Okay, forget about the CE, my account is expiring in three days, I'll just set up automatic monthly payment for that.

Same error.

SE's official solution to this? "Wait 24 hours and then try again."

I swear to god. How can a company let this issue go on for so long? It is preventing people from giving SE money. In this day and age, how can it take MONTHS for them to fix this issue? Multiple people posted about having this problem even today. I'm not alone in this.

I just don't get it. I really don't.

Edit: In the last SEVEN HOURS I've been trying to deal with this, I've:
Bought a $25 gamecard. SE errors out when it's used.
Put $20 into my Stream account. SE errors out.
Paid through PayPal ($20). SE is timing out.

Seven hours. $65. All in an effort to pay SE, which I still cannot do. Is there a worse company to deal with on the planet?

Date: 2014-03-20 04:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
Same. Three credit cards. Paypal to buy their in-app "money". Game card. Stream Wallet. All failed. Seven hours and $65 lost so far. I suppose, if this doesn't get resolved tomorrow, I'll be forced back to WoW. My account expires on Friday and there's nothing I can do about it.

Date: 2014-03-20 04:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kelen.livejournal.com
*grah* :( I'd keep trying from the wallet since you put money in there. Hope this is resolved soon!

Date: 2014-03-20 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thistle-chaser.livejournal.com
I guess it took hours, but overnight the paypal -> crysta -> renewing route worked. I'm good for a month. x.x

Date: 2014-03-20 07:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kelen.livejournal.com
Man, what a load of work for that. :(

Profile

thistlechaser: (Default)
thistlechaser

September 2023

S M T W T F S
      12
34567 89
1011 12131415 16
17 181920212223
24252627282930

Most Popular Tags

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Apr. 23rd, 2025 05:43 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios