easy idea for fix for none creditcard users for expansionFollow

i just saw on everquest.com that you can get game time through paybycash web site. it's a bank transfer email system lots of ways to pay for game time. it would be very easy to add the expansions to it too.

a yr ago i used them to pay for the darkages of camelot expansions. was easy and took 30 min to get codes email to me.

https://store.station.sony.com/digitalDistribution/tss/digitalDistributionList.jsp?listname=EQ-TSS

http://www.paybycash.com/everquest/gametime.php

email sony guys to get them to add cd keys for the expasion to thier web site. it's not hard for them to do they just need to know thiere's a market for doing it. they more emails they get and forum info on how many need this it could happen soon

I don't know if it would work with this, but you can get gift cards through Master Card and Visa. So, maybe one could buy themselvse a Visa gift card then use the gift card to purchase expansion.

The cards can be bought through local banks I think.

Just an idea :) maybe it will work; who knows?

Jeflam

Just a half awake guess here.

SOE use to not mind Allakhazam much; they've always disliked IGE and all thier buddies. Allakhazam gets kickbacks from EB Games when people purchase boxed sets though Alla's EB Games link. Putting 1+1+1 together, SOE wants to limit as much money making from Alla/IGE off them as possible.

Like I said, I'm half awake so don't read too much into this.

For your information big mouth, they are ******** alot of folks over with the direct download only. Sounds like you're the one with the fewest brain cells. What most folks are mad about on this subject is that we cannot purchase a hardcopy of the new expansion until they get around to releasing some compilation set. I for one don't need new copies of all the other expansions every time they want to release a new one.

Very few companies that offer online media, with no retail marketing, have direct download only. I use alot of 3D animation and paint programs like Lightwave, Poser, Vue4, and Photoshop. Most of the companies that provide products to be used with these are online only companies, no retail marketing. And while they offer the direct download, they also offer the option of having the items you purchased put on a disk and mailed to you from their online stores for $5-7 above the DD cost. And their buisnesses are booming.

SOE wants to cut out the middle man and increase their profits? I have no problem with that but don't ***** loyal customers to do it. The simple solution to this problem would be for SOE to offer you the option of purchasing a hardcopy of whatever expansion(s) you want from their online store. Make a generic label for the disk with the SOE and EQ logo on it, the name of the expansion you are purchasing, stick it in a simple sleeve, put it in one of those cardboard envelopes and mail it out to the customer for a few dollars above the DD price to cover shipping and handling costs and wallah everyone is happy. For those that do not have/cannot use a credit card then offer a simple page they can print out to order using a check or money order.

I am glad you are retired Sir Google, its the attitude of "it works for me so everyone else should have to accept it also", from "tards" like you that allow SOE to pull this crap. Stay retired, in fact go the next step, I will be glad to come put flowers on your grave.

Yeah, I really don't see the problem with Jefflam's idea. I went to the Visa site and they have a search function to find where there are places that sell Visa gift cards near you... there are 5 within 12 miles of my house, and I live in the sticks.

Jeflam said:


This DOES work. When I need to go buy a new gamecard every month, gamestop always seems to be out of stock. So I end up buying a $25 pre-paid gift credit card from Circle K. Visa and mastercard ones work...but SOE does NOT accept American Express...at least not the pre-paid kind.

I'm sure that I will be buying a $50 pre-paid credit card to get the expansion, and then I will be left over with $20 to pay for my next month of gametime.

No box cuts out alot of overhead costs. It makes business sense. It is not personal. It is also 2006, streamed software, downloads and such are becoming the norm. Get used to it.

So, you wait 4 days for them to send you a CD with old versions of the files on it. You install it and have to download 2 hours of updated files anyway. Really not worth the trouble. And how in the world do you play on a cellphone modem?? ::boggle::

Sure it cuts down on costs, so why do we pay the same price?