• Paypal, what the fuck did you just do?
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So today, my mom transferred $5.00 into my account to buy a game, now this doesn't happen often so I was jizzing myself because it was the holiday sale, but now. I find out I can't buy steam games [B]WITHOUT A FUCKING CREDIT CARD REGISTERED ON MY GOD DAMNED PAYPAL ACCOUNT[/B] What do I do, facepunch? The only credit card we have in the house is mom's and it doesn't work for my account because it's registered to her account AND I CANNOT SEND IT BACK TO HER ACCOUNT WITHOUT A CREDIT CARD. 5 dollars is sitting in my fucking paypal account unusable. Locked.
Should have just bought a visa/master card/american express giftcard.
omg 5 WHOLE DOLLARS!?
[QUOTE=MagicBurrito;27117611]omg 5 WHOLE DOLLARS!?[/QUOTE] We're poor :frog:
Don't be mean to people, it's just 5 dollars. Link your bank account [editline]1st January 2011[/editline] Also, you're not poor, you have 60 games on you Steam account, why're you trolling?
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;27117631]We're poor :frog:[/QUOTE] ill let you use one of my empty gift cards if you want
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;27117631]We're poor :frog:[/QUOTE] Right, so poor you can have a gaming computer and an internet connection.
[QUOTE=mr apple;27117659]Don't be mean to people, it's just 5 dollars. Link your bank account [editline]1st January 2011[/editline] Also, you're not poor, you have 60 games on you Steam account, why're you trolling?[/QUOTE] All from winning raffles in the GGT except a handful. I wouldn't call an acer aspire x1200 a gaming computer
Nothing like a good ole' fuck you from Paypal on New Years Day eh?
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;27117673]All from winning raffles in the GGT except a handful.[/QUOTE] So you got 40 games from winning raffles? I highly doubt it. You'll have to prove that you're the owner of the account before it gets unlocked
go get a 25$ vanilla visa or something
[QUOTE=mr apple;27117695]So you got 40 games from winning raffles? I highly doubt it. You'll have to prove that you're the owner of the account before it gets unlocked[/QUOTE] It's not locked to say. I just can't do shit without my own bank account. and banks are closed until the 3rd. AFTER the steam holiday sale is over
Sucks for you, you'll just hae to wait till next sales. But it's ok. You have 60 games you can play in the mean-time. Real poor familys only have a few toys, so be gratefull.
You're right, apple. You're actually a p. cool guy, can I add you on steam?
When using paypal account for steam purchases, you must have the full amount for the game, If the game costs 60 dollars but costs 10 dollars on sale, you must have a balance of 60 dollars in your paypal even if the game costs 10, only 10 dollars will be taken of course but that is just the way it works.
Get a Visa Gift Card, and see if paypal lets you register that.
My parents gave me a student account, so there was no problem. I don't see why your parents couldn't do the same.
I can't decide if OP's being serious or not.
Since when did people become so ungrateful? There was that guy who complained about not getting a 200 dollar television quick enough and now this.
[QUOTE=dark_console2;27117757]When using paypal account for steam purchases, you must have the full amount for the game, If the game costs 60 dollars but costs 10 dollars on sale, you must have a balance of 60 dollars in your paypal even if the game costs 10, only 10 dollars will be taken of course but that is just the way it works.[/QUOTE] I remember somebody claiming that in fact, that is not the actual process. That you can have the same amount of money as the sale amount and it would complete the transaction. I myself don't know for sure.
[QUOTE=Sparkwire;27117666]ill let you use one of my empty gift cards if you want[/QUOTE] Will that even work?
[QUOTE=World Eater;27117672]Right, so poor you can have a gaming computer and an internet connection.[/QUOTE] Yes because saving money is obviously impossible [editline]31st December 2010[/editline] and some internet connections you buy are slow but dirt cheap
[url]http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/jacob40[/url] poor
Let's see. I got altitude, aquaria, borderlands, braid, garrys mod, gish, killing floor, left 4 dead, lugaru HD, Machinarium, osmos, prenumbra overture, poker night, portal, Super Meat Boy, Team fortress classic, and World of goo as a gift from several different people on several different occasions ranging from 2009-today. Thus, I didn't spend money on literally 2/3 or more of my account
Buy it from your moms account until you can pay her back with the money she gave you. Go mow some lawns/shovel some driveways. Easy cash.. then buy the games you want with the money you earned. That's another option I guess. On the other hand.. stop using paypal. It's worthless. One because this stuff happens, two if you have a bank account these days you most likely have a debit card and you might as well use that. I've also entered my debit card into paypal, then it said the info was wrong (it was correct) and it charged me a dollar because it was wrong. How can you charge me if it was WRONG?! Visa giftcards are the way to go. You go to a bank, ask for one, give them cash.. tada. Instant credit card with a limit of what you put on it.
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;27117631]We're poor :frog:[/QUOTE] oh fuck oh fuck we're already poor
[QUOTE=UnarmedSniper;27117631]We're poor :frog:[/QUOTE] then why would you have the lods o emone guy as your avatar
paypal takes a small percentage of your money every transfer, so the thing you buy can't be exactly 5 dollars, more like 4.50 or something similar.
[QUOTE=Engie;27117596]Should have just bought a visa/master card/american express giftcard.[/QUOTE] Although this is a very good idea, Paypal will not accept prepaid credit cards, unless they changed it very recently. I tried using a prepaid Visa giftcard on Paypal a while ago and it did not accept the card information. However, Steam [b]will[/b] accept prepaid cards, and I used Visa giftcards to buy games on Steam before I got my debit card.
[QUOTE=poopsicle;27118463]paypal takes a small percentage of your money every transfer, so the thing you buy can't be exactly 5 dollars, more like 4.50 or something similar.[/QUOTE] oh shit seriously i just transfered 50 bucks fuuuuuuuck
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