So, time has come to renew my CC info. I deleted the old card on my CC page, along it went the Register New Card button.
Following the instructions on webshop and deposit pages, fill in CC info at Nets, “…decline due to security reason.”
Called my bank, they said never receive a payment request from Nets.
…
Repeat the above process for a number of days, then contact MA support –
– Maybe you don’t have enough funds in your account
– Maybe your bank was down at the time of payment processing
– Maybe you fill in the wrong CC info
– maybe…
Oh well, I spent 2.5k USD on last year’s Xmas Mayhem, guess I have to sweat to fund this year’s grinding.
Thumbs up to MA support, you come up with all the good reasons
My CC implemented a new automated security system that kicked in when my old card expired and I tried to use my new card. Depending on the size of the charge and where it was coming from it would deny the charge until I went through a verification process through my app (or email) and 2-factor security. It was a pain but I would rather have that than worry about scammers hijacking my account. Many years ago I had to sign up for a CC that could be used internationally so there could be some new restrictions in place on your new card as well.
Things change, I had to open a checking account specifically for EU withdraws since my traditional checking no longer allowed foreign transfers.
Try a small deposit size like $10-$20
It may kick in some security / approval requests
Or try buying peds instead of webshop
I’ve seen hiccups over the years where one method stops working all of a sudden but the other still gtg…then it magically starts working again 24 hours later ??♂️
Thank you, Norian. I did two attempts yesterday, one webshop, one ped deposit, bother failed. Then I received noticed on the still open support case –
“On your two most recent attempts to deposit we can see the error code: “Cancelled by customer” which means that the transactions gets declined on your part.”
What do they want me to do? Keep clicking “Retry?” And again, my bank didn’t receive payment request
My new CC is just a renewal of the one I’d been using for the past four years. It inherits the same features from the old one, just a different set of numbers. Pointed out to them that Nets never ask for Name and billing address on CC when trying to give them info to charge my card –
“I believe a simple solution would be just putting back the “register new card” on my card page.”
“We apologize for the inconvenience but a card can only be saved when making a deposit.”
I had a “Register New Card” link before I deleted my old card. Any of you still have that link on you Card Page?
Things change, but this observation does not substitute for a critical evaluation of individual changes; some changes are bad and merit being identified as such.
The problem here isn’t that you prefer the direct security of verification processes to the privacy, indirect security, and autonomous ownership of your assets. The problem here is that your credit card company made the decision about your preferences and not you (unless there was an opt out, but often there isn’t). Obviously security is important, but a lot of rights, privileges, and even security itself is lost when we accept vague gestures at the idea of boosting security as a sufficient reason to let authorities do things we otherwise would not allow them to do. It is incredibly easy to create just so stories about the need for greater security; possibly all of the greatest atrocities in history have been enabled by mass belief of security-related narratives, and they did not make the world safer or more secure. We need to demand MUCH stronger justifications from authorities than the focus group tested “needed for security” lines they reiterate over and over, especially when used to justify involuntary tradeoffs of other goods.
For example, MindArk demands photo ID to remove a Gold Card Security System from an Entropia account. Now not only do they possess an additional piece of personal information the account holder may not have wanted to relinquish, but it is stochastically available to anyone who breaches MindArk’s database in the future. Why? A vague gesture at better security. They want an extra unit of confidence that the account holder is the person actually requesting removal. But why were existing Gold Card account holders not asked if they wanted to opt into this policy at the time it was implemented? Surely the account holder is the proper entity to evaluate the costs and benefits of this tradeoff. Moreover, why not offer the option to submit a sequence of Gold Card Security Codes to verify its removal instead, along with being logged into the website? This would achieve the same level of security as ordinary account access without the privacy, stochastic security, and choice tradeoffs. Because MindArk didn’t want to look at the Gold Card servers at all after they broke? Relative to this option, we’re trading off privacy, stochastic security, and choice for mere cost reduction, not even security. Indeed, my guess is that these types of policy changes sound a lot more like cost mitigation discussions in board rooms than the security statements which are fed to the public.