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Anonymous
9 years ago

What are the payment methods one can use to make purchases on origin

I'm from India and I've been trying to buy battlefield 1 since the 75% off sale began. I tried using PayPal and multiple debit cards (Visa, MasterCard) with international payment enabled but still I could't make payments. I reached out to the EA customer support and asked them the same thing but there were as clueless as I was. Instead of helping me out, they themselves were seeking help from the EA forums and sent me multiple links to threads which contained some information regarding my issue but not nearly enough. They even failed to redirect me to someone who had an actual clue about what they were doing. All I want is a definitive answer, without all the confusion. The chat with EA customer support officials has left me more confused than I initially was. I was told that I could change the payment method during the payment window popup or in the "add payment and shipping" option but the only default field that exists in both the instances is the credit card option. I've attached two screenshots, I would be very grateful if someone knowledgeable can review my problem and give the answers I so desperately seek.

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  • EA_David's avatar
    EA_David
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    9 years ago

    @ankitbarman005 In this case it looks like only credit cards are available in your region. The page to add a payment method should list everything supported in your region, as in the screenshots it only has the option to add a credit card. 

    You mention trying some credit cards, how did these fail to go through? Are the credit cards from another region? I know you mention enabling international payments, but perhaps they're still being blocked automatically?

  • 19NLX78's avatar
    19NLX78
    9 years ago

    @EA_David No, he said debit-cards, there you can upload funds either via your bank, Paysafecard, Paypal or Skrill account. I have one from Skrill myself and can't use them in certain stores, while others accept them as if they were a credit card. I use mine to withdraw from pokersites every once in a thousand years when i finally won something worth wile 🤨


    In a way i think EA should offer more payment options. Like when i played Need for Speed World when that still was running they had a deal with BOKU when i started out. That wasn't available in every country but in mine it was. You could purchase small (up to 20 euro's) of in game items by using your telephone bill. Since i didn't use my full bundle i would use that to pay for stuff via Origin, but after a while they stopped that service. Same with Paysafecards, which for a lot of people is very handy to use, or in OP's case, a debit card. Money is money. 

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