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25 days ago

Unable to Buy PC Games - Desktop App

I've been trying to buy over 10 games for a couple of days now. The desktop app lets me confirm my card, but never lets me actually pay for the games. Attached is a screenshot of the error page I'm redirected to for less than one second every time my card is confirmed. And when that has finished being displayed to me, the entire app refreshes back to the landing page. Even if I manage to press the Pay Now button quickly enough, the refresh cancels out the effort. My phone is filled with so many card verification notifications. But not a single successful purchase notification.

Also, I'm unable to have more than 10 items in my cart. And I can't even buy 10 items; one item has to be removed because the app complains there's too many items in my cart. It only lets me buy up to 9 items at a time.

I've lost count of how many times I've restarted the app. I've filed an EA Error Reporter report. I've tried to get help on Twitter by @'ing the EA accounts. I've found another thread on here and tried to lend support to it and show it's happening to more people, by replying and explaining that I'm also having the same problem.

Every avenue of support I've tried has received no response. At all!

I've tried the linked troubleshooting suggestions from the other thread - they don't help.

Your service is fundamentally broken. And you don't seem to care in the slightest. Even when it means you lose out on potential sales. This entire customer service experience has been, and continues to be terrible!

10 Replies

  • My card's been verified 21 times now. Still unable to make a successful payment. Even though I've been actively spending money on the stored card info every day with no problem anywhere else. You really need to fix this very broken service guys. Even the EA App Recovery tool doesn't fix it.

  • Still unable to buy through the desktop app. Since 22nd June! Although the automatic refresh from confirming my card to being sent to the screenshotted error page is no longer instant - it now waits on the confirmation stage of the form for about 2-3 seconds - but it still fully refreshes the app. I even tried clicking Pay Now in the longer pause before the auto-refresh. It does nothing.

    In fact, checking my banking app shows that my attempts to confirm my card haven't even been logged since 24th June. So it seems the EA App isn't even bothering to try to confirm the card now.

  • EA Error Reporter ID: 8116a6c0-6813-404b-9a73-229e32133e2b

    For whatever it's even worth; I already filed one report and nothing ever came from it.

  • Guess what? Still doesn't let me buy anything. At this point, the sale will finish before anyone offers me any support or anyone thinks of fixing the service.

  • I've just tried again and it's still refusing to let me buy anything. The app behaves exactly the same as I've repeatedly described above and in other posts, and in other places online. I don't understand why it's proven so difficult to buy something or get any help.

    EA_cuervo​ - please help!

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    EA_cuervo
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    11 days ago

    Hey there, 

    I'm really sorry to hear you've been having problems making purchases in the EA app. I see you mentioned you tried to purchase 10 items at a time. Have you tried purchasing a single product first to see if the purchase goes through? 
    Also, if you're having issues with a particular card, have you tried a different payment method? 

    You can find a troubleshooting guide for payment issues here: Troubleshooting payment issues in the EA app

    I hope this helps.
     

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