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shodan2k88
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2 months ago
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Paid for SWTOR Subscription – Still Free-to-Play and Can’t Reach Support

Hi everyone,

I’m having an ongoing issue with my SWTOR subscription.
I purchased a subscription last Thursday, (thats 4 days ago) and the payment has already been taken from my account as soon as i made the purchase, but my SWTOR account still shows as Free-to-Play.
On my account page, the subscription status has been stuck on Processing ever since.

It’s been several days now, so this definitely isn’t just a normal delay.

I’ve already contacted support by email (support@swtor.com) multiple times, but every time they just tell me to call the international EA Support number. Unfortunately, my mobile provider does not allow international calls to landline numbers, so I literally cannot contact them that way.

It really shouldn’t be necessary to make an international phone call to fix a digital purchase made online. There should be another way — through chat or email — to resolve this kind of issue.

Could someone from support please help with this, or at least escalate it to the correct team so my payment can be processed or refunded properly?

Thanks in advance for any help — I’d really appreciate it.

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    2 months ago

    If you call swtor support when the lines are listed as open, they can help further with this

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  • shodan2k88's avatar
    shodan2k88
    Rising Newcomer
    2 months ago

    I’m sorry, but this entire support experience has been completely unacceptable — especially coming from a company as large as EA.

    Yesterday I tried contacting phone support through several regional numbers with my neighbor's phone, and every attempt failed:

    • The German line didn’t have any English-speaking support staff.
    • The French line also didn’t offer English support.
    • The UK and US lines both gave me an automated message saying that “all employees are busy and unavailable,” and then simply hung up instead of placing me on hold or giving me a callback option.

    Each of these attempts cost me additional call charges, and I still haven’t been able to reach a single representative.

    This is absolutely not the kind of support experience one should expect from a global, multi-billion-dollar company. I’m being forced to repeatedly call expensive international phone numbers, only to get disconnected or turned away because there’s no English-language assistance.

    I’ve already tried reaching out via email multiple times, and was told every time to “call support,” even though I’ve clearly explained that I cannot make international calls from my provider.

    At this point, I’m seriously considering filing formal complaints with the appropriate consumer authorities, as this kind of support setup feels predatory — especially when there are no working alternatives like live chat or proper email assistance for paying customers.

    I truly hope this issue can be escalated and resolved soon, because this entire experience has been beyond disappointing.

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    Swtor Support are unable to do anything with a transaction until the payment changes to closed, so best to wait until it doesn't say processing, if it changes to failed, the funds are auto refunded between merchants usually within 3 - 5 business days 

    If it chnages to closed and still no subscription then they can manually add the gametime to the account

    as to calling the US/UK lines ensure it is between the listed open hours as otherwise its just a answering machine , they are different hours to the French and German lines 

    https://help.ea.com/en/customer-care/swtor-support/

    USA: +1 (855) 345 2186
    Available from Monday to Saturday. 14:00UTC to 23:00UTC.

    UK: +44 (0) 208 1969 890
    Available from Monday to Saturday. 14:00UTC to 23:00UTC.

    France: +33 (0) 4 81 68 10 51
    Available from Monday to Friday. 07:00UTC to 15:00UTC.

    Germany: +49 (0) 221 8282 9212
    Available from Monday to Friday. 07:00UTC to 15:00UTC.

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    If you call swtor support when the lines are listed as open, they can help further with this

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