geographic restrictions at Fictionwise - Page 7

geertm · 05-28-2009, 12:10 PM

I was the one who suggested using the Entropay card.
Compared to other virtual cards that usually charge a monthly fee, the 4,95% funding charge is very reasonable.
If you load $100 on your card, you pay $105.
Yesterday I used the card to buy $94 restricted books, and got a $42 rebate. Paying $5 to get a $42 rebate is a good deal in my opinion.

Geert

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Originally Posted by kesey

Re Entropay: note the 4.95% charge for funding your account.

http://www.entropay.com/popups/faq.en.php

Is there any monthly or annual fee for EntroPay Accounts?

There are no monthly or annual fees with an EntroPay Virtual Card. Our only fee is the 4.95% charge on each amount loaded onto an EntroPay Virtual Card. There are no hidden fees.

Return funds from EntroPay Account to personal credit/debit card: we charge a GBP3/USD6 fee as outlined in our Terms and Conditions.

There is no minimum withdrawal amount. Your balance must however be sufficient to cover the GBP3/USD6 withdrawal fee.

pdurrant · 05-28-2009, 12:22 PM

If you'd bought another $6 of ebooks, you'd have got an extra $10 large purchase rebate (if you're a member of the fictionwise club).

Quote:

Originally Posted by geertm

Yesterday I used the card to buy $94 restricted books, and got a $42 rebate.

NuclearWinter · 05-28-2009, 12:36 PM

I use Entropay to buy from the Sony store and find the 5% fee to easily be worth it.

However as I posted a moment ago, you should be able to buy from Fictionwise just using your credit card and entering the country as US when you enter your billing address.

Gibbo · 05-28-2009, 12:49 PM

I started using Entropay when FW had the 100% rebate "Star Trek Movie-Tie in ebook" and got the full rebate.

geertm · 05-28-2009, 12:52 PM

I know. But these were the last books on my wishlist (I have bought a lot of books because of the current anniversary sale), and I am already buying too many books. Buying e-books is just too easy

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

If you'd bought another $6 of ebooks, you'd have got an extra $10 large purchase rebate (if you're a member of the fictionwise club).

geertm · 05-28-2009, 01:03 PM

I did not think this would work, but it did!

I have just bought "Stranger in a strange land" using my Dutch Visa card, with my Dutch billing address, and US as the country.

I will keep my Entropay card, because I do not expect the publishers to accept these kind of "restrictions" for long.

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuclearWinter

Have you guys tried just paying by credit
card and changing the country field in billing address to US? While making sure the rest of your address is correct (ie: use your european address exactly, aside from the country)? Because as far as I know Fictionwise, like a lot of places, don't actually send the country field as part of the credit card authorisation.

DixieGal · 05-28-2009, 01:52 PM

I'm sort of disappointed in FW today. Went there twice, looking for two well-known scifi books. Neither was available. I've never before failed to find what I wanted there.

DaleDe · 05-28-2009, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geertm

I did not think this would work, but it did!

I have just bought "Stranger in a strange land" using my Dutch Visa card, with my Dutch billing address, and US as the country.

I will keep my Entropay card, because I do not expect the publishers to accept these kind of "restrictions" for long.

I hope you enjoy the book. It is a great read, particularly the version released after Heinlein's death. It is a lot longer than the original with all the stuff in it that was originally removed by the publisher in the version released in the '60s.

Dale

GeoffC · 05-29-2009, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NuclearWinter

Have you guys tried just paying by credit card and changing the country field in billing address to US? While making sure the rest of your address is correct (ie: use your european address exactly, aside from the country)? Because as far as I know Fictionwise, like a lot of places, don't actually send the country field as part of the credit card authorisation.

Yes, without success.

FW have ignored my request to have my club membership refunded - leastwise they haven't responded within one working day......

HarryT · 05-29-2009, 05:41 AM

They generally take 2 or 3 days to respond, but they WILL respond.

hannah · 05-29-2009, 06:04 AM

It worked for me too!
I put my adress with us as country and everything went fine

Snowman · 05-29-2009, 06:12 AM

The Entropay site has been down for "essential maintenance" for the past 12+ hours. You cannot sign in or sign up.

Certainly builds confidence. Or not.

Snowman

GeoffC · 05-29-2009, 10:25 AM

I had an epiphany moment, I deleted my cookies for Fictionwise which was then followed by a successful purchase of one of the restricted offerings.

The mention of credit card addressing appears to be a little bit of a 'red herring' ....

columbus · 05-29-2009, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowman;

The Entropay site has been down for "essential maintenance" for the past 12+ hours. You cannot sign in or sign up.

Certainly builds confidence. Or not.

Snowman

I thought of using Entropay but after a Google search producing a number of negative comments I did not bother.

Curly · 05-29-2009, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

I had an epiphany moment, I deleted my cookies for Fictionwise which was then followed by a successful purchase of one of the restricted offerings.

The mention of credit card addressing appears to be a little bit of a 'red herring' ....

So, will you be able to buy the Pratchett books now in the format you want at the price you want?

05-29-2009, 06:12 AM	#102
Snowman Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 3566 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London UK Device: iPhone 5, Kindle K3, Kindle Voyage	The Entropay site has been down for "essential maintenance" for the past 12+ hours. You cannot sign in or sign up. Certainly builds confidence. Or not. Snowman Last edited by Snowman; 05-29-2009 at 06:13 AM. Reason: missed sentence

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