I want to buy the new game pack game, but I can’t seem to find a store that has an ea game card or a sims game card? Any advice about other payment methods?
I personally link my PayPal account to my Origin account. If you do not have a debit or credit card to link with PayPal, PayPal does sell cards preloaded with amounts - around the areas where other gift cards are bought. If you don’t want to worry about PayPal (I just like their policies and security of my payments), you can always just purchase a preloaded MasterCard or Visa gift card!
If you aren't over 18, you should still be able to get a debit card, I had my first one when I was 12. If you are over 18, I definitely recommend setting up a PayPal account, it's safe and speedy. Or you can just go the standard debit/credit card route, Origin is super easy to purchase through.
I personally link my PayPal account to my Origin account. If you do not have a debit or credit card to link with PayPal, PayPal does sell cards preloaded with amounts - around the areas where other gift cards are bought. If you don’t want to worry about PayPal (I just like their policies and security of my payments), you can always just purchase a preloaded MasterCard or Visa gift card!
I purchased a preloaded master card from my grocery store while I was waiting for my credit card to come in the mail and I couldn't use it to buy a game. I didn't try it in origin but I tried big fish games and steam, neither place would accept the card. So before purchasing a prepaid credit card you should make sure that the site you plan on buying the game from will accept it.
Here's a list of the payment options origin will accept; even though it says master card or visa it does not say prepaid master card or prepaid visa.
Payment methods vary based on your location and currency. Depending on where you are in the world, you can pay for your purchase with payment methods like:
Alipay
American Express
BoaCompra Credit Card
Carte Bancaire
Direct Debit
iDeal SEPA
SEPA
Discover
Dotpay
EA Cash Card and your EA Wallet Balance
Gold Wallet
iDeal
Ingenico Hosted Card
JCB
KCP Credit Card
MasterCard
PayPal
Qiwi
Trustly
Visa/Visa Debit
Visa Electron
Webmoney
Yandex
Yandex Credit Card
Yandex Qiwi
Yandex Wallet
@DragonAge_300905 - Oh no! I'm sorry that method didn't work for you. As far as Origin or other platforms accepting the cards directly, I'm not sure. I have linked one of those prepaid cards that I had lying around from Christmas with my PayPal account and the payment goes through for me on Origin. Maybe that method would work on other platforms as well?
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If you aren't over 18, you should still be able to get a debit card, I had my first one when I was 12. If you are over 18, I definitely recommend setting up a PayPal account, it's safe and speedy. Or you can just go the standard debit/credit card route, Origin is super easy to purchase through.
I purchased a preloaded master card from my grocery store while I was waiting for my credit card to come in the mail and I couldn't use it to buy a game. I didn't try it in origin but I tried big fish games and steam, neither place would accept the card. So before purchasing a prepaid credit card you should make sure that the site you plan on buying the game from will accept it.
Here's a list of the payment options origin will accept; even though it says master card or visa it does not say prepaid master card or prepaid visa.
Payment methods vary based on your location and currency. Depending on where you are in the world, you can pay for your purchase with payment methods like:
Alipay
American Express
BoaCompra Credit Card
Carte Bancaire
Direct Debit
iDeal SEPA
SEPA
Discover
Dotpay
EA Cash Card and your EA Wallet Balance
Gold Wallet
iDeal
Ingenico Hosted Card
JCB
KCP Credit Card
MasterCard
PayPal
Qiwi
Trustly
Visa/Visa Debit
Visa Electron
Webmoney
Yandex
Yandex Credit Card
Yandex Qiwi
Yandex Wallet