So it might be the reason for some of us who have a few sales from UK and more from US. What's the reason for Google Checkout to not accept UK Maestro debit cards?
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Sean Hodges <[email protected]> wrote: > You are right, I obviously didn't read the purchase information carefully > enough. > > I've just successfully purchased a UK application from the market, took me a > while to find one amongst the flood of U.S. ones! Thanks for pointing that > out for me Stoyan :) > > So it looks to me that I have 4 options when getting US applications: > > 1) Avoid them > 2) Change to a bank that offers a U.S. accepted card > 3) Obtain by direct sale from developer (assuming this is possible) > 4) By illegitimate means (e.g. cracked version from Internet) > > Just for completeness, is there another method of payment that will make > purchasing U.S. applications possible for me, such as Paypal integration or > payments by standing order in Google Checkout? Alternatively, it would be > nice to be able to hide U.S. paid applications as long as I am unable to buy > them, so I can search for only applications that I am able to pay for... > > My bank account is with Natwest, which is one of the leading banks in the > UK. Assuming most Natwest customers are in the same situation as me, this > will probably have a big effect on U.K. market sales, as people will not use > the market if they can't buy the majority of the paid applications being > advertised to them. > > The reason I point this out (apart from my obvious frustration with not > being able to buy applications on my phone ;) ) is that there are a number > of people on this list discussing the low revenue from UK sales; this is one > possible reason for it. > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Stoyan Damov <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The link you posted might answer your question: >> >> Purchases with U.S. Sellers >> >> Orders with U.S. sellers can be completed with any credit, debit, or >> gift card with the following logos: >> >> * Visa >> * MasterCard >> * American Express >> * Discover >> >>>>>>>> Look, no Maestro here <<<<<<<<<<<, >> >> Purchases with U.K. Sellers >> >> Orders with U.K. sellers can be completed with any credit, debit, or >> gift card with the following logos: >> >> * Visa >> * Visa Electron >> * MasterCard >> * Solo >> * U.K. Maestro >> >> That is, if you're trying to buy something from a *US* seller, it won't >> work. >> >> Cheers >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Sean Hodges >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I've recently tried to buy an application on the market (the Klaxon >> > alarm >> > clock, specifically, but I have since tried others); when I click "Buy" >> > and >> > "OK" on the permissions screen, I get the following error: >> > >> > Invalid credit card >> > Please enter a valid credit card or visit checkout.google.com to edit >> > your >> > payment methods. >> > <Add card> <Cancel> >> > >> > I have tried setting up my card via the "Add card" screen, it appears to >> > submit the information, but then returns me back to the "Invalid credit >> > card" dialog >> > >> > I have successfully set up my card on the Google Checkout website, but >> > the >> > error message still appears when I try to buy an app on the market. >> > >> > My payment is via a UK Maestro debit card, the market help claims that >> > this >> > is supported for UK users: >> > >> > http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=105916&topic=15871 >> > >> > >> > Has anyone else experienced this? Can anyone report they are >> > successfully >> > buying applications in the UK? I just wonder how many people have >> > quietly >> > given up on paying for applications because they have not been able to >> > set >> > up their payment method in the first place... >> > >> > If there is a better place to raise my issue, please let me know and I >> > will >> > report it there as well. I would love to start actually buying some >> > applications! >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Sean >> > >> > > >> > >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
