hi all,

 

 

 

I'm planning to become a member in 4 weeks from now (after my last final exam...).

 

 

 

However I "can't" pay by credit or debit card. Why? because I don't have 1, thanks to two reasons: my bank doesn't give 1 for free - it will cost me about 1 euro/month or something like that and secondly most important: in our family credit cards are a big nono, you can get in the red with them so it's a taboo over here (sorry family rule I'm not trying to change that)..

 

 

 

so I tried to find other payment methods, but I can't find much information.. In fact the information you get is just a bit general information which you can guess by common sense:

 

 

 

Our basic monthly subscription is 4.60 Euros . We provide a wide range of payment methods for your convenience, some of which are much more expensive to process than others depending on the the level of transaction fees payable to other parties such as mobile phone operators. As different payment methods carry different transaction costs, the price between methods varies by this transaction fee or "convenience premium".

 

 

 

Overall paying by debit/credit card is cheapest. Paying by SMS is the most expensive on a per month basis. The amount of the convenience premium will be the difference between our basic monthly subscription and the total price shown as payable via the payment option you select.

 

 

 

well what is that different amount?? I can't find anything about them, also I don't see any explanation which method is the best, is it pay-pal or pbc.com or some other thing? If I click on them I just go to the subscription I never got any more information then stated above...

 

 

 

Also why can't you use share*it? It's according to some price/performance checks not the cheapest but it is the one with the best performance and security! - I used it once for online payment and I really liked it!

 

 

 

ow and 1 less question: can someone WHO KNOWS IT please answer the first questions? - I really need it and I'm not going to pay anything untill I know 100% of it and I know it's 100% secure.. Therefore it's just too much money!!! - also if you can tell me someone or somewhere where I can ask those questions directly to the runescape staff I'm really happy!

 

 

 

thanks for reading and sorry from my bad english (it isn't my first language).

 

 

 

pulli23

I will try to use my best English for you.

 

 

 

Each of the forms of payment will cost different amounts because Jagex has to pay a certain company in order to use the payment services.

 

 

 

Paying by phone is actually the most expensive because it takes several minutes for the information to process, costing you more.

 

 

 

I have always payed by text and it usually takes less than a minute to make me a member, it is usually almost instant.

 

 

 

The price differences are not that much overall but paying by phone is a definate no! I would recommend paying by text as you get the month membership instantly and it costs ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã6 (No idea of currency conversions, sorry) which is great value for money.

I will try to use my best English for you.

 

 

 

Each of the forms of payment will cost different amounts because Jagex has to pay a certain company in order to use the payment services.

 

 

 

Paying by phone is actually the most expensive because it takes several minutes for the information to process, costing you more.

 

 

 

I have always payed by text and it usually takes less than a minute to make me a member, it is usually almost instant.

 

 

 

The price differences are not that much overall but paying by phone is a definate no! I would recommend paying by text as you get the month membership instantly and it costs ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâã6 (No idea of currency conversions, sorry) which is great value for money.

 

 

 

 

 

thanks for your advice.. But what are those "different amounts"?

 

 

 

sorry but I really need to know as I'm a student and I don't have too much money :wink: (or as we say here in holland: I have to turn the cent twice before paying - doesn't sound in english lol)..

 

 

 

anyways I always want to know what I'm doing...

 

 

 

 

 

OW btw what you mean by "text" - can't see that in my screen lol..

Text = sms or short message service.

 

 

 

I realise every other country calls it sms so yeah. I have no idea of the price differences but they should be on the site.

look, the best two ways are credit card (anywhere in the world as long as its either a visa,mastercard,(other type which o forgot now) ) and text , they both cost about 5 bucks ($5) since credit cards are a big no no , if u live in uk pay by text, if u live in USA pay by paypal but believe me if ur in another country ur in deep trouble.

 

 

 

>sorry phil<

well yes, I live in holland so I'm in deep * :P

 

 

 

but sorry to say but I still don't have the REAL values of the costs!!! - well can anyone tell me how to contact runescape staff? - clicking on "customer support" just brings me to the general faq and in the faq they only say that the prices are more expensive - not how much!

send in a query , go to customer support, when it takes you to knowledge base, scroll down, chose "send feedback" scroll down "chose other questions (something like that) " and then send them the query

From the main http://www.Runescape.com page click start a new subscription and it gives you the prices, if your too lazy I'll put them here.

 

 

 

Credit Card - 5$ a month

 

Pay by Phone - 6.99$ a month

 

Using other payment methods (Paypal etc.) - 7.95$ a month or 5.50$ a month for a full-year subscription.

 

 

 

You can exchange that to your money on the site, but Holland isn't on there, so you'll have to put another country that uses the same currency as you.

 

 

 

Also at the bottom of that screen it states that SMS/Text is the most expensive method by month... :roll:

or pay by cash.....but i dont think that there is that option in holland though, its like 20 US dollars for 3 months...gunna be mbr soon yay :D

even if you dont want a credit card, if you have a checking account you can probably get a debit master card or debit visa. its the same thing as your atm bank card, you have a pin and you can withdraw money with it from a machine like your regular atm card. BUT, you can also use the card to make online purchases, like pay for your rs membership. its NOT a credit card, because you dont borrow money from a line of credit and you dont owe the bank or have to pay fees for it. instead, it just takes the amount from your checking account

 

 

 

talk to your bank tellers and find out if you can open a checking account and if they will give you a debit mastercard. thats what i do, i dont mess with credit cards at all. with a debit mastercard you get all the benefits without the risk of debt and interest and late fees and that sort of thing