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  • mcnubblez
    mcnubblez
    Soul Shriven
    This is for any admin or mod if they make another post on here. At least tell us that there is an issue and what that issue is. If you just say "Hey sorry we screwed up and here's the issue, we're working on it but it will take some time, thank you for your patience...". because that's more than we've gotten so far. I understand that you can't magically solve everything and customer support is exploding right now but at least be honest and just keep us up to date on what's going on and who's affected because I promise you that the community will be far more likely to forgive you for any mistakes.
  • Mataata
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    Yup, same here.. Prepaid cards just don't seem to work, which is a real bummer for us who have to use them. It doesn't work through PayPal, either.
    I love the Power Glove! It's so bad!
    i also do art and stuff i guess, here's my twitter
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  • KoMaT
    KoMaT
    Mataata wrote: »
    Yup, same here.. Prepaid cards just don't seem to work, which is a real bummer for us who have to use them. It doesn't work through PayPal, either.

    Yeah i need to use Prepaid card to, and have no other option
    We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue.
  • Varathrin
    Varathrin
    Same situation here, can't find a way of getting subrscription plan and my 30 days free in-game time, cause everyt transaction Im trying to make, either normally or via paypal is "not authorised".
    The best part is that they're going to apologize for this :) Nothing more
    We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue.
  • MSUStve
    MSUStve
    I can't believe this is still going on. I've been able to link my PayPal account in order to subscribe, but I'd much prefer using my Visa. I assumed this error would've cleared up since the last time I tried to sub with my Visa on Sunday. Apparently not. What the heck is going on? I don't think I've ever had a service simply refuse to accept my Visa card.
  • nijino
    nijino
    im getting pretty upset, i have opened tickets for 3 days now, and each time was just a shrug off and now ive not been replied back to for 24 hours. they have just stopped caring it seems. maybe in a week i can play finally.
  • Sturmtiger
    Got the same problem, transaction not authorised etc etc.
    CSR e-mailed me yesterday stating that they fixed it, but when I tried to use paypal/Visa again I got the same error message.

    Argh, I just want to play this game.
    We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue.
  • ZOS_TristanK
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    Hi again, folks. We appreciate your patience as we investigate this issue. We've created tickets from your posts here so that our Support Team can investigate each of your cases, and they will reply to you via email.
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  • Sturmtiger
    Cool thanks, ZOS_TristanK!
    Was beginning to loose all faith as it's beginning to add up quite a few days of not being able to play the game.

    Kind of heartbreaking so see other people play on twitch. :<
  • Kimoki
    Kimoki
    Stop buying more than 1 sub ..I to made that mistake yesterday and when I looked at my bank statement today , Zenimax has charged me for 9 subscriptions and yet my account is still inactive... all the subs you keep buying even with prepaid cards .. wow I don't know how you will get your money back from that but I have had to get my bank to get visa to go after them directly.

    If it don't work the first time ... Trust me Zenimax already has Your money ,, If I could submit an image here I would show you my bank statement of 130$ to zenimax yesterday ..and still no response from them.
  • MoiraHarkenstone
    I experienced this with my second purchase of ESO on the same credit card within minutes of the first. It was my bank being cautious - I just went and bought it from another vendor with the same card. No problem...
  • Lukrod
    Lukrod
    I also did the same thing. Purchased a $20 prepaid Visa card, no go. I can't pay with my Paypal account either....got this error message. This sucks cause I actually liked this game.
    We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue.
  • nijino
    nijino
    nothing has changed for me, i will keep trying though, it does suck to watch my friends all play without me though, why is it localized to just me?? i cant even do it using their cards and pc...
  • nijino
    nijino
    well, update, kinda weird, but i had a feeling something was wrong when i kept trying to put the billing adress as my card info, and it was set to my brothers card adress because i used his to purchase my game, weird, i know, so i deleted cookies and tried again, same adress as my brothers card, not mine, finally after 3 days, allowed to play..

    im wondering if it has to do with what card you use, or maybe just a simple cookies clear will do it.. maybe its magic, but o well, hope this helps you guys
    Edited by nijino on April 9, 2014 5:13AM
  • djogonek
    djogonek
    I tried to activate my account many times for 3 different computers with different operation systems and browsers(with two of them have already been successfully activated other accounts). I used 5 different bank cards(with two of them have already been successfully activated other accounts) and i still cant playing... that error stealed 3 days of my subscribe
    p.s. Sorry for bad english
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  • Kainam
    Kainam
    KoMaT wrote: »
    Why don't they just give us the option to buy prepaid game time code online?


    Cause then they wouldn't be able to shift any blame to 3rd party retailers.


    Duh....

    Edited by Kainam on April 9, 2014 8:43AM
    Don't forget the hundreds of voices that must be heard. This thread was closed, but we are still here.
  • LadyDaria
    LadyDaria
    Soul Shriven
    ZOS_TristanK, you do understand, that you are the only hope for poor little me? So far I got nothing actually helpful from support.
  • safer88
    safer88
    Really this is stupid, i have been waiting since april 6 for a solution to this transaction error... sent tickets to support already and i still cant play the game...
  • GossiTheDog
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    safer88, have you tried paying via PayPal?
  • Charg
    Charg
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    Im still waiting for a response or any help from support.

    Please Zenimax I just want to play the game!
  • allexpro
    allexpro
    Well guys, better to ask your friends that have a Credit Card or PayPal or another payment method..because for now support for this problem is very bad. Thanks to my friend i did activate my sub. and now can enjoy the game..i activate it yesterday and only today i get this message from support :
    Response By Email (Tiago) (04/09/2014 08:46 AM)
    Greetings noble Traveler!
    We thank you for contacting The Elder Scrolls Online Team.
    Right now i am going to escalate this situation to a team that specializes in these kinds of issues.
    We hope this situation will be resolved as soon as possible so that you can keep going in your adventure to be the next Emperor!
    Thank you for your continued interest and support!

    Warm Regards,
    TIMM

    The Elder Scrolls Online Team
    (04/07/2014 12:21 PM) - the date/time that i send it. And my first ticket was on 04/06
    And i till now dont know why my CC and PayPal doesnt work on this site. I know that is a release date and they have alot of trouble right now, but hey, they should be prepared for this.
    Wish you luck guys and hope we will meet all in the game!
  • LadyDaria
    LadyDaria
    Soul Shriven
    @Charg hope you will get reply from supporting team really soon, I already did they gave me game time code and it worked
  • wolfaust
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    Hi!

    Anyone issue solved? Because Bethesda says: "We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue." I sent e-mails to customer support many times. But they are not interest my issue and they not help. :(
  • LadyDaria
    LadyDaria
    Soul Shriven
    I`m playing now, I hope they will help everyone else really soon
  • MSUStve
    MSUStve
    Is this something that needs to be addressed on an individual basis by support? I assumed it was some weird bug in their web code that needed to be fixed. My brother was able to subscribe with his Visa card without any problem. I'd sure like to as well.
    We have contacted our Customer support team to help you solve your issue.
  • robacooperb16_ESO
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    Oddly I had the same error when I tried to setup my subscription using my VISA... but everything was fine using my MasterCard. Could it be a security issue with the authentication between Zenimax and VISA?
    The only negative experience in ESO is those that make it negative.
  • wolfaust
    wolfaust
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    Hello,

    They are contact with me yesterday via e-mail. I sent them my account informations. They will check my account. And according to Bethesda's Costumer Support, "it takes 5-7 business days for refund." Today we reach the 7 days. I wish they will help. :)
  • silvestru_liviueb17_ESO
    4th day for me for their "verification"...still no money back on my account, 27 days left to play (so no time added if they charged the money)...so?
    Edited by silvestru_liviueb17_ESO on April 10, 2014 8:32AM
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  • Varathrin
    Varathrin
    Same problem here folks. My VISA doesn't work, my friend's (same kind) worked just fine. Wtf zenimax? Many days, many tickets, support doesn't give a damn. Im starting to wonder if it's possible to get a refund for the game, and just leave this behind me. They doesn't seem to want my money
    Edited by Varathrin on April 11, 2014 8:20AM
  • FenrirAttano
    FenrirAttano
    Soul Shriven
    Hello
    I would like to appeal to you with a problem
    I cannot activate the card to confirm subscription to get 30 free days
    On the card funds are available, choose the 30-day subscription, enter everything correctly, but for some reason writes the following in the section "Payment and Review" - "The transaction was not authorized. Please check the provided information again or contact support"
    tried several cards Visa, all to no avail=(
    Help please
    Sorry for my English=)
    Edited by FenrirAttano on April 11, 2014 4:44PM
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