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Playstation Wallet Wont Take Credit Card

I was like a little kid on Christmas, I turned on my PS3, downloaded the update and BAM, now I can get movies and TV shows too! Sony finally started to offer full length movies in HD and Standard format for both rent and purchase.  I whipped out my credit card and attempted to post $3.95 to see the Harold and Kumar movie.  I don’t typically rent movies ( I am a bit OCD about other peoples gunk in my DVD player), but this process worked for me. Well it would’ve worked…

My credit card was rejected, it said to check my account settings and then call tech support. No number provided. Hmmm… I tried it again, no luck. I thought maybe it was just something w/ the formatting of the address on that credit card.  So I tried another one… again denied.  I Googled it to see if others have had similar issues. I did find something about not putting your apartment number on the second address line, so I tried that.  Again no dice.

WTF?!  Okay, fuck Harold and Kumar then, it’s not worth the aggravation.  I checked my bank account and the other credit card account and I had about 7 hold charges for $1.00 from Sony.  Okay… obviously you are validating this card because you put a hold charge on it.  I went to bed angry.

Next day, I tried it again. This time a new movie… Then on to the billing section of my account. Still nothing.  I updated all of my settings to match the exact name and address used on my credit card, no luck.

So I grabbed the manual. Called tech support as suggested and after a pitch for the Grand Turismo Prologue and at least 3 “press this or that” prompts, I got deferred to another number. Not transfered, just given the number twice and then hung up on.

Ten minutes of hold time later, I got a rep. She had obviously been through this with lots of other people. She suggested completely omitting my apt #.  I tried it and told her it didn’t work. She explained to me that I have to wait 24 hours because my account was locked. Apparently, if it denies you, you have to wait 24 hours before trying it again. What a shit service.

I assume if you’re reading this you are either A) Bored or B) Having the same problem.  Has anyone found a solution? The rep suggested I go guy a Playstation 3 Network Card at my local rite aid.  I have no idea where Rite Aid is… and I don’t care to find out. 

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