Has anyone heard of paysafecard???

[ramboisgod83]

Hello, i like online games but like most paranoid androids i don't like using Paypal to buy credits cos i dont want to give out my details online, i spoke to a friend at uni and they recommended paysafecard, has anyone else used this? does anyone know of this or any other way to pay?

[Delta 47]

I've never heard of it and their site doesn't really look the best. Not to mention its only available in Europe. Have you heard of AlertPay? It's another PayPal alternative but I don't know a whole lot about them since I haven't used them.

[ramboisgod83]

alertpay how does that work? who doesn't play games? why they on here? i am confused lol, i didn't know paysafe had a website man and i live in Europe man!!!

[Warborg]

I don't know any names but there some cards out there that you can load a certain amount on them. Then buy something on-line with it, even if it gets hacked you will lose very little if any (depending on how much you put on it vs what you use).

[Junk angel]

Usually if you're are paranoid about personally info, a lot of cards usually allow you to buy a pre-paid credit card, which you can then use to fill up a paypal account with bogus information.
Or if you are in the US or UK you can use a prepaid disposable phone card for the same.
Sadly neither of these work here

[-Section-]

Just get a Visa Gift Card They work just like debit cards and you can keep reloading them if you want to.

[ramboisgod83]

i checked this out yesterday cos my friend keeps nagging me to try it, it is a UK thing so if you in the US then you won't have this system but all you do is go into a local shop like a news agents and ask for this card over the counter and you get a receipt with a 16 digit code which you then enter into any online game for extra credit, sweet thing is i dont have to use credit or debit cards any more

[Killer Kyle]

I use paypal. It's quite convenient. So far, no problems.

I'm not going to say that I may never have any since there are no foolproof security measures on the net, but you can create codes that take people and even computers practically forever to hack/decode without a key (look up RSA encryption). Derivatives of this are in use by internet companies like Paypal that deal with online transactions.

[Huskvarna]

Hello ramboisgod83 ! (haha, I absolutely agree, he is)

I've used the paysafecard for paying for my skype phone calls a couple of times. They have a number of online games on their website, though. I've never used this card for online-games but I think it's pretty much the same as paying for skype.
There is nothing bad about trying to keep your personal details safe, I don't think you're paranoid. I also avoid using my credit card for the Internet transactions.

[Nemmerle]

Eh, this doesn't need to be bumped every couple of days.