shawn michaels Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Hello, this one goes to Adam or to someone that can guide me in the given subject: I'm interested in buying TEW 2010. I plan on paying it through paypal. However, and considering i don't have a paypal account, i will do it trhough a relative's account. As i'm not used to using paypal or making online payments, i just wanna know how can the paypal purchase be done? (Yes, i saw the topic that explains it, but i don't understand squat about paypal, so i would like a detailed and clear explanation about it.) I do apologize for the inconvenience, but i'm just trying to enjoy the TEW experience in the most convenient way that i have, as i'm sure you understand. Ps: If this topic was not ment to be here, i also apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxRobbie Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I was new to paypal at one time so I'll try and give you a hand. On paypal you would initiate a payment and address it to arlie@greydogsoftware.com. Your relative should have a bank account linked to their paypal account. An electronic transfer from their bank to their paypal account will occur and then the payment will be sent. Make sure you let them know your name, email addy and that you are looking to purchase TEW2010. Once you send the payment, Artie will have to accept it and the payment will take a few days to clear. After it clears and everything is fine and dandy, they should email you with your license information. Hope that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC_chris Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I was new to paypal at one time so I'll try and give you a hand. On paypal you would initiate a payment and address it to arlie@greydogsoftware.com. Your relative should have a bank account linked to their paypal account. An electronic transfer from their bank to their paypal account will occur and then the payment will be sent. Make sure you let them know your name, email addy and that you are looking to purchase TEW2010. Once you send the payment, Artie will have to accept it and the payment will take a few days to clear. After it clears and everything is fine and dandy, they should email you with your license information. Hope that helps Has only ever taken a few hours tops when I've done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WxRobbie Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Has only ever taken a few hours tops when I've done it. Well that's even better news for this guy ha ha. I've had experience with paypal, but none with paypal and GDS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn michaels Posted March 6, 2010 Author Share Posted March 6, 2010 I was new to paypal at one time so I'll try and give you a hand. On paypal you would initiate a payment and address it to arlie@greydogsoftware.com. Your relative should have a bank account linked to their paypal account. An electronic transfer from their bank to their paypal account will occur and then the payment will be sent. Make sure you let them know your name, email addy and that you are looking to purchase TEW2010. Once you send the payment, Artie will have to accept it and the payment will take a few days to clear. After it clears and everything is fine and dandy, they should email you with your license information. Hope that helps Indeed it helps. Thanks for the help,btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harts4Life Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 Has only ever taken a few hours tops when I've done it. Yeah, the post says that it should only take a few hours ... 36 and still waiting is a few, right? If anyone from GDS is reading this ... my payment cleared on the 15th, and I'm still waiting for my licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Arlie's been on a short holiday this weekend, I'd imagine he'll be dealing with them shortly now that he is back. Again, we provide the PayPal service as an extra "emergency" measure for people who can't get the game any other way, there are occasional delays because it is run entirely by GDS - we do make it clear that this is the drawback of the service, and we cannot guarantee a quick response (although we do achieve that 90% of the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harts4Life Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 Thank you for replying, Adam. At this point, I am getting rather upset. It's been a week now since my payment cleared, and while you may view Paypal as an "emergency" measure, in some cases it's the only way some of us can purchase the game. I would like my licence as quickly as humanly possible. I had to wait a week for the payment to clear, and now to have to wait another week, when Arlie himself says that it should only take a few hours is ridiculous. Vacation or not, that was several days ago now. There is a quickly dwindling list of excuses as to why I don't have my license yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harts4Life Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Okay, it's now been over a week, and no licence. Can someone please give me a reason why you have my money but I don't have what I paid for yet? Arlie's on vacation is not a valid reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Ryland Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I suggest you contact him, it has nothing to do with me. If the payment has cleared then he has sent you the license, so either it's been blocked at your end or his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellshock70 Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I used a credit card and was playing in a matter of minutes. glad i didn't have to go the paypal route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harts4Life Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 It does appear to have been a problem at GDS's side, but they made good on the delay. Thank you Arlie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganRodzen Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 It does appear to have been a problem at GDS's side, but they made good on the delay. Thank you Arlie! Glad to see things worked out for you and you're playing the coolest game ever. Going to throw my 2 cents in on the PayPal thing (even though my 2 cents truly don't matter in this case ). I think one route GDS could do with PayPal payments is when a game is first being released, they could allow PayPal (only) users to "pre-order". I know the pre-order debate has happened and it truly isn't necessary for an E-Download purchase, but for these people who have to wait for their payment to clear it could be handy. I know that doesn't help anybody who purchases it after the release date, but it might be useful in the future. For example: TEW release was announced Jan. 1st, demo released on Jan. 20th, and retail was on Jan. 25th. I think if you allowed people to send payment from the day the demo is released, then their purchase would be cleared by the time the retail copy is available. Once again, just my 2 cents on something that doesn't concern me at all. Isn't that what an online forum is for anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg McNeish Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Good Lord, that would be awesome. I have made 4 purchases from GDS, over the past few years, two through snail mail, and two through PayPal. Sitting around reading people's thoughts, as they jump through the full version of games, while I am stuck screwing around with the demo for an extra week and a half is not as awesome as one would hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chachins Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Update on Paypal Hi, I was just wondering if this is still the best way to pay with Paypal. I have TEW 2010 loaded and ready to go, and sent a couple e-mails to pr@greydogsoftware but have gotten no response there. It's a few months after this thread was started, so I wanted to be sure this is still the preferred method. I am playing the 2005 freeware and am going crazy wanting to get going with 2010!! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkr2010 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I also paid with paypal this morning, as soon as i recived a reply to my inital email Sent instant payment straight away heared nothing since Reciving peoples money then going quiet is no way to do business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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