Talk:Shop/Purchasing/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150510133554/@comment-84.90.161.45-20150513231020

I'll save it then ... maybe I'll buy more rings or more ship slots some day when I'm feeling generous.

But damn ... they're not accepting my virtual credit cards anymore ...

My previous purchases were done with virtual credit card numbers. It's an online banking system we have here in my country. You register a real and valid debit/credit card on the website, and then you can generate virtual credit card numbers, with max spending limit and expiry date set by the user, and use that number for online shopping. The virtual number is valid up to the expiry date and can be used for expenses up to the max spending limit, taxes included.

For example, I could generate a number that lasts for 1 month, from the date of creation, with 30 euros max spending limit. I can do online shopping up to that value, but have to give some margin for taxes if I make purchases in foreign currency, as well as calculate the exchange rate on the day I make the purchase. Lets say I want to buy something that costs 30 UK pounds. I cannot use that same card, because the end cost (with taxes and rates included) would exceed the card limit.

Any amount not spent from that card number when it expires is treated as if it was never spent. Create a card with 30 euros limit, spend 24 euros from it, at the end only 24 euros would have been deducted from the bank account and that card number would be no longer valid. Easy and safe.