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sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

So i bought 2 PSnetwork cards today (20 each) to take advantage of the current PSN sales,i entered the codes on PSN and added the money to my wallet,put the games in my cart and when i proceed to buy the games Sony asks me to verify my account by entering the details of a CC.

The message says:"Your last sign in was on a different console.Please verify a credit card on your account in order to continue".

Like seriously WTF??I mean i already bought the cards and put the money on my wallet.Why do they want me to enter CC details??

halfbeast · Oct 7, 2015

can't you buy them on the webstore? or are you using the webstore?

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

halfbeast said:
can't you buy them on the webstore? or are you using the webstore?

I was using the PS3 store. Will the web store be any different?

WelfareBurger · Oct 7, 2015

They do this for security reasons. You last bought something on a different console (at least that what it says) so they just want to confirm its you by confirming the CC details already on the account.

I ran into this and didn't have the card on me at the time. I bypassed it by purchasing on the phone app.( I'm sure web store will work too)

Suzushiiro · Oct 7, 2015

Seems like it's basically using your CC info as a second authentication factor to prevent people who steal your account credentials from making purchases.

Of course considering that the web store doesn't/can't have this sort of thing going on I'm not sure how much it actually helps in this use case?

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

WelfareBurger said:
They do this for security reasons. You last bought something on a different console (at least that what it says) so they just want to confirm its you by confirming the CC details already on the account.

I ran into this and didn't have the card on me at the time. I bypassed it by purchasing on the phone app.( I'm sure web store will work too)

Thanks,i'll try the web store right now.

halfbeast · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
I was using the PS3 store. Will the web store be any different?

give it a try. it never asked me to add my CC. maybe even check how many consoles use your account there, to see if that's the problem.

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

Thanks guys,i finally managed to make the purchase through the web store without having to confirm my CC details.

Raist · Oct 7, 2015

Sounds like a security measure since you've been using the same account to buy stuff from different consoles. Shouldn't be an issue with the website, I think.

edit: nevermind I see you got around it.

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

But what if someone who buys a new Sony console doesn't want to enter their CC details and only use network cards to buy stuff from the store?

I guess their only choice is to use the web store?

duckroll · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
But what if someone who buys a new Sony console doesn't want to enter their CC details and only use network cards to buy stuff from the store?

I guess their only choice is to use the web store?

It doesn't matter. If you have a card on that account, it's on their server. Buying a new console doesn't change anything. If you don't want anything stored on the console, after verifying you can still remove the card info from the console I believe.

Tizoc · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
But what if someone who buys a new Sony console doesn't want to enter their CC details and only use network cards to buy stuff from the store?

I guess their only choice is to use the web store?

Yeah just use the webstore it's faster than using PS3 and PS4 Stores.

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

duckroll said:
It doesn't matter. If you have a card on that account, it's on their server. Buying a new console doesn't change anything. If you don't want anything stored on the console, after verifying you can still remove the card info from the console I believe.

So basically when someone buys a Sony console for the first time (and obviously have no prior account) do they have to add CC details in order to buy stuff directly from their console?

ViciousDS · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
But what if someone who buys a new Sony console doesn't want to enter their CC details and only use network cards to buy stuff from the store?

I guess their only choice is to use the web store?

you could just use a paypal test CC number that all businesses use to check if their systems are working.....it'll just deny every purchase unless you have wallet money

GalacticMouse · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
So basically when someone buys a Sony console for the first time (and obviously have no prior account) do they have to add CC details in order to buy stuff directly from their console?

Nope. I removed my credit card details from my account and just work off of PSN cards now. Because my account has no credit card tied to it, PSN shouldn't ask me for details as verification.

duckroll · Oct 7, 2015

sublimit said:
So basically when someone buys a Sony console for the first time (and obviously have no prior account) do they have to add CC details in order to buy stuff directly from their console?

Nope. This is just a security verification because you had a card on the account before.

sublimit · Oct 7, 2015

GalacticMouse said:
Nope. I removed my credit card details from my account and just work off of PSN cards now. Because my account has no credit card tied to it, PSN shouldn't ask me for details as verification.

duckroll said:
Nope. This is just a security verification because you had a card on the account before.

I see thanks guys.I will do the same.

Hitokiri03 · Oct 7, 2015

There is a option "I don't have the card with me right now" that lets you skip the verification.
But it will erase the card info that you had in you account.

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