Monthly Fees

[leggy]

Right,

After checking playonline service and support I confirmed that the monthly fee for playing FFXI was $12.95 which by todays exchange rate is around £7.

I just checked my CC statement and was charged £12.99 (pounds). This is almost $24 (USD). Double what they said it would cost per month. Is this extra charge a mistake or is it for something lame like the original purchase of the content ID. I then have to pay a monthly fee after that.

So in essence there is no free month as they charge you for buying the content ID in the first place.

Let me know what the rest of you think.

leggy

 

[tris-]

i heard about that on another forum and i thought it was a lie. apprently after my free month i will get charged $8 for some reason so i have canceld my account already.

 

['Shy]

I dont quite understand what you mean, but this is how I understand it.

You pay on the 1st of the month regardless of when you start playing, so it's pro rata from whenever you first registered with PlayOnline. I started playing at the beginning of Jan, and got charged for the month of Feb on 1st March. Hmm, wait, that doesnt make sense. Lemme go check.... brb!

 

['Shy]

Right, from Play Online official website:

FREE subscription for 30 days

- FINAL FANTASY XI: $12.95/month

- Additional characters: $1.00/month per character


I got charged $25.01 on 4th March which equates to just under 2 months, which means I didn't get the free month?! Never noticed this before, what a scam!

Btw, {american accent on} I totally love this game {american accent off} so really don't care that much, but I guess I'd be pissed if I just wanted to try it free for a month..

 

['Shy]

i heard about that on another forum and i thought it was a lie. apprently after my free month i will get charged $8 for some reason so i have canceld my account already.

Quitter. I'll have that ring back please And any spare cash you've got

 

[Driwen]

[QUOTE='Shy]
I got charged $25.01 on 4th March which equates to just under 2 months, which means I didn't get the free month?! Never noticed this before, what a scam![/QUOTE]

you did get it. As 11.06 dollars is for the month feb, which should be 13.95 if you hadnt got a part of feb for free. You also got jan for free. So you did get your free days.(you pay upfront, so for part feb and full of march)

Example how it works:

you start on 8th of jan, so at 7th of feb your free month runs out (feb has 28 days for ease of calcing). So then they charge you 9.71 dollars for the rest of feb, if you dont have an extra character. They only charge you at the start of the month, so the payment waits till the start of march.
Also I dont know wether you get extra characters for free in your free month, if you dont it might explain why shy's payment doesnt trully add up(started later than 8th of jan iirc, so price should be lower than 11 dollars).


leggy you sure the 13 pounds is from FFXI as it sounds like a weird that they get a perfect price even in another currency (xx.95,xx.99 is a normal price tag). I dont own the cc I am using so I cant check wether it happened with me, but in march they did say they charged me and in content id part i could see how much. So it doesnt really add up.

 

['Shy]

Ohh yeah I have 2 characters, so add an extra dollar for that, or 70 cents for the first part month I seem to recall.

Doh, yeah, I forgot you pay in advance, so mine is corect then, yay!

Lets see if Driwen can fix Leggys questions now

 

[tris-]

[QUOTE='Shy]Quitter. I'll have that ring back please And any spare cash you've got [/QUOTE]
HEY HEY HEY i havent quit, i just canceld my account so they dont do some crappy charging of my bank account.

 

[tris-]

btw driwen fix mine please, why was i gonna get charged $8 at the end of my free month?

 

[Whisperess]

btw driwen fix mine please, why was i gonna get charged $8 at the end of my free month?

Most likely since your free month started quite early into the month. You would then pay the reminding cost for after said free month has passed for the full remaining part of the month.

That make any sense?

i.e.

Start playing on the 10th of Jan.
Get Free Month(tm) to 10th of Feb.
Pay $8 for 11th Feb -> 29th Feb.
Then pay $12.99 for full month fees.

Numbers are made up, but should give you the basic idea.