Buy things from US PSN from UK?

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

My order is on hold at play asis for a security check LOL, these companies selling digital cards seem paranoid, dont have any of this on ebay or when buying physical games from retailers.

 

Meanwhile here is an update from the first vendor.  A useless reply really due to their paranoia.

 

I haven't heard of pay safe card, ukash or Ultimate Pay but IIRC western union is prone to scams on eBay. You should never change your payment method to conform to the sellers choice. Alarm bells should start ringing at that point. This site might be legit, but I've never used or heard of them before. Keep an eye on your statements and PayPal balance for a while just to be safe.

 

Play-Asia is legit and very well known. The security checks will just be standard procedure for foreign purchases.

[Chrysalis]

I got the code from ebay hours ago (paid by paypal obviously)

 

play asia still nothing until 5 mins ago telling me they will ring me soon, they lucky I am awake as its 1am here.

 

I expect these checks are nothing other than a barrier.  If I was a fraudster I could still give them a number to ring.

[Chrysalis]

further update, after waiting another 2 hours they never did ring but just approved it, so in the end it was a long wait for a security check that never happened, silly.  I missed a psn offer because of it.  Will I order again from play asia? not if its a 15 hour wait every time.  Apparently they only delay first order tho so not sure.

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

Sucks you missed the sale.

 

They've had annual Final Fantasy sales for the last few years so make sure you don't miss it next time :p

 

Remember Play-Asia is operated from HK so the time difference would have played a part in the delay too and not just the security check. A very handy site so don't hold too much of a grudge; they'll have items for sale nobody else has, for export especially.

[Chrysalis]

yeah but they could have just automatically gave me the code, the security check clearly was a waste of time, but at least they didnt fail it for undisclosed reasons like the first site, so play asia does eventually complete orders.