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I'm also having this issue, as mentioned in the other topic. A 'fun development' is that since I had the issue and reported it to CS earlier today, the Online Banking and Direct Debit options have suddenly been removed for me.

Returning player by the way, so I haven't bought gems in over 2-3 years. Really weird to suddenly have this issue upon my return. Hope to get a reply soon. Buying gems and expansions is rather integral to the game's experience so if I can't buy the gems...well, bit difficult.

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Today at 02:17Hello,Your recent purchase attempts were caught in our payment processor’s general security checks. They are currently reviewing what’s preventing you from completing a > purchase and we will send you an update as soon as this is complete. Although it’s typically much quicker, this process can take up to 12 hours.We’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

So that's the reply i got at 2 AM (my local time). So.. since the 12h has passed I tried to do the purchase (was hoping that they forgot to let me know they fixed the issue). Sadly no surprises there - still doesn't work.

I even looked for the 3rd party gem card resellers but almost all are out of stock and only sell 2k gems for ridiculous price.So the fun part is that when the items I was interested in won't be on the sale anymore I won't need those gems anymore. Like c'mon ANet... I know that 1 client doesn't make a difference for the whole company, but it looks like quite common issue affecting plenty of people.

This situation is kinda annoying. I would expect to get the problem solved within hours, not days..

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@"slamwow.5738" said:Same issue here, and there's no "support" link above/below. and the message disappears so soon, I have to take a video to check what it saids.......finally i got here......so funny, never know a company who has such a mechanism to refuse player's money. good job!

Of course there is a 'Support' link above and below. Scroll up (third from top left) or down (last one under 'Services').

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Wow, I can't believe this issue has been going on for years... Has anyone figured out a way around it to be fixed on our end before waiting for support to even respond with something that's helpful at all? A business that makes customers wait 12 hours or longer just to check what's going on is not good business.

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@"Mizerus.8461" said:Wow, I can't believe this issue has been going on for years... Has anyone figured out a way around it to be fixed on our end before waiting for support to even respond with something that's helpful at all? A business that makes customers wait 12 hours or longer just to check what's going on is not good business.

Here's a post from the Lead GM, Dornsigner: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/b62066/any_fixes_to_not_being_able_to_buy_gems/

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@Inculpatus cedo.9234 said:

@"Mizerus.8461" said:Wow, I can't believe this issue has been going on for years... Has anyone figured out a way around it to be fixed on our end before waiting for support to even respond with something that's helpful at all? A business that makes customers wait 12 hours or longer just to check what's going on is not good business.

Here's a post from the Lead GM, Dornsigner:

Led me back to just "send a support ticket". XD

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@Mizerus.8461 said:

@Mizerus.8461 said:Wow, I can't believe this issue has been going on for years... Has anyone figured out a way around it to be fixed on our end before waiting for support to even respond with something that's helpful at all? A business that makes customers wait 12 hours or longer just to check what's going on is not good business.

Here's a post from the Lead GM, Dornsigner:

Led me back to just "send a support ticket". XD

Here is the full post for easy reading here:

[–]Dornsinger 10 points 1 year ago

Not being able to buy Gems can have a great number of reasons.

Your card is being rejectedYour bank refuses the purchase as suspiciousOur bank refuses the purchase as suspiciousYour firewall won't load the storeYou have hit a spending limit that needs to be resolved with DR via supportYour PayPal does not have a credit card linked and PP does not consider your account safe for the transactionPayPal refuses to allow the purchase based on their algorithmRarely, there's an actual issue with the server connections (though then we'd have about 100 people contact us within the hour about the issue, those spikes are very quickly seen and solved)

While I'd love to help on these, the best choice is always to submit a ticket to the Customer Support team. Make sure you select the support fields for purchase issues, not in-game, so that your ticket is with the right team!

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@TheQuickFox.3826 said:

@Mizerus.8461 said:Wow, I can't believe this issue has been going on for years... Has anyone figured out a way around it to be fixed on our end before waiting for support to even respond with something that's helpful at all? A business that makes customers wait 12 hours or longer just to check what's going on is not good business.

Here's a post from the Lead GM, Dornsigner:

Led me back to just "send a support ticket". XD

Here is the full post for easy reading here:

[–]Dornsinger 10 points 1 year ago

Not being able to buy Gems can have a great number of reasons.
Your card is being rejectedYour bank refuses the purchase as suspiciousOur bank refuses the purchase as suspiciousYour firewall won't load the storeYou have hit a spending limit that needs to be resolved with DR via supportYour PayPal does not have a credit card linked and PP does not consider your account safe for the transactionPayPal refuses to allow the purchase based on their algorithmRarely, there's an actual issue with the server connections (though then we'd have about 100 people contact us within the hour about the issue, those spikes are very quickly seen and solved)

While I'd love to help on these, the best choice is always to submit a ticket to the Customer Support team. Make sure you select the support fields for purchase issues, not in-game, so that your ticket is with the right team!
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Just to give an update regarding this, I tried it the next day after and went through just fine. Support actually did not do anything but inform me that it should be working now AFTER I have told them that my transaction went through. I have read that full article btw, but thanks for still pushing it to my face even though I said that NOTHING in that list fits where I'm having problems with.

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I can't seem to buy gems either. Guess Anet doesn't want my money. Sent in a ticket, but by the sounds of it, doesn't really solve anything. I think I may have to resort to driving 2 hours to EB games to get enough gem cards for what I want. IF I can be bothered with that. I shouldn't have to go through any of this drama. No one should. If Anet can't even solve gemstore issues, or cheaters in WvW, how does this fill me with confidence moving forward with the End of Dragons expansion? I'm starting to wonder whether my money is best spent elsewhere with more competent companies.

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This just happened to me today (I've submitted a support ticket) I double checked with my financial institution and everything is good on their end they are telling me it is on the other end that the issue must be. I experimented and very briefly (as in don't blink) it flashes "an error occurred" but that is all. I guess I twiddle my thumbs till something gets fixed. You would think in this day and age it would be simple to purchase an in game currency and/or product. I have zero issues with Blizzard when purchasing this is a first for me.

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Mine finally managed to go through on the Character Slot day (after getting the red flash of of error 5 times). Today I was hoping to get the LWs I'd missed. I guess it's not going to happen. Does anyone know if they extend sales for customers trying to get them? I tried two different cards and paypal, but nothing changes. It has to be on their end.

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On 8/22/2021 at 10:48 AM, accord.6845 said:

cant believe its 2021 and this still happens, checked with my bank they didnt even get the payment request, has to be gw2 client side

Just tried to buy some gems to get the 9th anniversary supply drop since getting the gems from the ultimate edition takes a few days and I'm short 800. Having this issue after never experiencing it before. Pretty frustrating.

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10 hours ago, Mikemo.5082 said:

Just tried to buy some gems to get the 9th anniversary supply drop since getting the gems from the ultimate edition takes a few days and I'm short 800. Having this issue after never experiencing it before. Pretty frustrating.

 

Consider buying gems from authorized retailers instead. The list of authorized retailers at GuldWars2.com is not up-to-date, but you can safely assume that the retailers that were selected in the -20% off spring sale of gem card codes are safe to buy from. Please note that the -20% off sale is long over, but they still sell gems at the regular price without the possible headaches of the DigitalRiver in-game store.

 

USA went with Amazon.com in the sale:

(link)

 

US:
https://www.amazon.com/Guild-Wars-Gems-2000-Online/dp/B08R21J9P7

 

These are the retailers that participated in the 20% off gem card sale for Europe, so these do have legit offers:

 

(EU/NL)
https://gamecardsdirect.com/nl-en/gw2-end-of-dragons-standard-edition/
https://gamecardsdirect.com/nl-en/gw2-end-of-dragons-deluxe-edition/

 

(DE)

https://www.gameliebe.com/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-standard-edition-download-kaufen.html

https://www.gameliebe.com/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-deluxe-edition-download-kaufen.html

 

(HU)

https://cdgalaxis.hu/shop/letoltokod/81319/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-letoltokod.html

https://cdgalaxis.hu/shop/letoltokod/81320/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-deluxe-edition-letoltokod.html

 

(CZ)
https://www.key4you.cz/produkt/detaily/8028-guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons/
https://www.key4you.cz/produkt/detaily/8029-guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-deluxe-edition/

 

(RO)
https://www.licente-jocuri.ro/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-key-pc.html
https://www.licente-jocuri.ro/guild-wars-2-end-of-dragons-deluxe-edition-key-pc.html

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I found a post in reddit,

https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/pvb45l/recieving_unfortunately_an_error_has_occurred/

The OP said,

1. Cleared guildwars 2 cache file in AppData

2. Re-entered payment information

3. Unchecked the "By submitting my order, I agree to the Terms of Sale of Digital River Inc." Checkbox and rechecked it before confirming the order.

 

Because I'm using linux + wine, I don't know how to clear cache file, and I didn't save payment information.

I only did the 3rd, checked and unchecked, and checked again, and it worked for me...

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