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@"Aragog Fenix.4569" said:Okay it´s now april 17th and I STILL CANT BUY GEMS WITH A CREDIT CARD, HELLO!?!?!?!?!?!!? How hard can it possibly be to create a work around? Holy sheeet arenanet just let me give you my money!

I dont know if works for you too but in this post I explain how I was able to purchase the gems:https://en-forum.guildwars2.com/discussion/126821/gem-purchase-error#latest

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i'm in Hungary and I just tried to buy gems the very first time, using my card but i couldn't.  i just heard about this problem..  it's May.  They clearly don't need our money. Fine with me.  Having these purchases available only in-game is the stupidest thing i've ever heard. Great company!

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3 minutes ago, Whraila.5984 said:

i'm in Hungary and I just tried to buy gems the very first time, using my card but i couldn't.  i just heard about this problem..  it's May.  They clearly don't need our money. Fine with me.  Having these purchases available only in-game is the stupidest thing i've ever heard. Great company!

There are two main problems discussed in this thread.

One easily taken care of my the Billing CS Team, and one not so easily taken care of (the EU security issue).

You can contact the Billing CS Team via the 'Support' link above/below and 'Submit a Ticket' for assistance.

 

Good luck. 

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I have the same problem buying gems from the in-game store. I'm from Latvia. I think this is a problem of the entire EU region due to the adopted new rules for payments via the Internet. In the pop-up window, after I try to make a payment, a window pops up where it says that the browser through which I want to make a banking transaction is out of date. Before the adoption of the new banking law on online shopping, I bought stones without any problems.

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On 6/3/2021 at 7:00 PM, Talulla.4761 said:

I have the same problem buying gems from the in-game store. I'm from Latvia. I think this is a problem of the entire EU region due to the adopted new rules for payments via the Internet. In the pop-up window, after I try to make a payment, a window pops up where it says that the browser through which I want to make a banking transaction is out of date. Before the adoption of the new banking law on online shopping, I bought stones without any problems.

having the exact same issue. there is another thread for this as well. its not fixed, likely not going to be fixed anytime soon. kinda ridiculous.

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Im also experiencing this issue.

EDIT: one hour later with trying suggested workarounds and I remember why I hate paypal. Uses my old phone numbers for current emails. Seemingly no way to recover accounts when you change phone number. Major hassle. Wont bother with a new email just for this. Why won't you take the money. Let payment processors sort stuff like this, and if they can't, switch the provider. Big yikes.

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I encountered this while trying to buy the new expansion in game , website worked just fine with the verification and all , cant they add an option to buy gems from the website ? don't know if this is difficult or not possible at all , just wondering .

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For anyone who still has trouble buying gems in-game - There are alternatives via authorized retailers:

 

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/

https://gamecardsdirect.com/nl-en/guild-wars-gems-pc/

 

(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

https://www.gameliebe.com/guild-wars-2-gem-card-2000-download-online-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

https://cdgalaxis.hu/shop/letoltokod/20013/guild-wars-2-gem-card-2000-gems.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/

https://www.key4you.cz/produkt/detaily/246-guild-wars-2-2000-gem-card/

 

(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

https://www.licente-jocuri.ro/guild-wars-2-eu-2000-gems-code.html

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27 September 2021 from Cyprus. same issue with OTP problems due to the latest EU security changes(requiring the bank to send an OTP message to your phone for any card purchases) the OTP code gets sent but once i put it in the box it gives me a white box error and nothing else, cant buy gems from gem shop in-game but the retailers with game cards work, been trying for 2 months so i gave up and used retailers.

 

I am not sure what the problem is so i cant really say but a wild guess would be the in-game browser is super old.

 

This issue can be EASILY solved by the company making an webpage shop at (https://www.guildwars2.com/en/) that only lets you buy GEMS, like how Zenimax did with ESO making a CROWN Shop(https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/crowns) where you can just buy Crowns from their webpage. I dont understand why they dont do this and its in 2021 almost 2022.

EDIT: The funny thing? this error happens only in GW2 meanwhile it doesnt happen in other games like ESO.

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