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[Q]»The 25$ free credit will be linked to my credit card or my gmail? I mean if I buy the tablet for my friend using my friend's gmail account but using my credit card, then deleted my credit card info from his play store account , will he become able to benefit from the free 25$ credit without needing my credit card info??
It is associated with your google play/Wallet account which uses your gmail account. when you first log into the device the credit is placed in that account.
It is not associated with who purchased the device.
krelvinaz said:
It is associated with your google play/Wallet account which uses your gmail account. when you first log into the device the credit is placed in that account.
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Thnx for reply but will he be able use them regardless to the buyer credit card info present or deleted?
Is there a way to check your balance? I got a email saying i got the $25 even though i didnt preorder. Want to be able to keep track of it since i dont expect to spend it all at once.
Unless you log into his new device, it would use HIS account. When you setup the device, one of the first things you do is associate the device to an exciting or newly created account.
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Scythe024 said:
Is there a way to check your balance? I got a email saying i got the $25 even though i didnt preorder. Want to be able to keep track of it since i dont expect to spend it all at once.
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The credit is to get you used to buying stuff. It is not just for pre-order orders.
Note the kindle fire had a similar credit.
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Scythe024 said:
Is there a way to check your balance? I got a email saying i got the $25 even though i didnt preorder. Want to be able to keep track of it since i dont expect to spend it all at once.
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NVM figured it out. You need to log into google wallet (non app) and check balance under payment method. There it shows your google play credit.
I had my family buy a bunch of google play gift cards for my son for Christmas.
We've been purchasing apps without a problem until today. I went to purchase Greedy Spiders for $0.99 and I could not use the Google Play gift cards. The card was greyed out with a message right below the cards stating "This payment method has been declined.", but noting a balance of $12.05.
I called Google Play support and had to go through 3 calls and 6 support reps before one finally addressed the problem. The developer of the app is not allowing payment using Google Play gift cards. The developer of the app only accepts payment by credit card. This seems crazy to me. It's kinda like going to BestBuy and being unable to use BestBuy gift cards to buy a Sony TV because Sony only accepts credit card payment.
I'm not sure how many other developers are not accepting Google Play as a payment method, but I wanted to share the story.
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I had my family buy a bunch of google play gift cards for my son for Christmas.
We've been purchasing apps without a problem until today. I went to purchase Greedy Spiders for $0.99 and I could not use the Google Play gift cards. The card was greyed out with a message right below the cards stating "This payment method has been declined.", but noting a balance of $12.05.
I called Google Play support and had to go through 3 calls and 6 support reps before one finally addressed the problem. The developer of the app is not allowing payment using Google Play gift cards. The developer of the app only accepts payment by credit card. This seems crazy to me. It's kinda like going to BestBuy and being unable to use BestBuy gift cards to buy a Sony TV because Sony only accepts credit card payment.
I'm not sure how many other developers are not accepting Google Play as a payment method, but I wanted to share the story.
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Wow that's pretty ridiculous. First I've heard of that. I guess greedy spiders isn't just the name of the game haha.
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cjsspape said:
Wow that's pretty ridiculous. First I've heard of that. I guess greedy spiders isn't just the name of the game haha.
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yep. Aren't those gift cards supposed to help protect you from compromising your personal information online? ID theft is a pretty huge problem nowdays. I would be wary of doing business with that developer....
While I'm certain this vendor is the exception to the majority as I've had an Android phone for years and never experienced this, there will always be some vendors unless Google changes their policies to prevent developers from doing this. IMHO, I blame Google more than anyone. Google should not be providing developers the option to exclude Google Play gift cards when developers sell their products through the Google Play store.
I just came across this issue too but it seems to be for EVERY app or movie i have tried to download. I have a google play balance of $85 that seems to be utterly useless now! I need to do more research into this because this is just not acceptable and i feel extremely cheated. This is the first thread i came across so thought i would share my experience. If anyone has any input or an alternate reason as to why i can no longet use my play credit to make purchases i would be very interested to know.
Well with respect, Google Play is more like Amazon or EBay as such they allow anyone to write an app and publish it. And since Google is a world wide service, some countries may not or be able to accept that gift card service.
It happens but it is rare. We dealt with this with the initial $25 Play Store credit we got with our Nexus 7s. A very few developers wouldn't/couldn't accept the Gift Cards...
Or maybe it is a time factor. Maybe the listings have to be updated to accept gift cards?
I don't see a huge issue with this. I personally like the idea that devs can choose their method of choice.
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My problem with that is that i cant find a single app, movie, or song i can download with my play store balance. If there is NO devs that are going to accept gift cards as payment then Google needs to reimburse me for the money I already put out on their gift cards to download from their store which now seems to be completely void. If i knew i was going to be put in this position when i spent $150 on gift cards i would have never bought them. They claim on the card they are good for all purchases from the store apart from tangible products and when outside the US. I will be calling them tomorrow during business hours to bring this issue up.
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err.....just stay away from that app?
if a dev is only accepting credit cards and not gift cards from the google market theyre app is being sold on...seems very dodgy
chismay said:
err.....just stay away from that app?
if a dev is only accepting credit cards and not gift cards from the google market theyre app is being sold on...seems very dodgy
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I agree. When I got my N7, I had no problem using my $25. Seems fishy to me. It shouldn't matter if the money came from a gift card, green is green.
And I was just thinking about getting a gift card for the Play Store. After reading this though, maybe I should try something different.
Well now.. that is pretty retarded.
If your goal in writing an app is to harvest credit card information, it makes perfect sense.
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rmm200 said:
If your goal in writing an app is to harvest credit card information, it makes perfect sense.
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Well isn't the the name of the app called "Greedy Spiders " don't trust it I'm not getting stuck in his web!
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SOLUTION
BostonDan2 said:
I had my family buy a bunch of google play gift cards for my son for Christmas.
We've been purchasing apps without a problem until today. I went to purchase Greedy Spiders for $0.99 and I could not use the Google Play gift cards. The card was greyed out with a message right below the cards stating "This payment method has been declined.", but noting a balance of $12.05.
I called Google Play support and had to go through 3 calls and 6 support reps before one finally addressed the problem. The developer of the app is not allowing payment using Google Play gift cards. The developer of the app only accepts payment by credit card. This seems crazy to me. It's kinda like going to BestBuy and being unable to use BestBuy gift cards to buy a Sony TV because Sony only accepts credit card payment.
I'm not sure how many other developers are not accepting Google Play as a payment method, but I wanted to share the story.
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Hi, I know it's a bit late but I have just found a SOLUTION to this problem. You can solve this by creating another Gmail account and using the same payment method as this problem is not related to the the payment method but the account as I have found. Go into Settings>Accounts>Add Account>Google>New. Then create a new Google account which will work alongside your present Google account and NOT replace it. Go to the Play store and swipe right across the screen and you will see a drop down menu from your present Google account going into the Google account you just made. Use this new account to purchase the application. The application will be downloaded to your phone hopefully without your "payment method being declined" .
First I've heard of sellers even getting that opton. It's not on my developer console. How would the developer know anyway? The income isn't broken down by method of payment. nothing related on the merchant account either.
I suspect a glitch rather than anything deliberate.
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rmm200 said:
If your goal in writing an app is to harvest credit card information, it makes perfect sense.
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App writers never see credit card information. Only the payment processor (in this case google) does.
If I purchase $700 of Google Play gift cards at a discount can I use them all to purchase a device or is that credit for apps only?
You cannot use the gift card credits towards devices on Google play. It's odd how they do that but that's how it works.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56277910
was afraid that was so - oh well.
I hurried to order my 5x in order to get the $50 Google promotional credit, thinking I could use the credit balance to purchase from the Google store the USB-C cables I knew I would need.
Today, I went to order my cables, and the store wouldn't let me check out, saying "invalid payment method."
I went back to the offer, and in the fine print on the terms it says: "Items ineligible for purchase using promotional balance include certain subscriptions (see the Help Center for more information), as well as items in the Google Store." (emphasis added). You can only use the credit to buy intangibles, not actual things.
I feel ripped off, like it was a cheap bait and switch. Was I unreasonable to think I could use a Google credit to buy things at the Google store? You can use the Google credit from their marketing questions (Google opinion rewards) at the store. I don't need any games or movies, but I do need new cables.
That's my rant.
This has always been the case.
pretty sure it is google PLAY credit, not google STORE credit. so no, you won't able to spend play credit at the store.
I discovered that as well. Google Play credit, regardless of whether it was from this promo or the Opinion Rewards, cannot be used at the store. I called customer support to see if it could be applied to the type C wall charger they sell, and they wouldn't budge. Oh well.
I'm not happy that I can't use the balance on a charger, but I'm also not surprised. Physical equipment costs them a lot more than apps.
With the right cables, you can get away with using an older charger and a minimal difference in charge time. Most of those cables cost way less than google's quick chargers on the store.
chocmatic said:
This has always been the case.
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yup
What was the cutoff to receive this credit? I thought it was if you purchased in October? Anyway, I ordered on the 29th and got it on the 30th. Haven't heard anything about it.
antiseen said:
What was the cutoff to receive this credit? I thought it was if you purchased in October? Anyway, I ordered on the 29th and got it on the 30th. Haven't heard anything about it.
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You'll get an email to redeem the offer from the Googs. If you don't (say within a week or 2) I'd contact customer support
If you are a Play Music subscriber you can use it to pay that subscription, I was able to switch my recurring payment method to my Play credit balance.
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You'll get an email to redeem the offer from the Googs. If you don't (say within a week or 2) I'd contact customer support
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I'm pretty sure you had to order by the 25th to get the play store credit.
To the OP, how can you feel ripped off for something you got for free? Entitled much? It's said for play store use only since the beginning, it's your own fault for not reading. Everything has fine print these days.
Yeah it definitely was the 25th. Any free money is good money. Paid for Nova Launcher prime for me!
Picked up Ellie Goulding album with some of my credit. I also had a promo for half off an album so total cost was less than $9 Play credit
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If you are a Play Music subscriber you can use it to pay that subscription, I was able to switch my recurring payment method to my Play credit balance.
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how did you do this? I can't find an option to use my play balance?
solara1973 said:
Yeah it definitely was the 25th. Any free money is good money. Paid for Nova Launcher prime for me!
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I ordered mine on the 18th of October and had to call Google about the credit. It turned out there was an email with a redeem code. I bought nova prime as well! Love it.
And yes it's just Google play apps, BUT, if you're into dating apps, you can use the money towards ok cupid I know for sure but maybe some others as well. That's a plus as I'm trying to buy apps, but now I can't find any worth buying except nova launcher prime of course!
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I ordered mine on the 18th of October and had to call Google about the credit. It turned out there was an email with a redeem code. I bought nova prime as well! Love it.
And yes it's just Google play apps, BUT, if you're into dating apps, you can use the money towards ok cupid I know for sure but maybe some others as well. That's a plus as I'm trying to buy apps, but now I can't find any worth buying except nova launcher prime of course!
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If you want a camera app with more manual controls, check out ProShot. I used my Google credit to purchase that as well. And Tasker so I can double tap the screen to turn off the phone.
kellybrf said:
how did you do this? I can't find an option to use my play balance?
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Go to payments.google.com, click Bills and Accounts on the left, click Music subscription, and switch "Pay with" to Google Play Balance.
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I pre ordered the XL in the Google store. Read an article that said Google would be giving $100 credits for pre ordering. I didn't see any mention of a credit when I was ordering though. Is this something that's gonna show up after it ships or did I misread the article?
mrro82 said:
I pre ordered the XL in the Google store. Read an article that said Google would be giving $100 credits for pre ordering. I didn't see any mention of a credit when I was ordering though. Is this something that's gonna show up after it ships or did I misread the article?
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You will probably get code after trade in period is over
I believe it says the usual 6-8 weeks. The email associated with your order needs to be tied to Google Pay to get the credit.
Dose the $100 only for Trade in or all pre-order?
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DinarQ8 said:
Dose the $100 only for Trade in or all pre-order?
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I just read it for a credit for pre ordering. I haven't seen anything for a trade in.
I will waiting 2 days and see what will happen
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MILH0U5E said:
I believe it says the usual 6-8 weeks. The email associated with your order needs to be tied to Google Pay to get the credit.
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Yeah, it's the same as all their deals. Just so you don't return the phone after you get the promo. The site says, "Customers will receive an email notifying them Promotional Balance is added to their account 6-8 weeks after the end of the promotion (October 26, 2019 at 11:59pm PT) ... Promotional balance expires on 01/31/20 11:59pm PT."
I cancelled the Google Store pre-order and got it from Amazon. $100 at Amazon is more useful than at the Google Store in my opinion.
If you have Fi and get it on Fi they just pull it out of your bill until it's consumed; works for me.
The google credit is mentioned in the fine print, I had to scroll to the very bottom. I am hesitant to order from Verizon since they have a history of locking the bootloader, currently they have $450 credit for trading in a phone like the Pixel.
Verizon=just say no. Not ever. Uh-uh. Not going to happen. Ever. Example: Saving 400 on Verizon equals walking through 500 miles of dog feces barefoot before you get the opportunity to lick a goats sphincter. Yeah, you could do that because your tough and all that and you end up 400 dollars richer but do you really need to save 400 dollars that much?
krabman said:
If you have Fi and get it on Fi they just pull it out of your bill until it's consumed; works for me.
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Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.
samteeee said:
Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.
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Don't know how it works if you finance but if you pay cash they are SIM unlocked immediately, I took one over to Tmo simply by sticking my SIM in before I even booted it up for the first time. The bootloader can also be unlocked but again I'm referring to a cash buy, it may be different if you finance.
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Don't know how it works if you finance but if you pay cash they are SIM unlocked immediately, I took one over to Tmo simply by sticking my SIM in before I even booted it up for the first time. The bootloader can also be unlocked but again I'm referring to a cash buy, it may be different if you finance.
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Thanks for replying back.
I think you're right, financing=SIM-Locked, Cash=Unlocked!
I didn't say that, I said I didn't know what the situation was with financed devices. Fi is super straight up when you call them, if I was interested in picking one up via financing there I would give them a quick shout and see what they say.
I just read that you can order through the Goog store, get their 100 credit but select via Fi on checkout and then turn around and get their 100 credit also, seems like one is slipping through a crack that may be closing at any time.
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Would you know if the Pixels from Fi are SIM-Locked or not?
Thank you.
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No Fi phones are NOT sim locked financed.
A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.
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A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.
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Can you provide me a screen shot of that promo? I thought I saw it somewhere but when the asked for it I couldn't find it.
bitwiser said:
A nice perk if you have a google One paid account. I got $99.90 in credit on Google (10%) as a One customer and will also get the $100 credit. I'll wait and get the pixel buds for free when they come out in the spring if my credit does not expire before then. I did not notice an expiration date but maybe I missed it.
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Unfortunately the credit would expire prior to the buds being out, unless maybe they allow pre-orders very early in the year, or they release them earlier than 'spring'.
The Google One credit is good for 365 days, however the $100 promotional credit is only good until 01/31/20 11:59pm PT
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Can you provide me a screen shot of that promo? I thought I saw it somewhere but when the asked for it I couldn't find it.
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Get 10% back in Store credit on Google Store purchases
How it works
When you shop on Google Store, make sure you’re signed in with the email you use for Google One.
Any time you make an eligible device or accessory purchase, you’ll get 10% back in Google Store credit. You’ll see how much credit you earned at checkout.
Your credit will appear in your account 30 days after your order ships. You can use the credit on future Google Store device and accessory purchases, and you can check your credit balance any time in the Google Store settings.
Happy shopping!
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My store credit dropped just before black Friday week last year. That plus $50 off the Nest home hub, that sucker was mine for $50. This year it's $100, so I'm pretty sure the Nest hello will be mine, that or an outdoor camera for really cheap. Crossing fingers it comes before then!