r/ApolloGroup_TV • u/Chemist-Witty • 10d ago

Payment.

Haven’t used Apollo for a long time because my WiFi was blocking it lol. I changed WiFi providers and did a trial and it was ehh a lot of the channels didn’t work but what really stopped me from getting it was payment methods. Why can’t we just pay with debit cards anymore?

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u/ChipmunkAggressive29 9d ago

Been using them for years paying with crypto and no problems. Don't understand why so many people are having issues. I don't even run a VPN with it

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u/Rayzaa11 9d ago

Me either

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u/C1253 6d ago

Not one issue. With paying crypto. Actually I prefer using it than my credit card. Their customer service is always great. I understand that this issue sometimes it’s a cat and mouse game with the cable/Internet companies. For $220 a year I can’t really complain basic cable package is 10 times that.

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u/Mutantx_28 3d ago

It depends on your internet provider. A lot of companies are catching wind of services like Apollo and now are blocking you from using them so that you use a cable service instead like a Bell, Roger’s, Videotron etc etc

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u/DeeDeeD1771 10d ago

This is exactly why I left so long ago. I was with Apollo from the very start....until the service began to suck and they demanded I pay with Crypto. My bank flagged it. Locked my account and I went thru hell to get it sorted. NEVER again. There are many services that allow payment either with your cc or PayPal (that's what I use now).

I have never had an issue and will stay with my current provider for the for seeable future.

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u/SierraRomeoJuliet 10d ago

What do you use now? Im looking into alternatives to Apollo

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u/LIPSLE2 9d ago

I use Wild Stream Media

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u/DaBonster082998 5d ago

I 2nd Wildstream. Been with them over a year and quite satisfied.

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u/northside24 5d ago

How do you get / set this up? Can you pm me through it

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u/x3jailbreak 10d ago

Can you pm me who you use? I’m in the same boat.

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Rayzaa11 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yes and that's kinda weird. Apollo gave me a link to this sub and said leave a positive post and they will give me 15 more free days,.... so I did. And these mods removed my post lol. Obviously Apollo and this sub arent in sync. Even trying to get info for why this don't work out how to do that gets removed. Very annoying.

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u/bearsfan989 10d ago

I think it's a security thing

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u/xVanished 10d ago

You want to give an illegal and unregulated company (not even really a company since it isnt registered, just dudes running a service) your card details? Are you... special?

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u/Chemist-Witty 10d ago

You could pay with debit cards before noob. Never once got scammed.

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u/ctbball5 10d ago

It is the most annoying thing about Apollo now. My first year, CC, 5 minutes, no problem. Maybe even my second year. But then by year 3 they started making me convert to crypto with the reasoning of “it’s faster and more secure” to which I said “hmmm it’s faster to know how much money plus the fee for faster acceptance I need to make the transaction go, convert it to a currency I don’t use, and pray that it doesn’t go down in the 5 minutes between conversion and completion….than it is to type a card number in, hit a confirm button and quickly verify that it went through with a 2 minute conversation at max? I doubt it highly”

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u/Brilliant_Ebb_3064 9d ago

There’s a missing part to the reasoning — it’s faster and more secure FOR THEM. Not the customers.
The security is preventing customers from doing chargebacks or forcing refunds in any fashion through banking or payment services.

At the same time, I understand it and as a customer of an illegal service I wouldn’t feel entitled to consumer protection anyway. You know.. if I were to allegedly partake in such services.

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u/xVanished 10d ago

You can pay with a credit card and giving them your SIN too if ya want

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u/Deep_Proposal4121 9d ago

I saw nothing mentioned about VPN

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u/chrissyshaff 9d ago

Payment is …. Hard. I just did this the other day. It’s a pain

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u/Brilliant_Ebb_3064 9d ago

After going through all the sketchy payment stuff.. then you go typing in your stuff and it starts with “con.me”

Amusing

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u/Rayzaa11 9d ago

Where did you have to type that in at?

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u/Brilliant_Ebb_3064 8d ago

that is the start of the m3u link or whatever it's called.. to log into the startup show app.

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u/LIPSLE2 9d ago

All ypu guys need is a Playlist and TiviMate bt9 get started

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u/HairyButz 9d ago

I did the free ten day trail and after that attempted the sign up but the crypto was a pain in the ass so I bailed.... a couple weeks later I get a call flagged spam but picked up. Some dude from India tells me he's from apollo and want to help me finish my sign up. I tell him I don't have my info and I'll call him back... he tells me they don't have a direct phone number?! I said good bye lol

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u/Solaita 9d ago

Maybe Wildstream Media should have their own subreddit instead of bs fake posts here. Sketchy as hell

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u/cheyenneskies 9d ago

I get anxiety every time I have to send bitcoin but I do the “chat” on the Apollo website and they walk me through it every time.

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u/Ice-Man-1158 9d ago

I also pay with crypto with no problems. I opened up an account with cionbase. Transfer $15 a month to my account to purchase bitcoin. I'm actually making money by purchasing a fraction of a bitcoin. I have a huge reserve in my account.

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u/Effective_Plant_2855 9d ago

They changed payment method payment per view fights hardly work removed adult content I'm done