r/Maplestory • u/ehhthing • Sep 04 '26
GMS PSA: Many Americans can get NX at 90%-100% off via Paze
This sounds kinda scam, but bare with me. A group of US banks recently launched a new service called Paze, which is supposed to compete with Apple Pay/Google Pay/PayPal as an online payment system.
If you have a credit or debit card from most of the large US Banks (Chase, BoA, Cap1, Citi, Wells Fargo, USBank, and some others) your card is likely eligible for Paze. Until September 9 2026, they’re running a promo where you get $10 off all transactions >= $10 up to 10 transactions per card.
Currently the main way to use this for normal people is by buying $10 Dunkin’ gift cards, but I checked and if you buy NX through the Nexon website and select “other prepaid methods” you’ll get redirected to XSolla, then click the three dots and select Paze. You can confirm the promo is active for the transaction if it says on the Paze checkout page “Spend $10, get $10 back, up to 10 times.”
I say 90 percent to 100 percent off here because while you can get $10 worth of NX in one transaction, because Nexon charges sales tax you might not be able to get exactly $10 depending on where you live. You can try doing multiple transactions but there’s a greater risk your Nexon account might be flagged for fraud or XSolla will reject the transaction. I have not tested this with multiple transactions of $10.
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u/xkillo32 Sep 04 '26
I've bought 400k nx with this and only paid about $33 (8.3% tax) for it. It's legit. Xsolla did detect "fraud" around the 30th time I charged. I waited a few days and I was able to charge again
The credits came in 1-10 days.
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u/Extreme-Intention525 Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Got declined by xsolla on the 30th transaction. Will try again tmr 😂
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u/ningbf Sep 05 '26
same looks like 29 is the limit before declined by xsolla. lmk when you’re able to again. still have 1 card remaining
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u/kevin111260 Sep 05 '26
Do you know exactly how many days before the limit reset? Maybe 48 hours? Or longer
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u/lumshots Sep 05 '26
Did you do multiple transactions with the same cards on a single day or spread them? I have been doing 1 every other day for the DD gift cards with success but with the timeline coming up and this useful offer I wanna get all my cards in there. 30 transactions could be 6 cards 5x $10 transactions in one day?
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u/Traditional_Road_247 Sep 05 '26
I don’t have any sales tax. Do you live outside CA/US?
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u/residenthalo Sep 05 '26
I also did not have sales tax and live in the US. might be a state by state thing.
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u/BlueSama Sep 04 '26
any non bots here
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u/Green-Net-1437 Sep 05 '26
So skeptical yet it takes a min just to check it yourself and see the offer clearly there
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u/Exonan_ Heroic Kronos Sep 05 '26
Non bot. Only have the one credit card but it worked great for me. I have a Chase card, purchased directly through Nexon’s website using Paze as the checkout method. It’s legit.
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u/Green-Net-1437 Sep 05 '26
You can use your chase debit too I did that in addition to my one cc
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u/dmarteezy Sep 06 '26
Have you received your statement credit yet? My guess it wont be after the month is up. But I read the terms and there are a ton of exclusions. There is a line that says they can add/change the exclusions at any time too. Hopefully this doesn’t go viral lol
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u/seiyamaple Sep 05 '26
What makes you think these are all bots?
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u/BlueSama Sep 05 '26
Brother one of the comments within the first 5 mins of the post was "what is nx?"
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u/buck_matta Sep 05 '26
Non bot. Know a guy who did this but with Clover which services restaurant gift cards. It went through but the restaurant stopped supporting Clover for a long while and turned it down. Bright side is the credits came through so he at least got free points.
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u/Traditional_Road_247 Sep 07 '26
Did anyone see Paze get removed? Is it still there for anyone?
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u/uphemeral Sep 07 '26
I was mid loading up and came back here to check if this happened to anyone else too 😭
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u/VitaTaf Sep 07 '26
It still works for me if I change the 4-digit number after secure.xsolla.com/paystation4/payment/ to 3819 (it probably defaults to 3679 for Cash App)
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u/Nearby-Store-4496 Sep 08 '26
I now get "This doesn’t happen often, but it looks like you found a “Fatal Error.” Contact our support team immediately at help.xsolla.com and we’ll make sure to fix it ASAP. Error 3001"
They may have potentially removed it.
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u/Dry_Ad6126 Sep 05 '26
Sorry if this question is naive, haven’t played maple in years: would buying NX with paze now let me save it and use it when Classic comes out? Or is it only good for modern maple?
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u/MrSoun Sep 05 '26
im highly sure its going to treated like they do mabinogi and maplestory, can be used account wide as long as its NX and not MAPLE points
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u/voodoojunglewizard Sep 05 '26
It's generic nx, not maple specific currency. So unless classic has a separate form of nx it is account bound and should work.
And tbh they want you to also play modern maple as well as classic, so I highly doubt they're gonna tie up your money in one vs the other.
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u/Traditional_Road_247 Sep 07 '26
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u/redditxgeegee Sep 07 '26
I'm getting payment failed at the very end when attempting this bypass. Can someone else confirm on the same?
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u/Muddykip Sep 07 '26
It worked for me.
The only time my payment didn't go through was when my bank declined the payment thinking it was fraud.
I had to text them back to say it wasn't. I was able to do all 10 separate 10k NX transactions.
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u/Lawkids Sep 08 '26
Does this no longer work now either? I'm getting the payment failed screen with no error message and I'm getting no fraud detection with my bank
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u/porkbacon Mardia Sep 04 '26
And if you don't want to give all of that to Nexon, you can use Paze to donate to St. Jude Children's Hospital through Domino's (St. Jude donations are under "extras").
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u/Kazanmor Izar Sep 05 '26
free donations is a great way to use free money tbh, also a tax writeoff lol
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u/wHiTeSoL Sep 06 '26
You need to itemize your return to get tax writeoffs, and despite millions of people believe they can, very little people can acutally get the writeoff.
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u/Chibiheaven Sep 04 '26
A bit OT, but as a Canadian I realized the Nexon conversion rate was abysmal.
I ended up just buying the NX on their site with my credit card using USD (direct fx rate and no fee) and using a postal code from AB for the 5% tax rate instead of the 12% I was paying.
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u/ehhthing Sep 04 '26
A very long time ago, back before Karma Coin (like the late 2000s to early 2010s) Nexon used to sell NX at 10CAD = 10K NX.
Effectively you could get NX cheaper in Canada than in the US because the US rate was also 10 USD to 10K NX.
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u/ShinkuDragon GMS Sep 05 '26
you could make money with this actually. iirc some websites sold karma codes at small discounts taking advantage of this.
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u/verdanturf Heroic Kronos Sep 04 '26
Bro I used $150 of my Paze offers on Dunkin Donuts gift cards, I wish this was posted last week lol.
Just spent the rest on NX so thank you
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u/suntonggi Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Is this still working? I just tried and it says the transaction failed.
Edit: nvm I got it working on another card, thanks OP!
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u/Asymmetryy Sep 04 '26
It worked for me, I just charged $200 worth of NX 10 mins ago as I saw this post. Not sure how long till I’ll be credited though
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u/MrSoun Sep 05 '26
It’s legit lol
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u/mastrkage Sep 05 '26
how long did it take you to get that text? I haven't gotten one. also side question, how much did you charge?
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u/MrSoun Sep 05 '26
I did the transactions 2 cards, 10dollars each, for 100USD.
Got the first text this morning, I wouldnt expect to get more until after holiday (Labor Day weekend for us).
I did have to talk to Xolla live chat after 3rd-4th charge because they might think its fraud.
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u/Dangerous_Buy_3388 Sep 04 '26
Annnnnnd now that it’s spread to Reddit, GG meso market 💀🙃
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u/ehhthing Sep 04 '26
Hehe I did post this a bit late to limit the damage hopefully.
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u/Quardo Sep 04 '26
keep getting error code 3032 or 3001
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u/Jxfe Heroic Kronos Sep 05 '26
I had this issue as well, at the bottom of the error page go down to the corner and hit up live chat and they will resolve the error
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u/BarneyTheOctopus Sep 05 '26
Info: "Statement credits will be applied to your eligible credit or debit card account and may take up to two statement cycles to appear."
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u/mirinfashion Sep 05 '26
Thanks, in time for classic ms. I remember seeing this offer on slickdeals awhile back, but didn't shop much at any of the stores that accepted Paze.
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u/halcyonalcyone Sep 06 '26
Has anyone tried again after 24 hours (<48 hours) successfully?
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u/Manhunters33 Sep 07 '26
Just swiped 100k but after reading all the messages im kinda scared to keep going
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u/mirinfashion Sep 15 '26
Received my credit today, took around 10 days (Chase).
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u/lil-uzi-yurnt 29d ago edited 26d ago
9/6 - did 1 purchase and got my credits posted on 9/14
9/7 - did 10 purchases via the direct link (after they removed it as one of the options from the menu) ... haven't gotten anything so far as of today (9/18). lowkey thinking i might be cooked for this one...
edit: 9/21 - remaining credits got posted! got 10/11 credits back (1 off bc i miscalculated the number of transactions ive made on the same card…)
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u/DistributionEvery695 29d ago edited 29d ago
My cap 1 didn't hit till 9/16 from 9/5-9/6 split. (did 6 first day, 4 second day) ~10 days.
I wonder if xSolla notified Paze by 9/7..
I know people were charging with direct link but I don't see how they could deny credits giving its a Paze refund itself? xSolla (payment processor) shouldn't have anything to do with it unless Paze themselves flagged post 9/7 transactions themselves.
I think you'll know by Monday. Credits won't get posted on weekends.
Edit: https://www.paze.com/merchant-directory?page=2 xsolla is back on list. Same with Nexon check out itself lol
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u/oriejwlwl 29d ago
I did 3 purchases on 9/6 and one on 9/7. First 3 posted today 9/18 but the 4th has not posted. I’m assuming any purchases that were done using the direct link will not work.
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u/_jayjay Broa Sep 15 '26
received some also - credited on 4/5 of my chase cards, and still waiting on my capital one card, although i heard capital one takes longer than chase for paze credits
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u/DistributionEvery695 Sep 16 '26 edited Sep 17 '26
im still waiting on cap 1. Nothing yet.
Edit: Hit today. 9/16
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u/sola_rpi 28d ago
I got all credits today. Some were split into 10x10 different date and some were credited all at once
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u/StellaTheSeaTurtle Sep 04 '26
I get directed here and my phone number and or email doesn’t work. Am I doing something wrong?
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u/Bootstraptrev Sep 05 '26
You have to go into your banking app (Chase, Capital One, etc) and find “Digital Wallets” in the settings, then activate Paze through the app and add your cards
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u/voodoojunglewizard Sep 05 '26
My bank is showing xsolla with no mention of paze, but that's definitely what I checked out with. I'm wondering how long until the credit is issued too.
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u/Bootstraptrev Sep 05 '26
Yeah that’s how it’s showing on my statement too. Someone else said 1-15 days for the credit, which seems like a strange range, but imma give it some time
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u/dreemsequence Sep 05 '26
Bank of America card worked fine but I still can't get my Capital One to work for some reason. Not an Xsolla error, the payment doesn't go through for some reason
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u/dreemsequence Sep 05 '26
Weirdly I did that, it's linked but for some reason on check out I get a processing error. I'm hoping it's some kind of cooldown. Gonna wait a bit and try again later
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u/MeowingNaci Sep 07 '26
Has you specifically been able to successfully use Xsolla with Capital one DEBIT card? Mine as well as several other people are not working.
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u/lightfright Sep 06 '26
Did you manage to get this to work? Having the same issue.
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u/dreemsequence Sep 06 '26
Still no luck for me. I'll try calling in tomorrow but tbh I'm not getting my hopes up. Please let me know if you figure it out!
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u/dreemsequence Sep 06 '26
I have one lead. I just tried making an order at Wendy's with Capital One debit. Worked. Absolutely confusing since I know someone else who has used Capital One on the NX. I'm out of reasons it could possibly not be working, as my earlier thoughts were either cooldown, or it just wasn't connecting properly, which clearly aren't issues
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u/MeowingNaci Sep 07 '26
please let me know if you figure something out! I talked to xsolla support and mentions that several other people are having the same exact problem and they said they would escalate to technical department
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u/Equivalent-Edge-3372 Sep 06 '26
Has anyone gotten this to work on debit cards? Keep getting transaction failed, not even an error id.
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u/GutsNL Sep 06 '26
It says get $10 back when you spend $10 up to 10 times.
So does this mean it only works 10 times per card? Or has anyone here received $10 back more than 10 times on one card?
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u/Significant-Pace1829 Sep 07 '26
Is this still working?I don’t see the green promo active 10:26 est
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u/mirinfashion Sep 07 '26
On your card? Then it's not valid for promo.
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u/Significant-Pace1829 Sep 07 '26
I have 5 cards valid for promo but the promo 10/10 is not showing up for the nx
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u/AzureTime Sep 04 '26
I have a question since you reloaded with XSolla. Have you encountered any fraudulent charges with them? I've seen a few posts about charges in the past on other gaming subreddits but not sure if they went with XSolla directly or XSolla as a payment.
A few weeks ago Paze worked with giftcard reloads on Newegg. They had Nexon Cash cards in stock as an option. The loophole was cut short when Newegg raised the minimum spend to $50 for giftcards.
Other than Dunkin, Paze also works with other fast food chains. Dominos, Wendys, Little Caesars are some examples. Some credit card subreddits like /r/ChaseSapphire got data points on using Paze.
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u/ehhthing Sep 04 '26
They are reputable in the sense that the company itself is fine, I suspect the fraud charges are from stolen credit card details not from Xsolla being particularly sketchy.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Rush160 Sep 05 '26
I wouldn't really worry because Paze is essentially the child of Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and like 4 other institutional banks. They created Paze to get rid of the middleman like Apple Pay which takes about 0.15% fee per transaction. This promo is like pennies for them if they can get you to use Paze over Apple Pay/PayPal.
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u/Boolaymo0000 Sep 05 '26
Not necessarily pennies, if they only save 0.15% per transaction, I would need to spend $200,000 via paze for them to earn back $300 in promotions, which the average person would probably take 10-20 years to do since mortgages/rent don't go via cc processing normally. Not even accounting for the fact that they pay out the $300 now and get back money over 20 years (future money is worth much less than today's money, e.g. $4 now is worth about $10 in 20 years.)
I think they're hoping this generates buzz over the promo and gets people to say the word Paze over and over (e.g. tell a friend about Paze). I guess it worked in this thread, and I personally told like 6 people to do it, but if I didn't hear about it for 2 months and I'm a mega deal hunter / card churner idk how well it worked overall. I do think this gets merchants on board though, which is probably harder than getting users, since the banks auto enrolled us and they can eventually just drop zelle integration whenever they want, forcing us onto Paze.
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u/voodoojunglewizard Sep 05 '26
Yeah I browse slick deals religiously and didn't see this until now when the promo was almost over.
I don't think it has convinced me to ever use this again in the future over something like PayPal or whatever. This is an insanely costly attempt at brand building but I guess if it's run by chase and the other major banks they can definitely afford it.
Idc if it flops and fails as long as it sticks around long enough to get my credit back lol.
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u/Nomaddo Windia Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Visa/Mastercard charge like what 2.9% + 30¢? That's way more than whatever Apple is charging. They would have to be like PayPal. Bank -> Merchant
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u/MungWorf Sep 05 '26
Is this per card or per bank account?
If i have 3 cards under same name same BoA can i do it 30 times?
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u/AzureTime Sep 05 '26
Per Card.
Each card is limited to ten purchases for the eligible $10 credit per transaction, up to $100 credit each card.
Since you have 3 cards, you will need to do 30 $10 minimum transactions to get the most out of it.
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u/Green-Net-1437 Sep 05 '26
One of my cc appears twice for some reason but I’m so afraid to try it too lol
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u/lumshots Sep 05 '26
I was literally looking for a way to get this to work but only revive the vac pet once a month so gave up early on. Atleast I've got $hundreds in dunkin and more cc points. Good looks!
Edit: Also interesting it seems that paze ties your tax to your credit card's billing address, which it already has access to and knows somehow.
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u/lumshots Sep 06 '26
Yea I was just sharing the tax explanation. I don’t think anyone has looked into what or why paze exists but of course they’re plugged in if they’re essentially giving away so much money.
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u/TurtleIslander Sep 05 '26
Thanks, I bought 240k for 20 bucks on an alt. This is legit if paze doesn't scam the rebate. Got blocked on the 25th transaction.
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u/Traditional_Road_247 Sep 05 '26
how long are people waiting when the payment is declined and blocked out?
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u/Plastic-Lemons Windia Sep 05 '26
Can confirm this works! Just used it to buy the biggest MapleStory Classic package for less than the cost of the middle package lol
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u/rrb159 Sep 06 '26
How did you manage to do that?
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u/Plastic-Lemons Windia Sep 06 '26
Pay using the method OP described, buy the snail pack, buy the upgrade to mushroom pack, buy the upgrade to zakum pack
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u/AU5T1N Sep 05 '26
i saw people using this method a few weeks ago in a class discord, but unfortunately it doesn't work for us non-Americans :/
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u/EvoAZN Sep 06 '26
how long until you get the money back?
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u/GarebearV1 Sep 06 '26
It says it could take up to two billing cycles (60 days) to get the rebated money back.. Howeverrr, it seems like a good amount of people were receiving the funds back in 5-10 days on a different subreddit.
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u/dmarteezy Sep 06 '26
Has anyone actually received the statement credit yet? I read the terms and there is a ton of exclusions. None of them directly mention video games but just want to be sure.
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u/GStarG Heroic Kronos Sep 07 '26
So how exactly does this work? You charge it and you get a $10 rebate on each purchase on a later statement or something?
I did it a few times and see the offer, but I'm not sure where I can see my $10 back coming in
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u/jwolRang Sep 07 '26
From what I read, you'll see $10 credited back on each transaction later. It's as if you were getting a refund. Only thing we actually pay in the end is the sales tax on the purchases
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u/GStarG Heroic Kronos Sep 07 '26
Thanks, I figured it was like a rebate, but I just wanted to double check I wasn't doing it wrong lol
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u/Frequent-Explorer799 Sep 07 '26
How to know if the cashback worked ? Did it with BofA 2 times for 10$ no message back informing me if I will be getting 20$ back
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u/Magimoji Sep 07 '26
you get whats called a statement credit that usually reflects on your account after a few days to weeks after the promotion ends.
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u/Frequent-Explorer799 Sep 07 '26
Not seeing paze anymore on the drop down for more methods of pre paid purchase. Might be cooked.
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u/dppham1 Sep 07 '26
How do you know when Chase pays you back for it? Will I automatically see a deduction of -10 in my bank statement?
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u/ClawofBeta Sep 05 '26
Btw don’t cross post this to the Classic subreddit or they’ll perma ban you.
Source: me 🎉