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Bit restrictive IMO, I'm going back out to Vietnam Wednesday but still just use my UK bank account for all transactions even though I'm there. So unless I open an account there I wouldn't be able to buy it. Not bothered as I am not paying the club anything more until these owners are gone.

I don't know about Vietnam but in most countries its hard to open a bank account without some evidence of residency there. Not sure how it works in EU countries.
 
I don't know about Vietnam but in most countries its hard to open a bank account without some evidence of residency there. Not sure how it works in EU countries.

Exactly, so if the club or the provider are restricting it to foreign bank accounts they are likely to miss out on possible business.

P.S. I guess you could get a friend who lives in the country to do it for you.
 
Exactly, so if the club or the provider are restricting it to foreign bank accounts they are likely to miss out on possible business.

P.S. I guess you could get a friend who lives in the country to do it for you.
Well the point is only to get people who actually live overseas. If it was about maximizing business they wouldn't exclude the UK.
 
Well the point is only to get people who actually live overseas. If it was about maximizing business they wouldn't exclude the UK.
The club have no option but to exclude the UK, EFL rules prevent Saturday 3.00pm games from being streamed here.

It's to prevent people from streaming here using a VPN, but they can illegally stream it anyway, so it's a bit pointless and it stops people from who are genuinely wanting to stream a game while on holiday from doing so.
 
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So in theory if a family member had a foreign bank account to pay for an account then the VPN route in the UK could be feasible. In theory I must stress, not that i'd ever do this.
 
Just looking at the terms for signing up to this thing and you can set up bank payments, pay by card, or via PayPal, so it probably will be possible to access the service using a VPN.
 
Just looking at the terms for signing up to this thing and you can set up bank payments, pay by card, or via PayPal, so it probably will be possible to access the service using a VPN.

paypal makes it pretty easy to pay then
they have anti vpn technology, but just uses common vpn ips

might try it for sheff wed game
 
paypal makes it pretty easy to pay then
they have anti vpn technology, but just uses common vpn ips

might try it for sheff wed game

I'm not being sarcy BrAdY, but did you mean isp ? Never come across ips !
ps: The Paypal facility is not yet available. amg has been talking about if for over a year !!
 
The club have no option but to exclude the UK, EFL rules prevent Saturday 3.00pm games from being streamed here.

It's to prevent people from streaming here using a VPN, but they can illegally stream it anyway, so it's a bit pointless and it stops people from who are genuinely wanting to stream a game while on holiday from doing so.

I was responding to a poster who was suggesting they were being silly and missing out on potential business, I was making the point it's not about potential business as they can't show it in the UK anyway.
 
Exactly, so if the club or the provider are restricting it to foreign bank accounts they are likely to miss out on possible business.

P.S. I guess you could get a friend who lives in the country to do it for you.
Your last point John. If you know someone abroad who's subscribing, and both you and him/her have Skype and a decent videocam at the sending end...bingo you have it. HDMI PC to TV connection at both ends would give you great results (I would imagine :emoticon-0105-wink::emoticon-0105-wink:).
 
I spoke with the club yesterday and they said it doesn't matter about me using a UK bank account.

If I am out of the country when then stream is on that's all that matters!
 
I spoke with the club yesterday and they said it doesn't matter about me using a UK bank account.

If I am out of the country when then stream is on that's all that matters!

I wouldn't rely on them to give you the correct info tbh , this may or may not be true
 
I wouldn't rely on them to give you the correct info tbh , this may or may not be true

Yea, I did take it with a pinch of salt. I bought a months pass on Monday for the Villa game and that didn't work (they said because it was on Sky) and I am in Spain tomorrow so i'll find out then!
 
There are other issues. I signed up last week & managed to get the audio commentary (Burnsey etc). Tried to sign up for the Video this week. Won't let me do it. (Using a PC). I sent them e-mails with clear questions. They sent me back answers that were totally irrelevant to my questions.
It's criminally remiss to launch a service without testing all functions that have been advertised.
 
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I think anyone expecting a perfect service in the first game was naive. Every other club had bugs the first few games last season. I've had none but if others have had some it's unfortunate. I'd hope they could develop an app for next season to use on phones, tablets, gaming consoles etc, but it would need to see decent return from the website access currently available.
 
Syd, do you think it would be ok to sell a house that's been built on quicksand ?
Don't expect an answer as I believe you have me on ignore.
It is not naive to expect to receive the features/functions that have been advertised and you have paid for, nor to have a system that is incapable of allowing you to change your options.
 
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