Question about paying after trial

[JoJoHoraHora]

A quick question about trial.

My 30 days ends on the 28 of this month. Will I have to pay something from the 29-31 or do I start paying directly from the first of june?

[neighbortaru]

Re: Question about paying after trial

I think you'll have to pay a small amount for 29-31. They've been pretty exacting with the fees so far so I see no reason to make an exception.

[AngryUndead]

Re: Question about paying after trial

No, the 29th will become your monthly billing date. They'll bill you on the 29th of every month. I get billed on the 22nd of every month.

[JoJoHoraHora]

Re: Question about paying after trial

No, the 29th will become your monthly billing date. They'll bill you on the 29th of every month. I get billed on the 22nd of every month.

Is it a pay before play deal then? So on the 29 of may I'll be paying for the May/June period.
Or will billing start next month.

Don't have a problem paying, just wan't to know when i need to fill my paycard.

[Caspian]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Pay before you play as I understand it. I think if you cancel your account, then you nolonger pay, they don't add on a payment afterwards. I think mules are prorated too, but I'm not positive so someone may have to correct me on that.
Atleast thats the way it works for my other static bill, the cable bill.

[neighbortaru]

Re: Question about paying after trial

No, the 29th will become your monthly billing date. They'll bill you on the 29th of every month. I get billed on the 22nd of every month.

no, it has never worked like that. ever.

SE will always bill on the 1st of every month for the coming month. e.g. On June 1st you will be paying for June 1-30.

Any uncollected fees from the previous month (e.g. extra content ids bought after the 1st) are also billed on the 1st of the new month. The balance on your 30 day trial falls under this category.

They don't prorate anything EXCEPT the balance of your 30 day trial. Mules (extra characters) and content ids reactivated in the middle of the month will pay the full fee.

[Ellipses]

Re: Question about paying after trial

When in doubt, ask PlayOnline

Question: When do I start paying monthly Content ID fees?

Answer: The first Content ID purchased on your PlayOnline account includes the first 30 days of usage free of charge, and billing will not begin until the following day after the free 30 day trial period. If you set up more than one character during the 30 day trial period, you will receive your first charge for that purchase in on the first of the following month after your trial period has ended.

So it looks like you'll get charged on the 29th. I think you'll get charged the pro-rated fee for those few days on the 29th, then for the full next month on the 1st. I'd just charge it up ahead of time regardless. You could always talk to a support rep and find out for sure, it's not like any of us work for the billing department.

[AngryUndead]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Ah, I get billed on the 2nd. Nevermind.

[Caspian]

Re: Question about paying after trial

They don't prorate anything EXCEPT the balance of your 30 day trial. Mules (extra characters) and content ids reactivated in the middle of the month will pay the full fee.

Oh really? What do they do if you activate one on the 2nd, then kill it on the 29th? Charge you for it anyway, or just eat the cost?

[AngryUndead]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Rather, it posts on the second.

[neighbortaru]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Oh really? What do they do if you activate one on the 2nd, then kill it on the 29th? Charge you for it anyway, or just eat the cost?

they'll charge you for the full 30 days come the next month. "SMART BILLING" ftw

[JoJoHoraHora]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Had to look up prorate. Been in Italy for to long.

Might as well fill up my card and then see when they bill me. I hope the card actually works, I still have to try it. I got it just mainly for this.

[bungiefan]

Re: Question about paying after trial

Oh really? What do they do if you activate one on the 2nd, then kill it on the 29th? Charge you for it anyway, or just eat the cost?

Even if you activated the ID on the second and deactivated it on the third, it would stay active for the rest of the billing period, and would finally deactivate when the next biilling period hits. Except for the leftover time from a trial period, the minimum time period you can pay for is an entire month per content ID. There is no benefit to activating an ID in the middle or end of the month (it's actually a disadvantage, as activating on the last day of the month still results in you being billed as if it had been activated for the entire month), and no way to fully deactivate an ID in the middle of the month. Deactivations only happen if GMs do it, or you've requested it and the month has changed.