PSN took a dollar from me?

I bought a $25 prepaid Visa card and I logged onto the Playstation Store to add the funds. I go to add all $25 and it says it cannot work, so I go to www.mybalance.ca to check my balance. It says that I made a purchase and that PSN took $1 from me leaving me with $24.

I know now you guys are gonna go "Wow it's just a dollar get over it" but when you pay $28 for $25 but can only charge $20 you'd be pissed. PSN only allows charging of $5 increments ($5, $10, $20) so with $4 just sitting there I can't get it into my PSN Account. So now instead of buying SSHD and PJM I can only get SSHD along with a balance of about $8.36 left.

So my question is, what the hell happened and why was I charged a dollar from PSN?

Nah they let you buy exact price now, not only 5, 10 or 20Knivez0r

Adding Funds to my wallet I can only add in denominations of $5. There's no option that I know of that will allow me to add $4 into the account =/

Nah they let you buy exact price now, not only 5, 10 or 20Knivez0r

Really? I didn't know that. Course I haven't tried to add funds since before 2.40 came out.

Sadly, you got robbed. How will you ever get that dollar back? I recommend walking door to door and saying you're from a charity organization. It works for me.

:P

It's not PSN that stole your dollar, it's the card. Read the little unfoldable manual that comes with it. It will explain all deductions, etc.

You should have waited longer for your card registration to take effect. That is probably why you had $1 taken from you. Again, read the manual and it should have $1 typed somewhere, and why it would be deducted. Possibly in a table format.

Sorry dude, you got robbed :shock:

[QUOTE="Knivez0r"]Nah they let you buy exact price now, not only 5, 10 or 20CTUDude

Adding Funds to my wallet I can only add in denominations of $5. There's no option that I know of that will allow me to add $4 into the account =/

This my friend is what u call being "robbed", sorry buddy, ik how ya feel

It's not PSN that stole your dollar, it's the card. Read the little unfoldable manual that comes with it. It will explain all deductions, etc.

You should have waited longer for your card registration to take effect. That is probably why you had $1 taken from you. Again, read the manual and it should have $1 typed somewhere, and why it would be deducted. Possibly in a table format.

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I read the manual for all fees. No fee's are $1 also when I checked where the $1 went it clearly said Playstation Network not Visa. It was PSN not Visa otherwise I wouldn't have made the thread. Also the only fee you pay is the $3 at the beginning to activate but other than that there are no registration fees. =(

From now on when I get a prepaid I'm just going to cram all $25 right in instead of waiting.

If you add the credit card to ur account anything you buy will take the direct amount now, so no need to add funds

It is also very possible that the credit card was authorized for $1. It's a very common practice that is used to validate whether or not a credit card is good. They ping the card, so to speak, and put a temporary hold on a small amount (usually $1), and within 7-10 days, the authorization is released and the amount is refunded to the card. Gas stations do it all the time.septemberluc

This is true, it's very common so hopefully your $1 will get refuned in a few days.

[QUOTE="Knivez0r"]Nah they let you buy exact price now, not only 5, 10 or 20CTUDude

Adding Funds to my wallet I can only add in denominations of $5. There's no option that I know of that will allow me to add $4 into the account =/

don't add funds just select the item and buy and it will add exact amount

It is also very possible that the credit card was authorized for $1. It's a very common practice that is used to validate whether or not a credit card is good. They ping the card, so to speak, and put a temporary hold on a small amount (usually $1), and within 7-10 days, the authorization is released and the amount is refunded to the card. Gas stations do it all the time.septemberluc

I'm fairly certain that setptember here is correct. They make a $1 transaction test out the card so to speak. This dollar will be returned to your balance one way or another later on. I'm not sure if they take a dollar off your first purchase or if they just refund it.

As far as adding funds, like others have said. Just enter the card info for your account, go purchase what you want from the store and it will add only the necessary funds for that purchase to the wallet, then deduct it. Allowing you to only spend exat amounts without any unusable funds left over.

I stopped "adding funds" after my first purchase. Now I just go straight to the buy screen, which lets you just buy it for the exact amount it costs.Melkari

I though we always needed to add funds.......(no wonder)

Im sure youve already found this, but some other guy on the forums somehow jacked you of a buck!TrevCubsOr21

LMFAO I remember that thread, that's exactly what I was thinking when I read this.

Yes, it is annoying that the Playstation netowrk has to do the temporary authorization since the amounts you can get in your virtual wallet are pretty small. This is from Sony's website:

*Temporary authorizations are held against your balance to guarantee the funds for the transaction amount. Since this may affect your available remaining balance, we recommend contacting your bank for exact policies on temporary authorizations. How long authorized funds are held is determined by your bank's policies. Please note that Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) does not have the ability to manually drop these authorizations from your bank or credit card account. Most financial institutions hold authorized funds anywhere from approximately 5 to 7 business days, however, some banks may hold them longer. For your bank's specific policies, please contact them directly.