can't buy the pro version. Limewire does not accept creditcard or paypal
 

How can I purchase the pro version. From what I understand the basic will not let me download more than 100 songs. I would like to purchase the Pro however, when I tried it only allows certain credit cards and MASTERCARD is not one of them and they don't take PAYPAL either.

Do you have any other ideas as to how I might pay for this program????? :bangh:

Sleepless Edit:

where do you get your info? Basic Limewire is a free program. There is no 100 songs restriction on it.

Sleepless

BC may be wrong about the LW Basic 100 songs/file limit but he is right about the limited selection of credit cards you can buy PRO with.

I've checked through my own credit cards and they are now all Mastercards, I know that at one time a CC could be both Visa and MC but things have now changed it seems that Visa has become a rare species.

Therefore, it's time that the LW Org should update its payment process to include a Mastercard facility.



UK Bob

Yes I could be wrong about the limit I thought it told me there was a limit but, I am glad there is not. That is great news thanks. However, I am right about the credit cards.

What a shame I cannot buy the Pro version. I use to have it and would love to get it again. Maybe one day they will allow Mastercard again. I sure hope so!

It is the same with me also. All I have is a MasterCard. What can we do about this because I want to buy it also. I don't want men in black suits and black limos driving in my driveway.

Try asking at this other forum (click on link): LimeWire Forums

LW developers & staff don't post here, but you might get a response over there.

If they want people to buy Pro then they should be listening to potential customers!

Don't forget that there are other good (free) p2p apps that also use the Gnutella network... check out the links below for more info ;)

FrostWire

Phex

BearShare

Buying the Pro version will not protect you from that.
(And I don't think they arrive in limos.)

So how to everyone protect themselves? I thought with buying into something like this Pro version it would help be safe.

Vringer

Somehow you seem to have mixed up buying PRO with some sort of protection from being sued, as Blackhorse said, it is no protection.

The only sure fire way to protect yourself is to buy your CDs and MP3s, not download them from other P2P users. Just remember that any MP3 you download using LW, or any other P2P app, is not owned by the company that sold you that app.

However, that said, there are a lot of other stuff that are in the public domain that you can legitimately download without "the men in black suits and limos" coming for you. All you have to do is a bit of research, on the Internet and your nearest public library, to find out what is available.


UK Bob

Paying
 

Hello I am Bob from the Netherlands and i have difficultisch with getting Limewire Pro. They asked me to pay with a creditcard and i can only pay with a bankpas of with pay pall ore a meastrocard but a creditcard is not availeble.
The creditcard i one's had is teared in pices after a lost off money to unowing persons. And i will never have a creditcard again.
How can i get and pay Pro?

Hi Bob,

LW seem to have restricted the credit cards that people can use to buy or renew LW Pro, so have a look at FrostWire. It's very similar to LW, is free & has many Pro features. Click on the blue link below.
FrostWire

Or, if you like, you could try another free Gnutella client, as mentioned in post #6 of this thread.

:)

you are out of luck
 

It seems to me if Limewire wants to make money they better get their moerators to let them know they are missing alot of sales by not taking MASTERCARD OR USING PAYPAL.

They need to join the online people with ways to pay for their product.

Paypal is a good safe way for all people to pay atleast Limewire could get that set up.

WAKE UP LIMEWIRE DO SOMETHING!:sos:

You know BC

Back in the dim and distant past (about 5 years ago), unless my mind is playing tricks on me, the LW Org. used to accept Paypal and Mastercard as methods of payment.

I'm guessing that, as Mastercard has become the dominant (world wide) credit card system, the LW Org. has run into some sort of problem based on the fee they are charged by Mastercard.

You see, credit card companies charge a fee to the companies that use their facilities, maybe the LW Org. now think the fee is too high.

But, I must admit, I agree with you and that the LW Org. should use Mastercard's payment facilities because they could be loosing more than they save.



UK Bob

I've found out Mastercard made themselves unavailable to LW to use for payments. It was not a case of LW dropping Mastercard as an option. Same issue happened with Paypal 1-3 years ago. These financial organisations decided they did not wish LW to use their services for payments.

Thanks for your information.
B/M

Thanks. So what do I do, my credit card is MasterCard

If you read the thread, then you would have seen this. But I will spell it out for you and the next several people asking the exact same question.

We have Zero, zip nada, 000 control over what kind out credit/debit cards Limewire LCC i.e. NOT Gnutellaforums.com allow!!!!

If I didn't think of Mastercard as a highly professional and lucrative business, I would think they had stooped to the levels of spamming forums for more business.

Thanks Birdy

Except it was Mastercard who decided they no longer wished to do business with LimeWire LLC. :D If it was LW who dropped M/Card then fair comment.

lol didn't notice your post. but you have to admit it's quite weird all of a sudden.

Dominant Mastercard
 

Sleepless
Not really because if new converts to LW want to buy PRO and then find that their CCs only show the MC logo then they are stuck.

As I said in my previous post my CCs used to have both the MC and Visa logos now, to my surprise, they only have MC.

So I guess MasterCard, because of their dominant position, can pick and choose who or which organisation they do business with.

Finally, I wonder if the banking crises had anything to do with VISA loosing out to MasterCard.



UK Bob