andhisnameis Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Will there, or ever been linden gift cards?Like, just go to a store and get a card. (For example, you can buy a card for imvu credits) No personal info needed.I want to buy lindens, and I would, but I'm not paying for them with my cc or from my bank account. Second life is just a time killer for me, but would like to have some lindens since everything requires lindens. (Since I haven't been here for very long, idk what LL would/could do.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaconrileyflagenovail Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 wouldn't count on that ever happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Why are you unwilling to buy the L$ direct, either with a credit/debit card or via PayPal or Skrill? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerise Sorbet Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 You can use Amazon gift cards to buy Second Life bundles of various toys that include L$, but it's a pretty hefty markup if you just want the L$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Create a Paypal account Link it to your credit card or checking account Printout (or save on your phone) Paypal's cash deposit barcode. Deposit cash into your Paypal account (Paypal's web site has a list of locations you can do this) Add your Paypal account to your SL payment methods. ??? Profit This has the added bonus of being an enclosed account if you want to do business in SL. It never touches your real life bank, it only uses it for verification. Any profit or loss can easily be seen since it is not hidden with your mundane bills or day today purchases. Everything you put in or take out of SL is all in one tidy place without other transaction to obfuscate just how much you are spending ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Faulds Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Paypal is a good choice since there are a lot of places on the web that accept Paypal too. So, you could use Paypal to pay rather than your credit/debit card or bank account. You also have fraud protection with Paypal for purchases too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'm curious as to why you are willing to buy a gift card but not L$. How would you pay for the gift card? It can't be with L$ because your objective is to get L$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andhisnameis Posted April 1, 2016 Author Share Posted April 1, 2016 Basically what I meant is, if it were possible, I would want to just pay for a sl linden gift card with cash in a store, and use the gift card to pay for lindens. No personal info or fuss needed..... I just don't want to use my cc. So, i guess no lindens for me since i'm not willing. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamela Galli Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 How does anyone pay for anything anywhere online without providing payment information of some kind? You say you want to pay cash, but how exactly does one pay with cash anywhere on the Internet? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheriColette Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Bobbie & Rhonda are right...PayPal is the only and best way to keep your details safe and secure when buying anything online and they always contactable. The other way to get Linen dollars ....is to work for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 andhisnameis wrote: Basically what I meant is, if it were possible, I would want to just pay for a sl linden gift card with cash in a store, and use the gift card to pay for lindens. No personal info or fuss needed..... I just don't want to use my cc. So, i guess no lindens for me since i'm not willing. lol That would mean having gift cards in stores throughout much of the world, or maybe throughout one or two countries. That's not going to happen. LL is just a small company, and Second Life is unknown to the populations at large, so it couldn't do anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I've bought prepaid game cards before. I did it because the game started refusing my credit card and there was this incredibly cute armor that I had to have. You can buy prepaid game cards at grocery stores... with cash! From there you can enter the card's code into your anonymous game account. Ergo, an untraceable cash deposit. As the op mentioned, IMVU sells prepaid game cards in various retail stores. Is IMVU a bigger company than LL? I don't know. I've also seen a lot of free to play Korean MMOs offering prepaid cards but those don't allow you to cash out like SL or IMVU. If you think that there is some kind of federal anti-money laundering regulation preventing SL from using gift cards it appears that stores limit the amount of prepaid IMVU cards per federal regultaion. The limit is $200. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innula Zenovka Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 I guess the short answer is that, for whatever reason, LL don't think the potential return, in the form of extra business, on producing, selling and administering a gift card system would be worth the costs of setting it up and maintaining it. It does seem an awful lot of work when most people can, and are content to, buy their L$ either with a credit card or PayPal or Skrill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Innula Zenovka wrote: I guess the short answer is that, for whatever reason, LL don't think the potential return, in the form of extra business, on producing, selling and administering a gift card system would be worth the costs of setting it up and maintaining it. It does seem an awful lot of work when most people can, and are content to, buy their L$ either with a credit card or PayPal or Skrill. It's also interesting to note that people over at IMVU complain just as much about IMVU's compliance policies such as tax forms, etc, as people do here about SL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCammarano Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I think you are missing what she is wanting to do. The only thing I could suggest is to buy a prepaid credit card to purchase the lindens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alwin Alcott Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 VCammarano wrote: The only thing I could suggest is to buy a prepaid credit card to purchase the lindens. yep... and find out prepaids aren't accepted... have a look at the knowledgebase to see the payment options. Only Credit Cards, Paypal and Skrill are the general accepted payment methods. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waisting Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 4/2/2016 at 1:30 PM, Bree Giffen said: I've bought prepaid game cards before. I did it because the game started refusing my credit card and there was this incredibly cute armor that I had to have. You can buy prepaid game cards at grocery stores... with cash! From there you can enter the card's code into your anonymous game account. Ergo, an untraceable cash deposit. As the op mentioned, IMVU sells prepaid game cards in various retail stores. Is IMVU a bigger company than LL? I don't know. I've also seen a lot of free to play Korean MMOs offering prepaid cards but those don't allow you to cash out like SL or IMVU. If you think that there is some kind of federal anti-money laundering regulation preventing SL from using gift cards it appears that stores limit the amount of prepaid IMVU cards per federal regultaion. The limit is $200. But you can't use prepaid cards to buy linden dollars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Huntress Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 32 minutes ago, Waisting said: But you can't use prepaid cards to buy linden dollars Not any more, true. That was not always the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReVid Unplugged Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 I used to purchase L$ with prepaid cards. But when LL decided to ban prepaid cards, that was the last L$ purchase I made. Until LL comes up with a way for me to pay cash for L$, I will not be paying any more money into Second Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigmoe Whitfield Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 4 hours ago, ReVid Unplugged said: I used to purchase L$ with prepaid cards. But when LL decided to ban prepaid cards, that was the last L$ purchase I made. Until LL comes up with a way for me to pay cash for L$, I will not be paying any more money into Second Life. LL, has to maintain real life information for transactions per the IRS and something else I'm spacing right now. They really do not have a choice on this, maybe if they issue their own gift cards, but at this point, I think that ship has personally sailed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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