AstralWanderer Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (originally posted at XtremeSystems forum) Dear FinalWire I've spent the last week-and-a-half trying to purchase a key for Aida (Extreme Edition) from Cleverbridge without any success. Using a valid credit card (accepted by numerous other online vendors) resulted in a page saying that the order would have to be processed manually, followed by an email a couple of hours later saying my card could not be authorised and inviting me to try again. After 5 attempts, I contacted my credit card issuer who was able to confirm that my card was OK and that no attempt had been made to charge it (i.e. Cleverbridge themselves had chosen not to proceed with the transaction). I emailed Cleverbridge's Customer Service 3 times to try to find out why and received either a boilerplate response or a statement that they "didn't know" (despite having allegedly processed it manually) why they rejected the order. I have given up on this (and have replaced the trial version of AIDA on my system with other software) so am not interested in getting a copy any longer, but I would strongly suggest that FinalWire consider using (or include the option of) another payment processor. In my experience BMTMicro has been the best for handling online purchases (Plimus and Digital River have been problematic in the past, though not to the same extent that Cleverbridge has). Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiery Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 I'm sorry to hear about your issues about the purchase. While I cannot say that we don't have refused orders, in most cases they're caused by either suspicious clients, or simple user mistakes (e.g. failing to enter the proper security code). I'm not sure why Cleverbridge was unable to fix it for you, but what I can tell you based on our previous experiences: they're a much better company than their competitors we've previously dealt with. I'm not gonna say any names, since I don't mean to bash any other e-commerce providers. In case of such an issue to happen in the future (if you decide to give AIDA64 another chance), you may want to try paying with PayPal on Cleverbridge. Most of our individual (non-business) customers prefer to pay via PayPal, because they reckon it is more safe than direct credit or debit card payment methods. If you use PayPal, you can still pay via credit card, but the actual payment process is performed by PayPal instead of Cleverbridge. Regards, Fiery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralWanderer Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Fiery, thanks for your reply. However I very much doubt using Paypal would be of any help based on previous experience with Plimus - after rejecting a credit card order they then also rejected a subsequent Paypal transfer (leaving me out of pocket since Paypal charged currency conversion fees on the payment and subsequent refund). The vendor in question did an provide alternative payment option (specifically BMTMicro) which I was able to use successfully. I have also had Paypal reverse two transactions on their own initiative (leaving sellers out of pocket and requiring me to make alternative arrangements) so I no longer use them. Given the number of problems reported by others (over 10,000 online reports from Steam users alone) I find it surprising any merchants accept them (unless forced to by the likes of eBay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice007 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 In such cases just drop an e-mail to the company directly (in this case to us) instead of the e-commerce provider, because we have direct contacts to them so we can check what and why happened and can act after the first failed transaction immediately and provide a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleverbridge CS Team Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Dear Customer, Please allow us to apologize for any inconvenience that the difficulty in ordering through our shopping cart may have caused you. At this point we kindly ask that you contact our company in order for us to locate any of your orders in our system and assist you with your inquiry, as we cannot trace any of your orders with the limited information that is provided here. You may use the link below to access our phone and email contact information: http://www.cleverbridge.com/?scope=cuseco Sincerely, cleverbridge Customer Service Team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstralWanderer Posted April 6, 2011 Author Share Posted April 6, 2011 Mice007, PM sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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