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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by JakobJeremias on Saturday March 12, 2016 @04:01PM (#11274534)
You can always get a free credit card if you want. I got one for my Apple Developer Account. Many german banks provide a credit card bundled with the bank account and there are also free prepaid credit cards.
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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by kuschku on Saturday March 12, 2016 @04:40PM (#11274720)
Nope, I checked.

All of those require you to have taken at least one loan or credit in your life, or to have an income.

I’m a student, and I was raised to never ever go into debt – I never had a single cent of debt to any institution, the maximum I ever had to a single person were cent volumes.

I tried, seriously.

Even the "free" prepaid cards cost money (usually several euro) to recharge.

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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by JakobJeremias on Saturday March 12, 2016 @06:03PM (#11275151)
I use the Number26 Master Card and it is completly free.
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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by kuschku on Sunday March 13, 2016 @07:24AM (#11277269)
Nope.

> Aufladungen sind der Höhe nach nur innerhalb der vereinbarten Grenzen zulässig. Für die Aufladung der Karte wird ein Ladeentgelt gemäß Preisverzeichnis verrechnet.

https://www.wirecardbank.de/fileadmin/user_upload/wirecardba...

> Monatlicher Freibetrag: 100€ Danach: 1,5% auf Mehrbetrag

As far as I can see, that’s the only limit.

But, also, if you do not have money on the card, your contract is automatically cancelled, and they’ll refuse to reopen one with you.

> Das Kreditinstitut kann die erforderliche Zustimmung versagen, wobei insbesondere die Nichtzahlung des Aufladungsbetrages gem. Ziffer 5 ein Versagungsgrund ist.

https://www.wirecardbank.de/fileadmin/user_upload/wirecardba...

But indeed, it’s a very ideal card, for a German bank. I’ll bookmark it.

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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by JakobJeremias on Sunday March 13, 2016 @08:45AM (#11277493)
Der Freibetrag gilt nur bei Bareinzahlungen an z.B. einer Supermarktkasse, wenn das Geld von einem anderen Konto überwiesen wird fallen keine Gebühren an. Siehe auch hier: https://number26.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/number26-prei...
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Re:Microsoft Store doesn't accept Bitcoin anymore by kuschku on Sunday March 13, 2016 @09:15AM (#11277571)
Die Aussagen dort in der Preisliste sind sehr sehr problematisch, tbh.

Absichtlich verwirrend geschrieben.

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