Thread: Can't Make Purchases from the Ovi Store?
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2010-06-03 , 05:25
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Originally Posted by redstar1949 View Post
Hi all, so I'm an American that is currently in Nepal for a month.. I'm trying to get the new Angry Birds level pack, but it is just not working.

Every time I try to make a purchase, my card is declined by Ovi. I have tried three different cards and confirmed with my bank that everything is fine.. I'm suspecting that Ovi is rejecting me because of the country I'm connecting from. Is there any way around this? Ideas?
Yeah, they seem to have some countries in something like a "blacklist" when it comes to using foreign credit cards. I got the same problem and not only with Ovi Store, but with TomTom too.

I wrote to Ovi support abut it and basically what they told me was that I would need a local credit card (in my case Lithuanian) to purchase from Ovi Store. This is kind of silly considering that they sell apps for mobile device that, well, are mobile to a point where they may cross borders.

However, at least with TomTom the issue was not with them, but with the company they use for credit transaction. So maybe it's a similar situation with Ovi Store.