New Release -- July 28th, 2011

[Taz D]

Originally Posted by kahra01

Yikes Fritz, you are busy lol. I know Slashkey had to change everything to comply with FB rules but gee.. it worked perfectly when S/key were the organisers of it.. hand it over to FB and look what happens!

Docperks... This procedure just really worries me. My brother once worked in the Fraud team at a major bank here so Im always on the back foot when it comes to something like this so I really do feel ur concern. I understand everyone's concerns about FB having your credit card details and really having no control over its security.. ie : not having to enter a password each time to authorise a transaction and it seems ur not the only one its happening to! If it was managable for unscrupulous hackers to hack into Sony computers and thousands of customers credit card details were stolen and used.. what safeguard do we have with a social networking system having our details? "shudders" lol. Taz is very cluey with these sorts of things.. hopefully he can answer some of these questions and set minds at ease. I dont purchase through FB for my FT account.. as im a lot more trusting of PayPal. I hope they never take away the option to pay through PayPal!

To clarify a couple things, when you purchase through FT Buy Cash tab you still are purchasing FB credits through Facebook and on to Paypal to complete that transaction. The only difference is you are purchasing exactly the amount of credits you need to buy the selected. I have bought both ways.
The first time I bought after July 1st, I had to sign into Paypal to complete the transaction. Since then I have not because a Pre-Approved Payment is set-up for Facebook. This has a Billing ID number that Facebook uses (not your email address and password) to bill your Paypal account. You can find this if you go to your Paypal Profile, click the More Options and then on the left side click on My Money. Bottom of the list is Preapproved Payments. Don't delete the one from Facebook as it will take a while to fix this if you do.
Keep in mind that Facebook does not have your email address and password for your Paypal. Instead they have a Billing ID that allows them to charge your account. When a transaction is completed Paypal always imediately sends you an email receipt for that transaction as a protection for you.
The only way I see around this is as said to delete (remove) Paypal from your Payment Methods in Credits Balance or through Account Settings, Payments Tab. The only problem with doing this is you will have to remove every time you make a purchase.