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+1 on payment options. As someone with a British credit card, the site won't verify my card (I suspect I need to be able to put my name as per card and address on it). So much for being able to buy it :(

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I was able to use my HSBC Visa Debit card - there was no verification though - payment just went straight through.

Uh oh, I'm on exactly the same card … wonder what that's about :/

Had to go speak to my bank, turns out that Gumroad came up as fraud and HSBC froze my entire account! The bank said it should work now but I'm pretty put off.

I had exactly the same issue with my Royal Bank of Scotland account - Gumroad was flagged as fraud (the security people at RBS said they had several complaints about Gumroad) and I had to get my account unlocked.

People using British accounts - be VERY wary about making payments to Gumroad. I'm waiting till this is available on PayPal or Amazon.

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