ShadowDragon8685: Because four miles is a pretty long haul on foot, especially both ways, and even if I were up for it (I'm not,) it would take about an hour and a half minimum? Also the only way to get there would have taken me down a busy 50-mph arterial road without any lights or sidewalk.

GR00T: Hey, sorry to see you're having such a crappy issue with payment. Hopefully it will work out, but in the meantime, if you're interested in a copy of Planescape:Torment (I figure this game should be up your alley, seeing the others you listed in your OP), I happen to have a spare GOG key floating around. Might be a way to get your mind off the crap you're dealing with in regards to Paysafecard.

Sachys: None of you are armed with the Loch Ness Monster as I am!

TARFU: Wreck the hoose juice?

ShadowDragon8685: because they're never going to respond to my email.

budejovice: Which led me to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_lake_monsters :)

Perhaps Champlain would be more comfortable.

Sachys: well the latter part I can certainly understand, but... its three miles from my house into the city - takes me about half an hour. Granted, I'm a lanky sod and walk fast though. Still, thanks for the reply and as I said via PM - please dont take our derailment personally, we are just a bunch of silly sods on here really - but also want to help where we can!

ShadowDragon8685: including the time to get into my car and flip through my random playlist until I get to a song I wanna start my drive with.

tinyE: Ever get to your destination only to have a really good song on the radio, so you stay there to listen to it, only to have to explain to your waiting party why it looks like you sat in your parked car staring out into space for five minutes? :P

ShadowDragon8685: I'm 'Murican, and in terrible physical shape, so an eight mile walk (4 miles two ways) is an extremely arduous and long journey for me, whereas by car it takes me about 10 minutes, including the time to get into my car and flip through my random playlist until I get to a song I wanna start my drive with.

ShadowDragon8685: Hahahahahaaah.

Sorry, no. Besides, a burger has so many calories that it'd be counterproductive in any event, unless it was such a crappy small one I wouldn't be interested at all.

Plus, I'd hate you for tempting me with something with so many calories when I'm trying to lose weight by basically eating as little as is manageable.

ShadowDragon8685: Plus, I'd hate you for tempting me with something with so many calories when I'm trying to lose weight by basically eating as little as is manageable.

pimpmonkey2382.313: You really need to treat yourself to a burger tonight. :P

Sachys: *doublestacks it with cheese and bacon

tempted yet?
- really need to get to tescos - and the calorie burn on the return....

ShadowDragon8685: That's, uh, that's extremely generous of you. I'd thank you for it.

I'm just frustrated, is all, and afraid that I've basically pissed away ten bucks, between the money PSC keeps if you demand a refund and the sales tax, whilst being paranoidally afraid that I won't be getting anything back because they're never going to respond to my email.

ShadowDragon8685: Well, um... I'm officially bewildered, but relieved.

Out of sheet bloody-minded stubbornness, I tried the order again. This time, it went through.
I have no idea what the problem has been for the last day and change, but uh...

Well, that's that sorted.
Still, I would not recommend Paysafecard to anyone in the US, if PayPal will let you pay directly through a debit card, as even if they do charge you a $1 transaction fee, you'll be saving money over PSC since PSC only lets you buy cards in predetermined denominations, and I got charged sales tax at the register for the PSC transaction.

Note: I successfully completed the transaction through my phone's browser instead of my computers. What exactly this means, I can't tell you, future U.S. resident googling for help with their Paysafecard transactions that won't go through, because I'd previously tried with my phone and it didn't work then, either.

Thanks to everyone who injected some levity into this, helped keep me going. I was very close to decrying GOG.com and PSC both as scams, but you guys really rallied and made me feel that my friends must be onto something raving about gog.com as they do.

GR00T: Sorry for the delay, I had to pick up my daughter from her art class. Check your Chat. :)

GR00T: Hmmm, I wonder if there was a delay in activating the card after you bought it? Could explain the issue. Whatever it was though, I'm glad to see you got it working/