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  • J
    J

    I think becasue I am in the USA the credit card transactions never go smoothly. This is the second time I have run in to this. This time I even opened a PayPal accouint and tried that. Still the transaction would not complete. I get to a page that says, "transaction successful. Wait a few moments and you'll recieve a confirmation...."  I wait, and wait and wait..... nothing. No confirmation, no bass and drums. It's been over 12 hours now, still no response.
  • N
    N

    Having also had troubles purchasing direct with using a credit card on VSL's site, if I need to purchase a download library, I will go through Ilio if at all possible.  Ilio is VSL's distributor in the U.S., and buying through them avoids the credit card difficulty (the issue seems to be that since VSL is in Austria, the US credit card transaction gets rejected when trying to buy direct).  Another option that generally works when buying direct from VSL is to use Paypal.
  • S
    S

    James,

    Thank you for your letter and the emails you sent to us regarding your problem.
    I'm very sorry to hear of your problem when placing an order in our web shop!

    We've had a few cases lately where especially American credit cards wouldn't be charged successfully in our web shop, but when charging it in our backoffice it worked perfectly - according to our payment provider this is often due to restrictions for online transactions that some credit card companies have. This means, just like noldar12 said, that some American credit card companies are putting a flag on most transactions from overseas, including Austria.

    Contacting your credit card company to announce that there will be a foreign online transaction should solve this issue. Afterwards you will most probably be able to order successfully in our web shop. Please log out and in again on our website for the new order, as this will make sure that you have a fresh order attempt. I'm not sure what the cause of the problem with PayPal is, as this usually helps in cases like this, we'll investigate here.
    If the problem persists with paying via credit card, we can then offer you to process your order in our back office as a solution - please check your mailbox for instructions.

    Lastly I'd like to add that we're in the process of getting a major overhaul for our website, I'm sure you'll like the new one better. :-)
    Again, please excuse the inconvenience this issue has caused! 

    Best,

    Stefan
  • V
    V

    Stephan,  what a nice vendor,  what a nice gentleman.  [H] 
  • BillB
    BillB

    This isn't a web site problem, it's a banking issue, that you'd have with any international purchase.  Use Paypal.  End of story.

    Dorico, Notion, Sibelius, StudioOne, Cubase, Staffpad VE Pro, Synchon, VI, Kontakt Win11 x64, 64GB RAM, Focusrite Scarlett 18i20, August Forster 190
  • E
    E

    With all sympathy to James' predicament, this thread should have been posted under the Website Issues category. If the website is flawed *and it is to my amazement for a company of this calibre), let's not make it worse. Let's be as tidy as possible. Just a suggestion.
  • S
    S

    Woo hoo! I've been dreaming of a new VSL site!

    OK, I've actually been dreaming of a 90% off Birthday Discount on Cube, but hey, if you're gonna dream? Dream large. :D

    ---JC
  • M
    M
    I am in Denmark with Danish credit cards and I have the same problem. I have just spent 30 minutes trying to make my first purchase of a Vienna product and have had no success in getting my credit card payment accepted.
  • PaulP
    VSL Team
    PaulP

    Hi mgr88, 

    The best idea is to contact our Sales Team directly:

    As Stefan explained before, we know how to make purchases work. Alternatively you can also contact your CC company and tell them that you actually really want to purchase a product from an austrian company called "Vienna Symphonic Library" [:)]

    Best, 

    Paul 

    Paul Kopf Product Manager VSL
  • V
    V

    However , is true that website is complicated like all their products are.

    Now I got used to this website but in the beginning it took me hours and hours to understand what I wanted to buy.

    Anyway let's hope they will improve it.

    See you
  • S
    S

    Sorry to add to the length of this thread but I just wanted to share my experience. As of now, I've spent so much time on this site that I know my way around like it's home. I've had no problems purchasing at all (just my experience). But I can still easily remember the first few times I was on here. I had been here plenty of times before but didn't give it attention cause I couldn't navigate too easily and didn't want to invest the time. Once I heard an audio demo, I invested :) But for a first time user the site certainly doesn't have the most inviting layout (Sorry VSL, I still love you. lol).

    -Sean
  • L
    L

    i have been spending way more time on the site, now that im getting used to it i think its great.