Howdy,
How are people paying to use hulu now they block the use of non US credit cards or paypal accounts?
I've got access via unotelly and Netflix and world sports via sling are working nicely, just not hulu.
Thanks,
Scott.
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reven: had the same issue trying to pay for hulu last week. found a gift code on ebay for about USD$20 for 12 months sub or 8months no ads sub.
worked a treat and now have 8months no ads, so much cheaper than normal sub.
theres lots of ebay listings, just look for one with a user with lots of positive feedback and you should be fine.
Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.
littleheaven: I definitely recommend getting an Air NZ OneSmart Card, if you have the opportunity. I use it for Hulu and for US and UK iTunes. It has a USD wallet so I just need to remember to transfer funds to it every now and then. Extremely useful.
jonathan18:littleheaven: I definitely recommend getting an Air NZ OneSmart Card, if you have the opportunity. I use it for Hulu and for US and UK iTunes. It has a USD wallet so I just need to remember to transfer funds to it every now and then. Extremely useful.
I agree it's a useful card to have, especially as there's no cost attached unless there's money in the account (otherwise it's $1 a month, I think?), but Reven's suggestion regarding using gift cards is a far more cost-effective way (edit: as in well under a quarter of the cost) of paying for Hulu Plus.
The following's based on the commercial-free option:
Gift card = NZ $32 for 8 months = $4 a month or $48 a year
Standard pay-as-you go arrangements = US $12 = (currently) NZ $17.80 a month or $213.60 a year
I'll use my OneSmart card for occasional purchases off iTunes (eg for movies not yet released in NZ), but think the gift cards are a far better way to pay for Hulu Plus; I look forward to re-setting up my account tonight and seeing what's on there these days...
Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.
littleheaven: Edited to add: So if I have a Hulu subscription and I purchase one of the gift cards and redeem the code, that will cover my sub for the year, and they'll just stop debiting my OneSmart card until the end of the gift period (8 months or 1 year)? If so, I may well do that. Just been made redundant so need to save all the $$ I can!
jonathan18:littleheaven: Edited to add: So if I have a Hulu subscription and I purchase one of the gift cards and redeem the code, that will cover my sub for the year, and they'll just stop debiting my OneSmart card until the end of the gift period (8 months or 1 year)? If so, I may well do that. Just been made redundant so need to save all the $$ I can!
Some (a number? all?) of the eBay listings for these cards said it could be applied to either an existing or new account, so I can't see why not... someone with experience with this may know exactly how it'll work in practice. What happens if you remove the credit card details from your account, just to be sure it wouldn't deduct from the card? Another option is just ensuring the card doesn't have enough in your US wallet to pay for Hulu Plus.
Be aware that most of the listings I saw on eBay were for six or 12 months, but only a handful of the 12 month ones expressly said they could be used for eight months of the ad-free service; I'm not sure if this is just an omission in the description of the others, but I was sure to select one that mentioned the commerical-free option to ensure it'll work.
I also elected to buy one from a seller based in the US; I saw some of them were China-based, which made me somewhat suspicious when they're offering passes to a US-based SVOD service!
Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.
reven: I believe all the 12 month ones can be used as 8 months pass. I can also change to showtime with my credit, but the period is reduced.
so I believe it works as credit, hulu 1 year === whatever hulu normally costs for the year.
I might load up 3 years of no subs, due to the prices... might be cheaper after black friday though...
jonathan18:reven: I believe all the 12 month ones can be used as 8 months pass. I can also change to showtime with my credit, but the period is reduced.
so I believe it works as credit, hulu 1 year === whatever hulu normally costs for the year.
I might load up 3 years of no subs, due to the prices... might be cheaper after black friday though...
What difference does changing to Showtime provide? Ie, does it add access to Showtime in addition to Hulu Plus, or is it instead of? And what degree is the reduction in the period covered if one does change to Showtime?
And, given there are already Showtime programmes on Hulu Plus, does taking up Showtime simply get access to these earlier and/or a wider range of programmes?
Thanks!
You are adding SHOWTIME to your subscription today.Your credit expires on March 20th, 2016.
Makoura: This seems an incredibly good deal. Some might say too good to be true? I mean if Bestbuy has six months for $46USD I'm a bit worried these will just get cancelled anyway by Hulu. Any one used these for a length of time? I see a few people in the past have said this is a scam but nothing recently.
Geek girl. Freelance copywriter and editor at Unmistakable.co.nz.
littleheaven:Makoura: This seems an incredibly good deal. Some might say too good to be true? I mean if Bestbuy has six months for $46USD I'm a bit worried these will just get cancelled anyway by Hulu. Any one used these for a length of time? I see a few people in the past have said this is a scam but nothing recently.
I've just redeemed my code. Hulu accepted it fine and my subscription now says that it's renewing in December 2016 which is when my OneSmart card will next be charged. It does seem too good to be true, so we'll see how long it lasts. The card value was apparently $100 which gave me 12.5 months.
Edited to add: Just did some Googling and there are reports that these tend to get cancelled after a few days because they were purchased with stolen credit cards. Eek. I hope that is not the case with mine. I don't really care about losing the $30 but I would be mortified if I'd purchased a stolen product. It will be interesting to see what happens.
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