Why is it so hard to buy SkypeOut credits?

chris — Wed, 03 May 2006 17:00:03 -0700

As you can well imagine, we here at EQO use up a fair bit of SkypeOut credit. Almost every one of our thirty or so employees has a Skype account with SkypeOut credit. We also have a whole pile of demo accounts and test accounts as well. I would estimate that the number of Skype accounts we have that require SkypeOut credit is around the fifty mark.

Now, I’m not sure if you are aware of this or not, but Skype has some pretty strict rules about buying SkypeOut credit. One such rule is that only one credit card can be associated with one Skype account. Imagine getting your hands on fifty different credit cards just to top up your SkypeOut credits! We pretty much had to hire a contract worker to track down credit cards and distribute SkypeOut credits. Needless to say, it was not an enjoyable experience.

Now, this is where those of you who know a thing or two are thinking that I’m an idiot because we could have used Skype Groups all along! Go on thinking I’m an idiot, but don’t base your opinion on my not trying Skype Groups because I most assuredly did. Back then the only way you could stuff credit into Skype Groups was via Moneybookers. But then Moneybookers only allowed us to put in fifty euros every three months, and that fifty euros didn’t stretch so far. To quote Stewie Griffin, Blast!

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Why is it so hard to buy SkypeOut credits?