11 Best Cloud Storage Providers for 2022.10+ Best Proxy Server Services for 2022.11 Best ID Theft Protection Services for 2022.10 Best Network Monitoring Software for 2022.Bottom LineA Hong Kong-based company that has plenty of experience battling through the Great Firewall of ChinaĪfter beginning work on its VPN service in 2006, GZ Systems launched the resulting product in 2007.Maono PD400X Review - How Good Is It? ![]() The Hong Kong base of the company attracts plenty of attention from potential users in China, as well as those who intend to travel to the People’s Republic. However, the authorities in the country are so adept at foiling VPNs that no service is regular there. Users report that the VPN service frequently drops, particularly on mobile and WiFi connections. VPN companies offer a range of subscription periods. The one-year offer is usually the best deal. However, a number of providers have begun to offer a super-cheap two-year deal. PureVPN is one of these, and they are so confident that it is a winner that they don’t bother with the one-year plan any more. The website has a clever trick to instill urgency in potential buyers – it shows messages on how recently a purchase of a particular plan was made. A stack of pop-up messages in the bottom left of the screen tells the visitor how many two-year plans they sold that day, and how many people are browsing the site at that very moment. It’s very exciting, and kind of makes you think you had better hurry up and buy before they run out. Oh, wait a minute…Īs you will see at the bottom of each plan price, the company offers a seven-day money-back guarantee. PureVPN accepts a dazzling variety of payment methods, including bitcoin through BitPay. However, I couldn’t find credit card options on the site. The word “Visa” appears in the PaymentWall line, but when I expanded that option I didn’t see anything about Visa. So, rather than make a mistake, I decided to access PureVPN’s live chat support. I clicked on the lady with the speech bubbles at the bottom right of the screen. The operator was a young sales executive named Andrea. Unfortunately, she didn’t seem to know much when it came to PureVPN payment options.Īs you can see, Andrea’s advice in response to my question about paying with Visa or Mastercard was that I should check. ![]() I kind of thought that was what I was doing by contacting her. In response to my question about what PaymentWall is, she told me that it is a payment method. I asked her what coin payments were, and she told me they were a payment processor. I thought that maybe this would be where I could get a Visa or Mastercard payment through. Say what you like about Andrea, but at least she’s aware of her limitations – she’s only there to tell you that you can get better advice somewhere else.
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