https://community.spotify.com/t5/Subscriptions/music-b-less/m-p/5196998#M131497 <P>I have been begging Spotify for months now to be able to purchase a premium plan. I was even gifted with a month of free use, as agents were not able to help me with my issue.&nbsp; The problem seems to be a card payment method and country of residence which don't match. I don't want to mess up with globalization,&nbsp; but how big is a chance, that people really have to live in a place which matches their bank account? Anyway,&nbsp; If one is&nbsp;unfortunate enough to end up in Slovakia with a UK bank account, just forget about music. I am not saying it is discrimination, some countries simply have more options than others, but there are no gift cards, no annual purchase option, no chance to buy Spotify elsewhere.&nbsp; &nbsp;Doesn't that seem ridiculous in the world where most other companies would fight for paying users? Maybe I am naive to hope that this will change something, but I am writing in the hope, that Spotify is finally gonna let me play my part in supporting the music industry again.&nbsp; Only now I understand what&nbsp; Barry White meant when he said:&nbsp; Let the music play.</P> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:03:53 GMT KatarinaD 2021-04-30T22:03:53Z https://community.spotify.com/t5/Subscriptions/music-b-less/m-p/5196998#M131497 <P>I have been begging Spotify for months now to be able to purchase a premium plan. I was even gifted with a month of free use, as agents were not able to help me with my issue.&nbsp; The problem seems to be a card payment method and country of residence which don't match. I don't want to mess up with globalization,&nbsp; but how big is a chance, that people really have to live in a place which matches their bank account? Anyway,&nbsp; If one is&nbsp;unfortunate enough to end up in Slovakia with a UK bank account, just forget about music. I am not saying it is discrimination, some countries simply have more options than others, but there are no gift cards, no annual purchase option, no chance to buy Spotify elsewhere.&nbsp; &nbsp;Doesn't that seem ridiculous in the world where most other companies would fight for paying users? Maybe I am naive to hope that this will change something, but I am writing in the hope, that Spotify is finally gonna let me play my part in supporting the music industry again.&nbsp; Only now I understand what&nbsp; Barry White meant when he said:&nbsp; Let the music play.</P> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 22:03:53 GMT https://community.spotify.com/t5/Subscriptions/music-b-less/m-p/5196998#M131497 KatarinaD 2021-04-30T22:03:53Z