Originally Posted by
tsammyc
weChats solution is impractical. To bind someone else’s Chinese class I debit card to my WeChat pay so that I can empty the entire balance into somebody else’s account just so I can continue to use my WeChat pay.
I would complain if I could to some authority, but Im afraid it would cause more trouble than it’s worth. Perhaps I will leave the balance there until some future date when China changes its laws to make it easier to open bank accounts. At least with a dual SIM phone, i can easily switch between two WeChat accounts and respond to sudden security verifications
I also asked if they could refund the stored value balance into my bound VISA card, but they said they can’t. Only into a class I debit card.
I have a y700 credit at jd (京东) from an April 2022 order that never showed up. I've tried about half a dozen times to reclaim it (each instance consists of a chat session, a callback from a specialist, and a failed attempt). The issue is that my name syntax on file with them conflicts with my various bank accounts and their WeChat transfers simply don't work. While I'm aware of the definition of insanity, I continue to hold out hope that eventually they'll figure out a way to overcome this impasse. Thus far, I've refused to find 700 worth of crap to buy from them.
In your case, the obvious solution to making you whole is for Tencent to simply let you drain your balance (e.g. buy stuff, transfer to a friend, create a 红包 for a group). Forcing you to open a bank account is not cool.