Google play balance/stadia refunds

Jamesdeer001

Hi

With my stadia purchases now being refunded back to original source, google play balance, I now have roughly £350 worth on it. I'm struggling to see how to usefully spend it? Do little gaming from the play store. Was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on useful ways to spend it, for example paying for subscriptions like spotify or anywhere else I can spend it please? Think I'll otherwise be left using it pay for film rentals which again feels a waste!

Thanks in advance

Neil_Jones

https://www.techthirsty.com/how-to-transfer-google-play-balance-to-your-bank-account/ might be more prudent.

Jamesdeer001

Neil_Jones said:

https://www.techthirsty.com/how-to-transfer-google-play-balance-to-your-bank-account/ might be more prudent.

Thanks for the response but this is for the US which is different to what you can do in the UK

MalMonroe

Hi, just wanted to say that I agree with Neil_Jones, above. If you can transfer it back to your bank account, that's great. That's a lot of money for me though and I'd welcome it being returned to my bank. Seems like quite a simple procedure, too. 

Jamesdeer001

MalMonroe said:

Hi, just wanted to say that I agree with Neil_Jones, above. If you can transfer it back to your bank account, that's great. That's a lot of money for me though and I'd welcome it being returned to my bank. Seems like quite a simple procedure, too. 

This article applies to the US, not the UK thanks. You can't do this in the UK

debitcardmayhem

How did you add funds to google play in the first place ?

Jamesdeer001

debitcardmayhem said:

How did you add funds to google play in the first place ?

Various offers over the years including £150 from surveys. As it paid for Stadia it was worth doing

piesagittariusstick

If you can't figure out a way to transfer the funds back to your bank account, then I can recommend Spotify as one of those "didn't know I needed it before trying it" services. Renting movies and books will also not be a waste IMO. To be honest, I think you took a big gamble by investing in Stadia since it was an ill-conceived service, to begin with... Google never had an answer for Sony's or Microsoft's offerings and if the biggest selling point was "to able to play anywhere and share progress" - people already got that via the immensely popular Nintendo Switch... 

Jamesdeer001

piesagittariusstick said:

If you can't figure out a way to transfer the funds back to your bank account, then I can recommend Spotify as one of those "didn't know I needed it before trying it" services. Renting movies and books will also not be a waste IMO. To be honest, I think you took a big gamble by investing in Stadia since it was an ill-conceived service, to begin with... Google never had an answer for Sony's or Microsoft's offerings and if the biggest selling point was "to able to play anywhere and share progress" - people already got that via the immensely popular Nintendo Switch... 

I already have a spotify family account that I pay £16.99 for. Can I use google play balance to pay for that? If so, can you advise how? As I said above, I used google play balance to pay for Google stadia, not cash so as something that didn't cost me money, I disagree that I took a big gamble. Was good to play cyberpunk on a high end spec as well as other game. I also have a 2 stadia controllers that didn't cost me cash, so again I don't believe a risk.