Skype is the most confusing and frustrating intern...

hi
i have been using skype for five years and still have not figured out why it is so difficult to do business with these maniacs in luxemburg . i do not even know where luxemburg is . every month they attempt to charge my credit card $2.99 for the cost of a north american subscription . every month my bank blocks the charge because it came from europe . i have to have pre approval for all charges that originate outside of the usa . this is a bank policy which is meant to protect me from charges that look unusual . then skype -- without even contacting me first -- immediately cancels my subscription . i never know the exact date that skype will attempt to charge my account $2.99 . so i am never able to inform my bank when to permit a charge from luxemburg to go through my account . also it has never been clear to me whether or not i am supposed to pay $30.00 for my skype number each year . why doesn't skype make it more clear that i am supposed to pay for my skype number ? are they embarrassed that it cost $30.00 to buy a personal skype number on top of the $30 plus dollars that i pay for the subscription ? this would mean that skype is actually $60.00 or more per year . why doesn't skype just tell their customers that instead of pretending that everything is free ? why is there absolutely no way to directly communcate with anybody at skype and find out what i am supposed to pay ? skype is a world wide communications company that refuses to communicate with their own customers and keeps cutting their customers' phone off even when the customer has a subscription or paid personal skype number . can't they get somebody in the middle of the usa to answer the **bleep** phone !??

shedowa wrote:
I agree with the fustration of the previous poster. I'm starting to really hate Skype.
I haven't forgotten my log in name or my password. I'm being told by the blue skype log in page that "We can't open skype. You are already signed in on this computer. Please sign out and try again." I've signed out yesterday or previously. Why won't this work? This is the 4th time this has happened to me. I can't get any answers or help. ???? I not sure if there is some new update for windows or skype that is causing this problem and when i go into admin tools i see no error message.
Try to reset all Skype settings.
Quit Skype or use Windows Task Manager to kill any Skype.exe process. Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %appdata% and then press Enter or click the OK button. The Windows File Explorer will pop up. There locate a folder named “Skype”. Rename this folder to something different, e.g. Skype_old.
If you are on the latest Skype 6.5/6.6/6.7/6.9/6.10/6.11/6.13/6.14 version, then do also this:
Go to Windows Start and in the Search/Run box type %temp%\skype and then press Enter or click the OK button. Delete the DbTemp folder.
Restart Skype.
N.B. If needed, you will still be able to re-establish your call and chat history. All data is still saved in the Skype_old folder.

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I can't help but agree. I tried to sign up my wife via her android ... totally frustrated by the unforgiving convoluted security hoops ... too easy to enter skype name or password too many times and get blocked for 24 hours, or suddenly have too many recovery codes per day and be blocked again and now I read your payment issues and I begin to wonder, is this service really worth the trouble. If there are that many users out there trying to penetrate and scam the system, perhaps one shouldn't use it anyway!

Hi, CharlotteSonoda, and welcome to the Community,
Skype does not host a customer service call-center; nor does Skype use a generic or central e-mail address; instead, Skype employs a website web-form process to reach their customer service unit. Here is a link to the instruction on how to contact Skype Customer Service via their secure portal: Contact Customer Service You would need to contact Skype Customer Service for questions related to your subscriptions.
If you have not used Skype in a while, remember we need to download and install the Skype sofware onto our computer/device first: Download Skype
I arranged to merge two of your posts into a single thread (topic). This is a great refresher course on how to navigate the Skype software: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA11099/finding-your-way-around-skype-windows-desktop
Here is a link to the instruction on how to place calls from Skype to a fixed line or mobile number: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10917/can-i-call-people-in-other-countries-with-skype#2
Here is a link to the instruction on how to place a call to another Skype user: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10935/calling-someone-who-s-on-skype-windows-desktop
If you have further questions, when you post back, in order for the Skype Community to help you, some more information would be helpful:
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aerol wrote:
Are you trying to install all the content options at the same time? If so, have you tried to install them one at a time?
Yep.... this worked fine for me
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Skype number / Subscription confusion and frustrat...

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Simple change mac address to HH, and left disconnected router/modem for 30 mins and after that time.
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''locking - duplicate - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/859982''
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