Well lately i've seen ALOT of people asking for help with purchasing silk with visa and mastercard gift cards.

Seeing that people didn't know a clear and easy way to do it i thought i'd lend a hand so i made a guide.

Step 1:Go down to your local bank/supermarket/corner store that sells mastercard or visa gift card.

Step 2:Put the amount of money on the card you want, e.g. ask for a mastercard gift card to the value of 50 dollars. Also note that they will charge a small fee of like 5 dollars to create it.Make sure the card is activated so ask the clerk to activate it.

Step 3:Now you've got your gift card your ready for the next step. These cards can be used for everything a normal debit card would. Now you want to buy Silk Road Gold . go onto http://www.silkroadonline.net

Step 4:Log into the account that you'd like to buy Silk Road Gold on. Click the item mall tab on the left hand side and select silk charge.

Step 5:This is were people start to get lost. Select paypal and then click the button at the bottom that says " Silk Road Gold charge by paypal". ( thought you don't need a paypal account)

Step 6:Now you select the amount of silk you'd like to buy but don't select more than you have on your gift card or chances are your going to be bannnnnned. After that select agree to the user agreement and continue.

Step 7:The next step involves selecting what card you are using. Remember that its like a debit card so put down the details like one. If your new with this make sure you put down the right numbers but usually when you purchase the card it has a diagram of the numbers and what they are for.

Step 8:Now put down your details and etc and the cards numbers. if you have selected the right card and put down the right numbers it should be all good and you should have Silk Road Gold to use.
If your not 100% about certain numbers they are asking for check the cards website. ( yes i know figuring out certain numbers are tricky)

Now i thought it'd help out if i put down a few places that sold these cards in a variety of places.

Australia:
http://www.westpac.com.au go down to any of there banks and you get one there, but its 18+ so get a parent to pay for it. ( its a mastercard there btw)
NAB sells visa gift cards.

US of A:
wal-mart
bi-lo
http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/prep ... _order.jsp heres a list of some

Europe:
tbh i've got no clue about retail outlets there so just check around at banks and etc. if you have some tell me and i'll glady add them

constructive criticism please( btw first guide so don't be hard : P)