Blizzard Rip-Off

[Caelin-boulderfist (Caelin)]

/secretly swaps out Grumbles diet dr. pepper for a good one, grabs a cookie and glides away

[Onatah-draenor]

Put in a ticket.

[Waidmann-gilneas (Waidmann)]

@Notagin-kul-tiras

rthy charity. If you donate directly to the organization, you can deduct the contribution on your tax return. With this promo, ActiBlizz claims $x dollars as a charitable contribution tax deduction on their corporate tax return while Blizzard earns some responsible corporate social activism points from its customers.

Not true . The players are actually donating directly to Doctors Without Borders and are the ones receiving the receipts for tax purposes.

I’ve received receipts from MSF (Doctors Without Borders ) for both of my donations.

Now if Blizzard has done so also then yes they will get a receipt but that is separate from what the players have donated.

[Notagin-kul-tiras (Notagin)]

@Waidmann-gilneas

Not true . The players are actually donating directly to Doctors Without Borders and are the ones receiving the receipts for tax purposes.

So Blizzard is acting as a pass through or a donor match? That is suspiciously altruistic for a giant corporation. Kudos to them if that’s the case.

[Waidmann-gilneas (Waidmann)]

@Vincent-nathrezim

No reason to reuse exactly something already in game, when even a tiny change would limit the devaluing of it for those who earned it already.

Yes because digital monkey is so much more valuable then providing needed healthcare during a pandemic to those in 3rd world countries.

Any body who thinks the value of TCG Bananas is more important then their fellow humans , then I feel sorry for how pathetic their lives must truly be.

[Nippyss-barthilas (Nippyss)]

This is the most first world problem I’ve ever seen on the forums

Well done OP you’ve exceeded my expectations

[Waidmann-gilneas (Waidmann)]

GD never disappoints

[Soulebreaker-hyjal]

They should give another to people that already had it. Some like to carry two or three of the same pets for some battles.

[Dedeyn-ravenholdt]

My ticket came back with the answer that everyone has received it so far so I have to wait for another 5 hours until the 24 hour period is up to ask again. (that 24 hour period was actually supposed to be for store items they are getting money for so I am not sure why that is the magic number).

[Ravens-sargeras (Ravens)]

@Hezzlocks-khazgoroth

On the other hand, it’s being given out as a charity event with $0 going into Blizzards coffers.

i always facepalm when people think corporations don’t benefit when they host a charity. sure, they don’t get any upfront money to put in their coffers from those who are donating, but they do get a hefty tax break when the IRS comes knocking… so yeah, they don’t make money, but they get to keep more money away from the IRS and away from us the people who benefit from the things taxes pay for.

[Rogmarr-kelthuzad]

Not really sure how they could claim this a tax deduction since individuals are donating directly to DWB/MSF. This also isn’t like when a company donates their products or raffles them off because Blizzard still is maintaining ownership over the digital pets.

I love to bash Blizzard for being greedy almost every chance I can get. But this may be one of the very few examples where they aren’t.

[Ravens-sargeras (Ravens)]

@Rogmarr-kelthuzad

Not really sure how they could claim this a tax deduction since individuals are donating directly to DWB/MSF.

they get a tax break for costs associated with marketing and hosting the charity

[Rogmarr-kelthuzad]

Marketing possibly but that seems like a stretch. They didn’t host the charity. They made a web page that refers you to DSF own website. That’s like saying an influencer should get a massive tax break for referring you to UNICEF on Twitter

[Trustlvlfour-blackwing-lair]

I didn’t get the pet yet. How to I claim it?

[Ravens-sargeras (Ravens)]

@Rogmarr-kelthuzad

They made a web page that refers you

there’s far more than just a webpage… you gotta keep in mind the “expenses” associated with blizzard staff/people contacting and workign with the charity, as the charity is onboard and officially sanctioned it, and all the required background work to get things going, all of which is tax deductible and blizzard can set the premium within reason to count as the expenses/resources used to organize it.

Also the sponsorship of the charity is deductible as well, as sponsorships are deductible.

@Rogmarr-kelthuzad

That’s like saying an influencer should get a massive tax break for referring you to UNICEF on Twitter

The reason why streamers or influencers don’t get to deduct them referring you to unicef is simply because of that… they merely just referred you, they didn’t actually work with unicef or set things up or whatever costs associated with sponsorship/volunteering their time and effort…

…and if they did, then yes, it’s 100% deductible, however you’ll never hear a streamer/influencer discuss their next year’s tax deductions, rather they just say some throwaway line about how they aren’t making any money off your donations (which is true) because instead they are getting a tax break for next year’s taxes that they simply don’t mention.

[Veraxia-nagrand]

Such an odd thing to happen! I get that there’s manufactured scarcity but like. What?

[Tonietta-malganis]

I had Bananas. Now I have two.
Did you actually… claim it…?

[Demonpoetry-area-52]

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

does Blizzard do things constantly to screw people

Scaling issues, the war on flying, broken promises about character customization, doubling down on content that is garbage (the maw , Torghast), etc, etc.

YES…yes they do.

[Rollo-thunderhorn (Rollo)]

Got to the pet section on the WoW online store. Should be able to claim it there.

[Chïntzy-aerie-peak]

@Dedeyn-ravenholdt

Tell me does Blizzard do things constantly to screw people when they don’t have to.

Yea so selfish to put on a charity event and give free pets out… they should be ashamed of themselves…