unless you say it this way
Blizzard® Entertainment will donate 100% of the purchase price to be shared equally with Make-A-Wish and WE. org, less any chargebacks, refunds and Value Added Taxes (VAT) or other similar taxes paid with a maximum donation amount of USD $3 million from all sales of the Dottie in-game pet and plushie for charity.
ffs it’s not “fine print” it’s in the same paragraph directly under the order button as the 3 Mil figure. If people can’t read what’s right in front of them (not buried somewhere) that’s on them.
It really isn’t though. It’s overtly honest in clear text on the purchase page. What part of the process is disingenuous?
The part where it’s Blizzard doing anything. Some of these people need to dial it back quite a bit and focus instead on the actual problems with the game instead of inflating molehills into mountains.
They are damaging the charity and they are damaging what little communication we have with Blizzard.
Yeah I think there’s some places where they’re not in the same place - which is what’s triggering a bunch of people.
Meh - non-consistent communication. Nothing new.
I don’t remember Blizzard ever putting a cap on charity pet donations before. This just falls in line with the other questionable actions they have taken recently.
They haven’t. However, they’ve also never hit $3 million before. Not even when the game had many more players.
They used to only give 50% of the pet purchase profits - like with the brew pup
Yes they would. How would a player know if they reached the 3 million or not. The sticker for charity needs to go, that is the honest way to do it. If they leave it on knowing the money is not going to the charity they are plainly deceiving the buyers and that is dishonest…to cash in on money for a product that says it goes to charity.
They have never sold $3 mil of a charity pet - ever. What is convincing you they will this time and pocket a wad of cash as a result? Mischief barely broke 2.5 yet somehow a 3 mil cap is nefarious?
Mischeif barely broke 2.5 mil and was at the LAUNCH of an expansion.
this is a year into the expansion, the highest “year into an expansion” was shadow at 1.8 million.
That is not the point though. Players who want the money to go to this charity are now doubting if they just fleece Blizzards pocket. It is another nail in the coffin. I really do not understand the limitation in the first place, just sounds like covering all angles in case they sell more.
“can’t sue us…we said it in the advertising that there is a limit.”
I don’t even know what to think about such a business that looks like it wants to cash in on sale of a charity product.
yes, that is there for exactly that reason.
but they wont reach 3 million, so it literally does not matter.
This is not false advertising though, you are using a label that does not apply here. They clearly state that the donation will not exceed this, they have no need to report it. You are using poor terminology, misleading advertising isn’t even valid here either. Take a look at how Nike words their charitable donations as well, it’s an industry standard, lawyers write this up to avoid these labels.
You are angry, I get that, but please stop using terms you don’t understand to further a non agenda. No pet has ever hit this threshold, they are at a mid expansion slump, people are not going to resub to buy a pet. Why not for once in your life look at the good this donation will do for those charities instead of focusing so much hate to the company that is making that help possible?
These people are literally just looking for a reason to complain, they don’t care if they are wrong, they want the self righteous indignation… or something… I don’t know.
If they have any doubts whatsoever, the extremely simple and easy way to alleviate those doubts would be to donate directly to whatever charity you so desire.
Probably has to do with that $12.5 mil OW donation thing. Accountants must’ve told them to cap it or they’ll get into IRS troubles.
Always here for the good gifs thanks again Murgatroyd! 
I dunno why people are so outraged over this 3 million dollar mark.
When literally it’s never been met before. In any charity pet event that’s ever happened.
These pets are pretty finite, it’s not like a plushie where you can buy 10. you can buy one, it’s for your entire account. so realistically you can only get 1 per account.
I believe that means, to reach this, blizzard would have to sell 300,000 in game pets (At 10$ each)
And from previous events, the most they’ve ever gotten at the launch of legion was 250,000ish.
BFA isn’t doing as hot as legion was. Lol.
People that want the pet anyways will probably buy it, but I doubt it’s a massive incentive to get people to impulse buy it.