In the last day my 12mth subscription came up for renewal. I am unclear on the exact time/date it was due as I had not recently checked when it was coming up and had thus forgotten about it.
The first indication I had it was due was an email from Blizzard saying my subscription billing method had failed and to update the details. So I did just that but was then directed to re-subscribe.
Any other time this would not be an issue but this year there was a price increase in Australia of $42 per 12 month sub. Thankfully when it was announced it was also stated by Blizzard that “As a courtesy, all recurring subscriptions as of 11:59 p.m. AEDT on 6 February 2025 will keep the previous price until 11:59 p.m. AEST on 6 August 2025.”
So thus as a loyal customer of a recurring 12mth sub for a number of years I was eligible for the old pricing once my sub was up for renewal. That is until the payment failed to process, something that can happen for many different reasons, some even out of my control. Alas I resolved the issue within a few hours of receiving the email but am now still required to pay the now updated and more expensive prices… This seems dishonest and unnecessarily unfair to a loyal customer…
This could have been avoided if the account had of been attempted to be charged again, literally how every other subscription service operates, but no it gets outright canceled and I am now forced to re-sub and pay the new more expensive prices, how convenient. Why does Blizzard not try to charge the account again at least a second time to allow for errors?
I did open a ticket to explain the situation to which I was told that renewals are charged to the account a week before they are due. This did not happen in my case! There was only one failed charge and email about it and the WoW account was not assessable on that same day. It was then pointed out that they are unable to offer the previous pricing even though I was previously subbed.
In asking for more clarification on the issue, like exact renewal date (I am no longer able to see the info in my account) and why wasn’t it charged a week before hand as was stated which would have seen this be a non event I was simply told not to respond again or open another ticket with none of my questions answered or resolved.
So my penalty for being a loyal customer and Blizzard not charging me how they say they do is to be forced to pay an extra $42. This is extremely poor customer service, something I guess we have all come to accept from Blizzard, but has left me feeling extremely dis-satisfied as zero attempt was made to resolve anything. Just sorry, thats very sad we cant do anything, please don’t contact us again… Like what?
At $249 per year you expect more! I get better customer service from companies offering subscriptions a third of this cost. Extremely disappointing.