You’re really gonna say a class action lawsuit for “hurt feelings” will hold up?
You don’t get money just because corporate business happened in a corporate business, nor do you get refunds “just because”.
I got a refund never played the game, looking into things while waiting for my download and decided to refund the preorder.
There is ZERO chance of anyone in the US recovering anything at all for “defective product” in this scenario. There is likely also zero chance of recovering for anything under any other theory in the US. Elsewhere, perhaps the laws are more protective. But, you have zero shot in the US.
You are not seeking standing for “hurt feelings”, you are seeking it because of a defective product.
Deceptive advertising is also possible, but incredibly hard to pull off these days since blizz never actually says much of anything, they just allude to it and don’t correct people when they take the bait.
Irrelevant here. None of the laws currently in place in the US will award damages to anyone for Blizzard refusing to issue a refund. That is just pie in the sky thinking. Perhaps the law should be more consumer protective, but it isn’t. There is nothing to sue them for.
Blizzard fritters away player goodwill and loyalty like it’s meaningless.
The tipping point for any kind of company comes when your cost-cutting greed drives loyal customers away. Once that happens, it snowballs. Less customers, crappier product, even less customers, even less quality product.
AND . . .going out of business sale. Some dude twirling an arrow on the street corner: 75% off action figures and orc statues!!! Three days only.
The name of a business is precious. People buy because they trust the name. You silly that name with bad decision after bad decision and you will pay for it.
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Defective no but false advertisement easily proven given the 2018 showing and the promises made to make the sale vs what was delivered.
Standard bad faith bait and switch, Like I said they will probably do roll out refunds but I highly doubt they will budge on anyone who bought it 3+ months ago with out a small claims verdict.
A much better route is to call your credit card company and tell them it was broken when you received your product. They don’t give two poops about blizzard and chargebacks are a real PITA to deal with for a company.
Of course I hear blizz bans accounts for chargebacks, so make sure you are really done and willing to salt the earth if you take that route.
This would be the best option as card companies give 0 ducks what a business thinks and have no problem causing trouble.
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You literally cannot trust anything from the YouTube “news journalists”
They don’t thoroughly vet their information at all
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Well I kind of have to believe heels as he actually tried to get a refund on stream and was rejected live so yeah.
Proud ignorance is the new American way. You be you. You should probably read or watch something on the subject though, bc the game is currently barely playable due to the bugs.
I was hyped at the BFA announcement. Allied races and the art direction won me over instantly.
Fool me once…
I look at that maw tower all I can see is esport plastered all over it.
You have no idea what you are talking about. Bad faith is one of the hardest burdens to satisfy in a legal sense. You need an email or some other writing showing they intentionally misled the public solely for the purpose of misleading them into purchase. The fact that they suck and could not live up to a promise is not bad faith. Being incompetent is not bad faith. Screwing up so badly people never want to play your game is not bad faith. Is it also not going to rise to the point of deceptive advertising. Missing the mark due to stupidity is not false advertising. The bar for that is high. That is especially true in the area of software where “substantial completion” is a thing.
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That’s because in the U.S. there’s the basic consensus to read the fine print before you buy anything. Reading comprehension.
The reason why the U.S. isn’t so overly protective of consumer rights is because too much regulation inflates prices, just ask that backwater Australia.
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2018 blizzcon demo.
That is called an advertisement. The law provides pretty wide latitude for advertisement. Again, you don’t know what you are talking about here. It may suck, but pointing to an advertisement at BlizzCon won’t get you anywhere.
An advertisement to make sales promises made via demo that were never delivered on.
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OP, go spam youtube videos elsewhere. Yes, it’s a problem, but you’re not doing anything constructive.