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Grey Market & Chargeback Shenanigans

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  • goobsnewsgoobsnews Member UncommonPosts: 220
    Vrika said:
    CIG is acting really stupidly. If that scammer did a chargeback in 2013 then they should have reacted to it in 2013. They should let Grishord keep the packages because they failed to react in timely manner.

    If they had reacted back in 2013 when the chargebacks were made it would be a different matter.
    They weren't scrapped for cash back then is the only difference. They're trying to claw at every dollar they can get.
  • Turrican187Turrican187 Member UncommonPosts: 787
    It is absolutely not good for them to do this in a large scale.
    They have nothing to win here except a lot pissed off original backers.
    Just imagine you have LTI laundered 2 years ago, additionally you have also invested $5000+ in your account, and there comes a CIGGuy and poofes all your ships away and wants $x on top of that cause you are responsible for any chargebacks of the laundered ships.

    Sure you won't pay, and most likely it's to late for you to instantiate a chargeback.

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  • JohnP0100JohnP0100 Member UncommonPosts: 401


    Sure you won't pay, and most likely it's to late for you to instantiate a chargeback.
    Not sure where you are but if you are in a country that has Credit Cards, you can absolutely charge back.
    CIG will email you some text which are A. WRONG. B. Illegal in most countries including USA

    "I would also need to advise you that if you request a chargeback incorrectly that this would in itself be considered a fraudulent action."

    "I am very sorry you felt the need to perform this, however chargebacks should only ever be used for cases of genuine fraud, where you have had no recollection of making the payment yourself. Using a chargeback as a means to gain a refund is a misuse of the system, and damages both us, and your own ability to use the payment provider in the future."


    Talk to your bank and chargeback because the '14 days' applies AFTER Delivery of goods as agreed.
    And what's in the PU is not what was agreed so the 14 days cannot apply here. This is why CIG hasn't fought a single chargeback and why they are trying to scare customers into not doing a chargeback.

    It shows what PvP games are really all about, and no, it's not about more realism and immersion. It's about cowards hiding behind a screen to they can bully other defenseless players without any risk of direct retaliation like there would be if they acted like asshats in "real life". -Jean-Luc_Picard

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  • Turrican187Turrican187 Member UncommonPosts: 787
    JohnP0100 said:


    Sure you won't pay, and most likely it's to late for you to instantiate a chargeback.
    Not sure where you are but if you are in a country that has Credit Cards, you can absolutely charge back.
    CIG will email you some text which are A. WRONG. B. Illegal in most countries including USA

    "I would also need to advise you that if you request a chargeback incorrectly that this would in itself be considered a fraudulent action."

    "I am very sorry you felt the need to perform this, however chargebacks should only ever be used for cases of genuine fraud, where you have had no recollection of making the payment yourself. Using a chargeback as a means to gain a refund is a misuse of the system, and damages both us, and your own ability to use the payment provider in the future."


    Talk to your bank and chargeback because the '14 days' applies AFTER Delivery of goods as agreed.
    And what's in the PU is not what was agreed so the 14 days cannot apply here. This is why CIG hasn't fought a single chargeback and why they are trying to scare customers into not doing a chargeback.
    EU Law states 13 Months, but the case in this thread is 24+ months ago before they decided to go after him.

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100

  • tawesstawess Member EpicPosts: 4,227
    JohnP0100 said:


    Sure you won't pay, and most likely it's to late for you to instantiate a chargeback.
    Not sure where you are but if you are in a country that has Credit Cards, you can absolutely charge back.
    CIG will email you some text which are A. WRONG. B. Illegal in most countries including USA

    "I would also need to advise you that if you request a chargeback incorrectly that this would in itself be considered a fraudulent action."

    "I am very sorry you felt the need to perform this, however chargebacks should only ever be used for cases of genuine fraud, where you have had no recollection of making the payment yourself. Using a chargeback as a means to gain a refund is a misuse of the system, and damages both us, and your own ability to use the payment provider in the future."


    Talk to your bank and chargeback because the '14 days' applies AFTER Delivery of goods as agreed.
    And what's in the PU is not what was agreed so the 14 days cannot apply here. This is why CIG hasn't fought a single chargeback and why they are trying to scare customers into not doing a chargeback.

    They are technically not wrong, what they describe is pretty much what you can read on any agreement regarding your right to do a charge back. It all comes down to your bank and  what they consider to be a fraudulent action. 

    Now ofc no bank would really slam you over such a small transaction and CIG would not bother to fight it as the cost to do so is higher than what most people paid for the game. Now if you are in at the 10k+ level.. they might be a bit more grumpy. =P

    This have been a good conversation

  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    I wonder how many people who are considering chargeback as a positive move have ever even given a dime to SC in the first place

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  • BrenicsBrenics Member RarePosts: 1,939
    SEANMCAD said:
    I wonder how many people who are considering chargeback as a positive move have ever even given a dime to SC in the first place
    Wat the heck does that mean? Seems like you don't want anyone at CIG held responsible for having nothing you can call a game after this long?

    Nothing CR is doing can be called developing a game at this time. They develop ships in a game that isn't even started yet. All they have is a concept mod. You should all be worried they don't even have a engine to make SC let alone SQ42.
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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    edited February 2016
    Brenics said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    I wonder how many people who are considering chargeback as a positive move have ever even given a dime to SC in the first place
    Wat the heck does that mean? Seems like you don't want anyone at CIG held responsible for having nothing you can call a game after this long?

    Nothing CR is doing can be called developing a game at this time. They develop ships in a game that isn't even started yet. All they have is a concept mod. You should all be worried they don't even have a engine to make SC let alone SQ42.
    what I mean is exactly what I wrote.

    I have no moral conclusion or even a thought as to how it 'should be'. 

    I simply wonder how many people who are supporting massive chargebacks actually gave a dime to SC in the first place. no other 

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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2016
    Brenics said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    I wonder how many people who are considering chargeback as a positive move have ever even given a dime to SC in the first place
    Wat the heck does that mean? Seems like you don't want anyone at CIG held responsible for having nothing you can call a game after this long?

    Nothing CR is doing can be called developing a game at this time. They develop ships in a game that isn't even started yet. All they have is a concept mod. You should all be worried they don't even have a engine to make SC let alone SQ42.
    People can charge-back at present, if things go for too long with nothing to show, lots of things can happen; from class action lawsuits, to governing bodies stepping in with criminal fraud charges, etc...  There's no real reason to worry CR won't be held responsible, or those who don't wanna be are stuck with no recourse. In turn there's no reason to jump in with this line of accusation in reply to everything that doesn't go along with your or others agenda here.




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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?

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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    that is exactly what critics want

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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    SEANMCAD said:
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    that is exactly what critics want
    Sure does seem that way, yet I don't see how anyone really benefits from that. 

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  • GeezerGamerGeezerGamer Member EpicPosts: 8,857
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    I want to see a real space sim developed. But if the critics are correct and there isn't going to be a game or the game as promised, then yeah, I'd want the charade to end.
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    I want to see a real space sim developed. But if the critics are correct and there isn't going to be a game or the game as promised, then yeah, I'd want the charade to end.
    and the parties will be off the hook!

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  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    edited February 2016
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    I want to see a real space sim developed. But if the critics are correct and there isn't going to be a game or the game as promised, then yeah, I'd want the charade to end.
    I don't disagree, yet that's the problem. I have no real idea whether it's a charade or not. I can't see how anyone (outside of CIG), no matter what they say does. So basically to me it's like saying lets just screw everyone involved over (yeah they really care about the backers) just in case...

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  • adamlotus75adamlotus75 Member UncommonPosts: 387
    If guy B still owned the ship I could see CIGs point but he gave it back. CIG need to go after the guy that did the chargeback or forget it.
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    I want to see a real space sim developed. But if the critics are correct and there isn't going to be a game or the game as promised, then yeah, I'd want the charade to end.
    Just buy Elite Dangerous.

    or have you ever given a dime to anything even remotely close to a Space Sim?

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    SEANMCAD said:
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    that is exactly what critics want
    I imagine "critics" want a wide-ranging spectrum of resolutions. We're not all the same "animal". While my conjecture is admittedly verbose and, at times, vitriolic, I'm not immersed in the same schadenfreude as many of the like-minded iconoclasts. Some of the toxic hatred I read in other "places" concerns me, and were my words and expressions as those, I think you'd have a point, but they are not.

    I am a moderate, a skeptic. I believe "something could come" ( and that something will be far less than anticipated ), but more importantly "something should come", and there's not enough voice for the opposition. I believe, at this stage, it's not only intellectually honest, but imperative to display evidence, discuss progress and take the propagators to task. My use of humor, and at times sensationalism, I feel, is particularly necessary in contrast to the inveiglement and sycophancy against which I'm competing.

    I'd very much like to see Roberts admit, sooner than later, any mmorpg aspect of this project will not be possible with cryengine, and to reverse course with new software, hopefully with ported art assets. I'd very much like CIG to stop using backer funds in a self-perpetuating propaganda machine, but rather direct those assets to project preservation. I'd very much like to see, in essence, less talk and more walk. I'd very much like to see more competent project management. I'd like to see promotional videos labeled "not representative of actual gameplay".
  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Adjuvant1 said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    that is exactly what critics want
    I imagine "critics" want a wide-ranging spectrum of resolutions. We're not all the same "animal". While my conjecture is admittedly verbose and, at times, vitriolic, I'm not immersed in the same schadenfreude as many of the like-minded iconoclasts. Some of the toxic hatred I read in other "places" concerns me, and were my words and expressions as those, I think you'd have a point, but they are not.

    I am a moderate, a skeptic. I believe "something could come" ( and that something will be far less than anticipated ), but more importantly "something should come", and there's not enough voice for the opposition. I believe, at this stage, it's not only intellectually honest, but imperative to display evidence, discuss progress and take the propagators to task. My use of humor, and at times sensationalism, I feel, is particularly necessary in contrast to the inveiglement and sycophancy against which I'm competing.

    I'd very much like to see Roberts admit, sooner than later, any mmorpg aspect of this project will not be possible with cryengine, and to reverse course with new software, hopefully with ported art assets. I'd very much like CIG to stop using backer funds in a self-perpetuating propaganda machine, but rather direct those assets to project preservation. I'd very much like to see, in essence, less talk and more walk. I'd very much like to see more competent project management. I'd like to see promotional videos labeled "not representative of actual gameplay".
    just
    buy
    Elite
    Dangerous

    oh and the moderate on these boards I think is me although I have been described as a white knight which is funny because I think Elite Dangerous is the better option for many reasons

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    SEANMCAD said:

    oh and the moderate on these boards I think is me although I have been described as a white knight which is funny because I think Elite Dangerous is the better option for many reasons
    I honestly don't feel you have a formulated, cognitive position on this.
  • DistopiaDistopia Member EpicPosts: 21,183
    Adjuvant1 said:
    SEANMCAD said:
    Distopia said:
    I just wonder what is it folks want to happen? Do you want the project to be dismantled at this point? All proceeds given back, or owed etc? Do you really think that's what folks who put thousands into this want?
    that is exactly what critics want
    I imagine "critics" want a wide-ranging spectrum of resolutions. We're not all the same "animal". While my conjecture is admittedly verbose and, at times, vitriolic, I'm not immersed in the same schadenfreude as many of the like-minded iconoclasts. Some of the toxic hatred I read in other "places" concerns me, and were my words and expressions as those, I think you'd have a point, but they are not.

    I am a moderate, a skeptic. I believe "something could come" ( and that something will be far less than anticipated ), but more importantly "something should come", and there's not enough voice for the opposition. I believe, at this stage, it's not only intellectually honest, but imperative to display evidence, discuss progress and take the propagators to task. My use of humor, and at times sensationalism, I feel, is particularly necessary in contrast to the inveiglement and sycophancy against which I'm competing.

    I'd very much like to see Roberts admit, sooner than later, any mmorpg aspect of this project will not be possible with cryengine, and to reverse course with new software, hopefully with ported art assets. I'd very much like CIG to stop using backer funds in a self-perpetuating propaganda machine, but rather direct those assets to project preservation. I'd very much like to see, in essence, less talk and more walk. I'd very much like to see more competent project management. I'd like to see promotional videos labeled "not representative of actual gameplay".
    Fair enough, although I'd say all I tend to hear is the voice of the opposition lol.... Very few discussions on this game revolve around positive inclination. 

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  • SEANMCADSEANMCAD Member EpicPosts: 16,775
    Adjuvant1 said:
    SEANMCAD said:

    oh and the moderate on these boards I think is me although I have been described as a white knight which is funny because I think Elite Dangerous is the better option for many reasons
    I honestly don't feel you have a formulated, cognitive position on this.
    not on this specific position no. but SC in general? multiple times.


    The summation of which is 'buy Elite Dangerous instead'

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  • Adjuvant1Adjuvant1 Member RarePosts: 2,100
    Distopia said:
    Fair enough, although I'd say all I tend to hear is the voice of the opposition lol.... Very few discussions on this game revolve around positive inclination. 
    I give credit when credit is due. Several posts above, I included CIG's relent on the thread's original topic. Tell them to show more for which I should give credit, I will do it.
  • TalonsinTalonsin Member EpicPosts: 3,619
    SEANMCAD said:
    I wonder how many people who are considering chargeback as a positive move have ever even given a dime to SC in the first place
    I wonder how many people who have not donated to Star Citizen come to these threads and post...

    Glad this got resolved in the guys favor.
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