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Free month RIPOFF - please verify!!

LainLain Member Posts: 52
in World of Warcraft

Hi, I've bought the game and just created an account and I noticed that I'm being ripped off 1 day of my free month..

I searched the European site of WOW, looking for their defenition of "1 month" and found nothing.. but to common sense, normaly when they mention 1 month, they refer to 30days at least of free gaming. Now.. all those that registered their accounts in February must have noticed that this month has 28days, well.. when I created my account awhile ago (2:20PM - 14th February), it was mentioned in the end of the account creation that it would expire at 2:20PM - 14th March.. now, unless my maths are totally wrong.. it makes 29 days of free gaming.. so, is this a new definition of 1 MONTH?

Plus.. I bet this happened to all the new european players, I can only ask to each one of you guys to please verify and report this situation in WOW European's support page.

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  • JatezJatez Member Posts: 103

    By free month, I think they mean the day you sign up, to that same date next month. (example: March 6 - April 6, December 21 - January 21)
    Hope this helps! ^_^

    Jatez -- Question Everything -- Jate

  • HarafnirHarafnir Member UncommonPosts: 1,350
    Yes, do show the world that WoW players on both sides of the puddle are a bunch of whinebags that always can take a moment and cry their little hearts out about any little pathetic detail they can find.

    "This is not a game to be tossed aside lightly.
    It should be thrown with great force"

  • j-monsterj-monster Member Posts: 1,060


    Originally posted by Harafnir
    Yes, do show the world that WoW players on both sides of the puddle are a bunch of whinebags that always can take a moment and cry their little hearts out about any little pathetic detail they can find.

    your always so positive.
  • LoStCaUz3LoStCaUz3 Member Posts: 1,154

    1 day...you're crying over 1 day? I'm sorry, but that is perhaps the most idiotic thing I have ever heard.

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  • MuraisMurais Member UncommonPosts: 1,118

    I love the game, I don't mind losing a day, and I don't mind paying, because it's serving its main purpose... entertaining me ::::31::::::31::::::31::

  • NeasNeas Member Posts: 887

    1 day is like 9 pound/30 = 30 pence.

    Your bothering over 30 pence... you are a sick sick person.

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  • LoStCaUz3LoStCaUz3 Member Posts: 1,154

    For all those Americans, a Pound is like a little more than 50 cents...If my math is right.

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  • KeinBGKeinBG Member Posts: 1

    Its the other way around.image

  • kb4blukb4blu Member UncommonPosts: 717


    Originally posted by LoStCaUz3

    For all those Americans, a Pound is like a little more than 50 cents...If my math is right.

    Thats funny I thought a pound was 16 ounces :)  image
  • slancheslanche Member Posts: 8
    Its still 30 pence!, they add up, my dad always told me look after the pennies and the pounds will add up
  • KraptorKraptor Member Posts: 359
    Well, the original poster is right, imo. I know it is idiotic but still 50C x 300 000 or god knows how many subscribers add up real nicely and i was only talking about the eu version here.
  • herculeshercules Member UncommonPosts: 4,925


    Originally posted by LoStCaUz3

    For all those Americans, a Pound is like a little more than 50 cents...If my math is right.

    Er 1 pound is like $2.
  • LainLain Member Posts: 52
    image most of you guys must be kinda slow and linear.. it could even be 1cent, but multiply that by all the players that joined in february and you get the profit BLIZZARD made this month with the european release.. Sounds more like, everyone gets 1 day less of gameplay and someone else at BLIZZARD is filling their pockets.
  • djp.netdjp.net Member UncommonPosts: 34

    Gosh, what amazes me, is that after all these comments, no one has realised that its 28 days, and not 30 days. What will be interesting, and be real grounds for complaint, is if those who subscribe in March only get 30days and not 31.

    Hopefully Blizzard will not start treating its customers like some other MM game companies(SoE). The belated european release was not a good sign, is this another ?

  • JodokaiJodokai Member Posts: 1,621

    First a pound is $2 USD, and I'm not even going to get into the other part, except to wonder why people are so forgiving of Blizzard, when if the same stuff happened with any other company people would be after heads.

  • JhakhmJhakhm Member UncommonPosts: 114

    Edited to fix a formatting problem in the currency exchange quote.

    1.00 GBP = 1.88599 USD
    Source: XE.com

    Okay, so you got 28 days and you think you should have gotten 29? Give me a break. What could you have accomplished in 28 (FREE) days that could warrant such whining? If you got to level 40, have all your skills, spells, aspects, have your spec tree just the way you want it, have your mount and the armor improvement that you just achieved, not to mention a decent set of that upgraded armor, and an adequate weapon or weapons to boot, all in 28 days, I don't think you should be complaining about theone day that you're missing. You just wasted 28 (FREE) days grinding there, chuckles. Do us a favor and subscribe to the game if you like it that much. Peace out and many dings to you and your loved ones.

  • LoStCaUz3LoStCaUz3 Member Posts: 1,154

    Originally posted by hercules
    Originally posted by LoStCaUz3
    For all those Americans, a Pound is like a little more than 50 cents...If my math is right.Er 1 pound is like $2.

    Shit! I did the math backwards.

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  • NeasNeas Member Posts: 887

    yup :)

    Geforce 6600 ultra = 250 pound america = 400-50 bucks?

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  • jimmyman99jimmyman99 Member UncommonPosts: 3,221

    I work as a software developer and it is much MUCH easier to tie billing rotation to a calendar day then to a specific number of days. To make it simpler, its easier to generate bills on the 1st of each month then every other 30 days... it also more convenient for customers too, at least for most of them. Id rather know for sure that I have to pay my bills every 1st dat of month then manualy count 30 days forward.

    I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
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  • VolkmarVolkmar Member UncommonPosts: 2,501

    to my point of view, "Month" refers to a calendar month and not to any number of days. So a Month can have 28,29,30 or 31 days.

    now, frankly, the idea that Blizz released the game in february to scam their clients of 2 days of game play is not only ridicolous but completely absurd.... and of course whoever said that was joking ;)

     

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  • SmeekSmeek Member Posts: 12

    Oh to hell with it! One day! ONE DAY!

    Yesterday I took a day off from WoW because I had alot of work to do, you no life b.net kids just don't know the real value of life, nor can you comprehend the amount of "days" you are going to miss your precious MMORPG AFTER YOU START GOING TO WORK AND PAYING THE BILLS BY YOUR SELF! So take a grip and re organize your priority and stop whining about one gone day of free time.

    Oh just had to add becuse I just tought that this is so funny

    Originally posted by Lain
    image most of you guys must be kinda slow and linear.. it could even be 1cent, but multiply that by all the players that joined in february and you get the profit BLIZZARD made this month with the european release.. Sounds more like, everyone gets 1 day less of gameplay and someone else at BLIZZARD is filling their pockets.

    Since you are so much a "world saver" now that you are not selflessly thinking not for yourself but for the all of us, think of this. You pay 44euros (or 69euros for the collectors edition), can you imagine the amount blizz allready made money compared to the smaller game companies that distribute their MMOGs for free and only the playing costs, can you see where I'm going? Game free playing costs.

    So how do you figure that Blizz is trying to rip you off by "snatching" a day off from you? Are you a retard or something?

    Here is another thing for you to think, while here you are whining about one day, there are people who would gladly take the money you put in to this game and eat for several months, so before you go japping about how you think so global think of it REALLY global, not just the special select group.

  • webBear1000webBear1000 Member Posts: 301

    Yeah. The game's sales have gone badly so Blizzard are gonna have to dig about for every penny they can get.

    It's one day for god's sake. If you think Blizzard had some sort of evil plan to rip everyone off then you need to get a grip.

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  • Bama1267Bama1267 Member UncommonPosts: 1,822
    Hey just play next month too, it has 31 days in it, So when you pay for the month you can get your day back.
  • VicerynViceryn Member Posts: 177

    can we say...cheap?

  • AlmeidaAlmeida Member Posts: 19

    They could have decided that one month would equal 30 days of play like you said but in that case one would get 360 days a year (12*30 = 360) so you would be "losing" 4 or 5 days each year.

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