PS3 European users, please BOYCOTT the DLC.

You guys seem so sure the small handful of people in this or another forum was enough to change their minds? I thought they said it was a mistake. I'm not taking away from your victory but I think it really was a calculation error. I've seen a company accidentally sell tvs that costed 499 for 4.99 on accident on the web.
 
Critical-Limit said:
You guys seem so sure the small handful of people in this or another forum was enough to change their minds? I thought they said it was a mistake. I'm not taking away from your victory but I think it really was a calculation error. I've seen a company accidentally sell tvs that costed 499 for 4.99 on accident on the web.
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The petition was larger than you may think. TYM, gamefags, playstation blog, playstation forums, twitter, emails at WB and Sony and who knows where else. Eventually it went beyond the forums. Gaming sites started posting articles "SCEE screws EU consumers" and WB came out of it's shell claiming that it was an error... lol
 
The question you should ask is:

Would they have corrected the mistake if no-one said anything about it?

It's not just the people here, but also on Sony's own Store Blog tat people complained.

Not the handful of people here alone, but a couple of 1000 players on numerous websites alltogether. ;)

And yes, I think it's fair to say that anyone here who contacted Sony and WB about the matter, has contributed in his of her own way to what is achieved.
 
Dedamn666 said:
Sorry but your point been what? Deal with it and have to pay an unfair amount?
We were all right to complain and voice our opinions on the matter and low and behold look what happens, price gets reduced.
Again hard to say if no one had complained would the price have stayed the same
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It's not an unfair amount and your complaining didn't do anything; you really think twenty people with a chip on their shoulder on ONE forum for a game changed much of anything?

More than likely it was a pricing error.

Ucah8er said:
well that's funny! someone repped me down with "deal with it" too. you were not contributing anything usefull to this thread so i asked you to leave.

****ing trolls
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"Useful" is subjective. Just because it was a contradictory stance does not mean it wasn't "useful".

But for the record, that wasn't me (the rep).
 
MKBlade said:
The petition was larger than you may think. TYM, gamefags, playstation blog, playstation forums, twitter, emails at WB and Sony and who knows where else. Eventually it went beyond the forums. Gaming sites started posting articles "SCEE screws EU consumers" and WB came out of it's shell claiming that it was an error... lol
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I think this is a fair assumption on the proceedings, yes.

The amount of negative feedback on this, especially after the whole PSN hacking issue, was probably something they couldn't afford.

I'm sure the massive community outroar coupled with the articles on various gaming sites had more impact than anyone will probably know.

Either way, great community spirit fellow TRMK'ers. I salute you.
 
@ demetrius, i actually did something useful by tweeting the devs, sony and WB and encouraging others to do the same instead of you trolling in here.

and thx for the third rep down. you pathetic little guy xD
 
Guys sorry if im bumping but, i was desperate for the klassic pack, and stupidly bought it for the £5.50 on psn, now lordraiden said we will be refunded, mines has not.... what have i to do? thanks lee.
 
With Beyond Good and Evil, which was also posted at the incorrect price, you had to contact customer services to apply for a refund. I would imagine the same applies here.
 
DrNate86 said:
With Beyond Good and Evil, which was also posted at the incorrect price, you had to contact customer services to apply for a refund. I would imagine the same applies here.
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well there phone number costs, so, by the time i explain everything about the refund the 2.50 would be spent on the phone anyway, really should have waited my own fault i guess :/ thanks anyway u guys have been very helpful :)! love the site gonna spend my life on here lol, Lee
 
LeeKerr .MK. said:
well there phone number costs, so, by the time i explain everything about the refund the 2.50 would be spent on the phone anyway, really should have waited my own fault i guess :/ thanks anyway u guys have been very helpful :)! love the site gonna spend my life on here lol, Lee
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Try emailing first, can't hurt and it's free!
 
This is a triumph for some of us, not those who bought the dlc anyway, they did nothing and to now whinge that they should get a refund is quite laughable. If you bought the dlc early and before really checking the price or reading any of the many forum complaints (it's not just this website) then I excuse you, but if you did read any of this and then still bought it, you really are quite astounding that you now have the gall to say you should get a refund. Effectively you decided to laugh and sneer at those of us saying it was wrong and get your dlc piece of action and now you want what others have reaped.

Having said all that, we may never know whether the quite large buzz this upset created on the net actually did anything. It may have been a mistake, it may not, the fuss created may have made them change their minds or the 'error', but they may of course genuinely have made a mistake and corrected it anyway. BUT the people who paid for the dlc can definitely know their purchace power most definitely did not bring about this change. Our boycott and the internet fuss just might have.

That Skarlett is still delayed after promises and the last dlc delay and new promises is still a bit laughable and does suggest somebody at SCEE or whoever does the dlc is a bit of an incompetant idiot.

I would also now like those people who came on this thread to try and explain and justfiy (in very poor and ignorant ways) why EU PSN users should pay more than everyone else to take a moment to actually realise they were wrong.

Finally to those idiots who still seem to be struggling to understand what a boycott is. You see, when you spend money on a company you are supporting it, you are agreeing with what it does by helping to keep it going (in small ways, but that is how these things work). Historically organising boycotss of companies products has brought about many changes, if a boycott is large enough, by not buying their products you force them to look at a way to change so that you will buy, ultimately they want you to buy. A boycott does not need to be permanent, most of us in this case are not saying we will sell our ps3's and buy an xbox. Boycotting has long been a way for people who pay to use their collective customer power to get what they want from a company who wants as much of their money as they can. Effectively people boycott all the time, people often don't choose the ideal car they want because it is too expensive, this is why companies are forced into making cheaper cars, they want your money, if everyone bought the most expensive cars companies wouldn't bother to make cheaper options.
 
Kogia said:
This is a triumph for some of us, not those who bought the dlc anyway, they did nothing and to now whinge that they should get a refund is quite laughable. If you bought the dlc early and before really checking the price or reading any of the many forum complaints (it's not just this website) then I excuse you, but if you did read any of this and then still bought it, you really are quite astounding that you now have the gall to say you should get a refund. Effectively you decided to laugh and sneer at those of us saying it was wrong and get your dlc piece of action and now you want what others have reaped.

Having said all that, we may never know whether the quite large buzz this upset created on the net actually did anything. It may have been a mistake, it may not, the fuss created may have made them change their minds or the 'error', but they may of course genuinely have made a mistake and corrected it anyway. BUT the people who paid for the dlc can definitely know their purchace power most definitely did not bring about this change. Our boycott and the internet fuss just might have.

That Skarlett is still delayed after promises and the last dlc delay and new promises is still a bit laughable and does suggest somebody at SCEE or whoever does the dlc is a bit of an incompetant idiot.

I would also now like those people who came on this thread to try and explain and justfiy (in very poor and ignorant ways) why EU PSN users should pay more than everyone else to take a moment to actually realise they were wrong.

Finally to those idiots who still seem to be struggling to understand what a boycott is. You see, when you spend money on a company you are supporting it, you are agreeing with what it does by helping to keep it going (in small ways, but that is how these things work). Historically organising boycotss of companies products has brought about many changes, if a boycott is large enough, by not buying their products you force them to look at a way to change so that you will buy, ultimately they want you to buy. A boycott does not need to be permanent, most of us in this case are not saying we will sell our ps3's and buy an xbox. Boycotting has long been a way for people who pay to use their collective customer power to get what they want from a company who wants as much of their money as they can. Effectively people boycott all the time, people often don't choose the ideal car they want because it is too expensive, this is why companies are forced into making cheaper cars, they want your money, if everyone bought the most expensive cars companies wouldn't bother to make cheaper options.
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lol was this really necessary? I think they got enough "punishment" buying it at a high price in the first place. No need to go calling all of them idiots. They are entitled to their opinions as well. And making a post like this is sorta stooping to their level if they indeed insulted you for "complaining" which was obviously justified. (the complaining was justified seeing as how it was incorrect pricing)

Most of my comments earlier were aimed at people arguing USA vs EU. but the REAL argument was EU PS vs EU Xbox.
 
Kogia said:
This is a triumph for some of us, not those who bought the dlc anyway, they did nothing and to now whinge that they should get a refund is quite laughable. If you bought the dlc early and before really checking the price or reading any of the many forum complaints (it's not just this website) then I excuse you, but if you did read any of this and then still bought it, you really are quite astounding that you now have the gall to say you should get a refund. Effectively you decided to laugh and sneer at those of us saying it was wrong and get your dlc piece of action and now you want what others have reaped.

Having said all that, we may never know whether the quite large buzz this upset created on the net actually did anything. It may have been a mistake, it may not, the fuss created may have made them change their minds or the 'error', but they may of course genuinely have made a mistake and corrected it anyway. BUT the people who paid for the dlc can definitely know their purchace power most definitely did not bring about this change. Our boycott and the internet fuss just might have.

That Skarlett is still delayed after promises and the last dlc delay and new promises is still a bit laughable and does suggest somebody at SCEE or whoever does the dlc is a bit of an incompetant idiot.

I would also now like those people who came on this thread to try and explain and justfiy (in very poor and ignorant ways) why EU PSN users should pay more than everyone else to take a moment to actually realise they were wrong.

Finally to those idiots who still seem to be struggling to understand what a boycott is. You see, when you spend money on a company you are supporting it, you are agreeing with what it does by helping to keep it going (in small ways, but that is how these things work). Historically organising boycotss of companies products has brought about many changes, if a boycott is large enough, by not buying their products you force them to look at a way to change so that you will buy, ultimately they want you to buy. A boycott does not need to be permanent, most of us in this case are not saying we will sell our ps3's and buy an xbox. Boycotting has long been a way for people who pay to use their collective customer power to get what they want from a company who wants as much of their money as they can. Effectively people boycott all the time, people often don't choose the ideal car they want because it is too expensive, this is why companies are forced into making cheaper cars, they want your money, if everyone bought the most expensive cars companies wouldn't bother to make cheaper options.
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ok u know what, yeah i did read on this about the boycott before i bought it, i was really obsessed with the klassic costumes as i was waiting on them for 3 weeks , tbh i didnt acc think anything would be done about it u know how sony are, now if everyone in the world is paying 3.20, why the hell not should i get a refund? and dont call me an idiot friend ;)! u seem like the kinda guy thts so snobby and up his own ***, Oh and btw i didnt laugh and sneer at what u guys were doing i thought it was awesome, and your ASTOUNDED i have the gall to ask for a refund lol, so ive to just pay extra and deal with it dont think so ;) get a grip -__-
 
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I'd like to say congrats to you guys who stood your ground on this issue. I know some think that the recent public apologize and re-pricing scheme would have happened petition or no, but I believe that it is due to the thunderous response from the EU MK community that this was issued by WB. I'm very happy for you guys. :congrats:


Now, can we start a petition to get rid of the dumb-ass babalities and replace them with the brutalities that 'almost' made it? :D
 
Adjun said:
Now, can we start a petition to get rid of the dumb-ass babalities and replace them with the brutalities that 'almost' made it? :D
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Replace? Nah, Babalities are cool. It would be great if Brutalities were added, though.

P.S. Many thanks to the OP for this thread.
 
see? you guys totally overacted to an error. so immature. way to go. you wonder why gamers have a bad rap. if i was ed boon id tell all of you complainers here to take a hike and MK is never going to continue. so ungrateful
 
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