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saul_guud
New Novice
8 months ago

Shame on you EA

So here's a sequence of events where EA show how little they care about their customers so stop buying their products because they literally show customers no respect and are frauds when it comes to retail rights. Any other retail business would bend over backwards to keep good customers. EA don't give a **bleep**, and it's proven by employing chat minions who have no power to help customers and can't even pass you to a superior in the case of customer dissatisfaction. Disgusting practice and one I certainly won't be silent about.

I purchased 18500 points, as I do every week, say whatever you want, it's my money.

The points didn't show on my account, so  I contacted EA to ask where they were. I was away from home so it was a rare occasion I was using my mobile to buy them. So I just thought something went wrong with my phone, but the money had been taken out my account.

The EA chat minion said they couldn't find any sign of a transaction, so I spent an hour proving to them sending them the transaction number and screen shots to prove I had bought 18500 points. Still she said she could see a transaction. WTF??

Then we realised I had accidentally purchased FC24 points because the images were so small and in no order whatsoever, trust me I have no reason to buy FC24 points as proven by my 99 rated team. I haven't played the game since FC25 was released.

So the EA chat humanbot said to open FC24 to see if the points were showing, so I did. And yep there they were. Then she said sorry I can't help you because EA won't transfer points, oh and the purchase was made through Sony so she can hep anyway!!! So contact Sony.

So off I go to talk to SOny, long story short, they said they won't refund because the points were on the game and if I hadn't of opened the game then I would just have a refund. So the advice from the EA minion to open FC24 to see if the points were there actually cost me my refund.

So I go back to EA and of course AGAIN I get told there's nothing they can do because they "have limited powers to solve issues". Of course I ask who I can speak to who does have some authority to actually help customers in any kind of meaningful way other than lip service? And they cut me off!!!

So I contact EA again and get exactly the same BS but this time with some sympathy as I've spent approx £950 in April alone. Yeah I have the money to, you can say whatever you want. But you'd expect that EA would care about a customer who spends that amount, I know other industries would bend over backwards to keep good customers, but not EA, they don't give a toss. It's shameful.

If the EA "agent" had given me the correct advice to go to Sony before redeeming the points instead of asking me to open the game to see if the points were there because SHE COULDN'T FIND THE TRANSACTION!!! Then I would have my refund and EA would've had my money anyway and I would still have my good will as a very profitable customer. 

But now I've no other option than to never ever spend money with EA again because it's not a two way street in any shape or form. And boy I can't wait to spend all my money with GTA6.

Well done EA for proving you don't give a **bleep** about customers, and especially those who spend way too much money with you. No wonder your company is tanking. Beware people, EA don't care.

2 Replies

  • I don’t know why Sony has to control the purchase when it’s from ea but they do. Sony should just honor your mistake as you didn’t use it. 

  • aneller123's avatar
    aneller123
    Seasoned Hotshot
    8 months ago

    Ive always sent anybody on here to EA customer service (never had used it myself) , but just knew the admins on here cant seem to help with anything so send them there instead, so since I joined the forum anybody needing help I just natrually posted them the link the admins do.

    However a couple of days ago I needed to contact them myself due to a major bug in the game, and I honestly could not believe just how shockingly bad they was, first my "case" was just closed, no decency of a reply, no update, nothing they just closed it, so then I went into the EA live chat, and again was just appauled how little this person was interested in helping me, they didnt even read the issue I had asked in the chat and took me 10 minutes just pointing this out to them, then after finally reading my issue they just said they dont have the power to fix anything on there end, I mean if they dont WHO DOES, its there **bleep** game.

    They then try and send you to this forum for help, yet the EA admins on this forum send you to EA chat because they cant help, I mean its like a comedy

    I work in a customer service based industry, if I or anybody I know working treat customers in the same way they would be fired.

    EA might get bored of the complaints and are past caring due to all there billions as they didnt treat customers in the same way before they become "too big" , but they need to remember without these same, loyal customers who pay out the money none of them would be in a job in the first place and they wouldnt be worth the money they are now