EA have to be one of the more incompetent companies in the world.
For example: People who bought the standard edition of NHL 13 and liked the game so much that they bought the Stanely Cup edition of the same game: The redeem code for the Stanley Cup content dont work. Its a knows EA problem and they are still working on it! I guess that they online servers will be closed before the problem is solved.
Now to the bioware points:
I want to buy some DLC.
But Origin/EA loves geoblocking/locking/and incompetence.
(and here we have the famous Origin geolocation bug: If you are like me in Thailand: everything is in Thai. No way to change to English or the installed language of Origin.
When I try to buy Bioware points. Instead of Thai bath, EA wants dollars. I press checkout: "failure: You account dont match the currency". No s.... Sherlock? A currency that EA have chosen for me! Now EA is kind: They change currency to my Bioware accounts currency. Failure since it does not match the local currency. A currency I cant change.
EA forces me to pay with dollar. It is not accepted because my Bioware account is registered in Sweden. But I cant pay with Swedish currency since I am in Thailand. I cant pay with Thai bath since I cant change the currency anywhere! (and why is Origin stuff 25% more expensive in Thailand than Sweden where Sweden have 25% VAT and Thailand 0%? It should be the other way around. On Steam for example EU/Thai prices correct = 50% cheaper in Thailand since no taxes)
Do EA/Origin/Bioware understand why Piracy is popular? I can just click on the magnet of the stuff I want and have it in minutes. Just because I want to pay = I cant because of triple different currencies, geo-location and so on. Do EA have any self criticism? Nope. No culture for excellence. I would be ashamed working there (and would be fired in days since I demand excellence in the IT company I work for. Some thing for example Banks and large oil companies seems to like. Perfection. Not accepting incompetence)
I would guess that I have to take an airplane to USA to be able to buy Bioware points. "That seems reasonable c/o EA support".
Cant support just give me a licence to pirate some DLC for Mass Effect 2? A written consent and my case would be solved. (and even better: Imagine if EA/Bioware could see that I have bought this DLC on other platforms and offer it for free on PC. "Cross play"? I am a dream customer buying the same content triple time and when Mass Effect Remastered is released it will be a fourth time. Lucas would be proud over this over milking releasing the same content. (and its great content = why I want to buy it)