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blinddouble
8 years ago

Should a player be refunded for a purchased item if that item is Changed later?

I'm looking for opinions concerning a hypothetical situation: Should EA refund players who have purchased (with real money) an item/card, if that item/card is later nerfed? Why or why not? What if ...
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Azombioso
8 years ago
@blinddouble wrote:
I'm looking for opinions concerning a hypothetical situation:
Should EA refund players who have purchased (with real money) an item/card, if that item/card is later nerfed?
Why or why not?
What if the purchased item deserves to be nerfed?

Personally, I feel it would be a bait and switch, as you no longer own or can use the item you paid for.

 No, I don't think you should get the refund of the money payed.

See it this way.

When you pay for a card, let's say.... Kitchen Sink Zombie, you don't actually pay for the card, but for the SPARKS to create it.

It's like... you pay $20 for 8,000 Sparks. (or something like that, I don't know the exact values).

But those Sparks are used to craft the Kitchen Sink Zombies. When the card is nerfed, its disenchant value is equaled to its crafting cost.

By doing this, you still get the same thing, 8,000 Sparks for $20 bucks, but now you can now use this sparks to craft whatever you like. 

Let's say.... 2 Dark Matter Dragonfruit.  

So now is like you used those 8,000 sparks you paid for 2 DKD, instead of 4 KSZ.

EA still gets the money and you still get what you paid for.

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blinddouble
8 years ago
@Azombioso I dont understand. If I wanted to buy the Sparks, I'd buy the Sparks. What was being sold and advertised was the actual card, not the Sparks.

Look at it this way: If the card is changed, and you disenchant it for Sparks, you no longer have what you would have originally bought the Sparks for. In other words, what was bought was access to a card, not to Sparks.
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    Azombioso
    8 years ago
    @blinddouble Yes, and it is a bummer. But if a thing MUST be changed after you gave it some use, a refund should not be allowed.

    It's like... food.

    Suppose you are eating a Supreme Monster Burger. You are halfway through when a manager appears, saying that they made a mistake, and they NEED to take the burger away. (I don't know, maybe something about health issues, but they absolutely need to take it away)

    They cannot give you a refund, since you already ate half the burger and they cannot give you another one exactly the same, since they are taking all Supreme Monster Burgers away. The only thing left is for them to give you another burger, free of charge.

    Same thing happens here. You purchase a card and played with it, but now EA is going to reclaim all copies for a change.

    If you made a purchase by accident, you should be able to ask for a refund.

    BUT, even if you played the card just once, then you should not be able to get the money back.

    Again, it is a bummer, but that's how businesses work.
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      blinddouble
      8 years ago
      @Azombioso You wouldn't expect a refund if your food was taken away? It wasn't your fault they had to take it away. Either way, the card isn't being "used up" like a burger would be from eating. It was changed and no longer what was paid for. The equivalent would be to you buying a car, then the company taking it back and removing the engine.
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        Azombioso
        8 years ago
        @blinddouble Well... I don't know about you, but I don't know a single place that refunds you money if a meal is bad. They just offer you more food.

        A car without an engine is completely useless, but that's not the case here. Leprechaun Imp for example, will only shuffle one pot of gold instead of two. Is not useless, just not as powerful as before.

        So it would not be losing the engine, but getting a smaller one. If you don't like the way it stayed, just buy another car. No one is forcing you to keep a slower version of the original car you purchased.

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