EA's tools can't refund, Even when they agree with your case- EA kept my money
Please comment so this gets enough traction that those who can help sees it. I honestly can’t believe I’m having to post this, but EA support says this is my last resort option. TLDR: EA overcharged me for an annual EA Play pro subscription, when I tried to get help and request a refund my EA Play pro subscription they CANCELED my membership. They are refusing to refund my money or reactivate my subscription as the underlying structure of the support tools won't allow them to override it and give me a refund. Paid $167.99 and have no subscription for the year either. On Nov 20, I bought an EA Play membership. Price listed: $149.99 CAD. PayPal showed: $149.99 pending. Everything looked normal. Then the charge finalized… and EA took $167.99 CAD. So I did what any reasonable person would do: I contacted support immediately — same day, within hours — to report the overcharge. And EA’s response? ✅ They canceled my membership ✅ They kept all of my money ❌ No refund ❌ No EA PLAY subscription ❌ No accountability They essential stole my money as I don't have a subscription, OR my money. I have reached out through email and to the EA help advisors. Every agent I’ve spoken to says they want to help but “can’t” because I’m “outside the refund window.” Except I wasn't. I reached out by email the moment the charge went wrong, but somehow a case number was not created. So EA overcharged me… Then removed the service I paid for… Then kept every dollar… And now hides behind a scripted policy instead of fixing their own billing error. How is this acceptable? I’ve been polite. I’ve provided proof. I’ve explained the timeline over and over. And EA still refuses to refund me or restore the membership they canceled. So I’m posting this publicly because private support channels have completely failed me. I have met a few nice agents who agree with my case but because it is unique they can't help even though they want to because of the "underlying structure of the support tools". There is no way to manually override things, so I'm left paying $167.99 for nothing as I have no access to the subscription now even though it should be valid for nearly a year! Because right now, it feels like EA can take your money, cancel your service, and then shrug and say “policy.” And that should worry every EA customer. Has anyone else had EA overcharge them or cancel a membership and then refuse to fix it? How did you get it resolved? How do I get my money back, or at least get my EA Play subscription back? Thanks for reading, I just don't know what to do.
EA App Instability with Sims 3
Ever since the change from Origin to the EA App, I've had consistent issues with the management of my Sims 3 and all of it's DLC, store content etc. I'm regularly having to re-enter my in game settings, from ages, to seasons, to time format. This is a constant issue since the change to the EA App. Twice now, none of my DLC towns have been properly installed. I should only have to install this content once. The EA App should not be allowed to make changes to my saved game content such as DLC and Sims 3 Store content. The missing DLC includes as above, towns, certain premium items etc and causes a 'serious error' when loading a town which is in any way reliant on DLC I'm unaware has suddenly been either disconnected or uninstalled from my game. I have been getting prompts to 'Register' my Sims 3 game with Origin, which I did ages ago. If I close this window, as I'm no longer using my physical discs for gameplay, it aborts the starting of the game. I'm honestly sick of this App, the fact that we're forced to use it rather than simply installing all of our owned merchandise onto our PCs and being able to start the game with the launcher, allowing us to bypass this abysmal PC app. Please fix the stability of this app with regard to already installed games, in particular the Sims 3. You've made a mess of it and the game costs, in total, a fortune.
Uplay with game called Watchdogs -
I purchased a game on EA called watchdogs. Its requiring me to create a UPLAY account in order to play it. Every time I try to connect to UPLAY, I get the message that the servers are not available. Digging into this, is sounds like UPLAY is no more. How do I get around this issue so i can play the game? Any help is appreciated. thanks
Games Bought On Xbox App Not Showing Up On EA app
Hello, I recently purchased Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II through the Xbox app. However, when I open the EA app and check my library, neither game appears. In the Xbox app, the only option shown is the Ultimate Edition for each game, but I am not able to download them. Instead, I’m prompted to either purchase the Ultimate Edition again or subscribe to EA Play/Ultimate Pass, despite already owning the base games. I have confirmed multiple times that my Xbox and EA accounts are correctly linked and that I am signed into the same account on both apps. At this point, I’m unsure how to access the games I already purchased. I would appreciate any assistance in resolving this issue. Thank you.
Region problem during payment
I'm trying to subscribe to the annual ea play pro plan so I proceed and put all the correct card info and that I don't want the card to be saved, I tried 3 cards The first card was a uae issued international Mastercard and I put the region as uae and it proceeded to pay then got hit with the "wrong region" message, I readded the same card but with the region set to Egypt as if it'll fix the issue and still nothing happened and the transaction is halted by the same error Then I tried paying with 2 Egyptian local visa cards and put all the correct info and region is set to Egypt so it's local and still the same message halts the transaction. I changed my account's region from uae bcs it was the country I set my account in to Egypt where I'm living rn and still also nothing changed when I tried all 3 cards, it's becoming frustrating tbh and I hope anyone from the ea support team gives me an actual guide on how to fix this Thanks in advance[ANSWER IN THREAD] Ongoing Purchase Restrictions on More Sims 4 EPs
issue NOT SOLVED Other platforms (Epic/Steam/PS, etc) might offer full packs normally in certain mentioned regions (in screenshot below marked red) while EA app/website still bans the packs. This situation might differ from region to region. In this thread, the related information provided from the EA forum community team is outdated and partly conflicting with the fact. (above summary posted on 10th Oct 2025) ---------------- Sep 10th 2025 edited ------ Issue Not Solved yet. nothing else mentioned previously about EA app or EA official website in main post has changed. STEAM platform provides full TS4 packs for purchase properly while the EA App abides the regional standards shared by EA colleagues and restricts those packs for purchase. Epic platform provides full TS4 packs for purchase properly while the EA App abides the regional standards shared by EA colleagues and restricts those packs for purchase. (snap attached below) All these platforms mentioned above are checked in the same region that is listed by EA colleague impacted by the "Regional Standards". For windows PC users, you could check on Steam and Epic if you feel like to. The "solution" will automatically go back on once I remove it. ----------------- Sep 7th 2025 edited ------ nothing else mentioned previously in this main post has changed, except that on STEAM platform the packs are actually ON SHELF FOR PURCHASE properly, which is totally different than what the EA colleague shared before (I quoted previously). Unfortunately I'm a Mac user so this doesn't help me at all, but for all your PC players this might be a good news for you to check out on STEAM to see if this is the same for you in your regions. Since this seems to be the only way, I might keep updating the information I could find on my own to help me, or anyone who cares about this issue, understand what's going on, at least before I give up purchasing. ----------------- Sep 5th 2025 edited ------ With the new EP "Adventure Awaits" pre-order coming, the EP "Enchanted by Nature", which WAS ON SHELF FOR PURCHASE DAYS AGO, now has been REMOVED from EA Store. What's more, there's NO WAY to create bundles ourselves to purchase now. This is BEYOND RIDICULOUS. I wonder which kind, or which exact terms, of regional standards would so kindly and mercifully allow a certain product to be SOLD IN A PHASE before getting PROHIBITED?? Is this REALLY about standards that come from the impacted regions (listed by EA colleagues below quoted earlier), or is this actually an EA Policy??? With no exact terms quoted, with no exact time schedule announced, the only gesture that Sims4 Players who are shut out from purchase can read from the current situation is that EA doesn't care about these players buying or not. Only speaking for myself, I understand the marketing policy to promote new products and withdraw the early ones in order to concentrate the revenue or whatever to meet the internal KPI, however, it is a totally different thing to keep customers in the dark, only throw out vague explanation and publicly launch new product in such a self-conflicting way. "No clear information" is an information and an attitude also. ----------------- Aug 19th 2025 edited ------ For Sims4 Players who share the similar issues: the current situation is that for now there's "no way" for players from some regions to buy some of the packs of The Sims4 in any platform, as long as you're from the influenced regions. "Heya ChakahStrange I've gone ahead and merged your threads together as they were mostly on the same topic. The reality of the situation is that we must abide by regional standards and practices when offering content for sale in that region. This means that for any number of reasons in certain geographical locales we cannot offer content that may depict certain lifestyles, content, or cultural practices. So long as you're connecting to the PlayStation Network, Xbox Live, the EA app, EPIC Games or wherever you play The Sims 4 from this region, you won't see some of our content for sale for legal reasons." -- by EA_Cade (the related region information could be found in below from the reply of EA Community Manager, as I quote in here: Hi all, The Sims 4 and the DLC is not available in some regions of the world due to regional standards, I believe this includes China, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar and Egypt. If you're currently in one of these regions, this would be why you're not able to download or view The Sims in the store. -- by EA_Solaire ) ----------------- edited notice --------------- to the players who are worried about this issue, please kindly check the reply from the EA community manager about the possible regional restriction to limit our purchase for certain packs. I only left this question on "Solved" is to let people to see this reply as a current purchase status, but it doesn't mean that we're able to buy those packs yet. And until this edited notice, I haven't got any reply on what the restriction really is, whether it's permanent or not, or what will the schedule to solve this be put on track. Aug 18th, 2025 ----------------- the original post ------------ As shown in my pics attached, I can't purchase the game pack "Growing Together"(in my wishlist) or "Businesses & Hobbies". The page of the pack display says "Not Available for Purchase / This game is no longer offered in our catalog, but there are tons more games to find. Just head to the browse page and start exploring." But the thing is, if I add "Growing Together" into a bundle and purchase other 2 packs in the meantime, the paying page will proceed. I'm a Mac user and I'm sure my EA app is updated for the recentest version. So, all I want to know is that is this a technical problem? (If so, how can I fix it?) Or is it just a promotion strategy that I can't purchase the above 2 packs only by themselves? (as all I can purchase solely on the app are those packs on sale)? I've seen lot of gamers talking about this situation on EA app for these 2 days. Since the sale is ending, I wanna know the answer, for obvious reasons. Thanks. CM edit: Edited title for clarity. Please refrain from removing changes made by CMs.
