Warning to All MLG Silver Members - Page 9
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groms
Canada1017 Posts
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rave[wcr]
United States1166 Posts
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Charger
United States2405 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:11 Tuba wrote: This makes me extremely sad.. and kills off a big chunk of the MLG hype I had going. I only bought the Silver pass so I could have HD streams and be able to throw fun SC2 parties at my place with my giant tele. If I'm reading this right.. $30 just to have access to HD video game streams is something that I exceeds my set aside esports budget. MLG has hinted at upcoming alternative subscriptions just for HD streams. I imagine they would be priced accordingly (cheaper) so you should be fine. | ||
Achaia
United States643 Posts
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6BiT
513 Posts
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Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
Their stuff is reasonable and they put out the best tournament/content in the world outside of the GSL. People need more respect really. | ||
DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:43 Hall0wed wrote: So many haters in this thread. People around here don't have a level head when posting in topics like this. Their stuff is reasonable and they put out the best tournament/content in the world outside of the GSL. People need more respect really. especially since they've already hinted at a (cheaper) alternative for HD as well. | ||
heartlxp
United States1258 Posts
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FuzzyJAM
Scotland9300 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:43 Hall0wed wrote: So many haters in this thread. People around here don't have a level head when posting in topics like this. Their stuff is reasonable and they put out the best tournament/content in the world outside of the GSL. People need more respect really. I like MLG. I suspect I've been a fan of theirs for longer than you have. Doesn't change the fact that selling a service which you then decide not to give and then only giving a refund if it's specifically requested is completely unacceptable and is even illegal. | ||
Kar98
Australia924 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:50 heartlxp wrote: hehe is 30$ or whatever difference that big a deal when it's PER YEAR? are people paying subs w/ food stamps or something You forgot that it's the starcraft community. $10 a month is an outragous amount and then make excuses that they are college students and can't afford that much | ||
Hall0wed
United States8486 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:53 FuzzyJAM wrote: I like MLG. I suspect I've been a fan of theirs for longer than you have. Doesn't change the fact that selling a service which you then decide not to give and then only giving a refund if it's specifically requested is completely unacceptable and is even illegal. My MLG account dates back to February 2005. I can link it if you really need me to, I was a huge Halo fan back in the day. I suggest not starting off your replies with things like that in the future, assumptions like that are no fun. ^_^ | ||
dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:29 Achaia wrote: Wow $30 a year seems pretty reasonable to me for an entire year of HD access considering how many more events they're doing this year. I'll probably be getting a gold membership. It beats the hell out of the outlandish prices that Gom is starting to charge. Yep. I paid $30 for the Gold Membership and couldn't be happier. | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27093 Posts
On February 03 2012 03:28 MLG_Adam wrote: Anyone that renewed after 12/22 with the expectation of getting Columbus HD will be given a refund if you email the support Kyle listed in his post. Seems kind of crappy to put the onus on the customer to do this. | ||
dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On February 03 2012 13:37 carloselcoco wrote: It is legal as long as the public is informed, and there is reasonable time to react. This was a legal move. this is why people shouldnt rely on legal advice on the internet. | ||
Sea_Food
Finland1612 Posts
Btw lol at stupid people who renew their membership, when there isnt even a event running. Are you to lazy to cancel the subscibtion each time and renew it just when a new event strarts, or do u just want to support mlg that much? | ||
dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
On February 03 2012 15:04 Manifesto7 wrote: Seems kind of crappy to put the onus on the customer to do this. It's a lose-lose situation. What's the other option? Automatically un-sub all silver members? That could affect even more people if MLG's stats about Gamebattles are correct. | ||
Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On February 03 2012 13:37 carloselcoco wrote: It is legal as long as the public is informed, and there is reasonable time to react. This was a legal move. Say someone is on a vacation for 2 weeks and then gets back and finds out they were charged for a contract they didn't sign - is that legal? My common sense says no. And apparently the law says no as well. You can't change the terms of the substribtion and continue charging. That's just not legal, and not ethical either. And no, it doesn't matter if it's in your ToS. What if Blizzard changed their WoW subscribtion to suddenly not include WoW and instead allowed their users to visit a premium member forum for that instead and hope everyone doesn't cancel? Do you think that would be legal? | ||
dAPhREAk
Nauru12397 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:35 6BiT wrote: So after reading this thread I see that MLG have made a couple of changes to their Silver membership (a good change), made an announcement about the change. Told you to cancel subscription if you didn't like the change (to the game battles thing), even told told you how to get a refund if they renewed recently... and a bunch of people are calling them retards ? get a clue i have been paying for a year now with their auto-renew, which i never actually signed up for by the way (it was automatic and i found out when they charged my credit card). thats beside the point though. they took my money on 1/30/12 for the silver membership, which includes HD. then, i get an email today saying "just kidding. you dont get shit! oh, and if you want your money back, do this and this and that." thats utter bullshit. i am still going to pay for MLG's gold pass because $30 is a good deal, but wtf MLG. dont treat your customers like this. i would be tempted to say im going to boycott them, but that would just mean i dont get to watch. IPL is a much better tournament; if they become a competitor, im likely gone from mlg. | ||
Wren
United States745 Posts
On February 03 2012 14:35 6BiT wrote: So after reading this thread I see that MLG have made a couple of changes to their Silver membership (a good change), made an announcement about the change. Told you to cancel subscription if you didn't like the change (to the game battles thing), even told told you how to get a refund if they renewed recently... and a bunch of people are calling them retards ? get a clue The email didn't include the refund path, hence the outcry. | ||
r.Evo
Germany14054 Posts
On February 03 2012 15:25 Wren wrote: The email didn't include the refund path, hence the outcry. Any business that's about money would do it like this. a) You're pissed at the email but don't care enough to do stuff about it -> moar $$ b) You're pissed at the email, google around and find out that you can get your subscription money back -> the company can tell everyone that they're offering a great service to your customers by offering that option so easily accessible. Not saying that I approve of it, but charging people who are lazy more when it comes to subscriptions isn't exactly a new concept. | ||
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