Absolutely ****ing awesome

[Absinthe]

I want to take this opportunity to give a nice big "**** you" to the human population.

So there I was yesterday, contemplating wether or not to purchase World of Warcraft. I figured I would since I had so much fun with my free trial. I pick it up, take it to the counter, purchase it, and head off a wee bit merrier.

I'm the kind of person that tends to throw reciepts away.

An hour ago, I open the box and see five pretty WoW discs in a sleeve and a nice fat manual. I load up my account page on Blizzard's site and I'm informed that I need to punch in my new authentication key and I'll be all set. Dandy!
Except I have no authentication key. It's mysteriously ****ing missing. I search through the manual, the box, the discs, the sleeve, and find nothing. I do a quick search on the internet as to where the location of this key would be, chalking up my inability to find it to me being an idiot. "On the sleeve with the CD's!" they cry. I look down and find, to my utter shock, that there is a giant tear where the key should be located. Indeed, it looks as if some jackass has tampered with the box and ripped the key from the sleeve.

I am so angry I could eat a kitten.

So I basically want to thank the world for being full of jackasses. I can only pray that I'm allowed to return the game without proof of purchase.

 

[Spectre01]

Well I guess we all learned something important from this, always keep your reciepts.

 

[Warbie]

That sucks :/

Take it back to the store for a refund - it's worth a try.

 

[halflifeguy]

dude that fuc**** sucks........
i had that happen to me with diablo 2
u cant imagine how mad i was to go and buy another one, because Blizzard couldnt do anything about it.....

 

[Absinthe]

Oh yeah, I'm definitely trying later today. If that doesn't work, Blizzard's site details steps to rectify the situation.

My anger isn't so much spawned from an inability to play, really. In the end, I will be able to get it to work (albeit through more time, energy, and possibly money). I'm just pissed at these kinds of people who rifle through games and rip out the necessary parts for their own gain, depriving everybody else.

 

[Lemonking]

where the CDs ina paper case? my number has it on that case


edit:If you wanna play now pm me I can give you my guest pass I dont have anyone else 2 share it with

 

[ailevation]

Don't you read? Somebody tore the piece from the paper case where the cd-key is.

I got WoW sitting on my desk... hasn't been touched at all. My parents don't want to pay monthy for a videogame, so I have yet to find time cards.

 

[Lemonking]

ups guesss I missed that part

 

[VictimOfScience]

I'm just pissed at these kinds of people who rifle through games and rip out the necessary parts for their own gain, depriving everybody else.

Yeah, fecking terrible behavior. Not all that dissimilar from what the warez kiddies do, except they just steal the whole thing outright from the pocket of the developer and publisher. Infidel defilers. They shall all drown in lakes of blood.

I'm the kind of person that tends to throw reciepts away.

If you have ever had any contact with the IRS, you might want to seriously reconsider this policy :cheers:.

 

[IchI]

I got my copy for £27 on release day, good price if u ask me. I think there is a suport line for missing keys. There is some other form of identification of the CDs them self. You can give blizzard this and asuming its actually authentic they will return the key to you. I have never done it myself, but I was talking with someone about it. Contact Blizzard suport.

 

[specialmax]

WoW sucks...

 

[DreadLord]

WoW sucks...

Mmhm, serves you right for purchasing it.

 

[Absinthe]

Liez. WoW rocks you like a hurricane.

 

[Lemonking]

yup I even it bought it twice

 

[15357]

I don't think you can play WoW here, without your social security number.

I tryed and found out that someone stole it. :/

 

[Sulkdodds]

Well I guess we all learned something important from this, always keep your reciepts.

Sad truth.

On the plus side, once you get it rocking, WoW owns your mother****ing kitten if not quite your cat.

 

[Insano]

Ironically, just after I read this thread, I checked my mails. I seem to have won a contest, so I get 10 games for free

 

[Asuka]

Stores always let me return stuff without recept. Just be smart about it.

 

[Javert]

Things are in your favor if you used a credit card and it's a large (read: accountable) retail chain. You should go for it.

 

[Absinthe]

Unfortunately I used cash. Why I didn't use my card... I dunno. Had a wad of greens and figured "why not".

Won't be paying the store a visit today, it seems. Busy schedule. Tomorrow for sure though. And if that doesn't work out, I'll call support. The WoW site detailed some BS process of having to mail them my sleeve or some such and I figure there has to be an easier way.

 

[Da-Muffin-Man]

Even if you had the reciept they may just think that you took the cd key out to sell or something. ;(

 

[Absinthe]

Yeah. Basically, the odds are against me in this particular situation.

 

[DarkStar]

That SAME thing happened to me.

I took it back three times before I finally found a box with a CD key in it.

Suck.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Well I guess we all learned something important from this, always keep your reciepts.

Throwing away the receipt is okay, but keep for at least 2 weeks (the usual return garantee)

Have you actually checked the CD's themselves, when I was trying to install X2, it kept on asking me for the authentication code. It took me an hour to realise to check the CD's, and there you have it (Your safe in the knowledge that if the key is on the Game CD then you will always have it safe)

 

[Absinthe]

I've checked every nook and cranny of the packaging. To a lesser extent, I've checked the discs themselves. Exploring them to the fullest extent possible would be impractical for both Blizzard and the consumer.

 

[Jintor]

WoW is a great thing, but it's like a pleasure vortex. It's nice and great and it sucks you in and then you can't ever escape it...

'Til you hit lvl 60. Friends say the game becomes everquest around that point.

 

[Absinthe]

Oh yes, I'm aware of how good WoW is. Part of me reasoned against purchasing it because if my experience with the trial was anything to go by, it may not be the best thing for me, especially in my relatively recently established college environment.

Hit level 60... bah, I'll start a new character. And the new expansion should add great stuff to suck me back in again.

 

[destrukt]

one of the eb's down here has a blackmarket for cd keys being ran by some of their shady employe's.

if you wink the right way; have a leaking pen in your pocket and a scarf they'll take you to the back and slip you a piece of paper with a legit mmorpg [wow, shadowbone and so on] key for only $5.


ok, i made up the second paragraph, but these guys rip off soo many cd keys.