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Awesome Customer Relations

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Takeshi Coldstream
Office of hi-sec stupidity
#1 - 2016-07-29 17:39:53 UTC
So....a couple of days after my wife and I renew our accounts for three months, CCP offers renewal people Multiple Character Training...if they resub for 3 months. Then, I buy a plex to convert to ISK, and CCP offers a sale on PLEX the very next day. Just once it would be nice to be rewarded for supporting the company, instead of kicked in the teeth for my loyalty.


Memphis Baas
#2 - 2016-07-29 17:59:01 UTC
So there are multiple reports here and on Reddit that CCP usually reimburses people who miss their promotions by only a few days. So why don't you create a petition ticket, explain your situation, and see what happens.

Even if they don't reimburse you for the pricing differences, they may add enough days to your subscriptions to make it equivalent.
DeMichael Crimson
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2016-07-29 17:59:26 UTC
Just bad timing. Or as some would say, bad RNG.

Just look at it this way, enjoying the game is reward enough.

Anyway, welcome back to Eve.



DMC
Entity
X-Factor Industries
Synthetic Existence
#4 - 2016-07-29 17:59:42 UTC
They're terribly sorry and they'll make sure next time they want to do a special offer they contact you first.

In all seriousness though, It happens.

I bought a desk chair a while ago. next week it was 50€ off.
I bought a mattress, next month it was 80€ cheaper.
Uncle bought a printer. the next week it was 25% off.

etc..

Agree it's really annoying when it happens, though.

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Princess Adhara
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#5 - 2016-07-29 18:02:14 UTC
I bought a lottery ticket... the following week they told me what the winning numbers were Sad
Shae Tadaruwa
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#6 - 2016-07-29 18:07:33 UTC
Wow, you were kicked in the teeth?

Hope you're ok OP. That sounds really tragic.

Like, I know if I bought something and got the value I was expecting, then any subsequent sale is just bad luck for me. I still got the value I was looking for, but some other people scored. Good luck to them.

But to get kicked in the teeth. Just terrible.

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Paranoid Loyd
#7 - 2016-07-29 18:08:25 UTC  |  Edited by: Paranoid Loyd
Nothing like a customer who blames his bad luck on the company. Even goes as far as calling it getting kicked in the teeth. Roll

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Sonya Corvinus
Grant Village
#8 - 2016-07-29 18:20:25 UTC
This is why working in customer service is a god-awful nightmare.

Imagine questions like this 97 times/day
Cara Forelli
State War Academy
Caldari State
#9 - 2016-07-29 18:35:14 UTC
Wow.

Might I direct you to Features and Ideas? I have a feeling your next thread will belong with your peers there...

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Murena D'Morrigane
Doomheim
#10 - 2016-07-29 18:51:26 UTC
I remember when i bought a bunch of PLEX to start a 2nd account, just so i was able to train 2 characters at the same time. A week later CCP came out with the 'Multiple Char Training option' and on top of that a 'start a 2nd account with ..%off'.

Shouldn't focus on it too much. You decided that the price you paid at that time was reasonable and good enough for you and your lover to have fun in New Eden. That CCP throws out discounts the next day or even the next minute shouldn't bother you in any way.

If it does, well then lesson learned sir. Next time you wait for the discount season/days to begin and then you buy what you want.

Then again...patience is a rare commodity these days..
Sigh..
DaReaper
Net 7
Cannon.Fodder
#11 - 2016-07-29 19:45:37 UTC
Takeshi Coldstream wrote:
So....a couple of days after my wife and I renew our accounts for three months, CCP offers renewal people Multiple Character Training...if they resub for 3 months. Then, I buy a plex to convert to ISK, and CCP offers a sale on PLEX the very next day. Just once it would be nice to be rewarded for supporting the company, instead of kicked in the teeth for my loyalty.





or instead of whining on the forums, open a petition and ask politely if you can get in on the deal. its really not that bloody hard to deal with

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Chopper Rollins
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2016-07-29 23:29:10 UTC
As someone who has been kicked in the teeth a few times, i would say "Nah".
Clearly you notice the times you miss a deal more than the times you don't.
Work on that as you enjoy your spaecships, welcome back have a great time o7.


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Sobaan Tali
Caldari Quick Reaction Force
#13 - 2016-07-30 03:30:02 UTC
Happens to me with Steam games all the time. On the oft chance that I both have money to throw around and an active interest in some game I've watch-listed for months, I tend to buy them just before they go on some random massive bake sale. As others have stated, it's just bad timing on your part. It happens, but it certainly isn't the seller's fault that you didn't wait a little while longer.

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Blade Darth
Room for Improvement
Good Sax
#14 - 2016-07-30 07:47:07 UTC
CCP waits 24h after you buy a plex to unleash the discounts? Damn, that's a better relation than with my ex.
John Volan
Imperial Shipment
Amarr Empire
#15 - 2016-07-30 08:21:08 UTC
Now I can't say this with absolute certainty but I'm pretty sure they didn't plan their promotions with the sole purpose of screwing you over.
Moonlit Raid
Doomheim
#16 - 2016-07-30 21:06:19 UTC
Takeshi Coldstream wrote:
So....a couple of days after my wife and I renew our accounts for three months, CCP offers renewal people Multiple Character Training...if they resub for 3 months. Then, I buy a plex to convert to ISK, and CCP offers a sale on PLEX the very next day. Just once it would be nice to be rewarded for supporting the company, instead of kicked in the teeth for my loyalty.



The answer is obvious isn't it? Cancel all your subs until you get an offer on your account.

If brute force isn't working, you're just not using enough.

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Bishop Bob
Ministry of War
Amarr Empire
#17 - 2016-07-30 21:48:11 UTC
Takeshi Coldstream wrote:
So....a couple of days after my wife and I renew our accounts for three months, CCP offers renewal people Multiple Character Training...if they resub for 3 months. Then, I buy a plex to convert to ISK, and CCP offers a sale on PLEX the very next day. Just once it would be nice to be rewarded for supporting the company, instead of kicked in the teeth for my loyalty.



I know how you feel. I re-subbed for 12 months on 3 accounts and less than a month later they offered rewards for anyone re-subbing for 6 or 12 months.
Serene Repose
#18 - 2016-07-31 08:35:37 UTC
An old man turned ninety-eight.
He won the lottery and died the next day.
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.

It's like rain on your wedding day.
It's a free ride when you've already paid.
It's the good advice that you just didn't take.

A traffic jam when you're already late,
a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break,
it's like ten-thousand spoons
when all you need is a knife.

It's meeting the man of my dreams,
and then meeting his beautiful wife.
And, isn't it ironic, don't you think?

-Alanis-

We must accommodate the idiocracy.

Nalia White
Tencus
#19 - 2016-07-31 11:23:52 UTC
the entitlement issues of some people...

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Ralph King-Griffin
New Eden Tech Support
#20 - 2016-07-31 11:41:24 UTC
Serene Repose wrote:
An old man turned ninety-eight.
He won the lottery and died the next day.
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay.
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late.

It's like rain on your wedding day.
It's a free ride when you've already paid.
It's the good advice that you just didn't take.

A traffic jam when you're already late,
a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break,
it's like ten-thousand spoons
when all you need is a knife.

It's meeting the man of my dreams,
and then meeting his beautiful wife.
And, isn't it ironic, don't you think?

-Alanis-

Thats not ironic you mad canadian bat!

Most of these are just bad luck.

A traffic jam when your already late ... Not ironic.

Now if you happen to be the minister for transport on your way to a meeting about the traffic problem,

THATS, ironic.
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