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[acfiz99]

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

[FearTheReaper94]

No lawsuit here.

Says it includes said content, whether or not you have immediate access to it is a different story.

Modifié par FearTheReaper94, 03 juin 2012 - 11:49 .

[Vespervin]

I don't believe any lawyer would go with this.

[Paeyvn]

Uh...no.

They released free stuff to you, and you complain. You don't have to spend real money if you don't want to.

I have not spent a dime, yet I am capable of unlocking the new stuff, whodathunk?

[Draining Dragon]

I don't see how spectre packs come into this at all.

[NobleVigilante]

Erm no we get the content supplied with the DLC, thats like saying I got For Ashes but I had to unlock the particle rifle.

[SeaJayX]

>99

sounds about right.

[Leones Maneres]

acfiz99 wrote...

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

Trrrrrrrroooooolllllllll.

[Xaijin]

acfiz99 wrote...

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

Nope. Press for the item very clearly states what the DLC actually is. Unlike the deliberate and premeditated SP press BS, nothing about the rebllion pack is actionable.

[Kristofer1]

you are complaining about FREE DLC!?!?!?!?!?!? FREEEEE
get over it. spend time and unlock it. i wouldnt pay for it. i like the free method.

[Dookie no jutsu]

acfiz99 wrote...

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

I guess someone just spent their first semester in college. Good for you. Just go play another game instead of polluting the forum with needless threads.

[Homey C-Dawg]

You'd have a point if packs could only be bought with real money.

[Major Durza]

Way to ****** them off and prevent them from releasing free DLC for everyone. One thing in common about such frivolous lawsuits: Considerable payout for the party involved, more strict regulations and consequences that harm everyone else (Woman sued McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee on herself, McDonald's no longer has hot coffee. Loose example).

[Alexraptor1]

Fraud lol?
Whats he been smoking?

[Tangster]

Abram Smash?

[GGW KillerTiger]

They added 3 new charachters to the game
They added new gear
They adde 2 new maps
They added a new objective

All of which were what they announced for the FREE DLC

Also fraud usually means you paid for it and yet again the DLC was FREE!!

[Methew]

acfiz99 wrote...

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

Details from the Mass Effect 3 Rebellion DLC. Emphasis on the bold.

"In game reinforcement packs now include three new weapons (Reegar Carbine, Krysae Sniper Rifle, Cerberus Harrier) as well as equipment, consumables and six new classes from species that have lost lives or whole planets to the Reapers: Quarian Engineer, and Infiltrator, Vorchar Soldier and Sentinel, and Phoenix Adept and Vanguard."

What bait and switch?

Modifié par Methew, 03 juin 2012 - 11:53 .

[Mal3fact0r]

Gaming forum lawyers FTW

[krknight]

when did we have to start paying for spectre packs?

[marshalleck]

Oh, a lawsuit thread. You get the generic lawsuit thread form response:

Lawyer up and please let us know how it turns out.

[rmccowen]

acfiz99 wrote...

"Bait-and-switch is a form of fraud, most commonly used in retail sales but also applicable to other contexts. First, customers are "baited" by advertising for a product or service at a low price; second, the customers discover that the advertised good is not available and are "switched" to a costlier product"

They advertised a free dlc pack that included 2 maps, 6 characters, 3 weapons, new gear items, 1 game mode. What we got was 2 maps and 1 game mode with the chance to unlock 6 new characters, 3 new weapons, and gear items with money or in-game currency. Free characters/weapons/gear are the bait, spectre packs are the switch.

This might be one of the dumbest threads I've seen in weeks, and that's saying something on BSN.

You might have a point... except that it's perfectly possible to unlock the new content without paying anything at all.

EDIT: Not to mention that the description of the DLC is perfectly clear about what you get.

Modifié par rmccowen, 03 juin 2012 - 11:56 .

[SoulRebel_1979]

If I had a dollar for every gamer who threatened a Dev House with a lawsuit, I'd probably be able to buy a 1988 Toyota Camry.

[marshalleck]

Major Durza wrote...

Way to ****** them off and prevent them from releasing free DLC for everyone. One thing in common about such frivolous lawsuits: Considerable payout for the party involved, more strict regulations and consequences that harm everyone else (Woman sued McDonalds because she spilled hot coffee on herself, McDonald's no longer has hot coffee. Loose example).

FYI, that woman suffered 3rd degree burns from said coffee and required skin grafts. That's more than just "hot."

Modifié par marshalleck, 03 juin 2012 - 11:57 .

[DarkerCompanion]

Your argument would possibly be valid, but you missed two points:

One, the content advertised IS in the game, just not immediately available. When I bought Borderland's Secret Armory of General Knoxx, I was told there were new Pearlescent weapons, a good dozen of them. A year later, and hundreds of hours of farming, I only have one. That you have to earn it is not a caveat. It might be if your oven only cooked at 450 degrees if you used it at 350 for one hundred hours first, but this being a video game, the time you spend is part of what you pay for.

Second, they baited with something free, and there is no switch. While the description is somewhat misleading, there is no "paid version" which actually includes all the content immediately, and the basic version was at no cost at all.