Not happy right now Microsoft.

I'm glad for the chance to play it, however, it was free and it's not really mine and that's ok. Maybe they'll forget about my copy. ¯\_(シ)_/¯

:)

 

Xbox Freezes

Same problem here, so my xbox is useless right now, Microsoft fix this ASAP, not a good way to keep users happy.

 

Microsoft

Don't know if this was the best place to post but as of my time right now, Happy Birthday Microsoft.

 

LOL...... small claims court? Really? Isn't McDonalds looking for someone to work the night shift and contribute to society vs plugging up the court system to fight a free game mistake? People never cease to amaze me ; in a sickening way.....

 

Well thats nice and all about being sickens and stuff, but when someone sells you something they can't just "take it back" regardless of the price. I went through with the transaction so I should own it.

 

It could be worse. They could take it and not give you anything. At least they're giving you 10 bucks.

I agree though they shouldn't take it back though.

 

not sure how they are affected in the uk, as the stores on the highstreet use to have to honour wrong prices advertised in store, but the regulators in this country changed the rules and the stores did not have to honour them, once the store was notifies
of the mistake they had 24hrs to change it to the correct price, i wonder if this applies to online stores also.

 

Actually Microsoft can revoke your license at any time:

This is from the ToU

2.5. What limitations apply to my access and use of Microsoft and third-party content? We may disable access to Microsoft and third-party content associated with your account for any reason. We may also remove or disable games, applications, content, or
Services on your Authorized Device in order to protect the Services, application providers, network operators or any other affected or potentially affected parties.

At the end of the day you downloaded something you knew shouldn't be free so I think you're lucky to lose the game & get some xbox live credit

 

The OP and anyone else believes they might have any hope of legal repercussions are going to be in for a disappointment.

Law in pretty much the entire developed world protects Online Purchases and Sales from pricing errors. Law has accurately described the difference between a "brick and mortar building" and in pricing errors in which most are obligated to uphold an error made
on their behalf and an Online Service that allows purchase of either Physical Goods or Digital Services.

I'm not in anyway trying to make a statement of a legal claim or an argument from authority fallacy but anyone is free to simply

Google results to get a clear understanding of how both Consumers and Manufactures or Retailers are protected in regards.

In short, Online mistake in price can be revoked.

 

lol the shills are out in full force.

"MS can't afford to lose 90 bucks, they are a billion dollar + company who often can't afford tissue paper to wipe their nose. So, tell ya what. Here's 10 bucks but we are TAKING BACK THE GAME... No, Okay then. Here is the ToU which clearly say's yada, yada,
yada. (Subject to change without notice) and we can revoke your license to play any and all games you've purchased."

Sounds like an open ended threat to me! But I guess corporate waterboarding is the. "In thing" these days eh.

On a more casual note to address a question raised earlier. Courts are their for a purpose. You (Taxpayer) pays Judges etc to do a job, not to set on their backsides doing nothing. So if SCC agrees to hear such a case, then a president could be set. But
then MS would just file an appeal, and string any judgment, no matter how small out for years. For "Too big to jail" corporations has no morals, and will even spend millions bribing law makers in order to make sure they have an out in any situation.

No, you think they have morals? Then why is MS, and all of you crying over 90 bucks? Well, actually more like 80 after MS's offering the OP 10 as compensation.

Don't make no sense does it?

After reading the OP's post about MS offer to pay 10 bucks, but remove the game in question. I

thought. That is the most pathetic, hogwash I've ever heard. Why would a multi billion dollar company worry itself over 90 bucks? Even if 10,000 people DL the game for FREE. MS can afford it.

I've heard you guy's (Sills) crying here about. "I am an early adapter, I want my free..." Or. "I joined the preview program which bricked my out of warranty X1. MS replaced it, but only gave me a 90 day warranty with the replacement. I want an entire years
worth." ~ Yet, since this individual is a regular. No-one, except myself. Posted in opposition. And what was the reply. "MS can afford it.."

Conclusion: MS Marketplace made the mistake. Even if the mistake come by way of a disgruntled employee, it's MS job to have oversight. They failed, and failed miserably. But it's Okay for corporate to laze around doing NOTHING. For if anything gets past
them, they have ToU and license (Privilege) to

protect them.

But what about the consumer? What do they have? Well, it's safe to say they have MS's moral support. Courts? - Not anymore as Courts are far too expensive for the average person and just as crooked as the Salem mobs hanging people suspected of witchcraft.

So I guess that you may as well do the moral thing and kiss the game goodbye OP. Oh, and probably send the crybabies at MS a box of tissues with the 10 bucks they compensated you with. That way the next time they begin crying, they can at least wipe their
nose.

 

The OP and everyone else is still $10 ahead for MS's screw up. The way everyone is out for blood because MS is a multi-billion corporation is really truly, well, based on the gang here, not surprising......

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Why would MS give Fallout 4 away for free? REALLY, THINK ABOUT THAT...... if it is to good to be true... it probably is.

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Electo, if you were at work for yourself and mistakenly gave away $3000 of products to opportunists who took advantage of you and you knew all the people, would you not make them aware of the mistake and humbly request the product back, but in turn give
the people a small amount of compensation for your screw up???

 

Kvas, IF is a BIG word.

But, if I were at work. Whether for myself or no, I would actually work so that mistakes like that couldn't happen.

Thing is, after reading a few earlier replies. That since 'law' (Ya right!) allows online companies to make mistakes with no retributions, then mistakes like this will (HAS) become the norm.

Say for example the 3 times I noticed MS Marketplace advertising a sale price of $4.99, but then when you click on the ad, the price is 3 times that. I posted about it. But then began noticing.. Such things are commonplace with MS, and I contend that since
it is so commonplace, it can only be by either design, laziness, or sheer stupidity.

My vote is it's done by design, with the designers knowing that they will get away with it every-time.

 

@Farscape, I work in retail and we don't have to honour an incorrect price ticket. (Although we usually do. Customer service and all that). Its called "Refusal to treat". Granted we would have to remove all the stock of the item from sale for 48 hours but
thats the legal standing in the UK.

 

It's one thing to revoke a license if you paid for the game. Say, the mistake had been that it was priced at €20 instead of the usual, you paid the 20 and now they'd revoke the license and give you your money back. In a case like that, at least here you'd
have some rights. However, you paid nothing for it and in exchange for having your license revoked you get 10 bucks. Just take the money and be happy about it. It's a $10 profit for you for MS's mistake. People these days, smh.

 

"But, if I were at work. Whether for myself or no, I would actually work so that mistakes like that couldn't happen."

Nobody is perfect. And we are dealing with complex systems. It could very well be that there was a pricing change on something totally different and some kind of system error caused the problem. So in instances like this I have no problem with what they
have done. And it is a nice thing to give the $10 instead of just removing the license and fixing the price error.

Then again, I have seen this happen on physical items. Even at the grocery store. They had an advertisement of a price that was way low. Come to find out that the place that prints and sends the adds had an error. No way they could honor it. Most understood
a mistake but a few where very upset. I had a friend who is like that and was very upset. Same friend would not honor his mistake when it happened in his store because it was priced by mistake due to getting busy and accidently mislabeling the item.

And MS may be huge but they have to have consistency. So say they let this one slide. Then it happens again at some point in the future. They would be expected to honor it. And it could be a much larger number of people and cost a lot more money. And
all from an input error that happened to mess with a game they did not expect and thus did not check for correctness.