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Originally posted by Zorvan

Hey, Cholayna? Remember when I said to watch for the next train wreck as soon as the free time ended? lol

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oh yeh and most of us happily got the popcorn and got in our seats to watch this latest comedy of errors LOL I was ready for it, popcorn, lotsa butter, goobers, feet up on the seat in front of me and a tall drink the cup holder.

Gotta admit -- for a game that is incredibly elementary coding 101 with not many graduates the behind the scenes crapola is extremely entertaining in and of itself. LOL

You gotta , ya just gotta say omg whats next? LOL

A tip that has helped me prevent getting scammed/charged for trials that I shouldn't be...

Most credit card companies now have a system online wherein you can request a virtual card number.  It basically creates a unique card number for you that is attached to your current account.  It is intended mainly for online or phone purchases.  The vendor/company you give this information to gets the temporary card number, never your actual credit card number.

Some of the better banks/financial institutions allow you to set both expiration dates and dollar limits on charges to these virtual numbers.  I usually, for a trial, set the expiration date to 60 days, and put a $.01 limit on it.  If I like the game, I up the limit allowed to be charged to the card and extend the expiration period (appropriate to LEGITIMATE charges that I would incur).

If a "trial" accidentally (or on purpose due to scamming) charges me, the most they can charge for is $.01; there is no "overcharge" penalty on the virtual card.

This can really save you a headache in situations like this.  Plus, all this info is tracked online via your actual credit card account, so you can see what activity is pending and processed against the virtual card.  Try it, you'll thank yourself.

They've known about this billing issue since before dnl went live

This is the same billing issue that effected the golden egg accounts from getting to login on time

This is the same billing issue that i bitched about in many many many posts, I went thru the highest people I could talk to at AD, I filed probably 20 support tickets each taking about a month to answer (with a canned response I might add)

They knew it was going to happen, in fact I'm sure they planned for it hoping that most people wouldn't notice

You can see all my posts on the dnl forums complaining about being misbilled and mischarged since around jan 06

Go to the dnl forums and do a search for all posts by ricklowdis, I believe my last 300 or so posts were about the billing problems

I don't think I need to worry about this but I'll say it anyhow I'll never again play a game from farlan nor will I or my guild ever play a game that Alchemic Dream GM/Mods for

hahahaha Farlan can't even get their own accounts closed.

Farlan, go back to school damnit >_<

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Originally posted by Thor79

Thankfully I revoked the permission I gave C&B to charge my credit card...so nothing happened with my account.

I would assume the people who did get charged were the ones who forgot to revoke the permission for C&B to charge their credit card even though they hadn't actually setup their accounts for the subscription.

I believe I recall reading people here advising people to revoke the permission so something like this would not happen. Looks like that advice was good advice.

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LOL and apparently, a few more ppl got surprises for xmas!! This billing thing continues...Farlan has done NOTHING to fix this.

I dont mean to laugh at the ppl getting jerked around with their money, and especially at xmas time!, I am however enjoying a knee slapping

Lol, i tried to get a refund, but was denied, but the rep at Farlan said my account would be switched to a freedom account free of charge, incase i wanted to keep tabs on development. Few months down the road i keep getting emails about a subscription charge for 14.99 and one for 9.99.

Seems the switch wasn't free lol, but i did revoke, and i emailed C&C to delete my account info, and they did, so Farlan should have some trouble here.