WOW just owned me

[Alone]

Well, actually, it's pretty much my fault.

A year ago a few of my friends were starting out on WOW. It looked cool, and I liked most of Blizzard's game, so being the idiot that I sometimes am, I bought a 6 month subscription. It cost me like $75 CAD or something.

I played the game for about 6 hours before I got right pissed off. Something about running back and forth multiple times to complete a single quest, in addition to getting my ass kicked by everything wasn't very appealing.

So I gave up playing, uninstalled and considered it a $75 lesson learned. That is, until I looked at my VISA statement and noticed I was just charged $75 again. It seems it's a recurring subscription.

So...I'm an idiot. How do I unsubscribe before I lose even more money?

 

[RESmonkey]

whow, so paying in bulk months is means a recurring subscription of the same amount of bulk months? that...sounds illegal in some way, doesn't it?

 

[zerocool84]

So for a few years you've been getting charged $75 and never noticed until now?

 

[lifeobry]

You should just play it. WoW is fun.

 

[Alone]

So for a few years you've been getting charged $75 and never noticed until now?

I think it was just this one time. I'll have to go through my past statements to see if it has happened before, which wouldn't surprise me.

 

[Balt]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml

Log in to account management with your old login info.

 

[Alone]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml

Log in to account management with your old login info.

I found that a few minutes ago. I had to convert my WOW account name over to a battle.net e-mail address, so I did that. Got the confirmation e-mail. Then I tried to recover my password and it said my account information was wrong. Erg, wtf. This shit is as hard to get rid of as a heroin addiction.

 

[Alone]

Ah, there we go.

 

[TallBill]

You might have luck emailing or calling them and explaining. I screwed up with an MMORPG (different company) and called immediately and got the $20 back.

 

[Alone]

They're good. The cancellation process almost guilted me into not following through with it, what with the crying animated character and all.

Looks like I've been charged three times. $77 when I initially signed up, $77 six months later, and $77 now. Boo.

You might have luck emailing or calling them and explaining. I screwed up with an MMORPG (different company) and called immediately and got the $20 back.

It's my own fault. I wish I could have kept a closer eye on my statements, but the military has me moving so much I just have all my stuff mailed to my brother.

 

[TallBill]

It's my own fault. I wish I could have kept a closer eye on my statements, but the military has me moving so much I just have all my stuff mailed to my brother.

I realize this, but taking a few minutes to call cant hurt.

 

[rockyct]

whow, so paying in bulk months is means a recurring subscription of the same amount of bulk months? that...sounds illegal in some way, doesn't it?

Pretty much all subscription services do recurring billing in some way. There probably was a notice he missed when he first signed up.

 

[timosyy]

I realize this, but taking a few minutes to call cant hurt.

Especially since they'll likely be able to check/verify that you haven't been active/playing for the last 9 months.

 

[CKent]

whow, so paying in bulk months is means a recurring subscription of the same amount of bulk months? that...sounds illegal in some way, doesn't it?

It's a convenience for players who don't want to be bothered manually renewing every payment cycle.

 

[DaTT]

Just call them and explain your situation.....worse they can say is no.

 

[Newbian]

Think of it as a life experiance.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Especially since they'll likely be able to check/verify that you haven't been active/playing for the last 9 months.

Sorry, that's not going to work...The payment page makes it VERY clear its a recurring subscription...whether you actually play it or not for all this while is irrelevant.

 

[alkemyst]

http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml

Log in to account management with your old login info.

qft, OP Fail.