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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53707

A class action lawsuit against Microsoft has been filed in Philadelphia over the MS Points system used in Games For Windows Live Marketplace:

A Philadelphia-area attorney has filed a class action suit against Microsoft, claiming the software maker ripped him off after he bought points that were supposed to allow him

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Tom · Elite Member Joined: 07 Jun 2004 Posts: 4289

Wow I should press charges against Sony too, I still have a few bucks in my account that I can't or haven't found anything to spend it on. Must be artificially inflating their profits too! Rolling Eyes

For that matter, I should press charges against some local game stores too since my card still has money on it too and I haven't had anything to use it up with. Damn! Everyone is cheating us.

There's one single word to describe the fraud charge against MS.

NONSENSE. Rolling Eyes

nb411 · Elite Member Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Posts: 497

Actually I was going to say that Microsoft are clearly not the only ones who do this. Shops love to sell gift cards, because they know only a certain percentage of them will ever have their full amounts claimed. There is really no good reason I can think of to add this 'middle step' into transactions other than taking advantage of the inevitable economic inefficiency it creates.

People think to themselves "Oh I still $12.93 left in my Paypal account, what can I get for that?" They don't say to themselves (most of the time) "Hey shit, I should move my change into my bank account where I can get interest on it instead of Paypal getting interest on it." For example.