The Bitching Thread

[Buffalobiian]

by goddamn battle.net account got hacked - it had my wow account and SC2 beta.. some goddamn faggot set up the authenticator key for it....

of course i've written to blizz, and provided them with photo of my ID-Card as a proof.

Apparently my brother's Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising game key got stolen too. He got it fresh out of the box and Steam said it was taken.

[Xelbair]

"Greetings,

We are writing to inform you that we have, unfortunately, had to cancel your World of Warcraft account:

Account Name: XXXXXXXXX
Type of Violation: Involvement in online trading activities
Investigation Concluded: 17/04/2010
Consequences for Account: Account Cancellation

It is with regret that we take this type of action, however, it is in the best interest of the World of Warcraft community as a whole, and for the integrity of the game, that your access to the World of Warcraft servers be cancelled.

Online trading refers to the exchange of in-game content for real world money, and includes, but is not limited to, the sale or purchase of gold, the sale or purchase of experience in the form of powerlevelling, and the sale or purchase of honor points, reputation or items.

Account access is the responsibility of the account owner and account sharing is against our Terms of Use (http://www.wow-europe.com/en/legal/termsofuse.html). Therefore, should you believe someone other than yourself (the account owner) has committed this violation of the Terms of Use with your account, these sanctions would still apply, as our action is taken against the account, not the individual.

If you wish to review our current Rules and Polices, they can be found at:
http://www.wow-europe.com/en/policy/

For further information on Exploitive Activity, please visit the Exploitative Activity FAQ and contact page here:
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/artic...rticleId=41654

Regards,

Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment Europe"

Do i need to say anything more? GODDAMNIT... why the fuck i had to get my account hacked? there was not even any good char there - max lvl 35....

[XanBcoo]

Welcome to the first day of the rest of your life.

[Xelbair]

I haven't been playing wow for 2 years man, because this game is boring as hell, but still i want to have my account.

[itadakimasu]

I sold a 300gb SAS hard drive through amazon a couple of weeks ago, and today the asshole who bought it emails me and is trying to tell me that I sent him a 160gb sata drive instead... which is not possilbe.

For one, I don't even own a 160gb sata drive to have mixed up w\ the correct drive.

For two, I looked up the hard drives information on seagates website w\ a box in my lap. I looked up it's warranty information and then put it directly into the box and mailed him the box.

So, he could have said... the drive is broken. Or, I didn't get anything at all... but he chose to say that I sent him a $20 hard drive instead of a $200+ hard drive... what a dick move.

[Buffalobiian]

So how does this get resolved?

[itadakimasu]

Hopefully not with me getting screwed out of $200.

[fireheart]

Just gonna take a stab at this, guessing most people here aren't getting screwed over because of the volcano eruption on Island. Well it sucks, that's it.

On the bright side at least not stuck in some other country having to pay double hotelprices.

[Buffalobiian]

So today I went up to Nokia Care to ask them about my crappy battery life. They took the battery out and gave that a test and came back to tell me that the battery is fine and is at 100%. (Whether that means the charge is at 100%, or that it's at 100% charging capacity I didn't find out.)

So then I asked them about why I'm only getting 10~15hrs out of the phone when it's continuously playing music. They told me no matter how good the battery is, they'll only last around 15-20hrs anyway, and that what I'm getting out of it is pretty good.

At that, I tell her that Nokia's website lists the phone's specs as having 400-something hrs of standby time, and up to 40hrs of music playback. She retorts that she hasn't seen the website. (W...T...F).

She "advises" me not to get a new battery since it's working fine. (no shit I thought, since I've already tried that, and your tests say it's fine anyway - obviously it's a phone hard/software problem).

She was actually so sure of everything and told me there's nothing I can do about it until I kept pestering her. THEN she tells me that if it's under warranty they can do a free analysis of the phone for me. (Uh hello? If you know jack shit about the phone, wouldn't you normally palm it off to whoever knows better? Did I really have to force your hand?)

She then checks up the warranty of the phone and asks me if I bought it from Singapore. I show her my invoice, with the shop's address being listed as Australian, and that I have no idea where they get their stock from. (I knew it was an import, but only that it was from SE-Asia).

I was told that it would take an indefinite amount of time to see whether the International Warranty department decides that the warranty is covered in Australia. She then goes to say that if it's a software problem, they can't flash the phone in Australia because of the different software - and warned that I shouldn't try it at home. (So with a globally reaching internet that my grandma can use, the Care team can't even get a hold of foreign firmware? "Connecting People" but not connecting international facilities?....)

I ask her that if it ends up being a software problem, do I:

a) contact my retailer and let them sort it out, or
b) contact Nokia Care Singapore and see what they can do?

She didn't give me a definite answer. (My first impression was that the tech in the next booth knew more than her. As I left, I knew I was most likely right.)

Anyway, so right now I'm using a Nokia 1208 till who-knows-when.

[Kraco]

40 hours of music playing sounds like a grand exaggeration. Maybe if the phone functionality has been entirely disabled and the volume is as low as possible and the screen never used. But even so it sounds too much. I don't think I get more than 10 hours out of my phone, which is the cheapest 3G phone available and thus should have absolutely no extra stuff eating power. Although I haven't really tested but listening to music during a train trip taking some 5-6 hours left me with only one battery indicator bar left.

[darkshadow]

Exaggeration? There are plenty of modern mp3players that get 40+ hours easily, even my 5 year old zen vision M got ~14 hours, and that's a HDD mp3 player.

The Nokia N97 utilizes a 1500 mAh Li-Pol battery (BP-4L). The N97 is rated for 6 hours of talk time (GSM) and 20 days of standby. Music time – up to 37 hours.

The handset’s battery life averaged 3 days , when the N97 was used for about two hours of calls, a dozen or two snaps, several minutes of video, and around an hour of music/radio. It takes the N97 around 1.5 hours to charge from empty to full.

If you can do without EDGE/GPRS data completely, the N97 will offer you even longer hours. With average use you will squeeze at least 4 days out of the battery. Nokia N97 has the best battery for a mobile phone.

(the 1500mAh battery is pretty much the biggest mAh battery out there for a phone)

I have the same experience with my own N97, I don't even use offline mode and the battery stays full all day, or loses 1/2 bars max, even when playing music all day long ( at 85% volume).

I did read around and noticed that Buff isn't the only one with this battery life issue.
Anyway that tech is a fucking dumbass for not even knowing what Nokia advertises.

[Buffalobiian]

I never really expected them to uphold to the 40hr remark, but it shouldn't be so little neither. I did a test on the phone before, and average total power usage while playing music was 0.2W. The phone's battery is 1500mAh @ 3.7v, which means it's got a max capacity of 5.55Whrs of energy. Dividing that by 0.2W gives 27.75hrs of playback time.

So to be reasonable, perhaps... 20hrs?

Hopefully, when this all gets cleared up, I can refrigerate this 1500mAh as a spare and use the 3rd party 1900mAh battery I bought last time (that is, if it really IS 1900mAh)

[Kraco]

Haha. Well, maybe I should have kept my mouth shut. Apparently, according to some web site, my phone can provide 12 hours of continuous music playing... N97 must be really awesome to get three plus times that with only 50% more battery capacity. I guess that's one thing the extra price grants.

[Buffalobiian]

And...... international warranty got declined.

I'll have to hike back over there, collect my phone, and see what I'll do from there.

[itadakimasu]

So,

Defying all reason and apparently ignoring all the evidence I emailed them, Amazon emailed me saying that I need to refund the guy who's no longer just trying to rip me off, but succeeding thanks to amazon.

So... i have to waste even more of my time later calling amazon and getting nasty w\ some poor random CSR about this.

So, if anybody is feeling shady out there.. .apparently if you goto amazon.com and buy something of high value, you can turn around and file a claim and tell them that you got something else in return.

Then, you can not only keep the item you bought, but also get refunded! Just a heads up if anybody wants to scam somebody on amazon... apparently it's not hard to do.

[Dark Dragon]

I have a problem with Amazon also.

Recently browsed through Amazon and saw some collectible cards/toys and decided to buy them. Even though everything i'm buying come the same vendor and will ship to a single address, Amazon still insists that pay 4.99 shipping per item, which turn out to be around 200$. These all cost maybe 25 cent each so the whole order was 10$ max. I'd just figure one of the largest online retail store would have some sort of system that would prevent such a stupid thing from happening, but i guess that's expecting too much.

[Xrlderek]

Obv failed my drivers license exam, fml.

[Buffalobiian]

Obv failed my drivers license exam, fml.

What do the abbreviations mean?

[Xrlderek]

Obviously and fuck my life. Forgot that abbreviations generally aren't used much here

[Death BOO Z]

Obv failed my drivers license exam, fml.

there's always next time, don't take it so hard.