ermh this is just a amendment the actual law says:
Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (which includes your amendment BTW)
Updated : 31/01/2018
14 days to cancel and return purchases made outside shops (online, by phone or mail order)
In the EU you have the right to return these purchases within 14 days for a full refund. You can do so for any reason – even if you simply changed your mind.
The 14-day "cooling off" period does not apply to all purchases. Some of the exemptions are:
plane and train tickets, as well as concert tickets, hotel bookings, car rental reservations and catering services for specific dates
goods and drinks delivered to you by regular delivery – for example delivery by a milkman.
goods made to order or clearly personalised – such as a tailor-made suit
sealed audio, video or computer software, such as DVDs, which you have unsealed upon receipt.
online digital content, if you have already started downloading or streaming it
goods bought from a private individual rather than a company
urgent repairs and maintenance contracts – if you call a plumber to repair a leaking shower, you can't cancel the work once you have agreed on the price of the service.
Oh yeah it's the cooling down period I mixed that, but that is what Valve uses to make what their TOS says stand, by making you agree to the waiving when you purchase. So that digital download is provided immediately but you refund right is gone, Valve instead replaces it with their own policy.
The Federal Trade Commission stepped in and forced CiG to give refunds so yea, they're consumers in the USA too.
That's why there are a ton of "I've successfully gotten my refund!" stories (even if it sometimes takes months of CiG stalling) compared to the nonexistance of people being completely denied their refunds so long as they put up with the stalling. No matter what CiG's ToS says and their efforts to update it to paint the backers as non-consumers, the law is pretty clear on these sorts of things and trumps the ToS, and CiG knows this (after learning it the hard way). Doesn't stop them from trying to scare people away from asking for a refund with ToS changes, of course.
Funny that you skip over the fact that CIG was giving refunds without fuss for three years, making it sounds as if CIG never voluntarily gave refunds.
One might expect that people have made up their mind after three years whether they want a game or not.
Have fun
Funny that you skip over the fact that CIG loved to deny refunds to most who asked stating that their pledge had been fulfilled which is bullshit. They changed their tune fast enough when threatened with legal action and the government stepping in.
ermh this is just a amendment the actual law says:
Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (which includes your amendment BTW)
Updated : 31/01/2018
14 days to cancel and return purchases made outside shops (online, by phone or mail order)
In the EU you have the right to return these purchases within 14 days for a full refund. You can do so for any reason – even if you simply changed your mind.
The 14-day "cooling off" period does not apply to all purchases. Some of the exemptions are:
plane and train tickets, as well as concert tickets, hotel bookings, car rental reservations and catering services for specific dates
goods and drinks delivered to you by regular delivery – for example delivery by a milkman.
goods made to order or clearly personalised – such as a tailor-made suit
sealed audio, video or computer software, such as DVDs, which you have unsealed upon receipt.
online digital content, if you have already started downloading or streaming it
goods bought from a private individual rather than a company
urgent repairs and maintenance contracts – if you call a plumber to repair a leaking shower, you can't cancel the work once you have agreed on the price of the service.
Oh yeah it's the cooling down period I mixed that, but that is what Valve uses to make what their TOS says stand, by making you agree to the waiving when you purchase. So that digital download is provided immediately but you refund right is gone, Valve instead replaces it with their own policy.
Fortunately for the germans the valve rule is more consumer friendly than the law I have to try games out very often and though to lower struggle with the FED I just refund bad games. The Valve 2weeks/2hours rule is an automatic process, if there are any problems after this period you can get a refund if you have reasonable arguments.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it. The cake is a lie.
Fortunately for the germans the valve rule is more consumer friendly than the law I have to try games out very often and though to lower struggle with the FED I just refund bad games. The Valve 2weeks/2hours rule is an automatic process, if there are any problems after this period you can get a refund if you have reasonable arguments.
Yeah but only recently it became like that, when they were "NO REFUNDS, EVAH!" for all those years not even Australians were getting past that wall.
But the point is when we talk about EU, if Valve wanted they could just say no refunds to Europeans because we would accept the waiver on purchase to play the game immediately.
Black Desert Online, for example, does this, I think they still do, I remember accepting a waiver on the game launcher and I couldn't launch the game without accepting it.
Fortunately for the germans the valve rule is more consumer friendly than the law I have to try games out very often and though to lower struggle with the FED I just refund bad games. The Valve 2weeks/2hours rule is an automatic process, if there are any problems after this period you can get a refund if you have reasonable arguments.
Yeah but only recently it became like that, when they were "NO REFUNDS, EVAH!" for all those years not even Australians were getting past that wall.
But the point is when we talk about EU, if Valve wanted they could just say no refunds to Europeans because we would accept the waiver on purchase to play the game immediately.
Black Desert Online, for example, does this, I think they still do, I remember accepting a waiver on the game launcher and I couldn't launch the game without accepting it.
Yes that's correct Valve lost a lawsuit in Australia so they had to change it.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it. The cake is a lie.
Funny that you skip over the fact that CIG loved to deny refunds to most who asked stating that their pledge had been fulfilled which is bullshit. They changed their tune fast enough when threatened with legal action and the government stepping in.
I skipped over nothing. I was talking about the first three years.
You are talking about a later period. And frankly, i can understand CIG ... if someone does not know after 5 years if he wants his CROWDFUNDING money back or not (knowing full well that a significant amount of that money will have been spent for programmer wages etc.), then IMHO he deserves jumping through a few hoops before he gets his refund.
And the government did not "step in". A few amicable letters with requests for information from a consumer protection agency were exchanged and refunds granted in all those cases. There may even be some links to those in some thread here some time ago. No government agency ordered CIG to do anything.
But feel free to post any such government issued declarations against CIG here. If they exist.
If they are investors who have loaned money then one set of laws applies - depending which countries are involved. And some rights are provided - probably not as much as you think but some rights.
If they are investors though they are not consumers and have not bought anything.
If they are consumers though they have no more right to "see the books" than they would have to e.g. see Zenimax's books if they bought a copy of ESO. (Legal opinion seems to be tending towards backers being consumers but its not clear.)
(There's another key question about the status of the entity raising the money as well.)
As I have said before - unless there is out and out fraud involved - the legal framework around crowdfunding is still "fuzzy".
Well that is a good point, and one I did not consider. Are the pledgers investors or simply consumers. I was looking at them more as investors. But, this is a great point. What if, by pledging, you received nothing but a profit of the game or toy or whatever else is on Kickstarter? Then, the people get their money back (maybe), and maybe they get double their money back and can buy the game with it.
@CrazyKanuk: I did not know about the Escapist claims. So my bad.
Regarding to EU and AUS law they are 100% consumers. Don't know how it works out in USA
Agree. Everything I have read suggests that - in the EU at any rate - this is the case. The key being that (in general) backers will fail the definition of what a "professional investor" is and will therefore be classed as "consumers" and afforded the applicable consumer protection.
The January 2017 EU paper into crowdfunding actually discussed the main forms of crowd funding namely: donation-based; consumer-based; lender based; equity-based so for anyone who is interested this is the link:
Funny that you skip over the fact that CIG loved to deny refunds to most who asked stating that their pledge had been fulfilled which is bullshit. They changed their tune fast enough when threatened with legal action and the government stepping in.
I skipped over nothing. I was talking about the first three years.
You are talking about a later period. And frankly, i can understand CIG ... if someone does not know after 5 years if he wants his CROWDFUNDING money back or not (knowing full well that a significant amount of that money will have been spent for programmer wages etc.), then IMHO he deserves jumping through a few hoops before he gets his refund.
And the government did not "step in". A few amicable letters with requests for information from a consumer protection agency were exchanged and refunds granted in all those cases. There may even be some links to those in some thread here some time ago. No government agency ordered CIG to do anything.
But feel free to post any such government issued declarations against CIG here. If they exist.
Have fun
Lol there should be no hoops to jump through. Product hasn’t been delivered yet so money is returned without question and not the bullshit excuses CIG gives.
Lol there should be no hoops to jump through. Product hasn’t been delivered yet so money is returned without question and not the bullshit excuses CIG gives.
Lol there should be no hoops to jump through. Product hasn’t been delivered yet so money is returned without question and not the bullshit excuses CIG gives.
Yeah just like Crowfall does, oh wait. (Paraphrasing here since Max did an edit to try and save face) looks like they are more strict then CIG is lol.
3rd sentence in
The unofficial reality is that the studio has been taking a “no questions asked” policy toward refunds and granting them as requested.
Looks like you tried to edit to save face because you didn’t read what you posted
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The unofficial reality is that the studio has been taking a “no questions asked” policy toward refunds and granting them as requested.
Looks like you tried to edit to save face because you didn’t read what you posted
The same thing with CIG, kept them up but obviously the more the project is complete the closed up approach is taken about it, when stuff as SQ42 releases it's just obvious it will get even stricter, same as it happens with Crowfall that now doesn't give them even though it's not released.
The unofficial reality is that the studio has been taking a “no questions asked” policy toward refunds and granting them as requested.
Looks like you tried to edit to save face because you didn’t read what you posted
The same thing with CIG, kept them up but obviously the more the project is complete the closed up approach is taken about it, when stuff as SQ42 releases it's just obvious it will get even stricter, same as it happens with Crowfall that now doesn't give them even though it's not released.
The article linked in that article just takes you to their newsroom. You have anything definitive that says they are stricter now or just going off something someone else said?
The article linked in that article just takes you to their newsroom. You have anything definitive that says they are stricter now or just going off something someone else said?
Of course yes, no refunds, and it has been like that for years now.
The article linked in that article just takes you to their newsroom. You have anything definitive that says they are stricter now or just going off something someone else said?
Of course yes, no refunds, and it has been like that for years now.
Why do I get the feeling you’re talking out of your ass lol
Most reasonable people realized this, but there are some who don't
understand what funding a game entails. They seem to expect money in
product out.
If it wasn't already clear before this should help.
Aka : Thanks for your money! Remember the promises we made when you "pledge"? Well , they are exactly what the word is : "Promises" ( Hahahah ) .
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy? Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
Most reasonable people realized this, but there are some who don't
understand what funding a game entails. They seem to expect money in
product out.
If it wasn't already clear before this should help.
Aka : Thanks for your money! Remember the promises we made when you "pledge"? Well , they are exactly what the word is : "Promises" ( Hahahah ) .
What promises? The only one that I could think of would be to make the best space sim game(s) possible...
"Answer the Call ( 2016 ) - Pledge Now" ( to name 1..."little" thing ) , ring a bell ?
About the "best space sim game(s) possible" ... 2050 is calling you. Will you Answer the Call ?
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy? Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
In case you haven't noticed most games get delayed doesn't mean that dev's broke "promises"...
When you show your audience a big image at the end of a trailer, saying that the game is coming in 2016 and "donate now" message , that's more then broken promises, that's a big fucking scam ( we are in 2018 now, just so you know ).
Oh and btw, most games gets delayed ON THEIR FUCKING OWN BUDGET. There you go. That is for you to learn to make a difference between most games and your beloved "game" , because I can't call SC nor Squad 42 a game.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy? Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
A pledge is a pledge, not buying a complete product, if you have problems with waiting don't crowdfund and wait for the game's release before buying it.
And it is CIG funding and ultimately it's their call when to release and what to release.
Again if you have problems with waiting for crowdfunded projects simply don't pledge...
A pledge is a pledge, not buying a complete product, if you have problems with waiting don't crowdfund and wait for the game's release before buying it.
And it is CIG funding and ultimately it's their call when to release and what to release.
Again if you have problems with waiting for crowdfunded projects simply don't pledge...
Is that your explication ? Wow man Is not CIG Funding, it's people funding , please learn to understand that.
I have no problem in ..pledging , since I never pledge. I have a problem with lies , especially when someone is tooking "mass money from people" and lies about release dates, release content, and such.
So again. Is people money , is not CIG money.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy? Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
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But in the EU you can always refund an digital item until it is delivered as advertised.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.
The Valve 2weeks/2hours rule is an automatic process, if there are any problems after this period you can get a refund if you have reasonable arguments.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.
But the point is when we talk about EU, if Valve wanted they could just say no refunds to Europeans because we would accept the waiver on purchase to play the game immediately.
Black Desert Online, for example, does this, I think they still do, I remember accepting a waiver on the game launcher and I couldn't launch the game without accepting it.
When you have cake, it is not the cake that creates the most magnificent of experiences, but it is the emotions attached to it.
The cake is a lie.
You are talking about a later period. And frankly, i can understand CIG ... if someone does not know after 5 years if he wants his CROWDFUNDING money back or not (knowing full well that a significant amount of that money will have been spent for programmer wages etc.), then IMHO he deserves jumping through a few hoops before he gets his refund.
And the government did not "step in". A few amicable letters with requests for information from a consumer protection agency were exchanged and refunds granted in all those cases. There may even be some links to those in some thread here some time ago. No government agency ordered CIG to do anything.
But feel free to post any such government issued declarations against CIG here. If they exist.
Have fun
The January 2017 EU paper into crowdfunding actually discussed the main forms of crowd funding namely: donation-based; consumer-based; lender based; equity-based so for anyone who is interested this is the link:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2017/595882/EPRS_BRI(2017)595882_EN.pdf
Edit: link not working, re-pasted it as well so anyone interested will have to cut and paste sadly.
The unofficial reality is that the studio has been taking a “no questions asked” policy toward refunds and granting them as requested.
Looks like you tried to edit to save face because you didn’t read what you posted
Most reasonable people realized this, but there are some who don't understand what funding a game entails. They seem to expect money in product out.
If it wasn't already clear before this should help.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
About the "best space sim game(s) possible" ... 2050 is calling you. Will you Answer the Call ?
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
In case you haven't noticed most games get delayed doesn't mean that dev's broke "promises"...
Oh and btw, most games gets delayed ON THEIR FUCKING OWN BUDGET. There you go. That is for you to learn to make a difference between most games and your beloved "game" , because I can't call SC nor Squad 42 a game.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!
And it is CIG funding and ultimately it's their call when to release and what to release.
Again if you have problems with waiting for crowdfunded projects simply don't pledge...
I have no problem in ..pledging , since I never pledge. I have a problem with lies , especially when someone is tooking "mass money from people" and lies about release dates, release content, and such.
So again. Is people money , is not CIG money.
Reporter: What's behind Blizzard success, and how do you make your gamers happy?
Blizzard Boss: Making gamers happy is not my concern, making money.. yes!