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Pirate or just a good Shoparrrrr?
Lindsay Lohan
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So on Sunday I decided I needed a few Rockband tracks and went to buy some points. I checked cheapassgamer to see if there were any deals running and saw a few folks mentioning buying points from ebay.
I hit ebay that night and found a few sellers doing 10000(!) points for less than $50. So - I decided to risk an ebay purchase and did a "Buy it Now" for $37.
Within 24 hours I had a (broken english) message with a username/email/password to retrieve in my system that contained 10000 points. Not to sound advertisey - but it seemed to work flawlessly and for less than I would have paid for 3200 points I got like 11 games, 20ish Rockband tracks and some Lips stuff for the wife. I am thinking about doing it again in a few weeks. They aren't registered to my profile - but they are on my console and it was quite fun spending that many points.
The issue at hand is that it felt shady - like somehow Microsoft is going to email me in a few days and say "We're revoking your copy of Greed Inc and those Lady Gaga tracks because you stole them." Does anyone know if deals like I did are legit before I do it again?
I hit ebay that night and found a few sellers doing 10000(!) points for less than $50. So - I decided to risk an ebay purchase and did a "Buy it Now" for $37.
Within 24 hours I had a (broken english) message with a username/email/password to retrieve in my system that contained 10000 points. Not to sound advertisey - but it seemed to work flawlessly and for less than I would have paid for 3200 points I got like 11 games, 20ish Rockband tracks and some Lips stuff for the wife. I am thinking about doing it again in a few weeks. They aren't registered to my profile - but they are on my console and it was quite fun spending that many points.
The issue at hand is that it felt shady - like somehow Microsoft is going to email me in a few days and say "We're revoking your copy of Greed Inc and those Lady Gaga tracks because you stole them." Does anyone know if deals like I did are legit before I do it again?
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thats what it sounds like
Microsoft and their stupid microsoft fun money.
I've lost touch with the whole 360 hacking scene but I guess it could be possible to jtag a machine so it can run homebrew, create a gamer tag, edit it and put on a load of credit and then sell it on.
Whichever, if it looks too good to be true, it likely is.
PSN: SirGrinchX
Oculus Rift: Sir_Grinch
They will have been purchased with the tag he got sent by the EBay guy rather than his main tag. But seeing as Live purchases are simultanously linked to tag and machine at point of purchase, he's fine to play them with his main tag on that machine.
Number one rule of the internet.
Number 2 being "Don't give out anything ever to anyone ever. Ever."
3DS FC: 5343-7720-0490
In other words, the account will get locked.
... because it isn't legit.
WTF this really seals the deal. Heck, OP, how could you be such a silly goose????
I strongly suggest you not do it again. And hope that it doesn't come back to haunt you.
wut?
"eBay. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. Well... except maybe Wikipedia. We must be cautious." -Some Jedi.
I've yet to play Greed Corp. I chose all my downloads last night and just left them running so I won't play anything until tonight. I ran the Maw this morning briefly just to make sure they would run under my profile (it did).
Yeah, don't bother showing remorse until you're punished for your actions. That's surely the ticket to leniency. o_O
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Aside from the fact that you shouldn't trust a Jedi in matters of, well, anything, yeah, it was probably not a good idea.
So you'd recommend calling their support line and saying "Hey - I just did this, is this legit?"
It would count for something, wouldn't it?
Like, if you were young and you broke a neighbors window. If you man the fuck up and admit it, chances are you'll get off a lot easier and save some face, even if you have to pay for the window. Depending on how vindictive the homeowner is, obviously. I mean, we had a guy on our street that tried to run us all over in the street one time, and all we ever did was climb over his fence to get a ball that went in his yard.
Maybe you get a temp ban instead of a full-on ban? Microsoft holds the cards here.
Although if you felt really bad about it, I suppose you could donate the same amount of money to charity. I'm talking about the price of the 10k points, not the piddly 50 bucks you spent. Don't go easy on your checkbook when it comes to buying your way out of guilt.
With the law? Yeah.
With a corporation/parent/neighbor/girlfriend? You'd be surprised. There are actually good natured people left in the world who appreciate honesty.
This. Especially if you call and play the card like you had no idea, but a friend told you to call and be safe.
"Hi, I recently purchased some arcade points off of eBay, but a friend said it may have been a scam. Can you verify this for me?"
Explain exactly how they were purchased, the account name, etc. They will likely remove the games from your account/console.
I mean, I know you're probably not going to do that... be out your $40 and the games, but hey, that's probably your best option at this point. There are rumours that this can get your console banned from Live, but that seems a bit much to me.
I think the MS dude will laugh and ban him. Deservedly.
Don't call MS.