Screwed by Microsoft
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- Not_Just_Another
So, here's the story...
I bought and Xbox 360 whilst I was living/travelling in Oz. I set up an account/gamertag, thought all was swell.
Fast forward a couple of years and I'm now back in the UK. After having to sell my Aussie Xbox before coming home, I've now bought a UK Xbox. After recovering my gamertag/account (which still has all my friends and gamer points) I'd stumbled across a bit of a problem...
Basically my account's region is locked to Australia, and there is no way of changing it to the UK. I spoke to the customer service line, was told it was technically impossible to change regions, and the only advice I was given was to set up another account, which would not only mean I'd lose my friends list and gamerscore, but I'd have to shell out another £40 for 12months LIVE subscription!
So I'm now left with an Xbox that I can't download extra content nor buy additional points. Which means if I buy any games in the future, I won't be able to access any of the DLC.
Any one else suffered at the hands of Microsoft's short-sightedness??
- Nairn0
'Their' short-sightedness? I take it you didn't read the fine print in your contract?
- +1GeorgesII
- TouchéNot_Just_Another
- Fuck off. He paid for the service, they should fix his account. Some lazy dick doesn't wanna change info in the DBitsmitch
- Not_Just_Another0
^ I'll admit I should have read the T&Cs, but it's still a bit of a bitch that they can't switch my details over...
- creez0
maybe a crack exists
- drgss0
"lose my friends list and gamerscore"
- puts things in perspective! :-)Not_Just_Another
- good articleBluejam
- Iggyboo0
Dude get a life and get off the box :)
- jimzyk0
shit in the box and mail it to Mister Microsoft, that'll learn him.
- haha - might just do thatNot_Just_Another
- me too....jimzyk
- Meeklo0
just move back dude!
my xbox friends are everything to me as well, that's the reason I don't move, you guys wouldn't understand.
- uberdesigner0
http://www.majornelson.com talk to this guy
- Not_Just_Another0
^haha - I don't think I value some of my xbox mates as much as that! I do miss living in Oz, but I think that would be a bit drastic.
- really? I would do anything for yellowtrouwsers32Meeklo
- hahaNot_Just_Another
- ukit0
Just another way the man fucks over an international jetsetter such as yourself
- flashbender0
oh, if only the information was stored in a database... something that would allow your data to be easily copied from one server to another, or if only some one could... I don't know reassign permissions or something.
One of these days we'll finally cross that technical hurdle and really start to harness the power of computers and gaming devices.
- I was told by some inept customer service guy that it was technically impossible! I did ask whether it was Microsoft I was talking to!Not_Just_Another
- talking to!Not_Just_Another
- designbot0
This could be a good solution to your problem when it comes out:
- TheDrago0
I got the the ring of death for my xbox. So I sent it to them to fix and they send back an old xbox a month later. Problem was that it didnt work and was the wrong region. So I sent that one back and the next one they sent broke a week later. After that they told me I needed to pay $80 for it to be fixed.
- and?monospaced
- i just bought one of the elites. Just pissed me off that it took 4 months to deal with thisTheDrago
- Stugoo0
IE 6 screws me every day.