I want a refund

[Jinx]

Discrimination? entitlement? Spoken like a true gen y'er.

[bmcmvox]

This is why Blizzard offers refunds on WoW even if the box is open. Because it begs for lawsuits that WILL be won in small claims court. Products are open all the time, and if defective can be returned.

And no, because the user agreed to the EULA does not negate a possibility of a refund. The fact is, a service has not been provided. EULAs are not far reaching legal documents that allow companies to to take money and not deliver. The beauty of small claims court is they can use their own discretion when making a judgment.

EULAs are not the word of god and the sooner people realize this, the sooner we can get back to expecting decent services and products from companies like them good old days.

http://www.destructoid.com/eu-court-...d-230641.phtml

[Freyar]

EULAs are not the word of god and the sooner people realize this, the sooner we can get back to expecting decent services and products from companies like them good old days.

We didn't have games like this in the good ol' days, nor did we have the proliferation of fraud by end-users.

[bmcmvox]

We didn't have games like this in the good ol' days, nor did we have the proliferation of fraud by end-users.

We had products being sold in the good old days. Games are products.

[Freyar]

We had products being sold in the good old days. Games are products.

Even back then they were licensed.

[bmcmvox]

Even back then they were licensed.

All products are licensed? Whether it is licensing or ownership, you are still entitled to receive promised (implied or stated) services/product in exchange for your money. If I copied Windows and sold it, windows could respond by cancelling my license which would be fair. NOT providing me with windows after I paid, could be fraud. Licensing adn EULAs do not give companies the right to trump legal/legislated precedent

[Freyar]

All products are licensed?[...]

All DIGITAL products.
You were arguing another point, make sure you stick on them rather than trying to Strawman your way into another.

Put simply, the question was can the OP get a refund? The answer is no since he opened, registered, and presumably has played (since he's level as a THM). The service is there, just getting in the door is a problem and will remain so till there is more capacity (of which they have a timeline that is fairly reasonable with compensation planned for those affected.)

It'd be a completely different ballgame if they chose to not to say anything or consider compensation.