Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

[Rakan]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Read the box of the game...it says nothing about stuff that is not in the game...a WEBSITE saying this means nothing, its all about whats on the box...and the box mentions nothing about what may or may not be in there, they say 30 vehicles but they never mention any, 20 weapons and also dont mention them...

I could make a site saying if you stick BF2 in the oven youll get 1 million bucks worth of gold...and when it doesnt happen you cant sue EA over it...

[ParaSwarm]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

You guys watch too many movies.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Hey, I lay it down you guys can smack it down. Understand?

I did not choose the name The Question just so. I live up to it baby!

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Well when I talked about what is not in the game I got that from Gamestop.com.

http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fid=645768

So that is an ad to me. You can buy it from gamestop so that is like in store. As long as EA keeps the information saying those features are in the game it can be used against them. So I am going to copy that before they say lets take that off the people at TBF2 are getting crazy with law.

I'm going to check all the major sites for places that have stores and copy the information that misleads people.

[DieFledermaus]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

I think so. Like..

Deceptive Advertising for saying there will be a buddy list and such and many other dropped things. But if you look around on some of the sites that made Battlefield 2 they still state all those features.

For all we know the featyres they stated could have been to mislead us into thinking that game was worth more then it was.

I'll be back with more after I do some research.

:laugh: :laugh:

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Here is what the sites of different stores say about the features of BF2.

EA games: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Gamestop: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Circuitcity: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

And here is a biggie from Kmart.

Armed with the latest weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. And Walmart also says
Online multiplayer action with 100+ players on the PC.

And they both talk about the clan creation and such as the other stores.

[imported_sabotage]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Here is what the sites of different stores say about the features of BF2.

EA games: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Gamestop: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Circuitcity: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

And here is a biggie from Kmart.

Armed with the latest weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. And Walmart also says
Online multiplayer action with 100+ players on the PC.

And they both talk about the clan creation and such as the other stores.

Dam :evil:

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Yeah it's a shame I know.

[mrbucket]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

You could contact the local (where EA is located) Better Business Borough. Get the paperwork and the e-mail address, post the paperwork in pdf form. People can submit the finished paperwork themselves. If enough people complain, a case will be opened. People may be contacted after this, and then a class action lawsuit will be opened. During this period, the BBB will gain a court order to make EA change advertising OR fix all issues associated w/ the product. They will also be forced to pull every copy off the shelf by a court order to make sure future offences are avoided. It's a start, but really?

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Your user name makes me laugh but really that is a good idea. I love you all! I'll do that tommorow. Call BBB tommorow that is and do all the hard stuff then.

Oh and it's bureau. Hey if we win what will EA do to us? Snipe us one day? Ban us from using their products?

Well well well. Seems EA has had many problems last year. Here is all of their complaints.

The Bureau processed a total of 179 complaints about this company in the last 36 months, our standard reporting period. Of the total of 179 complaints closed in 36 months, 83 were closed in the last year.

These complaints concerned:

7 Advertising Issues
9 Selling Practices
14 Delivery
1 Service / Repairs
5 Warranty / Guarantee
39 Product Quality
9 Refund Promised
17 Unfulfilled Contract
58 Customer Service
20 redit or Billing Issues

They were closed as: 139 Resolved, 40 The company addressed the disputed issues even though the situation(s) was/were not resolved.

[Rakan]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Here is what the sites of different stores say about the features of BF2.

EA games: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Gamestop: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

Circuitcity: Take control of over 30 land, sea, and air vehicles, including tanks, helicopters, hovercraft, fast attack vehicles, and fighter jets.

Full in-game community support including, buddy lists, stat tracking, live chat rooms, and in-game clan creation.

And here is a biggie from Kmart.

Armed with the latest weaponry, players can take control of any of the game's 30+ vehicles to engage in major conflicts with over 100 players in some of the largest online battles on the PC. And Walmart also says
Online multiplayer action with 100+ players on the PC.

And they both talk about the clan creation and such as the other stores.

Like ive said, it only counts if its on the box, well maybe EA games can count but not GS, not Kmart...

And you know they could just call the boat a hovercraft, its not that big of a diffrence...jesus your getting all worked up over a bunch of bull ****...somepeople just look for a reason to be ****ed off...

[Jesse]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

i heard the hovercraft is still in BF2 .. hidden ..

Nah. The Special Forces pickup truck, a dump truck, model for a static stationwagon (wheels won't turn...), SIMRAD...those are all in the BF2 code, and I won't be surprised if the SF "civilian car" turns out to be a little station-wagon looking thing.

But the LCAC, which was promised before the release, and is still said to be in game, which isn't (there's no way the carrier is a hovercraft, no way ANYTHING in the game can be classified as it...so no saying the RIB or Wasp is a hovercraft)

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Thank you for using the Better Business Bureau's Online Complaint System.
Your complaint has been assigned case #(for my eyes only)

Filed on : October 30 2005

Filed by :
(My name)
(My address)

Filed against :
Electronic Arts
209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City CA 94065

This case will be reviewed by a complaint specialist at the Better Business Bureau, and then forwarded to the business for their response. It is our policy to allow the business 10 working days to respond to your complaint. You will be notified when the business has responded.


You all best do the same or I may have to bust some heads to the white meat show.

[Blak_Phoenix]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

Im gonna go check the laws for that in Australia now..

[The Question]

Re: Has EA broken any consumer protection laws?

I can't believe I have been working on this for hours..