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[Seibertron]

BUT, to those of you that are requesting free figures and year long memberships renewals for nothing...whether your joking around or not, I fell confident in saying, "That ain't gonna happen!"

I'm not saying it's right, but I accept the reality of the situation for what it is....a big ol' cluster F__k. It's not in the nature of big companies to do stuff like that these days (give out freebies), it's unfortunate. The almighty dollar and good ol' fashioned greed are how most big business is run, with a culture of covering your ass legaly, thrown in there for good measure. So keep dreaming if you think they're gonna give away entire membership packages for nothing. I hope we can move on from this after Botcon, but something definatly needs to be said by us at the convention to impress upon the powers that be that this doesn't need to happen again, EVER.

I agree. No sense wasting time asking for something you won't receive. Only thing we should be asking for at this point is for big changes to happen wherever necessary so that this situation will be avoided in the future.

I also strongly agree that this situation should be brought up and discussed at both the Hasbro panel and at the Collectors' Club panel. The response "this isn't the place for this discussion" is not an appropriate response given the gravity of this situation. It is most definitely the place for this discussion. They should set aside five or ten minutes at both panels to discuss it. If they don't, I could see some fans getting a little unruly if this issue isn't brought up in some capacity. It can't just be pushed under a rug at this point.

[AutobotMR2]

BUT, to those of you that are requesting free figures and year long memberships renewals for nothing...whether your joking around or not, I fell confident in saying, "That ain't gonna happen!"

Couldn't have said it better myself. None of uswill see anything from these people....cause that would be an admission that they ACTUALLY did something wrong...

[AceMilo]

I had my credit card stolen and a couple charges placed. It's been taken care of, new credit card, and refunded charges, but I wanted to notify them of it like they asked. However, they didn't seem to provide any way to contact them other than by phone. Does anyone have the contact info they referenced but didn't give?

[Kibble]

In addition, all of our credit card info (past and present) as well as our personal account information, usernames, unprotected passwords, email addresses, street addresses, dates of birth (I believe that's one of the fields they collect), etc were all taken as well. IMO, this situation was far worse than what happened with TFsource, since all of our personal information went plus the "Transformers Collectors' Club" is advertised on every Hasbro Transformers package, which brings Hasbro into the mix instead of it just being an online retailer.

That's debatable...like I said, at least TFCC acknowledges it and appears to be doing something about finding out what happened and how to prevent it from happening again rather than pointing the finger at PSN and saying musta been them. I suspect if TFcurse is in denial about there being any issue on their end, it's probably not the last we'll see of that scenario. Hope people are at least using paypal...and not using the same login credentials. I'm pretty sympathetic to these things as it's a shitty situation all around and these guys are just as much victims as we are, but I think it's even shittier to pretend like nothing happened and the only measure you take to prevent it from happening again is just hope the bad guys don't come back around again.

[Vicalliose]

Why the heck should I waste my time just to have my number added to the pile? I handled the fraud myself. What, do they want proof that it happened so they can give me a coupon to spend at their horrid club store? Yeah y'know what would really help me right now? If they'd get my order straightened out and send me my damned Over-Run which I ordered without a t-shirt! Then I can just put this all behind me and pretend these morons never existed.

[G1 Legacy]

I also strongly agree that this situation should be brought up and discussed at both the Hasbro panel and at the Collectors' Club panel. The response "this isn't the place for this discussion" is not an appropriate response given the gravity of this situation. It is most definitely the place for this discussion. They should set aside five or ten minutes at both panels to discuss it. If they don't, I could see some fans getting a little unruly if this issue isn't brought up in some capacity. It can't just be pushed under a rug at this point.

Well, for what it's worth I'd like to help if I can. Even if it's just as an extra body for an angry mob lol. I was going to try and touch base with some of you, the Seibertron Hierarchy, as the convention date gets closer, I just havn't wanted to pester anybody quite yet. I'm not staying in the hotel, I'll be off site but I'd like to meet up wherever you all are having "happy hour" before the weekend festivities commence in case you discuss a game plan on how to approach this subject with Hasbro/FunPub. I agree it needs to be done tactfully yet ascertivley. It shoud make for an interesting s__t show wouldn't ya say. A Botcon to remember for sure

Lets do this!

[chuckdawg1999]

Seibertron wrote:

I also strongly agree that this situation should be brought up and discussed at both the Hasbro panel and at the Collectors' Club panel. The response "this isn't the place for this discussion" is not an appropriate response given the gravity of this situation. It is most definitely the place for this discussion. They should set aside five or ten minutes at both panels to discuss it. If they don't, I could see some fans getting a little unruly if this issue isn't brought up in some capacity. It can't just be pushed under a rug at this point.

Well, for what it's worth I'd like to help if I can. Even if it's just as an extra body for an angry mob lol. I was going to try and touch base with some of you, the Seibertron Hierarchy, as the convention date gets closer, I just havn't wanted to pester anybody quite yet. I'm not staying in the hotel, I'll be off site but I'd like to meet up wherever you all are having "happy hour" before the weekend festivities commence in case you discuss a game plan on how to approach this subject with Hasbro/FunPub. I agree it needs to be done tactfully yet ascertivley. It shoud make for an interesting s__t show wouldn't ya say. A Botcon to remember for sure

Lets do this!

Forget tactful and assertive. When we get closer to bot-con I'll show you how to make shivs out of the end of your tooth brushes and plastique from Toothpaste, moth balls, and ammonia.

[Autobot032]

Seibertron wrote:

I also strongly agree that this situation should be brought up and discussed at both the Hasbro panel and at the Collectors' Club panel. The response "this isn't the place for this discussion" is not an appropriate response given the gravity of this situation. It is most definitely the place for this discussion. They should set aside five or ten minutes at both panels to discuss it. If they don't, I could see some fans getting a little unruly if this issue isn't brought up in some capacity. It can't just be pushed under a rug at this point.

Well, for what it's worth I'd like to help if I can. Even if it's just as an extra body for an angry mob lol. I was going to try and touch base with some of you, the Seibertron Hierarchy, as the convention date gets closer, I just havn't wanted to pester anybody quite yet. I'm not staying in the hotel, I'll be off site but I'd like to meet up wherever you all are having "happy hour" before the weekend festivities commence in case you discuss a game plan on how to approach this subject with Hasbro/FunPub. I agree it needs to be done tactfully yet ascertivley. It shoud make for an interesting s__t show wouldn't ya say. A Botcon to remember for sure

Lets do this!

Forget tactful and assertive. When we get closer to bot-con I'll show you how to make shivs out of the end of your tooth brushes and plastique from Toothpaste, moth balls, and ammonia.

*wipes tear*

You have made me proud, sir. Proud, I say!

[AutobotMR2]

So am I correct in saying there is a bounty on the owners of funpub??? LOL!

[quickmixed]

Well Hasbros statement didnt really tell us anything we didnt already know. But I guess I should be kind of glad that they are keeping an eye on things.

Kind of.

Yeah y'know what would really help me right now? If they'd get my order straightened out and send me my damned Over-Run which I ordered without a t-shirt! Then I can just put this all behind me and pretend these morons never existed.

Do you live outside of the States? I live in Australia and it always takes forever to get my figures off them, but I recieved my confirmation today that it has been sent. I also didnt purchase a shirt.Im just glad that its finally on the way. Hope you get your confirmation soon.