Counterpunch wrote:FP sure does provide some F'd up head.
G1 Legacy wrote:This seems like a typical P.R. spiel, all words and no real solution. But hey, atleast their owning up to it at this point instead of seemingly keeping their heads buried in the sand.
OK sooo, I need some advice guys (and gals): I was planning to get a TFCC membership this past month to get the Runamuck figure, but all this Credit Card ID theft stuff has REALLY scared the hell out of me, so I backed off to silently watch how all of this was gonna play out. With Botcon fast approaching I don't have time to deal with the hassle that would come along with having to re-set a card number etc. But I already missed out on the "Over-Run" pre-order figure and have been reduced to having to get it on the secondary market...I really don't wanna have to do that again with Runamuck so I'm having this internal struggle on whether or not to go ahead and risk joining TFCC, I mean isn't March 15 the deadline for the Runamuck figure? I don't know if I should risk it. Oh why oh why can't they just take Paypal? LOL
Thanks in advance gang!
G1 Legacy wrote:This seems like a typical P.R. spiel, all words and no real solution. But hey, atleast their owning up to it at this point instead of seemingly keeping their heads buried in the sand.
OK sooo, I need some advice guys (and gals): I was planning to get a TFCC membership this past month to get the Runamuck figure, but all this Credit Card ID theft stuff has REALLY scared the hell out of me, so I backed off to silently watch how all of this was gonna play out. With Botcon fast approaching I don't have time to deal with the hassle that would come along with having to re-set a card number etc. But I already missed out on the "Over-Run" pre-order figure and have been reduced to having to get it on the secondary market...I really don't wanna have to do that again with Runamuck so I'm having this internal struggle on whether or not to go ahead and risk joining TFCC, I mean isn't March 15 the deadline for the Runamuck figure? I don't know if I should risk it. Oh why oh why can't they just take Paypal? LOL
Thanks in advance gang!
Burn wrote:G1 Legacy wrote:This seems like a typical P.R. spiel, all words and no real solution. But hey, atleast their owning up to it at this point instead of seemingly keeping their heads buried in the sand.
OK sooo, I need some advice guys (and gals): I was planning to get a TFCC membership this past month to get the Runamuck figure, but all this Credit Card ID theft stuff has REALLY scared the hell out of me, so I backed off to silently watch how all of this was gonna play out. With Botcon fast approaching I don't have time to deal with the hassle that would come along with having to re-set a card number etc. But I already missed out on the "Over-Run" pre-order figure and have been reduced to having to get it on the secondary market...I really don't wanna have to do that again with Runamuck so I'm having this internal struggle on whether or not to go ahead and risk joining TFCC, I mean isn't March 15 the deadline for the Runamuck figure? I don't know if I should risk it. Oh why oh why can't they just take Paypal? LOL
Thanks in advance gang!
Same boat. I went out and got a pre-paid credit card. They can only take whatever money is on it and I plan to only put on enough to cover expenses. So if it were to get hit they wouldn't get anything.
Whats better, spending $100 on a figure or having $1000 worth of credit fraud ? Not trying to be harsh, but it's a no brainer.
Same boat. I went out and got a pre-paid credit card.
Paypal offers a similar deal where they offer a 'credit card' off your paypal account that you feed it money or something. I haven't looked too much into it, but I probably will in the not too distant future.
Stormrider wrote:Fraudulent charges and identity theft are becoming a huge pain. Part of the problem is that it's near impossible to catch the thieves and the penalties are not harsh enough when they do.
I got my identity stolen two years ago, which is much worse than fraudulent charges. The thief had opened over $60,000 in credit cards and loans and destroyed my credit history. He had applied to over 70 store credit and loans. And I only found out the fraudulent accounts when collection agencies began contacting me a year later. Anyway, the point is that the thief was caught (a very rare thing). And even though he is a repeat offender and a convicted felon, he most likely will only receive a slap on the wrist from the courts.
breastforce wrote:Thought I got through this unscathed, but resolved to cancel my card anyway in case. I rang my bank today. Aparently they were trying to get through to me, because in the last week they had blocked hundreds of attempts to use my card. Loads of transactions traced back to Ohio, plus some from all over Europe. If my bank hadn't been proactive, I would now have about £1500 of fraudulent charges on my card. One errant charge for around £10 got through.
To say I'm cross is somewhat of an understatement. Would love to be at Botcon to give FunPub what for. I think It's high time that Hasbro made a statement like this, as their brand is being damaged indirectly, as well. Should Hasbro allow FunPub to keep their license in the light of this? The way I see it, FunPub owes us all a lot more than a pithy apology. On a positive note, I did get my Runamuck today, and he is nice indeed. It's just a shame that what is an awesome exclusive has been marred by a laundry list of amateur mistakes.
Delicon wrote:My biggest fear is the same as Seibertron's, that Hasbro will pull the license and start doing their own HasbroCon...
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We are also taking this opportunity to remove all non-essential services from our ecomerce server. So in the short term in the next day or so, the club forums will be discontinued. It will be several days until we are ready to bring them back under an entierly new piece of software. I know alot of you have been asking for this so, we have decided to replace several of our systems with new packages. This means that you will not have access to the forum for a while at all. We do plan to make the old forum viewable (no posts) in the future.
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