Rip off

[Chaparral]

Purple lasers... That color sounded familiar.

 

[Bottom Hat]

At this point I'd be willing to buy the poor lawyer the skins he lost out on.

Poor thing

You're going soft old chap

 

[GraphiteGB]

Did not watch or hear the stream but still got the xmas items...

As all you had to do was put the window as background task... but ill not be removing the paints I allready got..

 

[CMDR Deano The Imperial]

Yeah. KiwiKaren wants a refund for the game that got given away for free a month or so ago.

My argument has got weight, I'm on Xbox and had to pay.
Now where's my receipt from Microsoft.

 

[JesusRocks1988]

So I entered into a contract with Frontier as follows. If I linked my account to Twitch and watched three hours of terminally boring gameplay then I would get some 'drops' such as coloured engine thrusts and lasers.

I did all of this and nothing happened. When I reported it, Juice (as they are too worried to put their real names it seems) said basically tough luck implying I had not followed the instructions or something.

I cannot expect a refund after so long playing but I can cancel the upgrade, uninstall as enough is enough, and tell people how crooked they are.

Shame really, with over 500 million saved and the best ship in the game fully upgraded. Ah well. The question is whether to refer this as a breach of trading standards as you cannot make an offer in this Country and then break it because you simply cannot be bothered.

Wow, what an impressive misunderstanding of UK contract and consumer law.

First of all, it was a giveaway, not a contract. Nothing about Twitch Drops are legally binding in any way.
Taking part in such a giveaway does not guarantee the quality of the content you're watching. I, for one, rather enjoyed the streams in which these drops were activated. But, to each their own...
The first time I did the Twitch Drops, I made a mistake. I misunderstood what I had to do. I linked my Frontier account to Twitch, I took part, and I claimed the drops on Twitch, but they did not appear in-game. It turns out that I also needed to go to twitch.frontierstore and claim them on there as well. For the second stream, I did this and it worked. I now have all the drops in-game.
So, perhaps, instead of getting on your high horse, you could consider the idea that Frontier Support were correct and you missed a step. It is easily done.

One thing this situation is not is evidence of Frontier being crooked. User error is not their fault.
It's also not a breach of trading standards, because they weren't selling you anything.

 

[LeoBartlet]

My argument has got weight, I'm on Xbox and had to pay.
Now where's my receipt from Microsoft.

Your loyalty to Microsoft is appreciated and as a reward you're entitled to claim a free windows vista operating system.

 

[CMDR Deano The Imperial]

Your loyalty to Microsoft is appreciated and as a reward you're entitled to claim a free windows vista operating system.

Beats Windows 10 by a long shot

 

[Beach Cat]

Beats Windows 10 by a long shot

haha even ME was better than 10

 

[Flimley]

I am Flimley \o/

 

[CMDR Deano The Imperial]

haha even ME was better than 10

DOS is better than 10

 

[Beach Cat]

DOS is better than 10

Fact!

 

[CSV]

Twitch? Isn't that where they ban people for using the wrong emote or whistling a copyrighted tune?

 

[askavir]

People really sit for 3 whole hours watching some stream just to get colored lasers?

 

[GroG79]

It is amazing what people do for free url stuff

 

[CptArcher]

I fully support the OPs nerdrage. I tried watching the stream twice to get the drops and got nothing (I didn't read the instructions correctly either OP)

 

[Red Anders]

Your loyalty to Microsoft is appreciated and as a reward you're entitled to claim a free windows vista operating system.

Should be Windows ME really. I've always assumed they named it because it felt like you had ME whilst using it.

 

[Pat Healy]

Ok Guys, I think you have all scared the OP away. He has probably Rage Quit and uninstalled......Wonder if i should ask him for his Stuff?

He’s cackling with glee at the wild success of his troll. This is a generous community - no troll goes unfed around here.

 

[LeoBartlet]

Should be Windows ME really. I've always assumed they named it because it felt like you had ME whilst using it.

I did consider saying ME but I figured the pain of Vista is more recent in peoples memories. Still im surprised Win8 doesnt get more hate as it was god awful.

 

[Red Anders]

I did consider saying ME but I figured the pain of Vista is more recent in peoples memories. Still im surprised Win8 doesnt get more hate as it was god awful.

My mind just filters out 8 as a kind of defence mechanism. You're right about Vista though, I remember having to back up some stuff from my boss's minimum spec laptop running Vista for her and it nearly went through the window at one point.

 

[MishaTX]

Remind me never to hire a lawyer from New Zealand.

Most of them are bad enough as it is.