Saturday, August 23, 2008

Call Kurtis: Xbox Live, Game Over?

I've never used her credit card," he says confidently. Tammy called Microsoft customer service. She says she spent "...an hour 20-25 minutes on the phone getting bounced from dept. to dept. to dept...." Their only offer was an apology for her inconvenience, but no refund. She says Microsoft claimed the charges were, indeed, authorized. "I just told the kids that's it. You're not going to have an Xbox anymore." She was that mad. Then she called us. We contacted Microsoft's corporate representatives and sent them Tammy's bank and Xbox billing history as well as her sister's Xbox billing statements. We asked them to verify the billing, refund any unauthorized charges, and delete the debit card information Tammy couldn't remove on her own. Microsoft's public relations firm, Edelman Public Relations, responded to us in an email saying there were "...no signs of unauthorized activity..." and "...that the charges that have been made were done so by someone within the household, possibly the owner of the gamer tag," meaning Charlie.


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