Re: CRAP Poll #Orange-Is-The-New-Black

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:47 this Friday (GMT):

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Wait, didn't we just do one of these stupid things two weeks ago? And
another one just a fortnight prior to that? What's going on? Didn't
these polls used to be monthly (if that often?) Yeah, well, the thing
is that I got a list of ideas for future polls... and that list keeps
getting longer. I gotta start shoving some of them out the door before
that list evolves into a spreadsheet. I really don't need ANOTHER
spreadsheet in my life. ;-)
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Preliminaries done; let's get to this latest Completely Random and
Pointless Poll!
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Question: Do you ever return games you've bought for a refund?
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     a) Nope. I buy the game and it's mine forever, regardless
        of any issues.
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     b) Only if there is something really wrong with it (the
        disc is broken or it's missing something important from
        the box)
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     c) Sure, if the game is too buggy to run on my computer
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     d) If the game works but there's something about it I
        disagree with (say, discovering it has Denuvo) that wasn't
        disclosed before purchase, I don't see why I shouldn't
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     e) If I try it and don't like it, back it goes!
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     f) Ran it, played it, liked it but it's done before the
        return period ends; why shouldn't I get my money back?
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     g) If they'll take it back, it's going back
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     h) I never purchase my games, so this concept of
        'returns' does not apply to me
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     &) I am an iconoclast who refuses your options and instead
        offers my own suggestion: ___________________________
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Ideally, I'd fall into option A but realistically, I tend to go with
option B. I'm a big believer in "caveat emptor" and if I buy something
and it doesn't suit me (or has problems running on my rig), I believe
I've only myself to blame. It's only if I pay for a game and -for
whatever reason- I don't GET it that I start making a fuss and
demanding my money back. Some examples in my own personal history
include buying a game and there was a disc missing in the box, or the
manual was missing (and it was impossible to play the game without it
because of copy-protection), or the download link doesn't work.
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I tend to be more forgiving of bugs than I should, but that's probably
because a) I'm usually technically adept that I can get a game
running, or have enough 'spare' computers that even if the game
doesn't run on one platform, I can get it working on another.
Similarly, I give the publishers a pass about unspecified DRM because
I figure that's something _I_ should have looked into before
purchasing if it was such a deal breaker.
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But that's just me. Where do you draw the line? Do you return games
for refunds? 

I firmly fall into the E category here. I always feel a bit bad about
spending money for games, so if its not something I super enjoy, then
it's going back in the Steam shelves. I remember refunding Terraria bc
it didn't click with me. For more story based games, if I DO finish it
in the period, I will refund it too (pony island). I usually don't
refund games under 5$ tho.
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