Anonymous
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| [Rant] Fileplanet
I joined the 'Founder's Club' (membership for Fileplanet, Gamespy, IGN, 3DGamer and few more) $60/yr
You get 1200 hitpoints for up to 2 free games (this was my main reason to get the service plus to be able to download files with no wait). Even though I have the most complete membership their pages are littered with 'UPGRADE NOW' and similar crap. The games offered suck big time IMHO. I see no ads either way because I use Ad Muncher.
I don't care about IGN membership.
Most of the games offered are old:
Evil Genius
Empire Earth Gold
Buccaneer's Bounty
Neighbors from Hell: On Vacation
Singles - Flirt up your Life
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
CRC 2005
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Wacky Worlds
Tomb Raider: Chronicles
X2 - The Threat
Beyond Good and Evil
Civilization II: Test of Time
IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles
Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria
Civilization III: Gold Edition
CSI: Dark Motives
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Civilization III: Game of the Year
Atari Arcade Hits
Eve Online w/ Exodus Expansion
Magic: The Gathering™ - Battlegrounds
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2: Combo Park Pack with Wacky Worlds Expansion
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Line of Sight: Vietnam
Tactical Ops: Assault on Terror
IL-2 Sturmovik
Myst III: Exile
Deer Hunter® 2004
RollerCoaster Tycoon® 2
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Driver™
Atari: 80 Classic Games in One
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
The Chronicles of Riddick
Marine Park Empire
Combat Mission: Afrika Korps
Combat Mission: Barbarossa to Berlin
Nemesis of the Roman Empire
Strategic Command: European Theater
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Deus Ex: Invisible War
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Praetorians
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
Their tech supports uses scripted replies and there is no way to get a refund. It's a waste of money. And the speed I get from fileplanet highspeed servers is around 400 kB/s and the only way to max my connection is to use 3dgamer site.
This feels better and now I'm off to dispute the charges...  |
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CylonRed
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join:2000-07-06
Bloom County
1 edit | To win the dispute with a CC - they have to NOT provided you with the service you bought and since they have provided that and you only dislike what you got - the dispute will be denied. |
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BlitzenZeus
Burnt Out Cynic
Premium,MVM
join:2000-01-13
Beaverton, OR | reply to Anonymous
Many of those are good games, and it was part of the membership. You have nothing to complain about, and they are still providing you with a service.
I hope you get stuck with the charges, as you got exactly what your paid for. |
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Anonymous
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1 edit | reply to CylonRed
You guys would not believe what a threat to cancel the account will do for you. You should try it out sometimes.
Either way I really did not want to discuss my CC company but Fileplanet's shitty service. I had to ask them 3 times to get an answer to my question.
Also all of the games are what 2005 or older?
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BlitzenZeus
Burnt Out Cynic
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join:2000-01-13
Beaverton, OR
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Verizon Online DSL
1 edit | said by Anonymous  :You guys would not believe what a threat to cancel the account will do for you. You should try it out sometimes. Either way I really did not want to discuss my CC company but Fileplanet's shitty service. I had to ask them 3 times to get an answer to my question. Also all of the games are what 2005 or older? Threatening to quit doesn't work how you would think with other companies, I recently quit working for a cellular company, and I actually enjoyed not having to put up with pushy customers who really didn't have any real problems.
If there was a real service problem there might be room to discuss, however this was a membership to multiple sites, and the games were a benefit.
So what if some games are a older? If you expected to get two free newer release games, and the membership to all those sites for $60 you must be on something. Whatever your are doing please share it since your quite delusional. 
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Anonymous
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| Actually I expected to be offered to get one new release. You see most of them cost 400-800 points (and I have 1200) and I would rather get one new game instead of that crap.
They do offer other games but for purchase only.
I do like the Game Spy Arcade though so I may keep the membership. However I wanted to let other potential customers know what games they can get just in case if they wanted the same thing I did.
I work for a cable company and I know if you whine and bitch long enough there are no limits
Yes it sucks when you're on the other end but that's a nice change for once. |
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sivran
Long Live The Suite
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join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
clubs: | reply to Anonymous
Spoiled. |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
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join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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Hell if i saw that list of games on a WAREZ SERVER, I wouldn't download any of them. Do they disclose what you get BEFORE you pay?
I agree tho if you pay, you shouldn't be getting pages littered with upgrade now messages.
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Anonymous
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IA | They don't. That's the problem. |
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