The intention which was mis-stated repeatedly by the employees is that this was going to be a CBT only sale. AFAIK, the humble bundle never stated if the goodies would transfer over, only employees stated they would.
I don't know about you, but when the COMMUNITY MANAGER tells me I'm going to get something, I believe them over a reseller. Not to mention I never said I blame humble bundle for the disaster, did I? It's a pity wargaming dragged them into this mess but the fault is ENTIRELY on WG and humble bundle and charities got caught in the crossfire.
Instead, to appease the masses of people bitching about not getting something for 1/24 the cost, they gave out something for 1/10th the cost and STILL people bitch.
The cost is whatever you want to pay for the bundle. For you it may be 1/24 the cost, for other people who are not cheapskates thinking "omg $1 keys", they probably paid more. Last I checked the average price is almost $4 and there's a bunch of people who have paid way more than that on the top of the list. (some loon paid like $400?) Fuck those people too right? They're just so stupid for paying more than a buck for some keys.
Personally, I wish they would refund the buck and say F you to trying to get the best deal wargaming HAS EVER DONE and you get your all mighty dollar back. Me, I will take my 90% off ship, thank you.
Did you forget they only told people the fact that the items wouldn't carry over to OBT AFTER the wipe and people noticed stuff was missing? They also didn't tell people that the keys were NA only, and wouldn't work on EU accounts? Or that they had over 3 days worth of sales and didn't feel like they needed to compensate people ANYTHING until kotaku started running the story along with other blog sites? Each time when blogs started running with the story, then they issue an "amendment" to the wording on humble bundle. Really convenient of them to keep changing the terms of the sale eh?
I believe the industry term for that is "bait and switch". Of course, everyone says it's a mistake when they get caught and they're really sorry too.
The correct course of action that would make everyone happy is to just give people the virtual items they paid for when the terms of sales were approved instead of viewing each as a potential loss in sales. This isn't just about "getting cheep items omgz" like you are making it out to be, it's consumer rights. Apparently you can sell yours for $1, I personally will not.
But hey, to each their own. White knight for WG all you want, I guess they're really the victims here with all the imaginary items they're losing.