Sabrewings
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Didn't Valve add a line to its Terms of Service a couple years ago stating that you can't take them to court and that all grievances must be solved via arbitration? I recall some sort of hullabaloo over it....
There are precedents that would essentially invalidate that. You can't sign your rights away. You have the right to take someone to court and let the judge mull over the fine print and your grievance with them.
The thing is, they are required to.. but it's not like you can call the cops to force them to. Only recourse is to take them to court. You'll win, but it's a massive pain in the ass to do it. Not to mention you have to shell out a lot more initially to make it all back and usually a little bit extra because most violations of this sort include a punitive aspect to the restitution of the consumer. I'm speaking from experience here
Over $60 not worth it, but if they won't it is certainly worth it to complain to wherever you can. You can try the BBB, but Valve already has an F rating through them and doesn't look like they care about it.
http://www.bbb.org/alaskaoregonwest...rs/valve-corporation-in-bellevue-wa-27030704/
At least if you wanted to go to court you could do so with small claims. Chances are you will be awarded de facto when they fail to show up. As far as getting Valve to still pay up after that would be a pain though.
No, not taking them to court. But I can file a few complaints with agencies and authorities (pretty much already done). I can cost them a lot more than $60 in future business, however. And all I would've even been happy with is store credit. It's poor customer service and, as I mentioned before, it's not the first time they've shown me they don't care for me as their customer. I'm not turning a blind eye to it this time, especially when their competitors have shown it is possible to do the right thing.