Gaming PlayStation 5

VeevaVee

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Nice to see other people are having the issue where the PS5 revs up like it's about to take off for 5 seconds, then immediately goes silent. Thought I had a dodgy one.

May still have, to be honest.
Don’t worry mate. It’s a great console regardless of whether it makes noise
 

Massive Spanner

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Finally managed to order the Pulse 3D off Gamestop. Not sure how much I'll even use them but.. well.. I mean.. they match the colour of the other things and it completes the set so.. yay?
 

BusbyMalone

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Sony emailed me back and said it’s a no go, as I bought it over two weeks ago (literally purchased it 15/16 days ago).
Yep, that's what I think is going to happen to me. You have 14 days, and I bought it 15 days ago!

What a kick in the balls :lol:
 

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Great month for ps plus, will download both Control and Destruction Allstars
 

RedDevilRoshi

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Bought a PS5 from Amazon on release date and have now recieved a 25% off code for PS Plus, Strange timing.
Received the same e-mail and found the timing weird too. My annual subscription doesn’t get debited till October.
 

passing-wind

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Ok that is good advice. So with this one, when you enquire through WhatsApp the person says to set ut a PayPal (xoom) account which I left my gf to do because she just said it was through PayPal so I thought ok, sounds legit. But there was no way back from there....someone stop them! I just think there must be a way especially as the ebay listing is still up there now.
It's a matter of legislation eBay and PayPal offer you buyer protection because it's covered under consumer laws etc. The moment any seller requires you to go to WhatsApp or some external communication app and facilitate a transaction exchange it's 100% fraud. The only option I can think of for you to do is perhaps do a chargeback via your bank account.
 

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Nice to see other people are having the issue where the PS5 revs up like it's about to take off for 5 seconds, then immediately goes silent. Thought I had a dodgy one.

May still have, to be honest.
Same however the noise completely goes when no disk is in the drive.
 

giggs-beckham

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It's a matter of legislation eBay and PayPal offer you buyer protection because it's covered under consumer laws etc. The moment any seller requires you to go to WhatsApp or some external communication app and facilitate a transaction exchange it's 100% fraud. The only option I can think of for you to do is perhaps do a chargeback via your bank account.
The missus tried with her bank over the phone they said contact PayPal, they said contact xoom, they said too late mate. I've given up and chalked it to experience.
I'm just pissed it's still up on ebay potentially scamming others.
 

Bojan11

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The missus tried with her bank over the phone they said contact PayPal, they said contact xoom, they said too late mate. I've given up and chalked it to experience.
I'm just pissed it's still up on ebay potentially scamming others.
Don’t give up like that. Your bank will always say contact PayPal, when it’s a PayPal transaction.Tell your bank you have contacted them and they are not listening.
 

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The missus tried with her bank over the phone they said contact PayPal, they said contact xoom, they said too late mate. I've given up and chalked it to experience.
I'm just pissed it's still up on ebay potentially scamming others.
Unless it was a direct bank transfer you can chargeback just be persistent. If it's a direct bank transfer you are screwed
 

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The missus tried with her bank over the phone they said contact PayPal, they said contact xoom, they said too late mate. I've given up and chalked it to experience.
I'm just pissed it's still up on ebay potentially scamming others.
Ask her to contact her bank's complaints team and they should be more helpful.
 

Bosws87

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What is charge back and is that something we can try with her bank, natwest
Chargeback is where they reclaim the funds spent on card, if the transaction was a debit/credit card then you can ask your bank to do a chargeback to reclaim the funds.
 

BusbyMalone

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Did you get a response? I’ve replied directly to their email begging :lol:
Yeah, mate. No dice :lol:

They said because their cancellation policy is 14 days and I purchased it 15 days ago they can't help. One fecking day!

Let me know how that email turns out. I May have to try something similar myself :lol:
 

Berbasbullet

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Yeah, mate. No dice :lol:

They said because their cancellation policy is 14 days and I purchased it 15 days ago they can't help. One fecking day!

Let me know how that email turns out. I May have to try something similar myself :lol:
God damn it :lol: I replied twice as they ignored me, I’m not sure pressing the reply button emails them directly or not though? It hasn’t bounced back.
 

BusbyMalone

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God damn it :lol: I replied twice as they ignored me, I’m not sure pressing the reply button emails them directly or not though? It hasn’t bounced back.

They're not going to change their mind. They have their policy and they're not going to deviate from that. I think it's a bit harsh only being one day over, and also not even downloading the game. But that's their rules, I guess. They're not exactly known for their consumer-friendly, refund policies. I'm just glad I didn't pay full price for it. £37 quid full price, I think.

So that's something to comfort me :lol:

This fecking game better be good!
 

Berbasbullet

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They're not going to change their mind. They have their policy and they're not going to deviate from that. I think it's a bit harsh only being one day over, and also not even downloading the game. But that's their rules, I guess. They're not exactly known for their consumer-friendly, refund policies. I'm just glad I didn't pay full price for it. £37 quid full price, I think.

So that's something to comfort me :lol:

This fecking game better be good!
They have escalated my second complaint to a specialist team :lol:
 

BusbyMalone

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They have escalated my second complaint to a specialist team :lol:
And I bet that "specialist team" will return with the same message!

Saying that, let me know if you have any joy!

I may have to have mine referred to this specialist team :lol:
 

Berbasbullet

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And I bet that "specialist team" will return with the same message!

Saying that, let me know if you have any joy!

I may have to have mine referred to this specialist team :lol:
Oh yeah i proper expect the same result, I’m just enjoying having a moan :lol:
 

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Had analogue stick drift earlier, a reset fixed it but.... Kinda nervous.
 

Berbasbullet

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And I bet that "specialist team" will return with the same message!

Saying that, let me know if you have any joy!

I may have to have mine referred to this specialist team :lol:
Ole ole oleeeeee ole oleeeee

Guess who got a refund!!!

Escalate it!!! Escalate it now! Go on Sony you legends.
 
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The missus tried with her bank over the phone they said contact PayPal, they said contact xoom, they said too late mate. I've given up and chalked it to experience.
I'm just pissed it's still up on ebay potentially scamming others.
Threaten to close your account and take your business elsewhere. Ask them to put a tracer on the funds and do a recall
 

BusbyMalone

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Ole ole oleeeeee ole oleeeee

Guess who got a refund!!!

Escalate it!!! Escalate it now! Go on Sony you legends.
Oh shit :lol:

So what did you do exactly?

Reply to the email you had?

Edit: Also, how many days was it between you buying the game and then asking for a refund?
 

Berbasbullet

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Oh shit :lol:

So what did you do exactly?

Reply to the email you had?

Edit: Also, how many days was it between you buying the game and then asking for a refund?
Two weeks and one day.

I pressed reply to the email and just said I am highly disappointed, I haven’t even downloaded the game and it only falls one day outside the window, any chance you can make an exception? I am a loyal Sony customer and would expect better treatment and have come away disappointed.

They said it’d be raised to a specialist team and then a couple days later I got the email saying they’ve credited me the money back.
 

BusbyMalone

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Two weeks and one day.

I pressed reply to the email and just said I am highly disappointed, I haven’t even downloaded the game and it only falls one day outside the window, any chance you can make an exception? I am a loyal Sony customer and would expect better treatment and have come away disappointed.

They said it’d be raised to a specialist team and then a couple days later I got the email saying they’ve credited me the money back.
Same amount of days as me then. I'll give it a go.