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Forums - Microsoft - So $100 just appeared in my Xbox account...

 

What do you think?

Lucky bastard... 39 54.17%
 
PLEASE!!! PLEASE CAN I HAVE IT! D: 9 12.50%
 
Ehh... good for you! 24 33.33%
 
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Ganoncrotch said:
barneystinson69 said:

No idea. Could've been a mistake on Microsoft's side in which they simply deposited the money into my account. So far, haven't gotten anything revoked, so lets just wait and see.

Lets be real here, MS didn't get to where they are at money wise by accidentally putting $100's into peoples accounts.

Personally, I don't know. But whoever put the money in is certainly a kind fella. :)



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Lucky bastard...



I put it there by mistake. Can I have it back?



Ganoncrotch said:
barneystinson69 said:

No idea. Could've been a mistake on Microsoft's side in which they simply deposited the money into my account. So far, haven't gotten anything revoked, so lets just wait and see.

Lets be real here, MS didn't get to where they are at money wise by accidentally putting $100's into peoples accounts.

MS does make mistakes though. I think 2 years ago the MS store was selling $60 games for $1-$2, and loads of people took advantage of that glitch. 



    

NNID: FrequentFlyer54

"We're sorry, there was an error in payment processing and money was added to your account by mistake. 

We will deduct the money from your account and return it to normal.

Account balance -$100.00"

Microsoft Griffin:




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Uhhh.... I may have held off on using that. If it was a mistake and they reverse it you've got a bit of a headache on your hands.



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BraLoD said:
JOKA_ said:
Uhhh.... I may have held off on using that. If it was a mistake and they reverse it you've got a bit of a headache on your hands.

Can they really do this?
If they somehow added money to his account by mistake it's their problem, not his, I doubt they can charge him for anything because of that.

I don't think its out of the realm of possibility.  If a bank credits your account some money by mistake its not free money for you.  They can reverse it even if you've spent some of it, possibly giving you a negative balance.  Fake check scams kind of work off of this.

There are stories of PS accounts being hacked, and then the hacker buys a bunch of stuff.  Instead of just revoking the content Sony said 'yeah you actually have to pay for these'.

Obviously these examples aren't exactly whats going on here, but its close.  Clearly there is someone out there in the world searching for a missing $100, probably on the line with MS trying to figure this out.



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Guys, I don't have a credit card on my account, so there is no way they can charge me without my consent. Also its been 6 hrs since I made these purchases, and so far I haven't gotten anything revoked. So crossing my fingers.



Made a bet with LipeJJ and HylianYoshi that the XB1 will reach 30 million before Wii U reaches 15 million. Loser has to get avatar picked by winner for 6 months (or if I lose, either 6 months avatar control for both Lipe and Hylian, or my patrick avatar comes back forever).

MoHasanie said:
Do the right thing and inform MS of their mistake.

do the right thing? he's going to get some DLC that at this point is costing the developer like nothing. screw it, not his fault their system is glitching left and right



barneystinson69 said:

Guys, I don't have a credit card on my account, so there is no way they can charge me without my consent. Also its been 6 hrs since I made these purchases, and so far I haven't gotten anything revoked. So crossing my fingers.

In the case of the Sony account they locked out the user until he paid the outstanding balance.  Probably nothing is going to happen, but imo trying to figure out where the hell the money came from was the first step.



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