Let’s look at the definition of the word scam. scam – noun – a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, esp. for making a quick profit; swindle. Now we got that out of the way I’ll explain what happened to make me think of this.
Steven and I both ordered our badges for Gen Con early. I chose will call and he chose to have his sent USPS for $3.00. A week before Gen Con his badge still wasn’t received. He went to his post office but that didn’t do much good. He also called Gen Con and they told him that if it has not come in he would have to buy another badge. Buy another badge?! Are you kidding me? Badges aren’t cheap to begin with and now he has to buy another one. Does Steven get a refund? Not unless they get it back or it shows up and he sends it to them.
Gen Con has no proof they sent the badge or any way to track it. So I buy a badge that you say you mailed but can’t prove and you tell me to buy another one and hope it comes in to get a refund. That doesn’t seem right does it? From what some people told me at Gen Con and on the forums Steven wasn’t the only one this happened to.
I don’t know how many people this happened to. People I talked to used the word scam. Is this a scam? I’ll let you decide but it doesn’t sound fair to me.
