Apple Issues Refunds for "Premature" Purchases of GameStore App
We received this email from iTunes Support, claiming that the GameStore app was "made available for sale prematurely."
You recently purchase the GameStore app. The app was made available for sale prematurely. We apologize for the problem and have refunded the purchase amount back to your account. These funds will be applied to your original payment method within 5 business days.
Sincerely,
iTunes Store Customer Support
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You recently purchase the GameStore app.
Why did anyone buy it at all? Do people buy apps just to have them?
That is correct.
I think Arn should validate the email. I think it is fake. No way Apple sends an email with typos and poor grammar.
I think a way that you could validate the email is to look at who Apple addressed it to.
We received this email from iTunes Support, claiming that the GameStore app was "made available for sale prematurely."
From: iTunes Store Support
Subject: Your purchase of the GameStore app
Date: January 4, 2012 5:29:49 PM MST
To: tips@macrumors.com
Dear Arnold,
You recently purchase the GameStore app. The app was made available for sale prematurely. We apologize for the problem and have refunded the purchase amount back to your account. These funds will be applied to your original payment method within 5 business days.
Sincerely,
iTunes Store Customer Support
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ww/
Anyone else surprised Apple would have such poor grammar ? :eek:
Arn's error what ? If Arn copy/pastes the original Apple text, how is the typo's Arn's fault ?
It is the responsibility of the editor (or whoever is responsible for proofing the article before it is published) to recognize any grammatical or spelling error in any quote by following it with [sic].
This indicates that the error was on the part of the source quoted, and not the publisher.
Until Arn acknowledges that it was an error on behalf of the source and not his own, it is technically his error.
I think a way that you could validate the email is to look at who Apple addressed it to.
I'm surprised that macrumors uses their tips@macrumors.com email for their iTunes account.
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