They're perfectly safe in your inventory. This has already been stated by CCP.
You will keep BPOs you already have, but you simply won't be able to get more.

There is one whiner plastering GD with threads at the moment about how BPOs for non-existent items are being refunded and how that's clearly an awful thing and he should be reimbursed further, but nobody intelligent actually agrees with him.

They're perfectly safe in your inventory. This has already been stated by CCP.
You will keep BPOs you already have, but you simply won't be able to get more.

There is one whiner plastering GD with threads at the moment about how BPOs for non-existent items are being refunded and how that's clearly an awful thing and he should be reimbursed further, but nobody intelligent actually agrees with him.

Well then they're clearly not safe, are they. CCP only needs to change the items they represent, then remove them, and to you they will have fulfilled their promise, and still removed our BPOs.

CCP could have easily replaced the removed BPOs with equivalents from the new content. Instead they took advantage of the vehicle changes to screw over their customers.

Instead they took advantage of the vehicle changes to screw over their customers.

...by offering them a full refund for the modules that are being replaced? Yeah, real screwed. I'll have to remember this the next time I go out and buy something, use it for an extended period of time and then demand that I receive more than I paid. I'm sure that'll go over real well.

...by offering them a full refund for the modules that are being replaced? Yeah, real screwed. I'll have to remember this the next time I go out and buy something, use it for an extended period of time and then demand that I receive more than I paid. I'm sure that'll go over real well.

Barring game design needs as long as the regular of that item is in the bpos should stay.

If they can be sold on secondary? we wont know at the moment.

Will they stay the same? we also won't know either. For all we know they could go like eve and make them just a source of making items or other blueprints.

This whole scenario is more like a mandatory company recall that you must adhere to, but which they must compensate you for, not us going to them demanding an exchange/refund after a short period of time. In this situation they would have to offer a refund, store credit, or an exchange for an item of equal value, or a replacement of said item. CCP are only giving us one option instead of four that I have stated that consumers are entitled to.

Of what good is a refund, if you can't buy the items you wanted in the first place?
BPOs are now irreplaceable, and since we now know that anything we purchase with aurum has no guarantee of any kind, the currency has lost its value.
So yes, very screwed. An invaluable item was replaced with a flawed currency. Not a great exchange is it?

...that's why you READ the EULA before purchasing virtual goods/currency. There is no guarantee that the items you wish to buy will remain in the game--any game, for that matter--so the purchaser assumes that risk when going ahead with the purchase. Conversely, if you're wanting your money back and not Aurum, that's a matter between you and Sony, and not CCP.

They're perfectly safe in your inventory. This has already been stated by CCP.
You will keep BPOs you already have, but you simply won't be able to get more.

There is one whiner plastering GD with threads at the moment about how BPOs for non-existent items are being refunded and how that's clearly an awful thing and he should be reimbursed further, but nobody intelligent actually agrees with him.

Did not have the BPOs in question, but I am happy that people are raising hell about them. It gives CCP a heads up.

I bought the vet and elite packs mainly for the BPOs, the aurum in my mind was a bonus. I know at the moment there are no plans to remove them. But this uproar over 4 vehicle modules will be nothing compared to fire and brimstone that would rain if CCP did try to remove the BPOs from mercs who bought the packs.

For all the people who say BPOs are bad for dust. Matchmaking and pubstomping are more immediate and serious threats to the survival of the game. Think a new player gives a crap about the economy when he is going 1-15 in a pub match?

Let CCP hear your voice on these forums, let the people control the game. Power to the players. ~Spike2000

...that's why you READ the EULA before purchasing virtual goods/currency. There is no guarantee that the items you wish to buy will remain in the game--any game, for that matter--so the purchaser assumes that risk when going ahead with the purchase. Conversely, if you're wanting your money back and not Aurum, that's a matter between you and Sony, and not CCP.

Or we go play something else and speak with our wallets until this is fixed.

Well then they're clearly not safe, are they. CCP only needs to change the items they represent, then remove them, and to you they will have fulfilled their promise, and still removed our BPOs.

CCP could have easily replaced the removed BPOs with equivalents from the new content. Instead they took advantage of the vehicle changes to screw over their customers.

...by offering them a full refund for the modules that are being replaced? Yeah, real screwed. I'll have to remember this the next time I go out and buy something, use it for an extended period of time and then demand that I receive more than I paid. I'm sure that'll go over real well.

Yes, please leave... The four to-be-removed BPOs are not the only vehicle modules that have BPO versions, right? We will still be able to use fully fitted BPO LAVs.

Why is the AUR refund disgusting? That's about all they can do. They can't give PSN store credits like most players would want them to, and they probably don't want to give out other BPOs. Removing them from the Market was a pretty clear sign of that.

Well if everyone who feels the same way i do left, you can go and shoot other like minded idiots so thats fine. Get your nose out of CCPs arse.

Oh, not another EULA moron.
Bullshit.
This isn't about legality.

This is about CCP having no respect for their customers.

Legally CCP can turn this game into a cooking sim if they want to. They'd be f*cking idiots if they tried, but apparently you'd be okay with it.

Sure you wasted all that time and money spent on it, but hey, it doesn't break the law!

I hope you don't manage your personal relationships like that, "hey honey, I slept with that girl at work, but I obeyed all traffic laws in the process, so you can't be mad at me"

The thing is, it is not as easy there are laws protecting customers and it really doesen't matter whats in the EULA if the EULA violated these customer rights. So in general Customer Rights (by law) overrule the EULA.

So just imagine you go to a store that advertise and offer coffee BUT in that stores EULA stands he can serve you tea as well. Can he serve you tea? Sure. Is he allowed to do it? No. He advertised coffee and he has to serve you coffee if you buy coffee by serving tea you are put at a disproportional disadvantage.

You as customer could accept tea instead of coffee or you could take actions against this behavior either by contacting the store to find a solution or but taking legal actions against the store.

Don't get me wrong I think the way CCP solved the current issue is fine, I just wanted to point out that just because something is written in the EULA you have to blindly follow the EULA...

1. Then what is it about? CCP just decided to upset their customers for the hell of it?

2. Oh, I get it now! CCP obviously doesn't respect the collection of players that use their product; I mean, how DARE they try to improve their game? A very small portion of their consumer base might get upset!

3. In other words, I can't actually argue against your basic statement and will therefor throw out unrealistic "what ifs" that might support my view. Got it.

4. You didn't waste any time/money; you chose to purchase Aurum--which can't be refunded--to purchase virtual items that, by accepting the EULA, you knew could be removed or altered at CCP's discretion.

5. Considering the fact that I've been with same woman for seventeen years now and married for twelve of those, I find your pathetic attempt at sarcasm to be highly amusing. Keep trying, though!