how many people got AH banned durring blitz

nitmatrix said:

Coins wipped for "coin distribution" and i know i have no recourse lol 

i made too much without buying enough packs i guess

silly bots

I would be SO MAD

jdizzle2319 said:

I would be SO MAD

me too, but then i went to the bbb complaints page for EA and they have like 20000 complaints with no response from ea, most for way more than i spent.  no point in being mad, it aint going to fix anything

https://www.bbb.org/us/ca/redwood-city/profile/wholesale-video-games/electronic-arts-inc-1116-64196/complaints

peatrick said:

I'm with @twitchtaxpro on this one -- highly doubtful that even a handful of ~400k(ish) Epic purple strategy item scalps would have caused your account to get banned.  What a crock of shit.  I got my +5 THP (Gunslinger) purple item from the S3 Field Pass and think i sold it for uhhh 549k or maybe 649k, cannot recall which, but either way, it was fairly high value.  I've had a +pass rush (Edge Threat, i think) listed for the weekend, around ~400k, but that one obviously hasn't sold, at least not last i checked.

For the past couple/few seasons i've had a spare account ready in the waiting, for if/when EA decides to ban me again.  There's no real rhyme or reason how or why we run afoul of their ridiculous bots auto-banning us.  Granted, i'm not investing a ton of time trying to snipe and scalp cards, although i do build some sets here or there when profit is obvious and fairly significant.  I was just using my 20k Blitz bolts to pull whatever the most expensive card was at the time and sold it.  I went through a couple/few Deions over the weekend, was nervous about holding onto a 4-5M coin card.  I'd buy one specifically for our Squads sessions, then sell him again before bed.

I dunno if you are still able to log onto the Mobile Companion App to try and pull a list of recent auctions, i'm still trying to get used to the redesign.  What a mess.  No guarantee any of this would work, but i have a form letter you could fill out and mail to EA Legal to try and contest this, by forcing Binding Arbitration.  Will cost you $6 (or eight bucks) to send a Certified Letter, with Delivery Confirmation and it won't be a quick process, but maybe before Zero Chill has wrapped there's at least a small chance you may be able to recover all the time, money and resources/effort you poured into the team building process.  Sucks, dude.  Sorry this happened to you -- yer not alone.  Although, for now, i've managed to dodge a bullet.  Absolutely wild that EA sets both minimum and maximum prices, yet still decide to ban us, for trading within their margins.  GRR.

i did end up sending a modified version of your letter, just not for arbitration.  i want to see how they respond, i live in texas so i may just have some fun in small claims court since we think we have jurisdiction over everything

nitmatrix said:

i did end up sending a modified version of your letter, just not for arbitration.  i want to see how they respond, i live in texas so i may just have some fun in small claims court since we think we have jurisdiction over everything

Good luck. I'm no attorney, but I believe we essentially sign away our rights and agree to Binding Arbitration clause during those pesky Terms of Service they literally force us to accept before we can even log into the game.

Wish you much success, wear a terrible situation.

twitchtaxpro said:

no, that wouldn't get you banned.  you likely did something very stupid that you can't place at the moment.  i flipped over 200 88s and 89s like that.

it's more likely you listed one card at a very high price and it sold than flipping mass amounts of cards within filter prices.

also, pretty sure you recommended paying this guy, but the same thing happened to him and he didnt do anything stupid lol.  ea just gonna ea

https://x.com/iJoebruin/status/1994486207150264394

IMHO, if it's your first ban of this game (regardless if you were banned in 25) just send a letter requesting arbitration and that they pay for it. @peatrick is right, arbitration is the only way, it's in the TOS so that is the only resolution. 

If it's your first infraction to a bannable level, odds are they don't want to pay for arbitration when the arbitrator will say "well, there's not much evidence this dude was distributing coins, especially since this is an isolated incident." so they'll just give your account back. Whether they give you the coins back...I'm not so sure.