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Apple Offers Refund To Stiffed Breaking Bad Season Pass Customers

Posted by timothy on from the we're-sorry-you-caught-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Two weeks ago, a man sued Apple after finding out that the $22.99 he paid for a season pass of Breaking Bad was only good for the final season's first 8 episodes. ... In light the mix-up, Apple late on Monday began informing folks who purchased a season pass for the 5th season of Breaking Bad that they are entitled to a refund in full in the form of a $22.99 iTunes credit." "Mix-up" seems an entirely charitable description.

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  1. That's not a refund. by Forbo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's not a refund. A chargeback is a refund. With this they just keep your money and give you the illusion of getting the full value back, when in actuality it costs them cents on the dollar to do this.

    1. Re:That's not a refund. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      You guys realize Apple doesn't set prices or chose how seasons are offered for sale. They can't refund money they have already given to AMC. This is a good faith measure. Why are you complaining to apple when AMC is the reason this happened?

    2. Re:That's not a refund. by wchin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Bashing Apple has become a favorite past time for some people. Yes, AMC is at fault here. Apple did the right thing - I'm curious if AMC is going to reimburse Apple for the loss.

  2. Re:Netflix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The last season isn't available on Netflix.

    [insert something witty for mod points]

  3. Apple needs to go after Sony and AMC for the costs by Ellis+D.+Tripp · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple wasn't responsible for this clusterfuck. It was Sony Pictures TV and AMC.

    AMC decided to split Season 5 into 2 halves, to extend Emmy eligibility for another year. But Sony insisted on referring to the 2 years as Season 5A and Season 5B, because that would allow them to get around having to give the actors and production staff the contractually mandated pay increase for each new season.

    So we have 2 separate definitions for what constitutes a "season", depending on what provides the corporate interests the maximum benefit. They figured that they will make more money separating the DVD sets into 2 releases, so that's what they did.

    Somebody really needs to go all Heisenberg on their asses....

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  4. Re:Apple needs to go after Sony and AMC for the co by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    Somebody really needs to go all Heisenberg on their asses....

    I'm uncertain what you mean by that.

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