Recent content by vliam

This is better... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beCucKIGUwM

I can only say that, if you are suspected of botting, they aren't going to refund your worthless tickets either. I'm not sure what the issue is. That's not it though.

They haven't done that in the past. However, something is definitely going on. I have another account that I'm using to test against my address. I won't know anything for another week though. If that doesn't come in, I'm kicking Bing to the curb.

So, basically... ^^ This.

I'm right there with you. I'm still missing two 360 games (ordered 5/1), a copy of Vista (ordered 5/20), and two Play & Charge Kits (ordered 6/12). I seem to have stopped receiving anything from Bing.

No, it's not. I don't think that you fully understand the situation. Have you played any of the accounts on the same day? Are you using the same address for the accounts? If so, you'll develop an appreciation for what's going on when you stop receiving your orders.

The last thing that I successfully received was earplugs. The label lists the weight at .21 on my box. They're lying but that's what it says.

Because, if they told you the truth, you'd stop playing games and generating searches.

It's true that we don't really know what's going on. However, we do know that the number of shipments has been lower than usual this past week or so.

As with any other network... 10% of the users are responsible for 90% of the traffic. I don't know if there's a quantitative law describing this observation but I've found it to be true more often than not.

Well, today makes 10 weeks since I ordered Lost Odyssey and Scene It 2. I'm not terribly optimistic about the situation.

Yeah. I think the cause and effect are reversed. Seems to me, the reason the complaints were filed was because the person wasn't getting their crap. So, the flagging must have occurred prior to the complaint.

The address is certainly an element of the algorithm but it's not that simple. I received some Zune earphones that I ordered on May 26th to the same address that I used for an account that appears to have been flagged.

I'm sure that you are right about their goal in these sweeps. Sadly, the folks that you describe, if the current theory is correct, will be largely unaffected. The people that have a couple of legit accounts in their house that happen to play on the same day? They get the shaft.

Microsoft does offer "Academic editions" of Zune hardware. Here's the 120GB AE version, http://www.microsoft.journeyed.com/itemDetail.asp?itmNo=90161474 The box looks something like this, It's the same as the retail version but the AE designation depresses the resale value.