[quote name='srad1968']Actually not only do you DESERVE to be spoken to this way, you NEED to be spoken to this way. You are going to bring my mother into this? Well listen, I will tell you something about my mother. She taught me to take responsibility for my own actions. Maybe yours should have done the same.
I am not saying that you won't get help, but you are acting like a little bitch about it. You are blaming everyone in the world and accepting no responsibility for doing something completely stupid. You are one of these ignorant consumers that believes that if they throw a big enough fit then they will get their way.
Instead of acting that way you should be humble. You should call Microsoft up and say, "Look, I screwed up, I am a total idiot. I scratched off my card using scissors when I clearly should have used something more suitable. I will gladly mail you the card at my own expense and let you guys look at it. If you can see that the card was never used would you please send me a replacement. I have learned my lesson and I will use a coin or my fingernail next time and gently scratch it off. I throw myself at your mercy and hope that you will be so kind as to help me."
Trust me, that will get you a much better response than threats will. And you know what? If they still don't take care of you then you have to just suck it up and take responsibility for screwing up.
This is a 3 step process.
1) Realize that you screwed up, your fault, no one else's.
2) Realize that no one owes you anything. You bought a product and destroyed it before you could use it. The product wasn't faulty, your handling of the product was faulty.
3) Realize that if you do get help, you owe them an extreme amount of gratitude for fixing what you messed up.[/quote]
Seeing how short tempered you seem to be and how angry you are getting at this guy makes me think your mother didn't hug you enough as a kid.
He never bitched, he just reached out for help from the community, to see what his options were. Based on the title of his post, he seems to realize this will most likely not end well, and that is why he is posting here, to know our suggestions.
Chill out.