RaF Gametime Revoked

[Tiggly]

RaF gametime seems to be getting revoked from anyone who signed up for the Annual Pass and/or bought more than 6 months of gametime. To keep yourself safe in the future I personally suggest to only buy 3 or less months at a time, HOWEVER this is not a guarantee you wont have it removed, there is always a risk when using RaF gametime.

Thank you to everyone who posted here and everyone who I talked to.
Feel free to ask any further questions you have about it here and I'll (or other memebers) will answer them to the best of their knowledge.


It seems as though people who bought RaF gametime are getting it revoked, it's not only one specific seller either. I was wondering if anyone knew the cause of this, is Blizz scanning accounts now? I was signed up for the Annual Pass and I still am eligible for it, only 6 months left.
After the weekly server restart I (and serveral others) got this email from Blizzard...

Hello,

We are writing to inform you that, regrettably, due to a payment issue related to one of the accounts you “referred” via the Recruit-a-Friend system, the free month(s) subscription issued to your account has been disabled. Please note that this is not a penalty for your account, but it may require you to update your subscription details if you wish to continue to play.


However, the duration of your World of Warcraft Annual Pass has been extended accordingly so you can still take advantage of this special promotion.

Please note that we can only discuss this issue with the “referred” account with the account owner of that account, and unfortunately, we will be unable to answer any of your questions relating to that account. If your referee has any question or concerns, (s)he can contact us using the Blizzard customer service website: https://us.battle.net/support/ticket/submit

For more details about the Recruit-a-Friend system, please visit the FAQ located at: Recruit A Friend FAQ - Battle.net Support

Regards,

Customer Services
Blizzard Entertainment
World of Warcraft

So just a heads up for people who use RaF Gametime to keep an eye on your account and also post here if you have anything to add.

UPDATE:
Rather than this just being a "This happened to me too." thread. Please use the following template to see the relationships between the accounts and try to help figure out WHY this is happening.

Please fill out even if your time has not been removed yet to also help figure out why some have had the time taken away.

-Is your account US or EU?
-Has your RaF time been removed?
-How much RaF did you buy / how much was removed?
-Have you opened a ticket / talked to a GM recently to make them look at your account?
-Was your time removed before or after 4/3/2012?
-Were you signed up for the Annual Pass?
If you were signed up for the AP
-Did it take away the AP or just make you finish out the remaining time?
-Have you been accepted to join the MoP beta? (If so, when were you invited?)

[drupanu]

Me and my friend also had about 26 months overall removed.... at 9:34 respectivly 9:36 PM GMT +2 ( AKA 2-3 hours from now ) .
Gametime was not purchased from precious though but from simon.

[FoNzI]

I got it. They did not remove my annual pass nor did they back charge me for the 2 months that have already passed, they just removed all the future RAF months.

[adsertif]

Same here.

[Plowz]

I also had this happen to me today I got a year of time removed

[gertjejann123]

same here, 1 year removed

[Ninifay]

Boyfriend got his one year worth of Raf removed today as well.

No email for me yet.

[Tiggly]

I updated the original post, please use the template to help see the connections between the accounts.

I believe it happened to people who signed up for the Annual Pass and that Blizzard may be scanning accounts prior to sending Beta invites, and that if they see RaF gametime then they look further into your account. (Just my theory).

[Thaadevil]

-Has your RaF time been removed?
Nope (:
-How much RaF did you buy / how much was removed?
Bought 2 months, none removed.
-Have you opened a ticket / talked to a GM recently to make them look at your account?
Never opened a ticket since I'm a 90 % botter on that account. (All I do myshelf on that account is run my 70 twink in instances and such)
-Was your time removed before or after 4/3/2012?
Nope
-Were you signed up for the Annual Pass?
On my Main account yes(They're on same battle.net)
If you were signed up for the AP
-Did it take away the AP or just make you finish out the remaining time?
Still have it + Gametime
-Have you been accepted to join the MoP beta? (If so, when were you invited?)
Not yet, but Diablo 3 without even requestion (Dafaaaq?)

Hope it helps.

[Tiggly]

Feel free to add if your account is EU or US. I have a feeling it's happening to the people in EU.

Good suggestion, added it to the Template. I am on US.

Thaadevil thank you, I too have a second account linked which was unharmed, it only has 3 month's of RaF and not signed up for the annual pass. So it seems to be happening to accounts signed up for the annual pass that bought RaF time for the AP.

[lordz23]

I was curious about how the RaF for the AP worked?
Did you HAVE to get 12 months all at once? Or can you just keep getting 1 month RAF at a time every month to delay the billing of your credit card.
It seems that most of these accounts getting RaF time revoked are the ones that blatantly signed up for 10+ months of RaF at a time and all from a same person.

I was wondering if it would be possible to buy like 2 months now, then in 2 months buy another 2 months of RaF, sounds safe to me as all the low RaF time accounts aren't getting touched it seems.

[phantom325]

I was curious about how the RaF for the AP worked?
Did you HAVE to get 12 months all at once? Or can you just keep getting 1 month RAF at a time every month to delay the billing of your credit card.
It seems that most of these accounts getting RaF time revoked are the ones that blatantly signed up for 10+ months of RaF at a time and all from a same person.

I was wondering if it would be possible to buy like 2 months now, then in 2 months buy another 2 months of RaF, sounds safe to me as all the low RaF time accounts aren't getting touched it seems.

Yes, you can get them one month at a time, however people prefer(red) to buy in bulk because it saves/did save them gold

[lordz23]

Yes, you can get them one month at a time, however people prefer(red) to buy in bulk because it saves/did save them gold

Ah kk. True. Would have saved money, now its gonna cost more money :| . Better safe than nothing. Imo .

If anyone finds any info about if pr3cious, simon, blair, etc etc are going to refund? or w/e please post :]

[finalaap]

-Is your account US or EU? eu
-Has your RaF time been removed? yes, only 1 month is active out of like 14 months
-How much RaF did you buy / how much was removed? bought 16, had 14 left, all removed
-Have you opened a ticket / talked to a GM recently to make them look at your account? not yet
-Was your time removed before or after 4/3/2012? on that date
-Were you signed up for the Annual Pass? yes
If you were signed up for the AP
-Did it take away the AP or just make you finish out the remaining time? Im not sure if I understand it correctly, but I think i have to pay for the remaining time.
-Have you been accepted to join the MoP beta? (If so, when were you invited?) Not yet.

[DrDrogi]

-Is your account US or EU?
EU
-Has your RaF time been removed?
Yes
-How much RaF did you buy / how much was removed?
Bought total of 16 RAF's. 4 months expired then i took AP 12 months together and first in row was removed with all other. Account is FROZEN but i can log my game.
-Have you opened a ticket / talked to a GM recently to make them look at your account?
I did not
-Was your time removed before or after 4/3/2012?
It was 04.03.2012 8:37PM here in Europe (yestrday)
-Were you signed up for the Annual Pass?
On my account on Battlenet
If you were signed up for the AP
-Did it take away the AP or just make you finish out the remaining time?
the duration of my World of Warcraft Annual Pass has been extended accordingly so i can still take advantage of this special promotion.
-Have you been accepted to join the MoP beta? (If so, when were you invited?)
I was not invited

after all i think my time was removed because something was wrong with payment so they automatically removed whole 12 months.
Here is what blizzard wrote me: We are writing to inform you that, regrettably, due to a payment issue related to one of the accounts you “referred” via the Recruit-a-Friend system, the free month(s) subscription issued to your account has been disabled. Please note that this is not a penalty for your account, but it may require you to update your subscription details if you wish to continue to play.