Three days after payment and still no platinum membership!

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Three days ago I requested, and paid for, platinum membership of Chess.com. I have a receipt from Google, but no platinum membership. After three days! Contacting Chess.com is impossible, they ignore all emails and after over 100 views they have made no response to the post I made here yesterday. I tried a month ago to upgrade and eventually after five days I still hadn't been upgraded and so cancelled my subscription. A few hours after cancelling my subscription was upgraded for a trial period and then cancelled.I will wait a few days to see if my upgrade is eventually implemented but I must say this ridiculous delay, of days, to upgrade is unacceptable. Why on earth does it take Chess.com so long to act on an upgrade request after payment?

Here is a copy of the Google receipt:
Vielen Dank.
Sie haben auf Google Play ein Abonnement bei Chess.com, LLC gekauft.

Bestellnummer: 12999763169054705758.1300199002105916
Bestelldatum: 05.02.2015 13:25:25 MEZ
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Yearly Platinum Membership Subscription (Chess - Play & Learn) € 35,70/Jahr
Jahresabonnement - Automatische Erneuerung am 05.02.2016  
 
Gesamt: € 35,70/Jahr
(enthält MwSt. in Höhe von € 5,95)

Avatar of MuhammadAreez10

Ask for refund. Probably not worth it.

Avatar of GnrfFrtzl

They're working on V3, that takes them all them time and they have no time to respond, as they're working on all the amazing features that will be implemented. *obvious sarcasm*

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tigerprowl5 írta:

Why pay for membership?  I don't understand.  I can understand paying for a coach and joining cheaper chess classes, but if I can't ask questions why would I want to pay for something I can get for free on the internet?


This would be like paying someone to tell you who won the NBA Finals or World Cup.  News sites already post them.  Chessbase gives .pgn downloads of all major tournaments and matches (often annotated).

 

The DVDs are questionable, it's not easy listening to a Russian Grandmaster give in depth analysis with broken English and a thick accent.

 

What we need are games and written analysis of games along with answers to our questions.  Chess.com does not offer this, so I don't know why people are spending money. 

 

If I pay money can I get my questions answered by at least an IM or higher?  Give me that package, not these pre-packaged video files that are nothing more than lectures on things I already know.

Completely agreed. If there was, let's say for example a bundle of books given for your subscription money every other months of so, I'd consider it, but as it is now there are tons of other sites that provide the same, even in a greater variety (simply think of all the chess channels on YouTube).

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SkyMarshal írta:

I dont understand this. If I pay for a membership I would except immediate upgrade to the features. Maybe some minutes or a couple of hours. But not a day and of course not 3 days!!

What if the site is automatic and just runs on its own? It could very well be, to be frank.

Avatar of J-Star-Roar

When I upgraded 2 months ago at Christmas, it was immediate. I think it's your computer, not chess.com.

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J-Star-Roar írta:

When I upgraded 2 months ago at Christmas, it was immediate. I think it's your computer, not chess.com.

Is there a computer/internet connection that takes 3 days to send an e-mail nowadays? He also got the receipt that he had paid already.

Avatar of SteveInBayern

@ J-Star-Roar; how can the problem be my computer, and laptop, and mobile rather than Chess.com? I have a receipt from Google Play, which I pasted above, to show that I have paid yet I cannot use Platinum services from any device.

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.....

Avatar of SteveInBayern

@ kevinpro12; That's too deep/clever for me I'm afraid. What does "......" mean and how does it help? 

Avatar of asknotaxe

Not the first thread like this I'm seeing, so there probably *is* a problem with this site.

Avatar of GnrfFrtzl

May be I am right and this site does run automatically. There's probably an intern sitting there and doing nothing.
It's just obvious whatever problems arise, all we get is a prewritten message about how they're sorry and how everything will get sorted out and actually work when V3 arrives.

Avatar of shaun

Hi steveinaustria, I'm very sorry to hear that your google orders are not being passed on to us.  I do see that you reached out to us yesterday at support@chess.com, and I've go our billing specialist working this case now. He'll be reaching out to us shortly.

We never want to hear about people having trouble reaching us.  For best results, try to reach us by putting in a ticket here:

https://support.chess.com/customer/portal/emails/new

Or writing us at support@chess.com 

Feel free to message me personally if you have any questions!

Avatar of J-Star-Roar

Oooh. A ticket. Good original personalised advice.

Avatar of RonaldJosephCote

          This is awkward.Frown  Most consumers bitch, "They Took My Money"Yell                                 This is the 1st time I hear someone say, "I Want To GIVE YOU MY MONEY"Yell                

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RonaldJosephCote wrote:

          This is awkward.  Most consumers bitch, "They Took My Money"                                 This is the 1st time I hear someone say, "I Want To GIVE YOU MY MONEY"                

no sweetie, they took his money and didnt give him what he paid for and there is no excuse for that.