Buy from Origin? Watch your bank account

**QuickLightning** · 10-26-11, 05:37 PM

Check your bank statement. Origin Just charged me $130 for no reason. : gaming

Apparently a lot of people are getting charged 2 or 3 times for their Origin purchases. While the pending transactions may be removed when EA figures their shit out, you could still be charged with overdraft fees if you go into the red.

Just a heads up.

Editing to fix stupid formatting bug with links.

**Ryan** · 10-26-11, 05:38 PM

EA is an awesome company.

**Guyver** · 10-26-11, 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by Loco-Raider

EA is an awesome company.

Indeed........so it begins.

**QuickLightning** · 10-26-11, 05:51 PM

Not sure why, but the link isn't working for me now.

It's on the front page of reddit /gaming:
gaming.reddit: what's new in gaming

**space.cowboy** · 10-26-11, 06:01 PM

Check your bank statement. Origin Just charged me $130 for no reason. - Imgur

**DancingCorpse** · 10-26-11, 06:15 PM

Saw this coming.

**WileECyte** · 10-26-11, 06:34 PM

Of course... if this guy pre-ordered 2 copies... it didn't charge him the money until yesterday. I should know, I checked my credit card statement. Nothing from September when I placed my pre-order... but a charge to my card yesterday.

**QuickLightning** · 10-26-11, 07:50 PM

People over at Tactical Gamer are seeing it too... I kind of doubt this is people buying 2-3 copies of the game and being surprised they are getting charged for it.

Origin Pre-Order / Multiple Charges Warning

**QuickLightning** · 10-26-11, 07:56 PM

Also in the Reddit thread and on other sites (Gamefaqs, EA Battlefield forums) there are reports of people getting the game for free after canceling their preorder with Origin too.

Either there are a lot of very coordinated trolls with bank statement and live chat screenshots all over the place or EA fucked up. I'm inclined to believe the latter.

For those who ordered directly from origin... - Battlefield 3 Message Board for PC - GameFAQs

http://i.imgur.com/TkkMk.jpg

**Partyball** · 10-26-11, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by QuickLightning

Also in the Reddit thread and on other sites (Gamefaqs, EA Battlefield forums) there are reports of people getting the game for free after canceling their preorder with Origin too.

Either there are a lot of very coordinated trolls with bank statement and live chat screenshots all over the place or EA fucked up. I'm inclined to believe the latter.

For those who ordered directly from origin... - Battlefield 3 Message Board for PC - GameFAQs

http://i.imgur.com/TkkMk.jpg

No worries. Someone else picked up the tab.