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unused annual premium no longer refunded?
Miyako Nishi
Vengeance Studio
Join date: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 11
12-04-2008 09:15
I thought there was a refund of part of your annual premium fees if you downgraded. Is this a myth or is there a time limit?

I just downgraded and was told it wouldn't take effect until the anniversary date, which is still a couple months away.
Ann Launay
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Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
12-04-2008 09:16
It's never been refunded in the 2+ years I've been here.
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Rhaorth Antonelli
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
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12-04-2008 09:16
I do not recall them ever refunding if you downgraded, afaik, it has always been ... the anniversary date thing
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Osprey Therian
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Join date: 6 Jul 2004
Posts: 5,049
12-04-2008 09:38
I can't imagine any deal where you pay for a year in advance to get a price break leading to a refund if you quit before a year is up. If you haven't done a year then your dues would be at the monthly $9.95 rate unless the year was waited out as LL is doing.
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Miyako Nishi
Vengeance Studio
Join date: 25 Feb 2007
Posts: 11
12-04-2008 09:54
Oh, I thought I remembered hearing people talking of downgrading and getting a partial refund. And I thought that's how First Land scammers operated.

It's not a problem. They can keep the money. It's just that storming off in a huff would be so much more satisfying if it'd take effect now and not months from now. Like, storming off in a huff isn't something that works on delayed gratification :)
Meade Paravane
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Join date: 21 Nov 2006
Posts: 4,845
12-04-2008 09:57
From: Miyako Nishi
And I thought that's how First Land scammers operated.

Nope.. They only paid one month of premium, which cost less than what they could sell the first land for.
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Lindal Kidd
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Join date: 26 Jun 2007
Posts: 8,371
12-04-2008 12:51
You can downgrade now, and huff all you want. But LL will still keep the money.

(Or you can be sensible, mark your calendar, and continue to collect stipend until the day before your renewal date, and push the button then.)
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Lindal Kidd
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Join date: 16 Jan 2004
Posts: 7,496
12-04-2008 17:08
Next month will mark five years in SL for me, and I've never heard of anyone receiving a refund for downgrading early. This is how it's always been. Sorry you didn't realize that.
Toy LaFollette
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Join date: 11 Feb 2004
Posts: 2,359
12-04-2008 17:15
LL return money???? ROFLMAO
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Peggy Paperdoll
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Join date: 15 Apr 2006
Posts: 4,383
12-04-2008 17:30
You know, I found a telephone call works wonders in situations like this. I joined SL in October, 2005 with a different avatar and went premium about a week later. Then in February, 2006 I decided I wanted a new avatar and wanted to transfer my premium account to this one and downgrade my original to basic. I called them to ask how to do that and got some quite good advice that saved me some money. It turned out that what I wanted to do was right smack in the middle of my quarterly pay period and the person I spoke to on the phone set it up so that on the next payment date (about a month and a half away) the switch would happen.......my first land was swapped to this account, the stipends started coming to this account and I was premium and my original became basic. Really quite simple.........so call them. They don't bite and they even help when they can.
3Ring Binder
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Join date: 8 Mar 2007
Posts: 15,028
12-04-2008 18:07
no refunds. also, if you click "downgrade to basic" you are stuck with that decision until your renew period comes, and goes. :eek:
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Curtis Dresler
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Join date: 6 Apr 2008
Posts: 155
12-05-2008 05:32
From: 3Ring Binder
no refunds. also, if you click "downgrade to basic" you are stuck with that decision until your renew period comes, and goes. :eek:


Yeah, but it doesn't mean anything. You are still premium, just with an annoying line in your account summary.
Shirley Marquez
Ethical SLut
Join date: 28 Oct 2005
Posts: 788
12-11-2008 17:13
On the bright side, if you're downgrading because you don't need your stipends you can get some of your money back by selling your excess L$ on LindeX.