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Not if you bought them with gold. Otherwise, contact CS as they may be able to help you.

I saw blue thread on main page, where stuff said that they not going to trade new = classic packs by no means. Soory.

I honestly cannot believe so many are doing this! It's been doing the rounds - videos on YT of Trump and other streamers opening the wrong packs. I mean, the packs are clearly different to one another in appearance :/ 

I'd say tough luck, I doubt Blizz will entertain a refund or switch. 

Lol, Trump, TidesofTime - everyone is falling into Blizzard's trap

Well, at least you can take comfort in the fact that you're not alone...

And you got extra dust to spend on GvG cards!

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I haven't opened them,I'm assuming i can't do anything to trade em for the new ones?

If you used gold you are out of luck.  If you used $ file a ticket with blizzard CS.  They can do a one time account reset and refund.  It will remove the cards and refund your purchase. 

I also bought seven of the old packs before I noticed.  Oh, well.

I bought only one, so thank God!

Nice quote btw:

"trap"....yeah, because, who are too dumb to choose the right pack are the victims....right.

I like trolls

They did that on purpose love, so, all is well for Blizzard

honestly it is beyond me how can anyone make that mistake.. GVG announced like 1+month ago .. they released cards every week.. and the last days before release they Stated very clearly with a bigass post that gvg cards will be contained on different packs which will cost same like original ones.. so what was so hard about that? 
i feel sorry for u guys yet it's all your own fault, not blizzard's (and they are not supposed to return you money for your ignorance)

We can fix many things in life, stupidity is not one. Bath in your hideous mistake and open that useless classic pack!

One love brotha. 

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Can blizzard legally decline to give a refund?      

I don't know much about US/ international law, but I think in the UK there would be some sort of consumer protection regarding this sort of thing.   

In the UK you have basic consumer rights (sales of goods act) that you cannot agree to lose. (i.e.  If a company has a clause like "no refunds" in the contract you sign, courts would throw it out.... if you act as a consumer).    

There are all sort of things that may entitle you to a refund (e.g under some circumstances there are "cooling off periods", sometimes there are  remedies concerning mistake/intent,  if you purchased with credit card you may have additional legal options as well.... and so on...).

Its a long time since I was a Law student.  But still I'd be surprised if there were literally 0 legal recourse for (unopened) packs bought by mistake,   

 

edit:    I would emphasise the "unopened" part.     The moment you open the packs it could be argued that such behaviour indicates acceptance of the goods.  

Would you bother to sue Blizzard for under $100? Morality ethics, and legality  aside, it would be a huge hassle to fight. 

There's a sign in big red letters on this site saying to make sure to buy the correct packs. Just check for that one next time.

Even that sounds like a nuisance for the amount. I don't pretend to know how things work in the UK, but I lose money taking off work to fight a parking ticket. Not a perfect analogy, but the point is there. And for me, learning how to write a credible letter like that, then doing it... That would be a good chunk of time.

Word, good citizen, there is nothing to see here, the Corp... the gover... Blizzard is always right: Do not argue, do not ask questions, just OBEY!

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Here's an even better Idea.... lets just post the contract:

http://eu.blizzard.com/en-gb/company/about/termsofsale.html

 

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So I boxed some of the important bits....    I wish I were better at LAW :(

Anyway, it seems like the moment you get the packs you may have lost your right to withdraw. But, I don't know, since delivery is almost immediate you were never given a chance to withdraw.   

Furthermore, you could perhaps argue that you don't buy "packs" but you buy "cards".   By use of this distinction you could try to argue that technically you haven't accessed the content you have paid for until you open the packs....

but anyway, I'm not a lawyer and since I didn't make the silly error of buying the wrong packs I don't actually give a fuck what the answer is. :)

Wall of txt. Came here for the laughs.

good guide

Yeah I saw this on Reddit about 2hrs ago too