Attention GIJCC members
- Thread starter Charade
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This update is going out to all members:
Due to the issue with processing credit cards we have currently suspended your ability to renew and join the club online. The deadline is coming March 16th for you to be eligible to receive the 2012 free club exclusives.
On Monday, we will have a pdf online on the club site for membership renewals and new memberships that you can mail in with a check or money order. We will process your membership as soon as they arrive.
Please note that the March 16th deadline is a hard deadline (in house) so please make sure any mail is in the postal system by March 9th.
If you want to receive the free club exclusive Footloose or Man of Evil, your membership must be active as of March 16th. At the bottom of this email you will find your expiration date. If it is after March 16, 2012, you are good to go for the 2012 figure.
Also, please log into the club club site <https://www.gijoeclub.com/club/> and ensure you have the figure selected you want to receive for this year, either 3 3/4" or 12".
Thanks for your support and patience during this difficult time.
Brian
just received this email^^
Due to the issue with processing credit cards we have currently suspended your ability to renew and join the club online. The deadline is coming March 16th for you to be eligible to receive the 2012 free club exclusives.
On Monday, we will have a pdf online on the club site for membership renewals and new memberships that you can mail in with a check or money order. We will process your membership as soon as they arrive.
Please note that the March 16th deadline is a hard deadline (in house) so please make sure any mail is in the postal system by March 9th.
If you want to receive the free club exclusive Footloose or Man of Evil, your membership must be active as of March 16th. At the bottom of this email you will find your expiration date. If it is after March 16, 2012, you are good to go for the 2012 figure.
Also, please log into the club club site <https://www.gijoeclub.com/club/> and ensure you have the figure selected you want to receive for this year, either 3 3/4" or 12".
Thanks for your support and patience during this difficult time.
Brian
just received this email^^
Yeah, I just got an e-mail from those ignorant cocksuckers. If I didn't want Footloose so bad, I'd tell them to fuck off and not renew. Next year's figure I'm not sure I'll even bother at all.
I really, really hate that those assholes are the only game in town. I hate to sound like a raging, entitled toy fan, but that's some serious bullshit right there.
What a clusterfuck. I can't believe they're so retarded as to not figure out some other way to accept payment, or at least postpone the deadline. They're the ones who shit the bed, not their members. We shouldn't have to pick up the slack for their shortcomings and stupidity.
I really, really hate that those assholes are the only game in town. I hate to sound like a raging, entitled toy fan, but that's some serious bullshit right there.
What a clusterfuck. I can't believe they're so retarded as to not figure out some other way to accept payment, or at least postpone the deadline. They're the ones who shit the bed, not their members. We shouldn't have to pick up the slack for their shortcomings and stupidity.
Yeah, this went out to both GIJCC and TFCC members. While it's sad that it's come down to mailing checks in 2012, at least they aren't exposing members more than they already have. I'm not sure why it's so hard to fix their issues. E-commerce sites with cc gateway setups are a dime a dozen. You'd think they could just plug in a new one...
So they'll accept checks, too? Or is it just money orders? I can't even recall how to go about getting a MO. Don't you have to do that shit at a store, or bank?
Yeah, they're taking checks. It's not like they don't have plenty of time for them to clear before the club figures ship anyway.
No shit. I'm definitely using my old checking account (the one I've been transitioning out anyways) and closing that bitch out the second the check clears. What morons.
I renewed both memberships a few months ago in anticipation of the good club figures this year, and fortunately (knock on wood), nothing shady happened to my cc.
I was just about to say...I would be pretty apprehensive about paying with a check. MO, as antique system of payment as it is, is probably the most secure way to go.
BrokenArrow has the head/helmet combo that is a good basis for a FL custom. Of course, BA has it's own issues, but they usually deliver... eventually.
I feel like I've been spammed by FunPub today. I've gotten a zillion emails from them, half of which say that while they don't even know if they've actually had a compromise, I need to replace any credit card I've ever used with them. What exactly am I supposed to tell my cc company? "Hi, I haven't lost my card, and there haven't been any fraudulent charges, but I'm paranoid. Can you change my acct number and send me a new card for no reason?" WTF.
i couldn't remember what card i used last year to join, well, found out this morning with a email. i got hit.
that was on my to do list after i settled down, stopped here to dip my balls in, and now off to there to print it out.
i was talking to mw, rex.. not you, and not sucking cock..
i was talking to mw, rex.. not you, and not sucking cock..
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Just out of curiosity, what fraudulent charge was made to your card? I had one last month, and while it wasn't the card I used recently to renew, it likely was one I'd used in the past year. Now I'm starting to wonder if I didn't get tagged by the FunPub bandit too.
So you have a cell phone and access to the internet yet you can't print a document? What a tool. You hear of one of those reading places? I think they used to call it a library. They have that type of advanced technology there usually.
Did I mention what a tool?
So you have a cell phone and access to the internet yet you can't print a document? What a tool. You hear of one of those reading places? I think they used to call it a library. They have that type of advanced technology there usually.
Did I mention what a tool?
I actually have 2 cell phones and 2 PC's... what the fuck would I ever need a printer for? What is this 1997?
You can't print at work? If you go to the library you can print it there for a quarter probably.
They even have a wi fi you can connect to! http://www.hclib.org/pub/info/computers.cfm
They even let you ask to take the porn filter off! That's awesome! Watching porn at a library would be straight balla' son!
They even let you ask to take the porn filter off! That's awesome! Watching porn at a library would be straight balla' son!
first it was a dollar, my bank let em, in not sure what the site or whatever was, and then the dude tried for 350 or something at some site in the uk or it ended in uk, so it was in europe. and my bank declined it, and got in touch with me.
Yea I can print at work but I stay off any sites that I'm not suppose to go to at work which is everything... That is also monitored. We fire motherfuckers for stealing time at work.
What's this library you speak of?
if my girl didnt give me a roll of stamps, i would of made him go to the library and pay the quarter 
roposetoast:
Funny. Mine last month was like $2.37 for some "charity" in NY. My cc thought is was suspicious, and they said they'd had a rash of that kind of small "test charges" for lots of customers in recent weeks. But my business cc got hit by some tool in cleveland trying to rent/buy some industrial equipment. No clue how that card got out, as I almost never use it anywhere but Lowes...
Hah, so the renewal is $44? Where'd that extra $2 come from?
$2 is a negligible increase, but are they fucking serious? It was $42 last year. They up the price after all this shit to cover... what?
A more thumbs-up-their-ass renewal system?
$2 is a negligible increase, but are they fucking serious? It was $42 last year. They up the price after all this shit to cover... what?
A more thumbs-up-their-ass renewal system?
few years back i got hit on a card and my bank called me. it's weird, but those got wiped away too, it was out in cali, lakewood or lake side cali or somehting, the guy or whoever went to a chuckie cheese and a walmart and another chuckie cheese. i never haerd anything about it aftwrwards, though.
Can you download it, and then email it to yourself and then use that to print?
I'm really impressed by the number of people hit, and the number of new reports each day. I don't know how many members Fun Pub has for the Transformers and Joe CC, but with the number of people chiming in each day about fraud charges, it seems like a significantly large percentage of people are already hit. I guess if you hadn't been hit yet, it might be a matter of when, not if....
How this works is, someone, somehow got all the CC info.
They likely break it off into chunks and sell those chunks to people. They buy 10, 25, 50, 100 card #'s. Likely half of those don't work (Card has been canceled already, etc) but the other half do work. These #'s are going to be random, and not likely in any order.
The person who bought the numbers has a machine that can re-program his OWN credit card. He flashes his card with your cards info. So when he goes to Best Buy, or whatever, he shows HIS CARD and HIS ID and everything looks legit. When he swipes and signs, it's YOUR # that pops up.
Newer retail stores have the checker enter the last 4 of the CC to make sure they match. If the customer suddenly decides they don't want the item etc, likely a fraudulent card. That's why you see lots of sales at smaller places, busy places, places that don't have the time/energy to check each transaction (Online works too usually, especially if they got the little 3 digit code).
So they'll use a card # until your bank realizes it's fraud and shuts it down. They go home, re-flash it with someone elses # and continue on their merry way.
They likely break it off into chunks and sell those chunks to people. They buy 10, 25, 50, 100 card #'s. Likely half of those don't work (Card has been canceled already, etc) but the other half do work. These #'s are going to be random, and not likely in any order.
The person who bought the numbers has a machine that can re-program his OWN credit card. He flashes his card with your cards info. So when he goes to Best Buy, or whatever, he shows HIS CARD and HIS ID and everything looks legit. When he swipes and signs, it's YOUR # that pops up.
Newer retail stores have the checker enter the last 4 of the CC to make sure they match. If the customer suddenly decides they don't want the item etc, likely a fraudulent card. That's why you see lots of sales at smaller places, busy places, places that don't have the time/energy to check each transaction (Online works too usually, especially if they got the little 3 digit code).
So they'll use a card # until your bank realizes it's fraud and shuts it down. They go home, re-flash it with someone elses # and continue on their merry way.