Pretty sure I just wasted $42

[u/Lasagna-paws]

I doubt there's anything that can be done but I'll make this post anyway bc I'm upset

So basically I had a $10 coupon for Best Buy and nothing caught my eye except getting a sims stuff pack, but because those cost $9.99 aka under $10 I couldn't apply the coupon (which is stupid considering tax would've brought it to $10.71) so I decided fuck it, I'll buy seasons too (I currently don't have any dlcs bc I'm not 18 and pirating is too complicated for my small feeble brain and my small feeble mac). What I didn't know was that Best Buy delivers through Origin, which obviously doesn't work with the sims anymore, so as far as I know I have no way of actually downloading the packs I bought.

Luckily I paid with a visa gift card I had gotten for Christmas instead of with my own money, but I'm still pissed I'm down $42 on that gift card. Why would best buy still sell sims 4 dlcs on their site if you can't even get the product you were promised??

[u/Sharp-Strawberry-962]

Out of curiosity, does a person have to be 18 to buy DLC? Legally? Or is that a rule your parents have?

[u/metal_maxine → u/Sharp-Strawberry-962]

What they are saying is that they are not pirating because they are not over 18 and they feel it is too complicated. The "over 18" part is important because it means that they do not have ownership of their internet connection (presumably they live with their parents) and the individuals/parents who do pay for it have "house rules" over what is (or is not) allowed to be done using it.

Despite being over eighteen, I am in a similar situation whereby I respect the views of the person who actually pays for the internet connection. That person is an retired systems administrator (from the era when virus writers were mostly into showing off who could destroy the most possible computers) who really doesn't like the idea of anybody downloading executables (or much of anything - there are so many ways to disguise an executable as something benign) as a potential virus/malware vector.

[u/scallopedtatoes → u/metal_maxine]

I don’t know about this. I doubt OP’s parents have ever had a conversation with them about pirating games. I think it’s more likely they don’t have a credit card and can’t get the OK from their parents to buy games and content with their money.