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Confirmation Number:

1715039517851395657

Date confirmed:

Sun Nov 24 19:34:32 2013

This software does not work as advertised.

The purchase of this software and any refund request is protected under Australian law via rules set down by the ACCC (http:/www.accc.gov.au). If I don’t receive a refund within 7 working days. I will put forward a complaint with the ACCC.

278 On 26 November 2013, a response was sent by “Support Tech Robbie” which began as follows:

Hello

Thank you for contacting Steam Support.

Unfortunately, we cannot offer a refund for this transaction.

Please review Section 3 of the Steam Subscriber Agreement for more information

http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=subscriber_agreement

Please try the following to troubleshoot any issues.

279 After making a number of troubleshooting suggestions, Support Tech Robbie then said:

**IMPORTANT**

Support for this title is handled by a third party support department, please follow the instructions below to contact the support provider to troubleshoot this issue

Egosoft Support

http://www.egosoft.com/support/faq/index_en.php

As an alternate resource, please check Steam Discussions for other users that may have resolved this issue:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/2870/discussions

280 Mr Phillips then replied on 26 November 2013:

Thank-you for the response; however this is an unacceptable resolution. The reality is this product was released in a dysfunctional and incomplete state while being advertised as a complete final version. I am willing to accept either a) a full refund of the product or b) a steam store credit for the total cost of the product resulting in the removal of this product from my Steam library. Please escalate this issue.

I will in the meantime begin the initial proceedings of making a complaint with the ACCC.

281 On 29 November 2013, after having received no reply, Mr Phillips sent another message:

Hi