u/fateofmorality

20 years ago I committed fraud on WoW.

There is a wrapping paper item that allows you to wrap non stackable items as a present. Sending someone a Christmas present!

Well, when I was a kid I was on a family vacation, naturally instead of being by the pool I was in the one area with wifi playing WoW on my laptop. I decided to make some money.

On my level 20 mage I bought a bunch of Blacksmiths hammers and wrapped them up. I then /who’ed everyone in Stormwind who was level 60. I sent them the present, CoD for a gold, saying that there was a raffle going on. In the message was a list of a large variety of items you could win. Freezing Bands, Edgemaster Handguards, Titanium Leggings, you name it. For 1 gold you had a chance of getting some of the best BoE’s!

But there were no BoE’s, it was all Blacksmith Hammers.

For a pre-teen who never got a character past level 40 back then, the amount of gold I made was astronomical. Along with the amount of tells asking me what this was.

“It’s a random giveaway!”

I transferred the gold to my main and deleted the character a few days later.

I’ve lived with this guilt for two decades. Everything unfortunate in my life I’ve attributed to the bad karma from this event. I needed to get this off my chest. The guilt has eaten me for too long.

Don’t accept random presents with a CoD on them. They’re just hammers.

This situation that happened is a complete health and safety risk and Hyrox has shown by their statement that they aren’t willing to make any sort of real change. I will no longer be going to any events until they actually change their rules. We should not have to sufferer because someone rubbed fecal matter on all the equipment.

Just say if you shit your pants mid race you’re disqualified. Jesus.

I need advice because I feel like I'm running around in circles and am unsure what to do next.

Backstory: 2012 Volt, 122k miles, Los Angeles. It isn't passing SMOG so I cannot register the car. The check engine light keeps coming back with P1FFD and P1FFF (plus P1E00, and P0171 showed up once) along with the dash saying "Service High Voltage Battery System". The part that needs to be replaced is the coolant level sensor in the battery cooling system. GM has a bulletin about the solder joints failing inside this sensor.

What I've done so far:

Took it to the dealer. They reflashed the BECM and HPCM2 per the bulletin. Light came back 5 days later.

Took it back. They did a full diagnosis and their own tech wrote up that the surge tank assembly needs to be replaced. They said it wasn't covered by warrantee.

Opened a case with GM customer assistance. They talked to the dealer and referred me back to get it fixed. I did some research around this time about different warrantees and found out that California has a PZEV, which applies to cars less than 15 years old and less than 150,000 miles. My car satisfies that.

At the dealer, I had them run my VIN and confirm the car is PZEV certified. It is, which means the 15 year / 150k mile California emissions warranty applies, and I'm under both. They agree the sensor itself is a covered part.

Their denial: the sensor only comes as part of the surge tank assembly, the assembly includes non-covered parts, so the whole repair is customer pay. Quote is $1,800.

I got the denial in writing and escalated to the top manager at the dealership. No movement (I even asked him if it made sense, he said no). Filed a complaint with the Bureau of Automotive Repair today. Also sent a written escalation to Chevy customer assistance arguing the warranty follows the defective part and packaging doesn't void coverage.

Questions:

Has anyone had the dealer try not to complete their warrantee obligations? How did you get through this?

If you've dealt with BAR on a warranty complaint, how long did it take and did anything happen?

For the Volt owners: the standalone sensor is about $20 online. Has anyone replaced just the sensor at an independent shop?

Thanks