Guild Wars 2

Try contacting the support

By all means contact support… but truth be told I wouldn’t hold your breath.

The operative words in the OP are “ages ago”, have you not also been able to consequently because of this been able to use the boombox for ages… while the rest of us who did not pay 800 gems could not access them at all in the mean time.

To be concise about it, I doubt they want to set a precedent were they will refund items purchased years ago for any reason (they certainly did not want to do it for the Infinite Continue Coin and that was literally useless for years). But hey, you might get lucky and have a friendly CS rep.

Do you also ask for refund when that TV you bought goes on sale ages later? Anet doesn’t have to refund you anything.

A more recent thing they still havent refunded any of the copperfed/silverfed salvageomatics when starting to sell account bag slot

32 Bauble Bubbles x 250 Bubbles/Bauble = 8000 Baubles. Considering Princess Miya’s wig is about 19 silver now (trade for 5 Baubles), it would cost 320 Gold.

800 Gems is still a good deal!

Not the first time that ANet has made a gemstore purchase into an ingame purchase. There was the same sort of complaint thread when a mini pet that was a gemstore purchase (mini ghost Charlotta ) became a vendor purchase during Halloween. Same answer. ANet never promised that the item would remain a gemstore item and they don’t owe you a refund. Considering you don’t even actually buy the item but only pay for the use of it while in game, there’s even less of a case since you’re not the owner of your purchase.

A refund for something you bought “ages ago” because the price has changed?
Of course not. Suck it up man!

As Just a flesh wound says, it’s not the first time. Besides Halloween items, there were several available in return for Mordrem Blooms. I got my Magnus’s Eye Patch from the Memories of Scarlet box.