<![CDATA[For anyone banned unjustly]]>If you have been banned unjustly and pretty much ghosted by SDS when you send in a ticket. Two things to do. Call 1-855-315-0767. That is the number to ethics point a third party company daddy Sony hired. They will make a report and get back to you. No idea what will happen however just as unethical it is to purchase stubs from a third party site it is equally unethical to ban legit people and keep their money like SDS is doing. Unfortunately, it is on the company, SDS, to make sure they are not doing this and only get the actual cheaters. Include all names in the report like Joe and Manu plus whatever other communication you have had.
Secondly, make a better business bureau report. Surprise surprise that SDS is not an accredited company so you have to file against Sony Interactive Entertainment. Explain exactly what you did ( you type it all ) exactly what they did. This in turn goes to big Sony.

I have no doubt there are cheaters hackers and people that buy from third party sites. I also have no doubt that innocent people got banned as SDS was trying to clean it up. Instead of SDS going after the actual third party companies they took the easy way out and just banned anything they felt looked like bot activity. These two methods will let big Sony know that they have a branch of there business acting extremely unethical.

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/topic/84588/for-anyone-banned-unjustlyRSS for NodeTue, 01 Sep 2026 14:29:09 GMTTue, 25 Aug 2026 20:00:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to For anyone banned unjustly on Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:42:42 GMT]]>Well, good luck. As I said in the other thread, if you were flipping the same equipment and audio unlockables that the stub seller was using to move stubs and you did it multiple times in a relatively short period then I am not sure how they can definitively prove or disprove whether someone was actually moving stubs between accounts.

In hindsight at least it is very easy to determine what was happening in the below example. There is no reason for an audio unlockable to jump that much at any point in the game's lifecycle

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]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/777879https://forums.theshow.com/post/777879Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:42:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For anyone banned unjustly on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:56:31 GMT]]>I do not know if they put you under affirmation or oath. I called today and was on the phone with them for over an hour taking my statement. People can say what they want but I know what I did and it was just flipping the market. I know there is a number of people that is growing that are calling. I feel the only way to even attempt to make them do the right thing is if big Sony hears enough rumbling. Do I think this will work probably not but who knows

]]>https://forums.theshow.com/post/777816https://forums.theshow.com/post/777816Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:56:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to For anyone banned unjustly on Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:23:48 GMT]]>Intriguing!

Just curious ... does this third party ethics company place people who lodge complaints under affirmation or oath? I'd have a lot of respect for folks who were unfairly banned lodging their complaints under legal oath.

For the record, I have no idea what SDS did, how they did it, or how wide a net they cast. I certainly would not put it past SDS to adopt a rather lazy singular approach that treated honest conduct like dishonest conduct. The thing is I would be curious to find out whether SDS, SIE, or Sony will or have taken any legal action against the third party stub selling websites?

Thing is their conduct is illegal, certainly exposing them to civil action for breach of copyright.

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