Breaking Bad Season 5/Final Season

This question was asked on July 21st and it is now August 4th. No answer IS an answer of a sort.

Apparently, the marketing and legal folks at the iTunes store decided it was OK to rename the remaining episodes of season 5 so you could pay again. And why not!? They already have your money. Lovely for them.

I bought the season 5 pass with the understanding that it was for both parts of the "final season". If AMC up and changed the game then there should be some compensation. Either include the remaining episodes or refund the difference. When TWD has an extended midseason break its not two separate charges and that is how BB5 was scheduled/advertised when I bought the season.

OP you are not mistaken it was priced for season 5 parts 1 & 2.

Here is link from last September

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/breaking-bad-season-finale-review-rec ap-bryan-cranston-367929

I feel lied too.

As a digital consumer I was of the belief I was being good and purchased or "licensed" the 5th season of breaking bad.

However, despite being a company who wants customers to play fair and purchase their content, itunes seems to fine with break rules to meet their needs.

If "licensing" digital content is the way we will be doing buisness, then companies should understand that misrepresenting the product details is not a very good way to discourage pirating the content.

This was my first time getting a season pass:

I am very disappointed with this service.

I also am unhappy that I will not see the second half of season 5 for quite a while.

I will have to wait until it appears on netflix. I also it is very unlikely I will purchase a season pass for any show ever again.

Sincerely,

Steven Lucey

I too was confused. And dissappointed.

Just to follow up…"The Final Season" is still listed as Season 5 on AMC's own website, not a separate season. Tonight's episode "Blood Money" is noted as episode 9 of season 5. So it is inaccurate to portray it otherwise.

See for yourself http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad/episodes/season-5/blood-money

You are so right. Just can't believe there is not more protest, as the initial advertising was so misleading, if not inaccurate.

It is a good show. I just cannot afford to "license" a season more than once.

I worry that people do not understand that we are defining the way digital sales work at this point. It has already been decided that when people buy digital media they don't own it they are licensing it, which is essentially renting.

In this case the description of the product we were purchasing was not clearly stated. I would never have purchased the season pass if I had known it was only for 8 episodes. I don't feel that an hour long show is worth 3 dollars. Quite honestly I watched it each episode once.

I have liked every other product I have purchased from Apple and was happy with their service. But, they could have handled this instance better, by providing people what they stated they were providing when selling a season pass.

I'm in the same boat. Very dissapointed about the way I was handled by customer service when I called to ask what happened. Shameful.

I also bought the Season 5 pass and was under the impression that it included all episodes. I'm a bit disappointed, but I see that the cost for the last 8 episodes is about AU$24 so that is $3 per episode. If the first half cost that much then this is pretty par for the coursep pricing.

I loggen on tihs morning to see if the newest episode was available and...ITunes has decided to rename the second have of season 5 and I now have to purchase a new season pass. What a surprise. Very proud to use and purchase from ITunes.

We all know where to find these episodes, but we also all have chosen to pay for them legitimately. I feel wronged, I feel justified in considering my alternative viewing options.

Great I got an email saying the new episode was ready to download BUT guess what? There is no episode?! ***! Just the "Inside Blood Money" short. Instead iTunes is trying to download the past 3 episodes of Walking Dead Season 3 which I already downloaded last March. Tried going to the iTunes store to just download it directly and it's not even up.

Way to go Apple!

I am also VERY dissatisfied with Apple for doing this. I'm sure they have some legal justification for doing it, but the practice is deceptive (at best) and has lowered my opinion of the company considerably.

I contacted Apple customer support a second time, and they still refused to budge on this, but for new made-up reasons. The agent told me I would have to contact Sony, "because they're the ones who are classified this as a new season". If so, seems like Sony would have informed AMC and every other website online, who are still calling this Season 5. Of course, this is different information from the last Apple agent I talked to three hours ago.... The last episode in September 2012 was called the "mid-season finale" by AMC and by iTunes. It is still referred to in that way by AMC. I hope there is followup from the FTC complaints. Apple should not be stealing $$$ from consumers.

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