Problem With Origin

K1LLSW1TCH · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:14

I've just had something very strange happen, I've just created a brand new Origin account on a brand new email address which I only created two days ago, now, logging into the Origin site shows me as being a member since 2009 which is impossible, I only created the account half an hour ago. It also shows an active Playstation 3 persona, "evertonian 8". Now, first off I have never created an Origin account before, and secondly the email address I used to register with is brand new, only created it a couple of days ago.

It would seem that my chosen username is a re-issued one, but for some reason it has still kept that person's Playstation details and other stuff. What the hell am I supposed to do about this? I'm looking for a way to contact EA/Origin but their websites are such a damn mess.

VoG · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:25

Isn't there any way to hide, change, or delete the details?.

K1LLSW1TCH · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:36

VoG said:
Isn't there any way to hide, change, or delete the details?.

I couldn't find a way of deleting that PSN ID, and I thought it was a bit dodgy that I had a join date of 2009 so I just used 10 minute mail, changed the email address on the account from my email to the disposable one, and logged out. I've just made a new Origin account, I guess it was because I was trying to use an account name which EA had re-released, still that's pretty rubbish, they should nuke the accounts before they hand out that username.

Leeroy123 · 13 Nov 2012 at 15:56

You might have origin installed in the same place as the older one, you have to move it to either another hard drive, or at least another folder. I have 2 origin accounts and i had to keep them seperate or that happened to me. No problems with this anymore, i will never pay another penny to ea , they are utter garbage.