[Aksannyi]

Well I'm kind of with the OP here, as I wouldn't have read it either upon signing up, I would have just been glad to get back into the game. If it were a bit more obvious when you sign up that S/E is not prorating, it seems to me many people would wait that extra 5 or so days before signing up. Considering as this is not the first thread about this subject, it's something that many people have dealt with and will continue to deal with, and it doesn't make for a happy customer. Wouldn't hurt for them to put a disclaimer right before you click "Accept" that says the charges are not prorated.

Of course it's in the user agreement. Did you read the user agreement when you signed up? Honestly. I'm willing to bet that less than 10% of users actually read that when they FIRST SIGNED UP. You might have gone back to read it later, but when you bought the game, I'm guessing you just wanted to start playing.

Okay, so the OP should have read first in order to know, but I can't really fault him for NOT reading it. And it is true that many businesses in the US prorate, so you might have resonably expected the same from S/E.