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Lester Shy posted:I got three Editor's Choice e-mails, but when I check my balance here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000811661#gc it only shows $5 credit under Software/Video Games. Will those extra credits be added once the sale starts? I have three credits and it shows 1 cent there for me. I don't think there's any correlation. Amazon's credit system is pretty terrible and Tony has been pushing to get it corrected, apparently. If you e-mail customer service they can give you a list of your credits, supposedly.
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I see some deals are showing up in the Editor Choice page. Is it just going to be nothing but Origin games, AmazonTony?
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Jan 4, 2014 00:47
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Lester Shy posted:I got three Editor's Choice e-mails, but when I check my balance here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000811661#gc it only shows $5 credit under Software/Video Games. Will those extra credits be added once the sale starts?  Thanks for that link, never would've found that! And I have 29.97 there. I have no idea where it came from but I'm not complaining. EDIT: Upon looking at my email, I see it's all for certain Indie games from the summer sale. Ah well. Since I'm posting here, might as well thank you Tony for being amazing. MorningMoon fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Jan 4, 2014 |
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Jan 4, 2014 01:04
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I've got like 50 bux in credit, supposedly, but I suspect that most of it is for F2P games or something.
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Jan 4, 2014 01:19
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I only bought one thing from thing amazon this year and I regretted it after checking GMG and seeing they had it at even a better discount. Tip for Tony, in the future if your giving out 5$ credit then tell people what they can use that credit with upfront before hand, if you did that I would've bought a hell of a lot more. Anyway Tony make me not regret that one perchance and put up PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+: All You Can Eat Edition as one of the sales, thanks Tony!
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Jan 4, 2014 01:32
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Rirse posted:I see some deals are showing up in the Editor Choice page. Is it just going to be nothing but Origin games, AmazonTony? The deal doesn't even start til tomorrow technically, chillax.
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Jan 4, 2014 01:35
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Im_Special posted:I only bought one thing from thing amazon this year and I regretted it after checking GMG and seeing they had it at even a better discount. Tip for Tony, in the future if your giving out 5$ credit then tell people what they can use that credit with upfront before hand, if you did that I would've bought a hell of a lot more. The point is that he couldn't tell you / didn't have the list until today. In fact, the list isn't even final. Games will continue to be added throughout January.
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Jan 4, 2014 02:18
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Hey Tony...The "editor" should choose Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, you follow?
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Jan 4, 2014 02:37
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Lowness 72 posted:The point is that he couldn't tell you / didn't have the list until today. In fact, the list isn't even final. Games will continue to be added throughout January. That's why it's a tip for future sales and not a hey Tony can you time travel into the past and fix your mistake tip. The problem with a mystery 5$ credit is either the prices are going to be CostX - 5$ = 75% off what was on Steam / GMG or probably something that was featured on GMG / Steam that was 75% off and was bought then instead of waiting for Amazon because we don't know.
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Jan 4, 2014 03:08
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Im_Special posted:That's why it's a tip for future sales and not a hey Tony can you time travel into the past and fix your mistake tip. The problem with a mystery 5$ credit is either the prices are going to be CostX - 5$ = 75% off what was on Steam / GMG or probably something that was featured on GMG / Steam that was 75% off and was bought then instead of waiting for Amazon because we don't know. I've rarely seen the editor's picks be cheaper than the sales. There may be one or two games, but they would not be the norm.
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Jan 4, 2014 03:10
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Tony, do you know if FC3: Blood Dragon will be added to the sale?
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Jan 4, 2014 03:10
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Im_Special posted:That's why it's a tip for future sales and not a hey Tony can you time travel into the past and fix your mistake tip. The problem with a mystery 5$ credit is either the prices are going to be CostX - 5$ = 75% off what was on Steam / GMG or probably something that was featured on GMG / Steam that was 75% off and was bought then instead of waiting for Amazon because we don't know. That's the sales strategy though. It's like an added bonus. Hey if I buy this from Amazon I'll also get 5 bucks in January towards a mystery list. Then if anything shows up that you want to buy because you've got that 5 bucks, then amazon gets another sale
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Jan 4, 2014 03:39
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Im_Special posted:That's why it's a tip for future sales and not a hey Tony can you time travel into the past and fix your mistake tip. The problem with a mystery 5$ credit is either the prices are going to be CostX - 5$ = 75% off what was on Steam / GMG or probably something that was featured on GMG / Steam that was 75% off and was bought then instead of waiting for Amazon because we don't know. You're an idiot.
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Jan 4, 2014 03:42
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Tony, not sure if you can do anything about this, but I figured I'd let you know. I got an email about my promo credit that had a link that supposedly should link to the Editor's Choice list, but its coming back as a 404. Apparently the e-mail is adding a comma to the URL, removing that fixed the link.
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Jan 4, 2014 04:38
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Hey Tony, Why did you offer CAG signed Ace Patrol posters from Sid Meier and not us? ...I wanted Sid Meier's autograph.  Seriously though, are all the editors list sales being revealed tomorrow or are they going to roll out as they come in from tomorrow on through the rest of the month?
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Jan 4, 2014 06:12
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Handsome Ralph posted:Hey Tony, I think he's said they're going to keep being added to. http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000728511 That's the current list.
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Jan 4, 2014 06:17
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So do the the promotional credits go into effect now, or is it not until 10 a.m. PST or whenever Amazon rolls over for the day? Edit: VVVVV I assume that would be on the checkout screen then? Yeah, not showing up yet. Shame, I was hoping to pick up Bioshock for next to nothing. Maybe I'll luck out in the morning. Thanks for the clarification! Hellburger99 fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Jan 4, 2014 |
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Jan 4, 2014 09:28
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They're not active yet so probably whenever Tony notices they're not active. Might not be until first thing in the morning. (You can attempt to buy something if you have credits and if it shows Promotional Credit: -$5.00 they're active.)
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Jan 4, 2014 09:32
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I think it's active? I have Crysis 3 now coming up for $9.99 before promo.
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Jan 4, 2014 10:34
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Yes, some of the sales are active. The promo codes are not.
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Jan 4, 2014 10:35
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The current prices are probably not final either. One of the leaks was the Ace Patrol pack for $5.99 or .99 after coupon. It is currently $9.98 when they were recently pricematched to $2.49 each during the Steam sale.
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Jan 4, 2014 10:35
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Not_Log posted:Yes, some of the sales are active. The promo codes are not. Yeah just saw that, my bad.
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Jan 4, 2014 10:36
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A Reddit/CAG quote from a couple of pages back:quote:Hey guys, So I'm assuming some games (like Contrast) that are currently priced higher ($15 as opposed to $12) will go down at some point...?
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Jan 4, 2014 16:06
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PoshAlligator posted:A Reddit/CAG quote from a couple of pages back: I think that's a fair assumption, considering that both SimCity and Crysis 3 have dropped from yesterday to the sale price Tony mentioned earlier. Just have to wait until they drop the prices on them*. Anyone else seeing that SimCity on the PC is unavailable? And is the game truly so terrible that it still deserves 1.5 stars, or have most of the issues been patched? EDIT - *them referring to the games currently priced higher
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Jan 4, 2014 17:18
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This is the most confusing sale ever. I got credits for buying PS3/4 games and PSN yet the sale/credit is only for PC games?
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Jan 4, 2014 17:38
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Senturion posted:Anyone else seeing that SimCity on the PC is unavailable? And is the game truly so terrible that it still deserves 1.5 stars, or have most of the issues been patched? To save you the trouble of descending into the SimCity thread: yes, yes it is, and no, they haven't been.
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Jan 4, 2014 18:43
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Antti posted:To save you the trouble of descending into the SimCity thread: yes, yes it is, and no, they haven't been. Thank you, I enjoyed the older ones, but will go ahead and continue to avoid this.
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Jan 4, 2014 18:52
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I have nineteen $5 credits....but they don't stack 
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Jan 4, 2014 21:10
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Lester Shy posted:I got three Editor's Choice e-mails, but when I check my balance here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000811661#gc it only shows $5 credit under Software/Video Games. Will those extra credits be added once the sale starts? So has anyone figured out how to use any of the credit that's under Software/Video Games? I have 40 bucks worth, but it doesn't seem to go towards anything, including the editor's choice deals.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:28
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89 posted:I have nineteen $5 credits....but they don't stack It makes sense that you can't just stack them, but it'd be really cool if you could trade in like 5 of them for one $10 off coupon.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:28
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SOFTWARE/VIDEO GAMES $105.96 Raften posted:So has anyone figured out how to use any of the credit that's under Software/Video Games? I have 40 bucks worth, but it doesn't seem to go towards anything, including the editor's choice deals. They're probably all f2p game credits, start up a live chat with support and ask. They will give you a breakdown of exactly what the credits are for.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:39
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So yesterday I held off on buying Bioshock Infinite when it was mispriced at 9.99 because I figured I'd wait for the $13 price and apply my $5 credit for a cheaper $8.1 total. But today it's priced at $29.99. Is it not going back down, Tony?
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Jan 4, 2014 21:43
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Raften posted:So has anyone figured out how to use any of the credit that's under Software/Video Games? I have 40 bucks worth, but it doesn't seem to go towards anything, including the editor's choice deals.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:45
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I'm a cheapskate with a giant Steam backlog that *should* dictate that I not buy anything now that the sales are over. I'm also dumb though. So. Not caring that it's on Origin or anything - is Crysis 3 even worth the $5 it would run after applying the coupon? Never really heard much about it. Edit - If it matters, I've played Crysis 1 and it's expansion twice over the years. I enjoyed the sneaking around like an invisible jerk messing with Korean soldiers bits way more than the aliens. Have Crysis 2 but it's lost in the backlog. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 21:55 on Jan 4, 2014 |
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Jan 4, 2014 21:52
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flyboi posted:This is the most confusing sale ever. I got credits for buying PS3/4 games and PSN yet the sale/credit is only for PC games? It seems nobody answered this. Is this the case? I got $25 worth of credits and checking the orders they were all for console games. Makes the credits kind of useless considering I don't really play pc games at all.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:52
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^^^ Well, what did it say on the store page you were buying it from?Beatnik-Filmstar posted:I'm a cheapskate with a giant Steam backlog that *should* dictate that I not buy anything now that the sales are over. I'm also dumb though. Meh. It's fine, but it's nothing worth going through the effort and playing nowadays, unless you're really involved in the Crysis IP.
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Jan 4, 2014 21:53
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Drifter posted:^^^ Well, what did it say on the store page you were buying it from? quote:Your recent order xxx-xxxxxxx-xxx7421 entitles you to a promotional credit which we have added to your account. This credit can be applied to your next qualifying purchase. And from the editor's choice listing quote:2013 Editor's Choice Games  Needless to say I'm left pretty confused, why even bother with the credit on console codes? It doesn't say anywhere that the codes are for only pc games 
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Jan 4, 2014 21:58
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I wish amazon just had a better way to view all your promotional credits, cause a lot of them work like coupons when you check out but it will say some dollar value on the one page that shows them. That has always been misleading having "credit" that only applies to certain things at certain times but you had no way of knowing unless you read through every single e-mail and remember every promo you ever got. Now I went back and read Amazon Tony's post and he said some of these prices will be on 1/5, which would explain why the prices aren't there yet. Still no idea how other people were seeing stuff early this morning for $10 that is currently $30 unless something was turned on early and then they corrected it.
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Jan 4, 2014 22:57
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Not_Log posted:SOFTWARE/VIDEO GAMES How do you do this? I've been in a live chat for about 20 minutes now and these people are really sure that this poo poo is "global credit" that works on any item sold by amazon, but it sure as hell doesn't do that. I loving wish I could use it on anything. Edit: They magic'd the credit onto my account, so I guess that's cool. Raften fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Jan 4, 2014 |
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Raften posted:How do you do this? I've been in a live chat for about 20 minutes now and these people are really sure that this poo poo is "global credit" that works on any item sold by amazon, but it sure as hell doesn't do that. I loving wish I could use it on anything. They're usually better about getting exact credit details if you send them an email. Count however many promotional credit emails earlier this week and subtract that amount x5 from your total.
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