ECA No longer supporting Amazon!!! (Not true, complete rumor.)

[snives]

I just checked the ECA list, and Amazon is no longer available for codes. It is still listed on the summary page thing, but once you click "Member Benefits" it is not on the list anymore. Posted this just to inform people since it would get easily overlooked in the ECA thread since many people won't read it since it is an old thread.

(Sees the flame incoming)

[kiun]

oh shit

[Count]

If this is true.

-head explodes-

[CKaz]

$^@#&* I hope it wasn't all you dorks double-triple-+ dipping
Living in NY I just wanted my tax removed out of this, which I got

Man talk about ruining it for everyone else, un-friggin-believable

[snives]

Another possibility is maybe that they are changing over to the 1-per-user codes as we speak?

[Ocajavati]

AW SHI-

God damn it.

[Penguin1084]

WOW..

this blows... bad.

[hobbie8046]

I can confirm this.

Writing ECA right now!

[robot]

yea same here, tho it was there when I ordered tekken 6 a few hours ago.

[Z(+)DIAC]

Fuck me. I'm glad they informed THOSE who actually PAID for their subscriptions :(

[Brownjohn]

Fuck

Hopefully its only temporary until they fix the double/triple stacking problem.

[xxDOYLExx]

If this is true its the other way around. amazon no longer supports ECA

[h3ro]

Oh man...

[mauaus]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo ooooooooo

[Brother Daz]

If this is true its the other way around. amazon no longer supports ECAI bet that what it is, with all the double/triple stacking

[Doomtime]

Another possibility is maybe that they are changing over to the 1-per-user codes as we speak?
Well if they were doing that, I would think they'd still have the amazon logo. This is a sad day that I knew would come. I paid for my subscription. I knew once it was free, it was only a matter of time.

[kodave]

Ahahaha I wonder how long any horded codes will be good for?

[Wanderlai]

This sucks. Time to try and burn the codes?

[hobbie8046]

I bet that what it is, with all the double/triple stacking

How did people do that?

[po0po0h3ad]

OMg you got to be kidding me. I didnt even use $50 worth of discounts yet and ny tax is a killer 8.875%

[mac101010]

jajajaja I actually just found out about the stacking coupons today >.< heh o well now i'm glad i buffered all those codes way back.

[Count]

Ok, screw amazon, Wheres the next ECA code applicability site?

[Temidien]

Wow, I just ordered Brutal Legend using the code like 20min ago... Talk about under the wire.

[Brother Daz]

How did people do that?
It had to do with using older codes with the newer codes

[po0po0h3ad]

How you triple stack? keep entering the codes?

[joeboosauce]

If you want a deal flagged and killed, just post to SD or FW.
I'm thinking they will just change it and not completely remove the discount so it will not be abused. The discount is listed on the "Membership Benefits" page. They would likely have removed BOTH references if they truly meant to get rid of the discount.

[62t]

um amazon is still listed under Membership Benefits. They are probably fixing the code problem now

[progman3]

:cry: :bomb: :cry: :bomb: not liking this news.

[VipFREAK]

Good thing I got all the games I needed already, hopefully the ones that haven't been shipped yet don't lose the codes. Oh well... was nice while it lasted.

[jacknicklson]

If you want a deal flagged and killed, just post to SD or FW.

That may hold weight a good portion of the time but the public display of abuse and justification here was just as bad.

EDIT: People need to stop freaking out also, what is the point of this thread?

[Tomeeboy]

Can't say I didn't see this coming (assuming it's really over). Giving out free membership was just STUPID on the ECA's part and it just blew the door wide open for people to abuse the Amazon codes.

I wonder if unused codes will still be valid, and for how long. Once they started the one-per-day thing to combat resellers, I started putting my daily codes in a text file. Haven't been real good about checking every day, but I did manage to store about 10 codes... hope they still work.

[Ryukahn]

I can't really complain since I just got in last month thanks to it being a free promotion, but it's a definite bummer to those that paid. Hopefully it has nothing to do with all the triple stacking, though I would bet it does. If so, yet another example of greed ruining a good thing.

[silentspork]

No, its gone. Nice work asshats.

[ezellaur]

Ouch, I haven't recovered my initial membership fee yet. I still have one code applied to my account currently from a previous order I never ended up making. But I guess that's it after that.

[unclenebber]

So how exactly did the free membership ruin it?
It was a fiasco from the start.
Starting with paying members selling them on ebay.

[blackwaltz34]

well, if this is true, then its a good thing i made a bulk order for this year and next year.

[Z(+)DIAC]

Here's the email at which you can contact membership services:

membership@theeca.com

I don't know about you guys, but they should have notified us, especially those who paid earlier, of this change to membership benefits...hell, even insurance companies do this.

[progman3]

If you want a deal flagged and killed, just post to SD or FW.

:applause: quote of the day/week/month/year. always sad to see cag deals stolen & killed. :cry:

[ProggleRock]

Hopefully they're just coming up with a better system to prevent CERTAIN PEOPLE from exploiting it. $15/$20 a year for an unlimited 10% off any game or accessory purchase is/was a great deal. Let's hope that's not ruined now.

[Vortextk]

Hopefully they're just coming up with a better system to prevent CERTAIN PEOPLE from exploiting it.

Like, the milk man?

[CKaz]

well, if this is true, then its a good thing i made a bulk order for this year and next year.

I hope they catch all the stupid stacking orders and cancel them frankly.
Even if I do get the chance to just take NY tax off my orders again...

That's all I wanted out of this membership. Bah :bomb:

edit - yes please, just stop the exploiters, some of us REALLY appreciated it JUST for what it was intended.

[Galego23]

According to the ECA Forums this is of course as of 9/30/09

Yeah, the downtime window has been shrinking as the two IT teams(ECA/Amazon) are guesstimating growth rates more accurately and managing the process better each time.

But if you didn't see any wording about codes being exhausted it's because it was overnight and staff were sleeping, which as a gamer I use to think was highly overrated, but as a working student realize it's totally necessary for functioning.

Anyway, they usually put wording up on the site as soon as they find out.

http://forums.theeca.com/forumdisplay.php?f=52

[CKaz]

that's 'old' news about a code usage disappearing, responding to my post end of Sept

the issue is http://theeca.com/member_home doesn't show a section for Amazon anymore

hopefully they'll be back, though a logic guess is that they're trying to plug the hole exploiters were making use of

[Snake2715]

Scammers that triple stacked.

Oh well, thats how it goes.

I used one code.

[Nebenator]

God damnit! I only got to use 1 code, AND I paid the full $20 price for ECA!

[botticus]

Hopefully they're just coming up with a better system to prevent CERTAIN PEOPLE from exploiting it. $15/$20 a year for an unlimited 10% off any game or accessory purchase is/was a great deal. Let's hope that's not ruined now.
While I won't deny taking advantage of this on a couple orders, they actually made it impossible NOT to do in some cases. They don't give Good Samaritans the option of not using a code should you have two applied to your account.

[zedarkness]

Yeah, this sucks -_-

[estofan]

Could it be that the link to amazon page is down because the new numbered codes have been exhausted, and the nice folks over at ECA need to generate new ones? I understand people are nervous, but give this a bit more time... if the codes are not back in a couple days, then we start panicking...

Most of you have enough codes to last a few days without them anyway...

[doodofdoods]

When I saw the people who bought a bunch of copies of dissidia when it was a DOTD using the stack and then flipped it right back to amazon for $7-8 profit on each dissidia, plus the bonus trade in credit, I knew this was going to die soon.

[token2k6]

glad i signed up for free from the GI tip...definitely going to make sure I cancel. ECA offers nothing except the Amazon discount, well nothing else that I would take advantage of anyway...

[InvaderZim]

The people that were double and tripple stacking have now moved to the TRU B2G1 where they are doing what they can to make sure this is the last time TRU ever has a sale like this...

[nugarp]

they were supposed to kill these 9/30 anyway.

[Jodou]

Wow, the misinformation and fear-mongers in this thread are retarded. Until we have official confirmation from ECA as to what is going on, there's no reason to believe the codes are gone for good. Try using your brains.

This is also not a deal; mod lock, thanks.

[punkmaggit]

Wtf?!!?

[plutoknight]

Wow that stinks..

Yeah, I did join free using the GI Code which I saw in the Mag before reading here on CAG, but...I only got to use one code :'(, this morning, no less, on Dead Space and a RB Mic Stand.

Blarg, sad day indeed.

[Tomeeboy]

I'm still not sure if this would end up being a good or bad thing for Amazon, in terms of sales. With the stacking glitches and other issues, the ECA was probably costing Amazon some money. Of course, you also have to put some blame on Amazon's own IT department for not being smart enough to prevent such exploits. Even without the glitches, the 10% off could be combined with pre-order bonuses, price match guarantee, and even Gold Box discounts to create some pretty awesome deals. All of that had to be cutting into Amazon's profits. Then again, without all of those things, people would probably just go back to buying used games, keeping new games from Gamefly, using Goozex, etc...

I think most people were using the codes as intended, though, and I imagine that it was sending Amazon a lot of game & accessory business. I started buying games almost exclusively from Amazon and probably have 15 or more pre-orders placed with them right now which utilize the ECA discount. I wouldn't have placed a single one of those without the extra 10% off, I'd have just waited and rented them from Gamefly, then kept them if I thought they were worth owning.

I guess the question is, does Amazon actually make any money when you buy new games for about $48 shipped, then get pre-order bonuses on top of that. I think this sudden disappearance of their affiliation with the ECA is probably the answer to that question.

[nightmare452]

Wow, the misinformation and fear-mongers in this thread are retarded. Until we have official confirmation from ECA as to what is going on, there's no reason to believe the codes are gone for good. Try using your brains.

Same thing happened once the initial "L" batch of codes expired. People were making big conclusions on just a small issue. Wait and see is what I am doing.

[blk00civicsi]

Did this really warrant it's own thread? It's being discussed in the current ECA thread and it's been down once and back. I'm sure they're working on clearing out the stacking codes. (That or in the process of linking accounts, one can dream.)

[xycury]

This thread needs to die.

[y2jasper]

i think assuming that ECA has stopped the Amazon discount completely is jumping the gun. i think it's more likely Amazon or ECA found out about the stacking problem and have taken the batch down until they can find a way to prevent it (maybe finally have one code for every account?)

so people need to calm down until we have some official information.

[nightmare452]

i think assuming that ECA has stopped the Amazon discount completely is jumping the gun. i think it's more likely Amazon or ECA found out about the stacking problem and have taken the batch down until they can find a way to prevent it (maybe finally have one code for every account?)

so people need to calm down until we have some official information.

Agreed. Also thread is a repeat of the usual ECA thread.

[sophicous]

The people that were double and tripple stacking have now moved to the TRU B2G1 where they are doing what they can to make sure this is the last time TRU ever has a sale like this...


How do you figure?