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Today I got:

Shin Megami Tensei Digital Devil Saga 2
Legacy of Ys: Books I & II
Playstation 2 Dualshock Controller Ocean Blue
Star Trek The Original Series: Season Two [Blu-ray]


Does anyone remember if DDS 2 has been cheaper than 29.99 anywhere? Is this a reprint or the original?

Gotta be a reprint. $30 is about the best price you're gonna find. Heck, it sells for that much USED at GameStop.

Not specifically a GAME, but I thought it was interesting that, after a few months of having them in my recommendations, the guides for Cross Edge and Little King's Story appeared in my Quick Picks. Both of those are Print-On-Demand guides from DoubleJump so they cost a substantial bit more than a regular guide ($44 and $25 respectively, though Cross Edge is $34.71 on Amazon) so I was somewhat tempted, as you apparently get $10 off the purchase if you've already bought the e-guides. Interesting that they'd put these guides on there, but very popular games (FF13 for instance) aren't eligible.

ok... I'm up for some suggestions... I canceled a few items that I had ordered just to see if I could get them in my goldbox... but can't even get them on my recommended even tho I know that are eligible for goldbox...

any ideas on this from some of ya'll that have done it?


oh and I still have preorders for some of the items that are related to them... so no idea why they not showing up at all..

Originally Posted by Afflicted ok... I'm up for some suggestions... I canceled a few items that I had ordered just to see if I could get them in my goldbox... but can't even get them on my recommended even tho I know that are eligible for goldbox... any ideas on this from some of ya'll that have done it? oh and I still have preorders for some of the items that are related to them... so no idea why they not showing up at all..

Make sure there's no residual ratings on them, as that will do the trick. Other than that, just keep trying different games to own/rate.

Originally Posted by Jodou Make sure there's no residual ratings on them, as that will do the trick. Other than that, just keep trying different games to own/rate.

ok your post got me thinking.. I knew I didn't have them rated... but I had had them marked to not use for recommendations... when I went a rated them and then removed that tag and then deleted the rating... BAM!!! recommended

I'm getting most of the items I want in my recommendations, that's not the problem but my quick picks are off the wall, what gives?

Man, I have a feeling something royally screwed up with GOW III, TLG, and Heavy Rain so that they can't show up in my picks. No matter what I try, the games won't show on this page, despite being in my recommendations. Anything else I add to my recommendations will instantly show up on said page. I've never had this much trouble getting those three before, so my only guess is Amazon's code is ed up somewhere.

My one and only guess is it's because they were part of a large order that was all canceled except for Uncharted 2. It had one of those wonky $30 promo codes applied to it and I wanted to use it all up right away since it otherwise spreads the value equally over every game. I'm hopeful that once the order ships, they will be eligible again. There's still plenty of time to get them again, but I was hoping to have ordered with my prime trial. Ah well, if they don't show up by the 15th, I'll just forego the gold box discount for free 2-day shipping.

From the OP:

What disqualifies an item for Quick Picks?
Items in your wish list, cart, or existing purchases/pre-orders will not appear.

I would have thought that was true, but I had Wii Sports Resort in my gold box the other day after having purchased it a few weeks prior.

I got uncharted 2 today in my quick picks, but it only comes with a $5 bonus and a down loadable map?! I thought it was a $10 bonus?!

Originally Posted by FadeToOne From the OP: What disqualifies an item for Quick Picks? Items in your wish list, cart, or existing purchases/pre-orders will not appear. I would have thought that was true, but I had Wii Sports Resort in my gold box the other day after having purchased it a few weeks prior.

Yes, yes. It's not entirely true, but for the most part is. More often than not, it will not show up due to the listed factors (with the rare exception here and there).

Refer to Cheapy's stickied thread in the Deals forum. It is odd that they would choose Uncharted to only have a $5 promotion as the only other game I saw with a $5 one was the GTA DLC disk.

@FadeToOne: Some titles are known to bend that rule. Uncharted 2 is a rather notorious felon for showing up after having ordered and rated it. As a general rule, it holds true.

And to address a potential cog in my Gold Box works, it seems fairly difficult for me to finagle BioShock 2, Dead Rising 2, or Dragon Age into my Quick Picks.

I decided to add quite a few items as owned/rated to see if I can get Dragon Age in there tomorrow. Since Resonance of Fate worked its magic at getting the God of War Collection in my Quick Picks, I'm fairly convinced that there are at least one or two magical titles that have the power to give that little extra push that says "Put me in his Quick Picks!"

And to Jodou's problem: For clarification, are you saying that those three titles are showing up on the Recommended For You page where you can mark 'I own it' or 'Not Interested' but are not showing up on that general page? I know I was having a problem getting some games in my Quick Picks a while back, but I figured out that when I had checked them as owned, I had apparently also checked 'Do Not Use for Recommendations' on the Improve Your Recommendations area, which apparently hid them from my Recommended For You section when I deleted them from my owned games.

So I think I figured out why my Quick Picks have been junk. I just turned my Browsing History off again. I had turned it off a few days ago and haven't gotten anything worthwhile for a few days. So hopefully that fixes my issue. Or I may just have games that aren't showing up for anyone.

You can always check the first post here to see if the games you're looking for have been reported to show up. What are you looking for?

Originally Posted by Vortextk You can always check the first post here to see if the games you're looking for have been reported to show up. What are you looking for?

That's what I anticipate doing soon.

Fallout 3 GOTY
Dragon Age CE
Assassins Creed 2
Halo Reach - no luck on my end for a while
Final Fantasy XIII
Left 4 Dead 2

Those are all in my recommendations and have been for a while. I'm guessing they're all not attainable yet.

Originally Posted by Nirron And to Jodou's problem: For clarification, are you saying that those three titles are showing up on the Recommended For You page where you can mark 'I own it' or 'Not Interested' but are not showing up on that general page? I know I was having a problem getting some games in my Quick Picks a while back, but I figured out that when I had checked them as owned, I had apparently also checked 'Do Not Use for Recommendations' on the Improve Your Recommendations area, which apparently hid them from my Recommended For You section when I deleted them from my owned games.

Yes, that's correct. I can still own/rate/not interested each of them and I've tried doing just that to each, so that they would show up on the general page. It's been three days now of trying to get them in my picks and not even one will budge.

There's honestly no reason they shouldn't show up, since I've not changed my tactics or even the faux pre-orders I used to get all of them the first two times. My only clue is that they're not being displayed on the general page and anything else I put on the 'recommended for you' page will. It's entirely possible that a bug is preventing them from showing up in my picks. I know many have complained that their picks were all screwed up after Amazon made an update, so it may be related.

All I can do for now is see if it resolves itself I guess.

Yup you got a bad list to try for =P

Originally Posted by craven_fiend That's what I anticipate doing soon. Fallout 3 GOTY Dragon Age CE Assassins Creed 2 Halo Reach - no luck on my end for a while Final Fantasy XIII Left 4 Dead 2 Those are all in my recommendations and have been for a while. I'm guessing they're all not attainable yet.

had Halo Reach today... others are not currently appearing.

I have had Halo Reach as well. Since it isn't coming out for another year I figured there may be better deals in the future and held off.

Originally Posted by Porksta I have had Halo Reach as well. Since it isn't coming out for another year I figured there may be better deals in the future and held off.

That's why I initially passed on it, when I got it a few months ago. Now I am willing to wait and see with it. I figure I can't do too bad with it at $50ish.

I figured I lucked out on those specific games, added some from the OP to recommendations, so we'll see tomorrow.

Originally Posted by Jodou Yes, that's correct. I can still own/rate/not interested each of them and I've tried doing just that to each, so that they would show up on the general page. It's been three days now of trying to get them in my picks and not even one will budge. There's honestly no reason they shouldn't show up, since I've not changed my tactics or even the faux pre-orders I used to get all of them the first two times. My only clue is that they're not being displayed on the general page and anything else I put on the 'recommended for you' page will. It's entirely possible that a bug is preventing them from showing up in my picks. I know many have complained that their picks were all screwed up after Amazon made an update, so it may be related. All I can do for now is see if it resolves itself I guess.

Yeah, I can't really think of anything that you could do. It does sound like some bug that happened that's preventing Amazon from realizing you don't "own" those items. If I had to guess, since you said you had them pre-ordered then canceled, it probably has something to do with Amazon still thinking you pre-ordered it.

@craven_fiend: Two of those games (Assassin's Creed 2 and Final Fantasy 13) have been pretty well accepted as ineligible for Quick Picks 'round these parts. Many of us, including me, tried for those games in our Quick Picks for weeks, but couldn't get them. Unsure of the rest.