Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

Originally Posted by Covnam Grabbed the deal for Sup Com 2, thanks. A small discount on the PC version + the $15 credit is too much to pass up for something I was probably going to get as soon as I saw it in stores.

NICE it just got a price drop too. 39.99 for the PC... slapped that to my double ECA and I'll be getting $15 back in two days afterwards.

Originally Posted by Nirron I've tried this before and had little luck. Actually let me revise that: I have had no luck. The best I had them do was reduce the price of the game by $10 (ex. the game's price would go from $56.99 to $46.99). With ECA you technically don't end up getting the whole $10 discount, since a $10 reduction in price makes the ECA discount go down by $1 (or $2-3 depending on if one had stacked 2-3 ECA codes) but still better than nothing.

Originally Posted by gkrykewy Well, I'm already getting $10+ off the game via the ECA order (lucked into a 20% open order), so I don't mind giving up the $1-2. But from what you're saying, it sounds like I'm not likely to be successful.

Are you guys talking about orders with promo credits applied?

I have Galaxy 2 order and had applied 3 to it over the various months no problem. All shipped, all discounted right.

Just added Supreme Commander, though I did have to call them on the price drop. 39.99 is a great price on a great to be sequel.

Originally Posted by Poor2More I have a opened order that I have an ECA discount applied to, how do I add a game to it so I can receive the ECA again?

Email Amazon with the order # and ask them nicely to add a certain title with the ASIN number included.

Anyone get the credit for dante's inferno yet? It's going to get really old e-mailing for that every time after adding games to my order, after they put a GC deal on them.

Originally Posted by bcb4589 I'm still waiting on my Bioshock 2 credit as well.

Yeah, ditto. Hopefully it shows up soon so I can pre-order God of War 3.

Originally Posted by Vortextk Anyone get the credit for dante's inferno yet? It's going to get really old e-mailing for that every time after adding games to my order, after they put a GC deal on them.

I got my $10 dante's inferno credit already. emailed amazon and they added it to my FFXIII preorder which I had locked in at $56.99. So now I got FFXIII for $46.99. woot woot

Originally Posted by xycury Are you guys talking about orders with promo credits applied? I have Galaxy 2 order and had applied 3 to it over the various months no problem. All shipped, all discounted right. Just added Supreme Commander, though I did have to call them on the price drop. 39.99 is a great price on a great to be sequel.

If you count ECA as a promo credit (it does technically say Promotion Applied) then yeah, I was counting promo credit. Perhaps my problem was either a bad string of CS reps denying me, or the fact that I had quite a few items in my order, and most of my e-mails were worded to make it seem as if I wanted to take the $10 off one certain game. I don't know their inner workings, but they haven't been too lenient with me whenever I've tried to get promo credit applied to any open order.

I admittedly haven't tried it in some time, as my four denials in a row plus one success reducing the price of the game have met with me "suggesting" dropping the price of the game by however much the promo credit was worth instead of trying to get them to apply the credit as a promotion.

Originally Posted by Nirron I've tried this before and had little luck. Actually let me revise that: I have had no luck. The best I had them do was reduce the price of the game by $10 (ex. the game's price would go from $56.99 to $46.99). With ECA you technically don't end up getting the whole $10 discount, since a $10 reduction in price makes the ECA discount go down by $1 (or $2-3 depending on if one had stacked 2-3 ECA codes) but still better than nothing.

I've had very mixed results too. One request to add the $10 promotional credit to an existing pre-order lead to the rep simply manually taking $10 off the game and forgetting to remove the credit from my account. So it was still there in my cart auto-applied to my next qualifying purchase. Other times they have just manually changed the price $10 and removed my credit. Like you said, this ends up making it less than another $10 off on ECA orders.

The last time I requested this about a week ago they completely shot me down with some nonsensical BS about Amazon codes being restricted to one claim code per customer and requiring a minimum purchase. It didn't apply to the situation whatsoever.

It seems as if it totally depends on the individual rep.

Here's hoping that they add MLB The Show '10 in the next couple weeks...

pretty sure I already know the answer but I'll ask it anyway

I have GOWIII on preorder (qualifies for $10 credit) but it doesn't ship till March
I believe you do not get your credit until after the game ships in order to stem cancellations of preorders while still keeping the credit

so I would assume I would have no luck in having a CSR apply the $10 GOWIII credit to my Heavy Rain preorder which ships before GOWIII

correct o mundo?

They aren't going to apply a promo credit for an item that hasn't been charged and shipped out, no.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2, $10 credit sure makes it a little sweeter.

Originally Posted by animeomega Also not to sound like a complete idiot, but your personal gold box is the same thing as quick picks right? or have I been confused all this time?

You are not confused. This is what we refer to as Gold Box.

Originally Posted by Lucian I actually don't think it matters if you preorder or not because I've had games that I bought from Amazon or have on preorder with Amazon show up in my Gold Box many times. I would've thought they'd be smarter about this, but I don't think they are. Plus, they must be selling Gold Box 'space' cuz why else would I have Bergan Turbo Scratcher Replacement Pads (they're cat clawing things).

You would have to preorder to lock in the $20 credit and the Gold Box discount. As to why you receive junk in your box, those are items that Amazon forces on you when they can't find anything fitting your recommendations. You can control (for the most part) what ends up in your Gold Box. Just check out Jodou's Quick Picks guide.

Add me to the list of people still waiting on Bioshock 2 promo credit.

Still waiting on both Bioshock 2 and Dante credit.

Well, by my calculations it has been well over two business days since my BioShock 2 shipped; email sent. Also, why the hell are they giving the $10 credit to non-limited BFBC2 editions only? It's like charging $10 for the extra DLC that comes with it. What a shitload of .

Originally Posted by wolve Add me to the list of people still waiting on Bioshock 2 promo credit.

Originally Posted by stonciddta Still waiting on both Bioshock 2 and Dante credit.

From Amazon's listing for the Dante's Inferno credit promo:

Originally Posted by From Amazon.com Get a $10 Video Games Credit Order Dante's Inferno, for the PS3 or Xbox 360, by February 13, 2010, and get $10 off a future video game purchase. The promotional code will be placed directly into your Amazon.com account within 2 business days after the product ships. Offer valid when shipped and sold by Amazon.com. Promotion valid on all existing pre-orders. Limit one per household. Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time.

If it's been two days since your product shipped and you've not seen the credit, email them.

Originally Posted by Jodou Well, by my calculations it has been well over two business days since my BioShock 2 shipped; email sent. Also, why the hell are they giving the $10 credit to non-limited BFBC2 editions only? It's like charging $10 for the extra DLC that comes with it. What a shitload of .

Not sure what you're looking at, though when I look at the 360 version of BFBC2, the same one I have in my pre-order, it shows up as a promotion, further down the page. It's not the same one they have listed for Dante's Inferno, as an example, though it does show up when you click on the "Special Offers Available" link under the price.

I sent out an email inquiring about the Bioshock 2 credit as my order shipped on Feb. 8th. I've always received them very quickly in the past and got my Dante's Inferno credit days ago so there seems to be a problem.

Originally Posted by Nirron If you count ECA as a promo credit (it does technically say Promotion Applied) then yeah, I was counting promo credit. Perhaps my problem was either a bad string of CS reps denying me, or the fact that I had quite a few items in my order, and most of my e-mails were worded to make it seem as if I wanted to take the $10 off one certain game. I don't know their inner workings, but they haven't been too lenient with me whenever I've tried to get promo credit applied to any open order. I admittedly haven't tried it in some time, as my four denials in a row plus one success reducing the price of the game have met with me "suggesting" dropping the price of the game by however much the promo credit was worth instead of trying to get them to apply the credit as a promotion.

I have called every single item no problem. every CS just added, and gave me an email after the call.

I would say do NOT email if you are.

Originally Posted by Moravagine I sent out an email inquiring about the Bioshock 2 credit as my order shipped on Feb. 8th.

Ditto.