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▼ Read Me! FAQ ▼ Pre-Order $10 Program
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Can I pre-order and purchase multiple copies of a
qualifying game and get multiple awards?
No. There is a limit of one (1) award per My Best Buy
member per game title.
What if I pre-ordered a qualifying game before I
saw this offer?
If you pre-ordered a qualifying game before seeing
this offer, you’ll still qualify for the offer as long as
your member ID is attached to the transaction.
When will I receive my $10 reward certificate?
For each qualified purchase, you will receive 500 My
Best Buy points (worth $10 in reward certificates)
credited to your account approximately 15–20 days
after street date or store pickup.
If I pre-order a game now using my GCU and the
game releases after my membership ends, will
I still get the 20% off discount?
- From BestBuy Support Forums (link):
For in-store pre-orders, I can definitively say that if
your GCU membership is expired when you
complete your pickup, you will not receive the 20%
discount. This is because in-store pre-orders are not
processed until the time of pickup, and we only
collect an up-front deposit.

Pre-orders made on BestBuy.com are not as cut and
dry as in-store, but it is possible to retain your GCU
discount on a title released after your membership
expires for these types of pre-orders. Reason being,
when you place your pre-order the GCU discount is
calculated up front, and we then pre-authorize the
discounted total with your bank. If all goes well, the
discount can be retained upon release, however,
there is no guarantee.

A sure way to lose the discount on BestBuy.com
pre-orders is if any modifications are made to the
order prior to release, but after your membership
has expired. These modifications could be updating
the billing address, changing the form of payment,
and others. This is because when a modification is
made it triggers another authorization on your form of
payment, which should recalculate the price if your
GCU membership is no longer active.
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►Previous Years (2013-2019)

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2019
2018
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
Far Cry 5 03/27 (Ubisoft)
Madden NFL 19 08/07 (EA)
Shadow Tomb Raider 09/14 (Square Enix)
FIFA 19 09/25 (EA)
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10/05 (Ubisoft)
Call of Duty: BO4 10/12 (Activision)
Battlefield V 10/16 (EA)
Fallout 76 11/14 (Bethesda)
Just Cause 4 12/04 (Square Enix)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 12/07 (Nintendo)

$10 (eGift Card) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
Monster Energy Supercross 02/13 (Milestone)
Metal Gear Survive 02/20 (Konami)
Extinction 04/10 (Maximum Games)
Vampyr 06/05 (Focus Home Interactive)
Super Bomberman R SE 06/12 (Konami)
Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 08/28 (Konami)
Warriors Orochi 4 10/16 (Koei Tecmo)
Call of Cthulhu 10/30 (Maximum Games)
Farming Simulator 19 11/20 (Maximum Games)
My Riding Staples 11/23 (Kalypso)
Project Highrise 11/23 (Kalypso)
2017
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher / date added to promo
Madden NFL 18 - 08/22 (EA) 05/12
Destiny 2 - 09/06 (Activision) 04/12
NBA 2K18 - 09/15 (2K) 5/14
FIFA 18 - 09/26 (EA) 06/07
Middle-earth: SoW - 10/10 (WB Games) 05/07
South Park: TFBW - 10/17 (Ubisoft) 06/02
Assassin's Creed: Origins - 10/27 (Ubisoft) 06/11
Super Mario Odyssey - 10/27 (Nintendo) 06/13
Call of Duty: WWII - 11/03 (Activision) 04/26
Star Wars: Battlefront II - 11/14 (EA) 04/14
 
$10 (eGift Card) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher / date added to promo
Portal Knights: GTE - 05/23 (505 Games) 04/30
Samuari Warriors: SoS - 05/23 (Koei Techmo) 05/12
Agents of Mayhem - 08/15 (Deep Silver) 07/04
Warrior All-Stars - 08/29 (Koei Tecmo) 07/29
PES 2018: Pro Evo Soccer - 09/12 (Konami) 07/29
2016
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
The Division - 03/08 (Ubisoft)
Battleborn - 05/03 (2K)
Doom - 05/13 (Bethesda)
Overwatch - 05/23 (Blizzard)
Lego Star Wars - 06/28 (WB)
Madden 17 - 08/23 (EA)
Attack on Titan  - 08/30 (Koei Tecmo)
FIFA 17 - 09/27 (EA)
NBA 2k17 - 09/20 (2K)
Mafia 3 - 10/07 (2K)
Battlefield 1 - 10/21 (EA)
Gears of War 4 - 10/11 (Microsoft)
Titanfall 2 - 10/28 (EA)
Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare - 11/04 (Activision)
Final Fantasy XV - 11/29 (Square Enix)
2015
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
Dying Light - 01/27 (WB Games)
Battlefield: Hardline - 03/17 (EA)
Mortal Kombat X - 04/14 (WB Games)
Batman: Arkham Knight - 06/23 (WB Games)
Madden 16 - 08/25 (EA)
Witcher 3 - 05/19 (CD Project Red)
Gears of War: UE - 08/25 (Microsoft)
Disney Infinity 3.0 - 08/30 (Disney)
Mad Max - 09/01 (WB Games)
Metal Gear Solid: TPP - 09/01 (Konami)
Forza Motorsport 6 - 09/15 (Microsoft)
FIFA 16 - 09/22 (EA)
NBA 2K16 - 09/25 (2K)
Guitar Hero Live - 10/20 (Activision)
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - 10/23 (Ubisoft)
Halo 5: Guardians - 10/27 (Microsoft)
Evolve - 02/10 (2K)
Call of Duty: Black Ops III - 11/06 (Activision)
Fallout 4 - 11/10 (Bethesda)
Rise of the Tomb Raider - 11/10 (Microsoft)
Star Wars Battlefront - 11/17 (EA)
Rainbow Six Siege - 12/01 (Ubisoft)
2014
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
South Park: Stick of Truth - 03/04 (Ubisoft)
Madden 15 - 08/26 (EA)
The Sims 4 - 09/02 (EA)
Destiny - 09/09 (Activision)
FIFA 15 - 09/23 (EA)
Sunset Overdrive - 10/28 (Microsoft)
COD: Advanced Warfare - 11/03 (Activision)
Assassin's Creed: Unity - 11/11 (Ubisoft)
Halo: Master Chief Collection - 11/11 (Microsoft)
Far Cry 4 - 11/18 (Ubisoft)
Grand Theft Auto 5 - 11/18 (Rockstar)
2013
►$10 (Rewards) w/Pre-Order
title / release date / publisher
Battlefield 4 - 11/12 (EA)
Assassin's Creed: Black Flag - 11/19 (Ubisoft)
Splinter Cell: Black List - 08/20 (Ubisoft)
Watch Dogs - 11/15 (Ubisoft)
Madden NFL 25 - 11/19 (EA)
FIFA 14 - 11/19 (EA)
NBA 2K14 - 11/19 (2K)
Batman: Arkham Origins - 10/25 (WB Games)
COD: Ghosts - 11/19 (Activision)
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Be nice then if Best Buy would always ship out games so customers can receive them the day before the actual release date since in many cases I would be able to play the digital version at 11pm on the date before release. The delay is not a big deal for South Park but if it was a game that I had scheduled time off work for then I would be a bit upset.

Thanks for the info. I might try the chat in the morning but it isn't worth calling for five bucks.
If you are intending to take time off work and want a physical copy, then do store pickup and be there at opening (or go digital). I always use that if I want to play it right away. Even if Best Buy did everything perfect, you still have the chance of a shipper having it delayed or even delivering it later on in the day. I look at potential delays as the price of having it delivered to my doorstep for free shipping, especially since they have delivered early in several cases.

 
If you are intending to take time off work and want a physical copy, then do store pickup and be there at opening (or go digital). I always use that if I want to play it right away. Even if Best Buy did everything perfect, you still have the chance of a shipper having it delayed or even delivering it later on in the day. I look at potential delays as the price of having it delivered to my doorstep for free shipping, especially since they have delivered early in several cases.
Have you ever gone digital at Best Buy? I’m thinking about digital and wondering when they usually send out codes for preloading.
 
Anyone else have their Mario Odyssey pre-order canceled? I re-ordered 3x today only to have it canceled minutes later. I just did another order where I removed the stupid pre-order coin from my pre-order to test to see if it goes through. Maybe it's because they only have so many coins. I pre-ordered pretty late - like sometime last month - so maybe I won't get one. No sweat for me...I just want the damn $10 cert that goes above and beyond what Amazon will give.

EDIT: dammit just got a cancel for the no coin order too...I re-entered my CC and everything...I have like 5 other pre-orders (including Scorpio) so I better not lose those...

EDIT2: CC is clear - it's AMEX and they approved all...

EDIT3: supposedly Best Buy says my account was "flagged" for security purposes...lol wonder if this is related to the disputes that I put in because they tried to charge me $1, $0.01, etc. for "free" pre-order digital bonuses - AMEX gave me the money.

The message that I received every time:

Unfortunately, we were unable to verify your information, so we canceled item(s) from your order.

For details regarding refunds and credits, see the What You Need to Know section below.

Please accept our apology for this inconvenience. We value you as a customer and hope to see you again soon.

Sincerely,

Your Customer Care Team
 
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Anyone else have their Mario Odyssey pre-order canceled? I re-ordered 3x today only to have it canceled minutes later. I just did another order where I removed the stupid pre-order coin from my pre-order to test to see if it goes through. Maybe it's because they only have so many coins. I pre-ordered pretty late - like sometime last month - so maybe I won't get one. No sweat for me...I just want the damn $10 cert that goes above and beyond what Amazon will give.

EDIT: dammit just got a cancel for the no coin order too...I re-entered my CC and everything...I have like 5 other pre-orders (including Scorpio) so I better not lose those...

EDIT2: CC is clear - it's AMEX and they approved all...

EDIT3: supposedly Best Buy says my account was "flagged" for security purposes...lol wonder if this is related to the disputes that I put in because they tried to charge me $1, $0.01, etc. for "free" pre-order digital bonuses - AMEX gave me the money.

The message that I received every time:
Yep, doing a chargeback generally leads to a ban. Your other preorders will likely be cancelled when Best Buy tries to authorize payment as the trigger is likely your AMEX card. I don't understand why you would have done a chargeback for such small amounts without trying to resolve with Best Buy first. It seems like an abuse of the system.

 
Yep, doing a chargeback generally leads to a ban. Your other preorders will likely be cancelled when Best Buy tries to authorize payment as the trigger is likely your AMEX card. I don't understand why you would have done a chargeback for such small amounts without trying to resolve with Best Buy first. It seems like an abuse of the system.
I did. They basically told me to pound sand at the store. They're the ones abusing us by charging some ridiculous arbitrary amount for a cancellation. If you preorder a game like Battlefront that comes with a free beta access code then I shouldn't be charged $1 when I cancel it. I haven't used any of the codes I am not reselling them. Just got a gift card for my birthday so I wanted to re-do pre-orders.

 
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If you are intending to take time off work and want a physical copy, then do store pickup and be there at opening (or go digital). I always use that if I want to play it right away. Even if Best Buy did everything perfect, you still have the chance of a shipper having it delayed or even delivering it later on in the day. I look at potential delays as the price of having it delivered to my doorstep for free shipping, especially since they have delivered early in several cases.
You are right and that's what I'm going to do for Monster Hunter World for which I'm planning on taking a week of vacation. I'll probably place an order for shipping with Best Buy and then if it doesn't ship at a time to my liking I will change it to store pickup or cancel and go digital.

Have you ever gone digital at Best Buy? I’m thinking about digital and wondering when they usually send out codes for preloading.
In case you didn't know, you will get the $10 bonus cert on eligible games when you go digital but not the GCU discount. Why that is is beyond me.

 
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^ yep I may preorder some digital titles at BB to get the $10. I figure multiplayer games will have low values a year after they come out anyway.
 
I want to preorder Mario Odyssey for store pick up. Do they ever over sell preorders? I want to pick it up in the afternoon but if there is a chance it may not be available for long I will get it in the morning.

 
Got an email from Best Buy today informing me that the Cappy collectable coin was added to my Super Mario Odyssey pre-order that I made before the coin was offered.

"Thank you for choosing Best Buy to pre-order [SIZE=13.33px]Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo Switch.[/SIZE] We noticed that your order does not have the Super Mario Odyssey Cappy Collectible Coin: SKU 6090300, included with your purchase.

We want to make sure that you have this item, so we have added it to your order, free of charge.

There is no action needed from you. We hope you enjoy your Nintendo Switch products and we value your continued loyalty to Best Buy.

Sincerely,

Your Best Buy Customer Care Team"
 
still waiting on my preorder of South Park. and i only got the vanilla version. says get it by the 20th. kinda ridiculous. better be here on the 20th. says I cant cancel it too.

 
Anyone still waiting on South Park. My copy was delayed but I was able to change it to store pick up. I don’t really understand why it was delayed and still available to order online. Not too big of a deal since I still haven’t opened Evil Within 2.

For anyone that already got South Park, hows The Stick of Truth work? Just a PS4 code to download it? I wonder since it does appear to be available on PS4? Seems like a wasted opportunity to not sell it on PSN.
 
Anyone still waiting on South Park. My copy was delayed but I was able to change it to store pick up. I don’t really understand why it was delayed and still available to order online. Not too big of a deal since I still haven’t opened Evil Within 2.

For anyone that already got South Park, hows The Stick of Truth work? Just a PS4 code to download it? I wonder since it does appear to be available on PS4? Seems like a wasted opportunity to not sell it on PSN.
Unsure about PS4, for Xbox it was a code In the case for a digital copy
 
So my south park (that I pre ordered monday) already had it's $10 pending. I'm still waiting for my Shadow of War pending...i ordered that in May lol
 
For anyone that already got South Park, hows The Stick of Truth work? Just a PS4 code to download it? I wonder since it does appear to be available on PS4? Seems like a wasted opportunity to not sell it on PSN.
It's a code for PS4 as well. Also, just an FYI for everyone that the Stick of Truth code is only good until 1/31/18 so best redeem it right away so you don't forget like I probably will. :D

 
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If anyone doesn’t want their Stick of Truth code for either system, I’d love it. Yet to play it!
It's a code for PS4 as well. Also, just an FYI for everyone that the Stick of Truth code is only good until 1/31/18 so best redeem it right away so you don't forget like I probably will. :D
If you have an Xbox code, I'll do you the incredibly helpful favor of redeeming it for you.
 
So my south park (that I pre ordered monday) already had it's $10 pending. I'm still waiting for my Shadow of War pending...i ordered that in May lol
Same here with South Park. Preordered Gold on the website Monday for in store pickup, and the 500 are already showing!

 
Have you ever gone digital at Best Buy? I’m thinking about digital and wondering when they usually send out codes for preloading.
If I'm going digital on Day 1, I'd do it straight through the XBoX/PS Store. You don't get GCU on digital, though you might get a pre-order bonus. But pre-ordering digital from the online store means it turns on as soon as it is available and you can pre-load it which is great if you are really anxious (which you probably are if you are pre-ordering at full price).

 
If I'm going digital on Day 1, I'd do it straight through the XBoX/PS Store. You don't get GCU on digital, though you might get a pre-order bonus. But pre-ordering digital from the online store means it turns on as soon as it is available and you can pre-load it which is great if you are really anxious (which you probably are if you are pre-ordering at full price).
Thanks I was wondering because Best Buy is now including $10 certs with some digital preorders. Normally I go physical to get the 20% off as well.
 
I contacted BB via chat 5 days ago about my missing 500 bonus points for FIFA 18 and today got them.  Others have reported getting them immediately when they called, but I don't like talking over the phone.  Tip, when using chat, give them your full name, email, phone, best buy id and order # immediately to speed things up a bit.

 
Yeah, nothing here either. If it doesn't show up release day I'm buying it in store and returning the shipped copy in it's place for the money back
 
My PC Destiny 2 preorder won't get here on release day, which is both the first time it has happened and really irritating.  I knew I may be in trouble when I didn't get a shipping notification until late yesterday.  Here's hoping the same doesn't happen with Mario.

 
I contacted BB via chat 5 days ago about my missing 500 bonus points for FIFA 18 and today got them. Others have reported getting them immediately when they called, but I don't like talking over the phone. Tip, when using chat, give them your full name, email, phone, best buy id and order # immediately to speed things up a bit.
You don’t like talking over the phone?! Of course, you don’t lmao.
 
My PC Destiny 2 preorder won't get here on release day, which is both the first time it has happened and really irritating. I knew I may be in trouble when I didn't get a shipping notification until late yesterday. Here's hoping the same doesn't happen with Mario.
Doh. that's a bummer. Should be getting mine today. Best Buy has been very good at getting my preorders on release day. In fact it's one of the reasons I stopped preordering games from Amazon. They ship the day before release, and only takes 1 day for delivery since packages come from a warehouse near Fresno (I live in LA).

I figure Mario will ship Thursday.

 
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I haven’t gotten a preorder in the mail on time since Resident Evil 7. I switched the last couple to in store pickup to make sure I’d get them on release day. I thought I’d switch it up and ordered Friday the 13th the game for shipping and it arrived 3 days late. Everyone’s on the unboxed forums complaining about the same thing and Best Buy’s general response is that they don’t care.
 
South Park was the first game that I've pre-ordered from Best Buy with shipping that arrived late. I've got Assassin's Creed Origins pre-ordered  so we'll see how that goes. For anything I'm really looking forward to, I'll order with shipping at first but if it doesn't ship by 3 days before release, I'll change to store pickup.

 
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Everyone’s on the unboxed forums complaining about the same thing and Best Buy’s general response is that they don’t care.
My South Park: TFBW arrived late -- called them on release day to complain. Advised them I had two more preorders for 10/27 and an X1X set for 11/7, and that I was disappointed because Amazon offers the same discount as GCU and manages to get them there on time. After a brief hold, the agent told me they were sending me a $30 gift card for the inconvenience, and would be escalating the complaint up "in the hopes that others won't have the same problem". She assured me which, of course, I *totally* believe (eyes rolling) that my remaining orders should come on time. No shipping notice yet for AC:O or Wolf 2.

 
My South Park: TFBW arrived late -- called them on release day to complain. Advised them I had two more preorders for 10/27 and an X1X set for 11/7, and that I was disappointed because Amazon offers the same discount as GCU and manages to get them there on time. After a brief hold, the agent told me they were sending me a $30 gift card for the inconvenience, and would be escalating the complaint up "in the hopes that others won't have the same problem". She assured me which, of course, I *totally* believe (eyes rolling) that my remaining orders should come on time. No shipping notice yet for AC:O or Wolf 2.
Excellent argument you deserve that $30. Hopefully BB gets back on track for the holidays.
 
That’s how all of mine since Resident Evil 7 were. The night before I’d get an email saying Shipping was delayed then they’d ship it out the day of release. If it’s a Friday release I’d get it hopefully by Monday.

AC:O and Wolf 2 are both showing as "Order Status: Pre-Ordered" with a "Get it By: Friday Oct 27" listed.
 
I'm waiting for the inevitable "payment info update required" email for my Mario Odyssey order. It was part of a Visa Checkout order and the card used on my Visa Checkout order is no longer valid.  I'll lose the Visa Checkout credit when I update the order.

 
Select Best Buy stores will open at 9 p.m. PT Thursday, October 26 (12:01 a.m. ET Friday, October 27) for the sale of the following games: Mario Odyssey, AC Origins and Wolfenstein: TNC.

 
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Got my Shadow of War points...not sure when since I haven't checked in awhile.

I didn't even have an entry in my rewards history for the game when I last looked...but they added it when I got my points.

 
I'm waiting for the inevitable "payment info update required" email for my Mario Odyssey order. It was part of a Visa Checkout order and the card used on my Visa Checkout order is no longer valid. I'll lose the Visa Checkout credit when I update the order.
Same situation and I chose mine to be shipped. Might just cancel and do in store pickup.

 
What's BBs price adjustment policy? If I grabbed AC:O on Friday, could I adjust to a Black Friday price for example?
Customer Service is typically closed during the Black Friday weekend so you would not be able to price adjust in store then. You have 15 days, with Elite 30 days, and with Elite Plus 45 days to return/adjust

 
Select Best Buy stores will open at 9 p.m. PT Thursday, October 26 (12:01 a.m. ET Friday, October 27) for the sale of the following games: Mario Odyssey, AC Origins and Wolfenstein: TNC.
The closest Best Buy to me is doing a midnight launch so now to decide if I want to pay that extra tax plus gas/effort to ensure getting AC before next week. Still unsure about getting Mario Odyssey and Wolfenstein right now or waiting for a sale or potential B2G1.

 
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I just was wondering if Destiny 2 on PC qualified for the $10 certificate. I know it's too late but I had no idea that BB allowed GCU on PC games so please tell me so I can bang my head against the keyboard

 
I just was wondering if Destiny 2 on PC qualified for the $10 certificate. I know it's too late but I had no idea that BB allowed GCU on PC games so please tell me so I can bang my head against the keyboard
I am pretty sure it did. Looked up older threads about it and it said it included PC.

 
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