[quote name='A Happy Panda']Question:
How much luck have people had in taking advantage of a pre-order bonus towards a game, like the one they're running for Halo 3 and Mario, then cancelling it later?
My friend wants to trade some shit in, but he wants maximum boost, but can't get either game because he'll be down at school when they come out. So if he could trade his games in, get the 20% boost, then move his pre-order he would do that.
Also, has anyone had any luck stacking promos? 30% for 5 games plus 20% for pre-ordering Halo or Mario?[/QUOTE]
You can always cancel it - YMMV on them being pissed about that or not. I don't know if anyone would deny it though. However, he'll have a much easier time if he simply wants to switch it to something else (that comes out later). I plan on doing this with some of the Wii preorders I have (from the trade 2 get 1 free deal).
As for stacking the preorder bump with the extra credit bump, very YMMV on that as it requires a manual override and they seem less willing to do that than they used to (when it was required for the promos to work). Now that promos are automatic they are less inclined to override them. I can tell you that I tried this at the Washington Square EB and they couldn't get it to work (it was their suggestion as I have no interest in Halo but I was trading a lot of stuff so I figured I'd let them try to stack the 20% on top of it). The computer would only take one or the other promo, though.