(FREE) ECA Membership, Amazon Codes are down for time being

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No begging for codes. Beggars will be permabanned on the spot.

[img-l=5198]6006[/img-l]Get 10% off all your Amazon gaming purchases for a year and receive other special benefits by joining the ECA, a non-profit advocacy organization which is dedicated to defending and advancing the interests of gamers. Codes aren't available at the moment, unknown ETA when/if they'll be back.

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Join the ECA $14.99 (college students & military), others $19.99

(Free memberships available, see below.)

Complete list of discounts/benfits [hiddenlist]
Discounted games sales/rental offerings from:

  • Amazon.com - download a code from the Benefits section to use at Amazon.com towards 10% off your games purchases. If you buy three or more games a year, this benefit alone makes being a member worth it.
  • Direct2Drive.com - download your code from the ECA's exclusive member benefits section to use at Direct2Drive.com towards 10% off your game purchases.Direct2Drive's easy and secure system lets you download full pc games, arcade games, anime, game guides, and comics from home instead of dealing with waiting time and inventory stock-outs. Check out thier site for the best way to buy!
  • GameFly - is offering ECA members a 30-day free trial to their video game rental service.
  • Good Old Games - a leading destination for download-to-own DRM-free classic PC games, is offering members 20% off of new game purchases.
  • Newegg/Patriot Gaming - get $10 off when you buy select memory sticks.
Discounted admission/access offerings from:

  • NYComiCon - is offering members a discount on the price of admission.
  • Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) - members receive 10% off the price of admission to the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington for pre-registrants.
  • TooManyGames - get $1 off entry to gaming community events.
  • VGXPO - America's Video Game Expo is offering 10% discounted admission.
Discounted/Free Trial offerings from:

  • GameJobs - ECA members receive free resume uploads at GameJobs.com, the leading job board and career site serving the games business.
  • Hyatt Hotels - members receive a 5-10% discount on room rates at Hyatt Hotels throughout the US and Canada.
  • Prima Publishing - get 10% off of over 500 hint book and strategy guides.
  • Warcry - ECA members are invited to take advantage of a 30-day free trial membership in the Warcry Network's "Choice" program.
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[quote name='dallascowboys']If you use the code GIMAG on theeca.com (found in an article of the new Crackdown GI issue), you can receive a free, full 1 year membership (I think it's only for new accounts). You do need a credit card to sign up, but if you cancel before the 1 year is up, you won't be charged. This is a great deal for the free amazon discount. Be sure to use the coupon soon, because the article doesn't mention the expiration for the coupon.
Enjoy guys!
dallascowboys

P.S. Now all of CAG can have an ECA membership!

Also, after you enter your CC number and the coupon, the page after lets you check everything before you submit your order. That way you know that the coupon worked and you won't be charged.

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LinkinPrime Edit:

Check your spam filters for the confirmation link, if you signed up for the newsletter you will get 2 emails, one for the newsletter and one for the membership. For some reason the newsletter one showed up in my inbox and the membership was in my junk mail folder, so keep an eye out.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='slickkill77']You weren't kidding. Ok I found this on page 28. All credit goes to jacknicklson for the original faq (1-6).



ECA/Amazon FAQ

1. I can't get into the member's area/can't find out where to pay. Help!

After the initial registration email, you should receive a second email linking you to a payment page. You can request that this email be resent if need be. Make sure to check your junk/spam folders as well.

2. Will this work on consoles?

No. Games and most accessories only. Physical point cards are also eligible, but not digital point codes.

3. Do these work on Quick Picks/Deals of the Day/Trade-in Coupons?

Yes, Yes, and Yes!

4. How do I get my Quick Picks to show games?

http://betterelevation.com/2009/02/1...old-box-trick/
This should be a basis to get it to work for whatever you are interested in. It is not a science though so be persistent.

5. Does this work on Pre-orders?

Yes, it does. The price will also automatically take off 10% of whatever the final selling point is due to the Pre-Price Guarantee that Amazon offers.

6. I have heard that these offers have expired/been removed, is this true?

There have been a few instances where codes expired or they ran out but The ECA and Amazon have usually rectified the situation within a week or so. Also, the Terms of Service state that any membership benefits can change or be canceled without any notice so keep that in mind when signing up.


7. Double and Triple stacking

This is no longer possible. Don't bother trying. Originally when the ECA would run out of codes and switch to a new batch members were able to stack codes. A glitch in Amazon's system would keep older codes in your account, and it was possible to add codes from the newer batches to obtain more than 10% off. Amazon found out about this, hence the reason the codes are currently down/ being worked on.

8. Begging/Asking for codes

This is not allowed. If you beg/ask for a code you will be permabanned. No questions asked.

9. Selling codes

Definitely a big no no. If you do this, you will get reported to the ECA and your account will be shut down.

10. If I make a pre-order with a code a cancel it, will the code still work?
Yes. Codes should remain in your account but again they will no longer stack. It is one code per game. Amazon and the ECA are working on codes tied into our accounts but this option is not yet available.

11. If I already have a pre-order made, can I add a 10% off code to it?

You can not add a anything to an order once it is made except a gift card. You can try emailing Amazon customer support and ask them to add it. Generally they have no issue doing this for you but it's a crap shoot.

12. What if I already have a pre-order with the old codes applied? Should I be worried?

We don't know definitively, but chances are good that Amazon will not touch the pre orders we have already made.[/QUOTE]
 
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In case you didn't know, Muramasa is part of the buy 2 get 1 free deals! You might be able to match it with two other games you want and get a good deal that way.
 
So I just signed up for the ECA. I know the Amazon codes are down right now, but how does it normally work? Do you go on the forums and request a code or is there a feature that generates one for you or what? I tried searching for the answer in this thread, but looking through almost 4 thousand posts isn't very easy.
 
They claimed we might get multiple use codes finally, which would be awesome-but then they also claimed they'd be back by last Friday or this Monday, so who knows.
 
[quote name='jacknicklson']Been a member since April and have easily gotten my $20 back 10 fold[/QUOTE]
You've saved over $20,480?
 
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Originally Posted by jacknicklson
Been a member since April and have easily gotten my $20 back 10 fold

[quote name='Skoad']You've saved over $20,480?[/QUOTE]

:applause: Someone clearly needs to stay off videgames and start going to class.
 
ARGH no ECA code for buy 2 get 1 free. Come on Amazon. Make it happen before the deal end.

I wish they temporary allow 1 code generation without regenerate.
 
[quote name='Skoad']You've saved over $20,480?[/QUOTE]

No, he's saved over $200. You see, 20 multiplied by 10 is 200. 20 x 10 = 200. Helpful hint: when multiplying something by 10, just add an extra 0 to the original number to get your answer.
 
[quote name='DOMINATOR912']No, he's saved over $200. You see, 20 multiplied by 10 is 200. 20 x 10 = 200. Helpful hint: when multiplying something by 10, just add an extra 0 to the original number to get your answer.[/QUOTE]

See, at first I thought he was being some weird math geek.

But his math is 20 x 1024

So maybe he deals in bits all day long. I dunno.

But either way, fail for bad humor or bad math.
 
They weren't before though (the most recent codes, I take it?) So they reinstituted them?\

Maybe when I was trying those codes, and having none work, they were still attaching to my account, and now do work? Dang this is confusing. I feel like maybe I need to order everything I might order while I still can, but I don't WANT to :whistle2:/
 
[quote name='Skoad']You've saved over $20,480?[/QUOTE]

:rofl:

#-o
Seriously though, be good to get the codes back soon, but I've more than made my money back at this point.
 
[quote name='Ryuukishi']I know that I've still got one working code parked on my account. I think it was from whatever the most recent batch was.[/QUOTE]

Only the "J" codes are working as both the "L" and "66" which were the newest codes aren't working. The "J" codes were the middle codes and were released sometime in September and replaced byt the "66" code. You can also still enter in "J" codes that haven't been entered in the system. I wonder though when they might go away also. I want to get Afrika but I want to wait for my $10 gift card from NSMB and $5 from U2 to be combined with it. I really don't want to pay more than $30 for this game.
 
[quote name='benjamouth']but I've more than made my money back at this point.[/QUOTE]

Ditto, but I'd like to have gotten the membership for free. Oh well. :)

I'm yet another person just sitting on my hands waiting for the codes to return. No, not exactly sitting on my hands, rather, checking theeca.com (and this thread) many times per day....
 
Epic Fail by Daniella over on the ECA boards at managing expectations.

Don't say FRI or MON if you don't fuck -ing know. Since she went ahead and guessed, she is a week late in a few hours ... which is why a lot of folks are frustrated.
 
Yeah, really. I wonder if she was really given that as a time frame, or just made it up. I'd like to have some idea!

Darn it, I'm not trying to game the system, and I want to support ECA anyway, and I like Amazon anyway, but this is helpful, and frankly does push me over the edge to buying something some times. (And when they give it to us theoretically, but then take it away, I end up buying LESS.)
 
You guys know that you can have Amazon add items to previous orders that are still open, right? So if say you have an order with 10%, you can add items to that in order to get the discount...
 
[quote name='Danil ACE']You guys know that you can have Amazon add items to previous orders that are still open, right? So if say you have an order with 10%, you can add items to that in order to get the discount...[/QUOTE]

What? Have you actually done this? Does it work? And can yo uget the b2g1 free deal when doing this?
 
[quote name='Wolfpup']Darn it, I'm not trying to game the system, and I want to support ECA anyway, and I like Amazon anyway, but this is helpful, and frankly does push me over the edge to buying something some times. (And when they give it to us theoretically, but then take it away, I end up buying LESS.)[/QUOTE]
Im in the same boat as you. Seems like every time a game hits my sweet spot the codes are not working and I miss the deal. :cry:
 
I can confirm, J-Codes still work...I had one in my account for awhile since i cancelled a pre-order. (I only used ECA codes when they started with J).
 
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