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I've seen their site linked in the deals forum many times, so I bought one of their Bad Company 2 360 VIP codes four days ago. It was supposed to be emailed to me in 48 hours, and when that didn't happen I sent an email, which was supposed to be responded to in 48 hours. I have neither a VIP code nor a response.

Have I just not waited long enough yet or has this happened before?
 
It happens from time to time, Doc Frielgood (the guy that runs GDD) often disappears so you'll just have to wait till he returns, sadly.
 
Seriously? I bought from there because it was a good price and it offered to be emailed with in 48 hours; and I needed it fast. What a disappointment; I would have been better off with eBay.
 
So it's a shady site just because they don't get your deal out to you yesterday? If I remember correctly, DrFrielgood is the ONLY person sending out the orders, so he must be swamped at times.

It's like people bitching about GoHastings charging individual shipping charges per item in an order, even after being told stuff ships from multiple locations or them complaining about having 3-4 pending charges on their card for trying to re-order the same stuff from GH's website after it goes in and out of stock that many times.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']So it's a shady site just because they don't get your deal out to you yesterday? If I remember correctly, DrFrielgood is the ONLY person sending out the orders, so he must be swamped at times.

It's like people bitching about GoHastings charging individual shipping charges per item in an order, even after being told stuff ships from multiple locations or them complaining about having 3-4 pending charges on their card for trying to re-order the same stuff from GH's website after it goes in and out of stock that many times.[/QUOTE]


Seems I'm hardly the only one having problems with GDD.
 
Patience is a virtue. If you need something right now, then find the fastest place to get it from and pay the premium. But if you want a deal, sometimes you have to wait to get it.
 
He's also sent out used games as new games before too. Granted, he refunded the money but not the shipping costs for playing mail tag. Buying from this guy is basically buying stuff from a guy no different than yourself with some inventory out of his apt or house. Would you want to buy from yourself if you're the other guy? Probably not.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Patience is a virtue. If you need something right now, then find the fastest place to get it from and pay the premium. But if you want a deal, sometimes you have to wait to get it.[/QUOTE]

As usual you fail to see the point. This company has a poor track record and terrible customer service. They don't always send what's promised, nor deliver it in a timely manner, and communication is nonexistant. Who gives a shit if it's one guy running it? Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? Your hastings comparison was also retarded
 
[quote name='Stele']He's also sent out used games as new games before too. Granted, he refunded the money but not the shipping costs for playing mail tag. Buying from this guy is basically buying stuff from a guy no different than yourself with some inventory out of his apt or house. Would you want to buy from yourself if you're the other guy? Probably not.[/QUOTE]
I gotta agree, this is pretty much how it is.

Sometimes I think Frielgood should have his thread stay in the game trading section instead of the deals section since he isn't an outlet and is really just selling the stuff by himself.
 
Yah, I don't think it's a scam, it's just a poorly run business. I don't undestand those (ehem, him) who say we should cut Frielgood some slack. If any other one man operation got as much negative or luke warm feedback as his, we would have 20 threads dedicated to how much we hate the company.

He doesn't have bad intentions, he just can't fulfill what he promises and advertises.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Patience is a virtue. If you need something right now, then find the fastest place to get it from and pay the premium. But if you want a deal, sometimes you have to wait to get it.[/QUOTE]

How is the OP supposed to find the fastest place to get something from if the website just lies about the response time?

The OP said that gamedealdaily advertises that they will email the code within 48 hours. He needed it within 48 hours, so he bought from them. He's now waited four days for a code that THEY promised he would get in two. I don't think that the OP's patience is the problem here.
 
I always research places I plan on buying from to make sure they're reliable BEFORE plunking money down. If this GDD site and DrFrielgood are so shady then wouldn't it make sense to ask around first and not just rush headlong into buying.
 
I feel kind of bad because I linked to GDD when someone asked for a deal on the VIP code in this forum like a week ago. It wasn't the OP but maybe he saw my post. I know I saw a lot of GDD activity on CAG 1-2 years ago, but I've never bought anything from them. Then I was looking at the Cheapy award nominations and saw several nominating GDD for the "Best Independent/Specialty Online Game Retaile" award.

I took a quick look at their site and remembered seeing this so posted it here. It looks like the site has been mostly dead for like 2 years even though the website is still up and running. Definitely looks like an awful place to buy from. I don't understand why the heck people are nominating them for an award and they still seem to have some loyal customers on their forums. I guess it is because they do some giveaways occasionally? Blah.

Of course some people are actually nominating GameStop for awards like best online retailer as well. Sigh.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']I always research places I plan on buying from to make sure they're reliable BEFORE plunking money down. If this GDD site and DrFrielgood are so shady then wouldn't it make sense to ask around first and not just rush headlong into buying.[/QUOTE]

"I've seen their site linked in the deals forum many times, so I bought one of their Bad Company 2 360 VIP codes four days ago. It was supposed to be emailed to me in 48 hours, and when that didn't happen I sent an email, which was supposed to be responded to in 48 hours. I have neither a VIP code nor a response."

-He did do some research, and he assumed that what the website posted would be true. He was clearly wrong, as was the website. Now you went from saying GDD is a great place to buy from, just be patient with them for not fulfilling the order when they said they would, to "I always research places I plan on buying from..."

I don't see how this is the OP's fault at all, and I don't really see how you can defend, then criticize GDD for the same issue in one thread, without feeling like a hypocrite.
 
[quote name='aem']
Of course some people are actually nominating GameStop for awards like best online retailer as well. Sigh.[/QUOTE]
GameStop online had some seriously kick ass deals this past year.
 
Its certainly not a scam, but it is a pretty damn unreliable site. I've bought two things from him before: one was basically an assortment of swag from various collectors editions, and the other was a grab bag of gamecube discs. The swag came as described, albeit 12 days after ordering, and the grab bag came with three discs, all unplayable (there's more to say on that in a second).

I really don't get how he's allowed to post in the deals section. There is really nothing in there that convinces me that he gives a shit about CAGs: up until a week or two ago he had a hidden and rather ridiculous shipping charge, and when you grilled him about it he would say its because it makes him more money (well of course we know that's WHY you do it, we're saying you SHOULDN'T do it to CAGs!). The deals themselves are okay (or at least equal to ebay prices), that is assuming you can actually get a straight-up item. Some of these deals that he posts on GDD are rather "eccentric", others feel like table scraps from items he's broken up to sell that he doesn't want to pay ebay fees on. And then those grab-bags.... IATCG can wag his fat little finger at me all he wants because I admit I DID rush headfirst into that deal so I have no one but myself to blame, but in retrospect I don't see how Cheapy and co. approved of a deal being posted on their site where "33% of the games might not work."

I really would like to hear from the big cheeses of CAG as to why the site still gets play. Maybe I'm in the wrong and GDD is perfectly fine, but I get the feeling that all of this criticism isn't just due to a small vocal minority.
 
[quote name='berzirk']"I've seen their site linked in the deals forum many times, so I bought one of their Bad Company 2 360 VIP codes four days ago. It was supposed to be emailed to me in 48 hours, and when that didn't happen I sent an email, which was supposed to be responded to in 48 hours. I have neither a VIP code nor a response."

-He did do some research, and he assumed that what the website posted would be true. He was clearly wrong, as was the website. Now you went from saying GDD is a great place to buy from, just be patient with them for not fulfilling the order when they said they would, to "I always research places I plan on buying from..."

I don't see how this is the OP's fault at all, and I don't really see how you can defend, then criticize GDD for the same issue in one thread, without feeling like a hypocrite.[/QUOTE]
Seeing the site linked in the deals forum is not equivalent to doing real research on a company/website though. Asking around the forums by posting a thread to ask opinions of the site, checking out deal threads from the site and in general actively questioning as many people about the site is doing research.

I always try to do thorough research on a place I'm gonna buy something from, whether I'm paying $1 or $100, including how good/bad they are on shipping.

But at times I really think that some CAG's would be better off going back to buying from B&M stores only, since some really lack patience(see: any GoHastings thread for examples of this).
 
IATCG certainly seems alone in defending GDD, and for fairly weak reasons in my mind to boot - although other CAGs in this thread have already stated most of these points, I'll dip my oar in as well:

GDD shouldn't get special allowances because it's a one-man op. Whoever the person is who runs this site is straight-up lying when he advertises a Battlefield VIP code within 48 hours and doesn't deliver. It is salt in the wound when he don't respond to email inquiry. As for 'patience needed to get deals' - I'm not an unreasonable person and I don't think I'm asking too much to get a product in the amount of time promised by the seller.

CAG, I imagine, has a reputation to keep, and allowing a site such as GDD which has a pretty sad track record of customer satisfaction - judging the stories of used-sold-as-new and S&H scams - to hock its wares in the deals subforum seems to be a misstep. With the way CAG squashes ad spam and other disreputable sites, the deals forum definitely isn't an open marked so I don't think barring GDD from it would be out of the question.

Either way, I hope other people see this thread before they consider buying from GDD. At this point even if I get my code a week from now I feel ripped off, and I think it's clear that GDD isn't fit for the Deals forum.

Thanks for sharing your opinions/experiences with this site, everyone.
 
[quote name='Ilikecoldbeverages']
I really would like to hear from the big cheeses of CAG as to why the site still gets play. Maybe I'm in the wrong and GDD is perfectly fine, but I get the feeling that all of this criticism isn't just due to a small vocal minority.[/QUOTE]

I have to imagine that GDD is giving Cheapy and co. some sort of kickback in return for setting up shop in the vg deal section.

If that's the case, I feel this site honestly needs to take a look at the feedback GDD has been getting and cut off ties with them. At the very least move it to to the marketplace/trading sections instead. I'm betting a huge portion of his sales come directly from CAG, yet he doesn't seem to care very much about his customers.
 
It looks like he finally quit posting on here. He hasn't posted another deal on here in a few days yet his site has had new deals.

Nevermind, unfortunately according to his forum he is just out of town and his site is automatically changing the daily deal.
 
[quote name='LordVila']It looks like he finally quit posting on here. He hasn't posted another deal on here in a few days yet his site has had new deals.

Nevermind, unfortunately according to his forum he is just out of town and his site is automatically changing the daily deal.[/QUOTE]

He just updated his vendor thread.
 
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