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Please delete if this is irrelevant but I was at GameStop today picking up my Pokemon Switch Lite and learned a $15 Power Up membership now comes with a monthly 5 dollar cert that works on anything in the store. The cert expires monthly and while the manager in the store said it was live ( I got a 5 dollar cert for signing up immediately) I saw on the site it doesn't start until Jan 2020. $60 for $15 seems like a desent deal though with just a few limitations. Here's the details for those interested.

https://www.gamestop.com/poweruprewards/

 
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chnandler_bong said:
Interesting. It looks like enrolling with a digital subscription to GameInformer would knock $5 off the yearly cost.
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It'll only knock $5 off the cost because the new cost for physical is going to be $19.99

I was talking about this with a GS staff earlier today.

The $5 a month though is the real benefit. Hot damn!

 
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They informed me of the same thing too. He said something about if you renew it before Spring 2020, you can double dip and they'll give the 5 dollar cert on your receipt and still receive that month's 5 dollar cert if I got that correctly. I was good til Feburary but I guess I'll reup when I go pick up Pokemon next week
 
It’s worth noting that the 10% preowned discount is going away with this new program. I’m not sure why it still shows on the info page, but everywhere else I’ve read that the discount is being dropped.
 
Katsumi said:
It’s worth noting that the 10% preowned discount is going away with this new program. I’m not sure why it still shows on the info page, but everywhere else I’ve read that the discount is being dropped.
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I was told that the 10% goes away this spring. I guess this will overlap for a little bit
 
Katsumi said:
It’s worth noting that the 10% preowned discount is going away with this new program. I’m not sure why it still shows on the info page, but everywhere else I’ve read that the discount is being dropped.
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Was in a Gamestop today, from what the clerk told me:

January 2020 the 10% discount is gone. 

But he said they already have been told they are having a new price adjustment in January which may mean that all members get the 10% off used and not just Pro. (or gone completely) January is also when the $5 monthly certs start.

The $5 cert is in store only, can't be used online. But he said order online for store pickup.. return/rebuy with the code.

The $5 code you get for signing up does not work on sale items, I tried.

Compare the website

https://www.gamestop.com/poweruprewards/

To the details in the flyer, Used discount gone. (Clerk said they just got the flyers)

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LonelyBacteria said:
This had been a thing here for probably half a year at least. I've been forgetting to use it though -_-
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No it hasn't?

Unless that's something from Elite, since I wasn't part of the Elite phase, as I stopped buying from GS for a couple years.

But just signed up for new membership a few months back, and I can tell you it's not something that is typical as far as the $5 certs are concerned.

The only other thing I can think of is that you have your points on auto-issue $5 a month, which is a separate issue. When I renewed my membership, they failed to tell me about that until after that first month, and apparently they just have that specific setting auto-chosen for you when you get a Pro membership, but don't tell you that you need to turn it off. If that's the case, you may want to check your point history to make sure that hasn't been happening to you...assuming this isn't an Elite thing I'm not aware of.

 
Squarehard said:
No it hasn't?

Unless that's something from Elite, since I wasn't part of the Elite phase, as I stopped buying from GS for a couple years.

But just signed up for new membership a few months back, and I can tell you it's not something that is typical as far as the $5 certs are concerned.

The only other thing I can think of is that you have your points on auto-issue $5 a month, which is a separate issue. When I renewed my membership, they failed to tell me about that until after that first month, and apparently they just have that specific setting auto-chosen for you when you get a Pro membership, but don't tell you that you need to turn it off. If that's the case, you may want to check your point history to make sure that hasn't been happening to you...assuming this isn't an Elite thing I'm not aware of.
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It's been in test markets up until now.

 
Squarehard said:
No it hasn't?
 
Unless that's something from Elite, since I wasn't part of the Elite phase, as I stopped buying from GS for a couple years.
 
But just signed up for new membership a few months back, and I can tell you it's not something that is typical as far as the $5 certs are concerned.
 
The only other thing I can think of is that you have your points on auto-issue $5 a month, which is a separate issue. When I renewed my membership, they failed to tell me about that until after that first month, and apparently they just have that specific setting auto-chosen for you when you get a Pro membership, but don't tell you that you need to turn it off. If that's the case, you may want to check your point history to make sure that hasn't been happening to you...assuming this isn't an Elite thing I'm not aware of.
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Test markets
 
I got this a couple weeks ago at my store. Tried to use the $5 on a $5 GS gift card in store, but it wouldn't take. Gotta find something by the 31st to use mine on.

 
Prices for used are not going to drop to match the previous pur discount. Test markets are saying to expect 5-7 percent drop.
I'm thinking hot new pre owned games 52.99 or so
 
So if it true that the $5 cert. can be use be on anything, then most likely going to use it either toys or clothes that are cheap. Hopefully, there won't be a restriction on these cert like only can be use over product of $15 or more

 
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Does anyone know where I can view this credit? I find their website extremely confusing.

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Can you put the credit on a preorder prior to it coming out or does it have to be something you're actually buying that day?
 
I was going to wait until January 1st to re-up on my Pro, but I will do it on December 31st just to see if this happens.  To be honest, other than flipping games, I don't do a lot of transactions at GameStop anymore.  But maybe this will get me into the store at least once a month.

 
EvilSena said:
So if it true that the $5 cert. Can be use be on anything, then most likely going to use it either toys or cloth that are cheap. Hopefully, there won't be a restriction on these cert like only can be use over product of $15 or more
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Can't be used on pre-owned, which kills any ambition I had of picking up cheap last-gen games for my collection.

 
Baby Yoda said:
Trade credit yes, PUR certs no (from my past experience).
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Figured as much. So I'd have to use that month's gift card towards a preorder coming out that month upon pickup.

Curious since Tokyo Mirage Sessions is coming out and will be my next new release.
 
Jhingles said:
You're better off not going to GS at all and picking them up $10 off at walmart lol
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If you can find them at your local Walmart. 2 Mom & PoP Video game stores near me buy them all on release.

They got fed up paying their local distributor $48 per $60 new game, in bulk, getting stuck with some unsellables at that price (and quantity required to buy). $50 at Walmart is convenient, sellable for $60 in their store, yet purchasable in smaller, controllable quantities.

I know this because I hang out with some of their employees. Fun folk, similar interests.

On release week I see the Walmart case display, and the game(s) I want is/are always empty. No surprise. I chuckle.

 
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Chakius said:
If you can find them at your local Walmart. 2 Mom & PoP Video game stores near me buy them all on release.

They got fed up paying their local distributor $48 per $60 new game, in bulk, getting stuck with some unsellables at that price. $50 at Walmart is convenient, sellable for $60 in their store, yet purchasable in smaller, controllable quantities.

I know this because I hang out with some of their employees. Fun folk, similar interests.

On release week I see the Walmart case display, and the game(s) I want is/are always empty. No surprise.
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I saw the same thing happen at a Best Buy back when the Playstation One was a hot seller. A lady from the local game store came into Best Buy and bought about 10 Playstations to sell at her store. Now they have rules that say no resellers allowed.

 
Baby Yoda said:
If you don't have trade credit at Gamestop, then just go to Walmart or Target, like others have mentioned.
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Depends on the game too. Big release? Sure. But do I really expect them to get a ton of stock on something like Tokyo Mirage Sessions? Not really.
 
Baby Yoda said:
I saw the same thing happen at a Best Buy back when the Playstation One was a hot seller. A lady from the local game store came into Best Buy and bought about 10 Playstations to sell at her store. Now they have rules that say no resellers allowed.
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Walmart / Best Buy / Target has no real way to know who is a reseller. Even GameStop, for that matter. They can evaluate based on consistent behavior -- but what if it gets spread out, across multiple people.

They can impose limits to prevent reselling, sure.

Think employees, friends, family members.. favorable patrons willing to be bribed to do the dirty work.. anyone with a stake in the deal(s).

 
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So for those of you that renewed Pro membership with an active membership, what could you spend the first $5 cert on the receipt on? I saw it wasnt usable on pre-owned until spring 2020 and didn't work on a GS GC, but are gaming gift cards allowed ($5 eshop?) or just full priced non-sale merch or new games?  :oldman:

 
Davem said:
So for those of you that renewed Pro membership with an active membership, what could you spend the first $5 cert on the receipt on? I saw it wasnt usable on pre-owned until spring 2020 and didn't work on a GS GC, but are gaming gift cards allowed ($5 eshop?) or just full priced non-sale merch or new games? :oldman:
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I bought a $10 eShop card as they said that was the lowest value I could get (had to be a physical eShop card).

 
Davem said:
So for those of you that renewed Pro membership with an active membership, what could you spend the first $5 cert on the receipt on? I saw it wasnt usable on pre-owned until spring 2020 and didn't work on a GS GC, but are gaming gift cards allowed ($5 eshop?) or just full priced non-sale merch or new games? :oldman:
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Eshop card didn’t work but PSN card did. Weird. Not sure about other POS cards but would love to know for next month.
 
Thanks, I'm a little bummed if we can't use it on clearance items (like, why not?) I could use some more gaming christmas stuff... I was probably going to re-up for another year tomorrow to get the instant +$5 and see what I can get!  :beer:

 
This has been the standard for new Pro memberships or renewals since the Nov. Pro Days sale. The $5 off monthly certificates are taking the place of the 10% off used games and accessories. Also no more B2G1F on used coupons with signup or renewal.

The 10% off used discount is still active but is supposed to end around when Q4 ends in March.

 
easper said:
Eshop card didn’t work but PSN card did. Weird. Not sure about other POS cards but would love to know for next month.
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IF the monthly $5 rewards certificates continue to work on PSN cards, you could use it for those and build up enough credit to pay for your yearly subscription ($60 sub when not on sale for only $20). If it is just physical cards I think the lowest you can get is $10 so I guess that isn;t quite as good. If you can get the kind that is a code on a receipt....it's pure win for that kind of thing (pure loss for no 10% discount on preowned games, though).

 
Looks like you cant just come in anymore and get $5 xbox card, had to get $15 instead, but still 33% off isnt bad.

 
I have enough points for a 10 dollars reward certificate, but I'm thinking of waiting a few days to get the 5 dollar "free" one and get a 10 dollar one, combine them and get some cheap "new" Switch game.  I hope that works...

 
The only reason I signed up for another year is that the 10% discount on my B2G2 purchase made it so it was only $3 more to re-up on Pro. I figure I can get at least $3 in value during the next year. For this first $5 cert that expires tomorrow I just bought a pack of Pokémon cards for my daughter’s birthday.
 
Yeah, that's not going to happen. Amazon, Best Buy, Gamestop; once one of them started to drop gaming benefit programs, the rest all followed suit.
 
I have to renew my Pro membership today.  Meant to do it yesterday, but I had too much to do before New Year's Eve and never got around to it.  

Either way, I'll let you guys know if they're still putting the $5 coupon on the receipt or not.

 
Can anyone confirm whether the $5 Pro Coupon works in the same transaction with redeemed Rewards Certificates?
 
briandadude said:
My $5 coupon now appears in the app. Fine print says it expires 1/20/20 though...probably a typo?
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Mine shows that date, but also has "offer expires 1/30/2020" right under the barcode. Hoping that later date is correct, but who knows for sure. I will most likely use mine sooner than later just to be safe.

 
I never signed up for the new program, I renewed my Pro membership back in July.  I thought I'd still get the 5 dollar reward certificate...It's not showing up in my app. Then again, if I look at the reward certificates I can buy with points, the only ones I can buy are the ones that expired yesterday!

Where are you seeing the 5 dollar coupon in the app?

 
nbskid said:
I never signed up for the new program, I renewed my Pro membership back in July. I thought I'd still get the 5 dollar reward certificate...It's not showing up in my app. Then again, if I look at the reward certificates I can buy with points, the only ones I can buy are the ones that expired yesterday!

Where are you seeing the 5 dollar coupon in the app?
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Under Active Offers.
 
I see my $5 cert under Active Offers. Says it expires 1/30/2020. Interestingly, it says "$5 off any GS item" and the fine print does not indicate that it won't work on pre-owned. Doesn't mean it WILL work, but the $5 coupon I got printed on my receipt last week explicitly excluded PO.

 
josekortez said:
I have to renew my Pro membership today. Meant to do it yesterday, but I had too much to do before New Year's Eve and never got around to it.

Either way, I'll let you guys know if they're still putting the $5 coupon on the receipt or not.
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I got the $5 code on my receipt when I renewed my Pro today. Mine is good until 1/31/20 and did not work on the purchase of an Xbox gift card. I saved it for another day.

 
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josekortez said:
I got the $5 code on my receipt when I renewed my Pro today. Mine is good until 1/31/20 and did not work on the purchase of an Xbox gift card. I saved it for another day.
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I didnt get a code in my active offers, but wtf? doesnt work on gaming gift cards, doesnt work on used games. starting to sound pretty worthless for everyone but the collectible crowd.

 
"* Rewards Certificates not eligible for use on pre-owned games and accessories until program launches in Spring 2020."

We're just a few hours into the year. Give it a little time, especially since this is Gamestop.
 
ritchardf said:
I didnt get a code in my active offers, but wtf? doesnt work on gaming gift cards, doesnt work on used games. starting to sound pretty worthless for everyone but the collectible crowd.
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He's talking about the bonus for signing up, not the monthly cert. I don't think most people have even received a cert yet.
 
keyblader1985 said:
"* Rewards Certificates not eligible for use on pre-owned games and accessories until program launches in Spring 2020."

We're just a few hours into the year. Give it a little time, especially since this is Gamestop.
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because this is gamestop, i dont expect them to be able to change anything that has already been programmed unless its to take something away.

whitereflection said:
He's talking about the bonus for signing up, not the monthly cert. I don't think most people have even received a cert yet.
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it seemed pretty mixed between people getting it for signing up and those getting it in the active offers, so i didnt really understand that somehow the same offer would apply differently.

 
Ya, I don't have a cert in my active offers. I didn't renew early for the bonus, just was waiting until January for the January 5 dollar off coupon...

Shrug. Guess I wait longer lol

 
Got an email about my January $5 cert and it confirmed that the new program starts on 1/16. Hopefully that means the monthly cert will apply to more items then but it also means if you want to use the current 10% pre-owned discount do it soon.
 
I was hoping to be able to stack my birthday coupon, $5 coupon, and Pro discount, but it looks like both the discount and my birthday coupon expire right when the new program officially starts.

ritchardf said:
because this is gamestop, i dont expect them to be able to change anything that has already been programmed unless its to take something away.
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It hasn't even started yet. You're basically saying you don't trust them to do anything at all..
 
easper said:
Got an email about my January $5 cert and it confirmed that the new program starts on 1/16. Hopefully that means the monthly cert will apply to more items then but it also means if you want to use the current 10% pre-owned discount do it soon.
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Huh. My $5 active offer appeared this morning.



*$5 Off Any One GameStop Item
01/01/2020​
01/31/2020​





Valid 1/1 - 1/20/20. GameStop loyalty card required. May be combined with loyalty and employee discounts and other GameStop promotions. Coupon is required at time of purchase. Limit one per customer. No dealers. No substitutions will be made. Prices subject to change. See sales associate for complete details. Selection may vary by store. Some exclusions may apply. While supplies last. GameStop coupon is required.



 
easper said:
I see my $5 cert under Active Offers. Says it expires 1/30/2020. Interestingly, it says "$5 off any GS item" and the fine print does not indicate that it won't work on pre-owned. Doesn't mean it WILL work, but the $5 coupon I got printed on my receipt last week explicitly excluded PO.
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Mine too. I was part of the trial program so I’ve been using them on $10 psn cards. Now that the program is fully launch can I still use them on those cards now that pre-owned isn’t an option?
 
dancognito said:
Mine too. I was part of the trial program so I’ve been using them on $10 psn cards. Now that the program is fully launch can I still use them on those cards now that pre-owned isn’t an option?
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The program isn't fully launched yet. When it is it will work on preowned products; not sure if it will work on digital credit.

Edit: there you go; previous poster confirmed it.
 
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excuse me, where do you find your $5 cert for being a pro member? All this bragging without telling where it is has got me in a tizzy. It's not in active offers and poweruprewards pro page doesn't do anything for me.

Edit: NVM,someone said they saw it in active offers

 
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I sincerely doubt anyone is actually bragging about this, Considering it's another signal of the beginning of the end for gamestop
 
The 7th Number said:
When i try to buy the pro membership it says sorry youre already a powerup reward loyalty member. Is this for new members only?
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I have the same issue. Cant renew online even though they've been emailing me to renew and sending a link that just goes to the normal powerup page.
 
I can confirm that you can buy things less than $5 with your certificate. I bought a keychain for $4.97 and it worked, didn’t have to pay anything.
 
I tried to use my $5 cert on Xbox currency today.  It didn't work.  Tried both a $10 digital print-on-receipt code and a physical $15 card: No luck.

 
Touch3 said:
I tried to use my $5 cert on Xbox currency today. It didn't work. Tried both a $10 digital print-on-receipt code and a physical $15 card: No luck.
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Thats weird, used mine on a $25 dollar xbox gift card and worked no problem. Last month picked up a $15 gift card with it also.

 
As I was trading in excess Christmas gifts today (why return a $30 BOTW to Walmart when I can get $45 in credit?), I got a Pro account and the $5 coupon...

Even though clerks previously said it would work on anything, and the code on the receipt says it's good on anything OTHER than pre-owned stuff, it doesn't work on eShop cards -- nor Nintendo Online memberships, nor Nintendo Switch game download codes.

Weirdly, it will work on PSN cards -- but not on MS cards.  I didn't want either of those, but today's clerk said that was his experience.

The only "logic"  he could come up with is that the Nintendo cards have a dollar amount listed, and the PSN cards have "points"...

 
DavidD said:
As I was trading in excess Christmas gifts today (why return a $30 BOTW to Walmart when I can get $45 in credit?), I got a Pro account and the $5 coupon...

Even though clerks previously said it would work on anything, and the code on the receipt says it's good on anything OTHER than pre-owned stuff, it doesn't work on eShop cards -- nor Nintendo Online memberships, nor Nintendo Switch game download codes.

Weirdly, it will work on PSN cards -- but not on MS cards. I didn't want either of those, but today's clerk said that was his experience.

The only "logic" he could come up with is that the Nintendo cards have a dollar amount listed, and the PSN cards have "points"...
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This is such a GS thing to do....i sure do hope they aren’t competent enough to kill elite pro and replace with this nonsense:/
 
That's weird about the $5 monthly cert not working on eShop, because I bought a $50 eShop card (Link picture card) in store with $50 cert yesterday.
 
Mine expires in spring, and still no $5 cert, so I guess I'm part of the 1-16 crowd! Hoping the trade-in values don't change too much with the "pre-owned price adjustments".

 
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TheLegendofTyler said:
The extra trade in credit isn't going anywhere, just the 10% off
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They took away any incentive to buy pre-owned if they are only giving you $5 savings a month. If you don't have credit at Gamestop, you could just go to Walmart and get a new game for $49.99 instead.

 
ray2dee said:
I just used that to purchase eshop credit
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Maybe something changed in the system since last night? We tried the $10, $35, and $50 certificates, as well as the Nintendo Online card and one of the Switch game download cards -- the discount didn't work on any of them.

 
DavidD said:
Maybe something changed in the system since last night? We tried the $10, $35, and $50 certificates, as well as the Nintendo Online card and one of the Switch game download cards -- the discount didn't work on any of them.
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Not sure last night I purchased a $5 and $10 in eshop credit then she looked up my account and said I got a coupon I can use on this, paid $10 in store credit and went home.
 
ray2dee said:
Not sure last night I purchased a $5 and $10 in eshop credit then she looked up my account and said I got a coupon I can use on this, paid $10 in store credit and went home.
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I tried to use the $5 on Eshop credit today, but the system wouldn’t allow it. Had to buy PSN credit instead, which worked without issue.
 
How are you guys getting your cert? Is it being emailed to you or popping up in your account somewhere? I don't see anything.. 

 
Vinny said:
How are you guys getting your cert? Is it being emailed to you or popping up in your account somewhere? I don't see anything..
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I think it's only available right now to people who signed up after a certain date and everyone before that date will be rolled into the new program starting the 16th. I don't have anything in my active offers.
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
I think it's only available right now to people who signed up after a certain date and everyone before that date will be rolled into the new program starting the 16th. I don't have anything in my active offers.
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Same for me. I haven't received my $5 cert., hopefully the PSN credit will still work after the 16th.

 
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