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BestBuy is charging people $20 for the Destiny2 BETA code if you cancel your preorder
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DeuceGamer
Member
I usually say why not preorder since you can always cancel with no problems, well if this starts becoming the norm that will no longer hold true and I will definitely stop preordering.
Netherscourge
Banned
It's also kinda twisted that they're charging YOU to test the game for THEM.
Robdraggoo
Member
Or we will only get 3 story missions, 3 strikes and 6 PvP maps.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
CORPORATE
Zen_Arcade
Banned
How is that shitty? The code is for a beta. So if I pre order to play the beta and I think the beta sucks I should be obligated to spend $60 on a game I don't want?
Hoho for breakfast
Member
Highly doubt this is intentional.
If it is and people preorder then cancel...well they still pre-ordered, even if they cancelled later. I'm sure they can't legally just decide to charge people $20 for something that's free.
If it is and people preorder then cancel...well they still pre-ordered, even if they cancelled later. I'm sure they can't legally just decide to charge people $20 for something that's free.
In that case you're actually accessing the content of the product you purchased. The lack of a refund in that case makes sense. Especially since they warn you ahead of time.
Synless
Member
Maybe they tried the beta, were disappointed and canceled. Now what's your argument?
SmoothRunningGun
Member
They basically are selling them.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Well, for starters the beta is part of the deal for the game, not the other way around. The offer is PRE-ORDER the game and get the code, not pre-order,g et the code then cancel. You are cheating the system, you are bypassing the firewall. Secondly, if you judge a game by a beta.... yeah, there are other issues here.
Or you could wait for the open beta.
ElRenoRaven
Member
That's an easy dispute. You didn't order the beta code. Dispute that shit and never deal with Best Buy again.
No, this weird "charge an arbitrary $20" policy is actually much, much worse than a customer playing an early access demo then deciding they didn't want the full game (which is fully compliant with the stated pre-order policies).
Then like I said before. If you judge a game, by the beta and not even a demo, which isn't even indicative of the finished game then there is an issue.
So there
Wow, another for the block-list.
Shadowhaxor
Member
Then like I said before. If you judge a game, by the beta and not even a demo, which isn't even indicative of the finished game then there is an issue.
So there
I plan to, and I feel lucky I caught it. The cancelled order dropped out of my "active orders" or whatever it's called. If I didn't take a second look I wouldn't have noticed, so I wonder how many people out there who aren't keen on double checking these things are just getting charged without realizing. That's partly why I made this thread.
I'm not worried about my $20. I'll get a refund and move on. I'm worried about the practice itself.
Same, that's what happened when I tried the original Destiny beta when I pre-ordered from Amazon and didn't really care for it.
Why are y'all rationalizing paid demos.
anothertech
Member
Preordering and cancelling for beta codes is shady as fck. Haha. Playas getting played it seems.
Then like I said before. If you judge a game, by the beta and not even a demo, which isn't even indicative of the finished game then there is an issue.
So there
So either way the customer is always wrong and preorders w/ betas are iron clad, sacred agreements to buy it day one?
AllBusinessJr
Member
And what if you didn't like the beta, you have no recourse?
boredofcanada
Member
No I preordered through amazon, liked the beta, and bought it digitally. The beta is pretty good.
This is actually being defended....
If it cost $20 to pre order I could see...
Like some have said if it was broken down up front as the cost, I could see....
Never mind the beta....its something thats open to every one in a few days. Charging for the beta now is wrong if it wasnt explained up front. No matter if ppl were gaming the system.
If it cost $20 to pre order I could see...
Like some have said if it was broken down up front as the cost, I could see....
Never mind the beta....its something thats open to every one in a few days. Charging for the beta now is wrong if it wasnt explained up front. No matter if ppl were gaming the system.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
You aren't cheating the system. There is no obligation to keep a pre order if you change your mind about buying a game. People who were pre ordering for a demo and then canceling weren't breaking any rules.
There was absolutely nothing anywhere that said that you couldn't cancel after pre ordering. That's why everyone did it without any repercussion. And if this is the solution to that, then they're just digging themselves deeper.
Also, saying that people shouldn't judge by the beta is straight up fucking dumb. It's literally the only option to try a game before you buy it in the vast majority of cases these days.
Z_Y
Member
The offer is pre-order the game and get the code.
The offer wasn't pre-order the game for $40 and get the code for $20.
Pre-orders can be cancelled.
As asked earlier in this thread? Who's keeping that $20?
This is one of the worst cases of corporate apologism I've ever seen on GAF.
I judge games (and their developers) by their betas (and how they progress) all the time... especially when more and more 'beta tests' today (even closed ones) are basically marketing previews and not actual beta tests.
Never steered me wrong!
Then like I said before. If you judge a game, by the beta and not even a demo, which isn't even indicative of the finished game then there is an issue.
So there
Uh this is a demo in all but name.
Reallink
Member
They will have to refund everyone automatically. As the receipts list $0.00, retroactively recharging it as $20 violates every credit, sales, and consumer protections act/law in existence.
From April, oddly enough.
Weird that it's resolved and affected only a small number of orders but appears to be happening to this day and to everyone who cancels.
Thanks for sharing that though.
Sounds like this was an error, but it definitely isn't only affecting a small number of people. If this was intentional from the start, the pre-order shouldn't have shown $0 value during the pre-order. Plus, if they were going to do something like this, the price would need to be like $1-2, not a ridiculous $20...
Clauss
Member
my first thought. Such trash.
Hoho for breakfast
Member
First of all this is obviously an error. Second, you just said it yourself. The offer is to pre-order the game and get the code. Simple as that.
Obviously the retailers intention is for you to keep the preorder, and that's the way you're interpreting it, but that is not the actual offer. Until Best Buy and other retailers update the way this is handled, people are not technically gaming any system.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
From April, oddly enough.
Thank you! I figured it was a system glitch. It is still worth making those aware who might be cancelling their orders now that the beta is out of after though in case this happens to them. So, still good to have this thread either way.
This should be added to the OP.
From April, oddly enough.
But now that we know this is an error how will all of these corporate defenders in here rationalize it?!
whatever6352
Member
It is shady, but I think it's equally shady to pre-order a game with the intention to cancel as soon as you get the beta code.
TheMan
Member
Well I didn't get one so I'm just gonna chill and savor the schadenfreude.
Leatherface
Member
good! It's whats what you get.
How about just not getting charged for it in the first place. Other retailers do it which is likely why this was stated to be an error from BB in the first place.
You clearly didn't try to play Stormblood during early access!
From April, oddly enough.
lol beat me to it.
I mean even without this, cmon....there is nothing to defend here.
How about if it was an actual physical item and it had the stipulation 'cancel at anytime but insert-item-here is yours to keep'
Is it shady then?
Because I have seen that for numerous things that included order bonuses. Probably some infomercial stuff.
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
LOL, exactly.
Bumblebeetuna
Member
So uh... the beta is worth 1/3 of the game? LOL