I can back this up. He sold one to me before the Amazon glitch even happened and told me where it came from when I asked. I got a refund this morning.
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Gears of War 4 NVIDIA Error Promo Keys From Amazon Mass Revoked
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I can back this up. He sold one to me before the Amazon glitch even happened and told me where it came from when I asked. I got a refund this morning.
They definitely hit some valid keys along with the illegitimate ones, a buddy had to email Nvidia since his got revoked and he didn't do the cancellation trick. It's a bit of a pain but if you email Nvidia with Proof of Purchase they will get back to you.
You guys just contradicted yourselves. The net is clearly wider, but I guess it's easier to fix the legit cases or there is some overlap between both.
Anyway, awaiting the refund. Will buy the game on a later date when it's not 70 on the European store.
but you said to contact nvidia with proof of purchase in case of mistake, so it sounds like some legitimate users might get their keys revoked
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
You're surprised?
When potentially 1000s upon 1000s of codes were obtained through incorrect means, the amount of money being lost is too much it makes perfect sense for nvidia,ms, and amazon to try and get things under control.
Not to mention it sets a precedent and allows company to recover "stolen" goods.
Whether you agree with that precedent is up to you.
Giftofgab24
Member
It's a game that I'm guessing cost well over 100 million dollars to make and market. It was created by a publicly traded corporation that has a board of directors and shareholders. What more do you honestly expect? If it fails to sell well I'm sure you'll see it with a heavy discount pretty quickly.
VE3TRO
Formerly Gizmowned
Head over to Xbox.com change region at the bottom to Singapore and then buy the game for $69 SGD with $70 credit it works out around $50/£38.
Get credit here which is emailed to you. https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/mssg/en_SG/list/categoryID.67816500
mercenar1e
Member
which is it? do you guys know which keys are illegitimate or is there a possibility that some legitimate orders were also thrown in the batch?
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I don't see the point in this arguing.
Amazon has a database and should easily be able to match who with who, but depending on the state of the order it is entirely possible that a code was wrongly revoked and if that was the case, email nvidia and they will take care of you. Nobody who was a purchaser of a legitimate key should get screwed.
Other than the word of anonymous posters, we have no idea if legit purchasers are getting revoked. I suspect that some scammers will try and make it seem like they were legit and then complain when it doesn't go their way.
All I know is that I am a legit 1070 purchaser and was NOT revoked.
If only the illegimate codes were revoked, then no one should need to email NVIDIA with proof of purchase since their legimate code wouldn't have been revoked.
Unless it wasn't just the illegitimate codes being revoked, which I strongly suspect is the case.
I bought a code for $40 off eBay before the Amazon scam became well known. It got revoked last night and now I've filed for a refund from the seller. Hopefully it was actually an illegitimate key otherwise you've created a huge hassle for an honest guy.
It's eBay though. Sellers have no rights. You can easily dispute and get your money back if he ignores.
RichiRamjag
Member
Pretty much this. Not sure why'd he'd make the original statement so matter of factly only to contradict himself after.
That aside, kudos on born for making it right.
Trogdor1123
Gold Member
If it was 8 bucks or something it's really not something worth really worrying about. Like, get your money back but don't lose sleep over it
theytookourjobz
Junior Member
I think this is more an issue with the sale of digital goods online. The way the promo should have been handled was with a physical card with a code written on it inside the box of the GPU. It's always a dice roll when you buy or sell a code digitally. Lesson learned hopefully.
Mononoaware
Banned
It was $35, and the person I bought it from apparently bought it from someone else first...something I was not aware of. I'm not too happy with his response, because he makes it sound like I'll only see a refund if he gets one from his source first.
breadtruck
Member
Pure greed on your part? Yeah, sounds like it.
Grow up. Get the discount on the retail games, otherwise, if you want the cross-play, you need to pay for the perk.
Backfoggen
Banned
Did the game get revoked from his Microsoft account or was he just unable to activate it without contacting Nvidia? Those are two different things. This thread is about activated games getting removed from accounts.
It's not greed in the slightest, £50 is too fuckin much for a PC digital game. It's as simple as that and something MS needs to learn if they 'care' about PC games at all.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Okay so those who were mistakenly revoked can email Nvidia to get a new code or whatever if they bought from amazon legitimately.
What about those, like me, never got their code in the first place even though I bought during the promotional period?
What about those, like me, never got their code in the first place even though I bought during the promotional period?
HarryDemeanor
Member
Contact NVidia with a proof of purchase.
Yup. MS doesn't have to honor this. People were scamming codes from Amazon. It's not like it was a price mistake and people underpaid for the game. Here people were basically abusing a glitch where amazon sent you the code before shipping the card so people would cancel and keep the code. Some people probably made script and ordered and canceled hundreds only to resell them. I guess the lesson is not to buy blindly from randoms.
Yeah it seems so, Amazon was removed from list and they no longer mention it on their site. Which means legit customers got screwed too.
Me too, it's pending right now. Good stuff that he came through with it
sammyCYBORG
Member
I dont want cross play I just want it on PC at a reasonable price.
A digital download shouldn't cost more than a physical release.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
The problem is because retail still exist for consoles. So if they are gonna sell a digital code with play anywhere cheaper then retail version. They gonna piss off the retailers. Wich they still need to sell consoles. There is just a weird stand off for some years now.
But i agree that MS needs to come with a version wich doesnt have play anywhere. So they can sell it cheaper.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Got my refund from borntoplay also. Like I said before, no harm no foul. I would still buy from him again with complete confidence.
BorntoPlay
Member
I already refund to everyone who PM me, if anyone got left please let me know... Thanks everyone for your nice words...
I assume the loss... If it is any consolation, my code also was revoked...=(
I assume the loss... If it is any consolation, my code also was revoked...=(
Coalition-PezRadar
Director of Community, The Coalition
To shed more light on this, we determined with Amazon and NVIDIA the exact codes sent out to orders that were immediately cancelled. If customers believe they incorrectly had their codes deactivated or revoked, they may contact NVIDIA with proof of purchase to obtain a new code.
Who do you work for?
Got a refund from BorntoPlay as promised. He seemed truly sorry for what happened in his apology. Not sure who's telling the truth to be honest. Anyway, I'll buy it directly from the Windows store come the 11th if reviews are generally positive. What sucks is having my legal name, which I submitted to Nvidia in order to redeem the code, associated with illegitimate practices. Like many others, I had no idea what I was buying into for $45 USD. Lesson learned, I suppose.
So the promo is completely removed from Amazon because of this? They no longer show up on the retailer list.
👍
Well its in his name and under his name.
Ooh I see. I had too Google it. Clears my confusion.
Coalition-PezRadar
Director of Community, The Coalition
They are still part of it. I believe they now send codes 2 days after an order has been shipped.
Thank you for the response!
RichiRamjag
Member
Good on you man. You handled it well.