Stop me from buying Seasons -- AGAIN
Zazazu:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2007 September 01, 00:28:04
As to having to wait to get it in the stores, don't Amazon.com do a pre-order with guaranteed delivery on the launch date? That's what the UK Amazon does, only of course it's the UK launch date which is always a couple of weeks after the US, and having to wait while everyone is talking about a new EP gets me soooo frustrated!
My building doesn't have package receiving. I can try to get the UPS person to contact my super for drop-off, but that's unreliable and 9 times out of 10 they won't get him on the first try and will reschedule for the next day...when the same thing will happen. Can't complain too much...I live right on the lake, have a low rent, and a large apartment. I could get it delivered to work, but I hate doing that. It's shady, and our receptionist is a strange guy who will mention whatever package you've had delivered for months and months afterwards. I try to avoid him in general. No game stores around me carry it, and the nearest chain departmenty store is in Lincolnwood...a good hour away by transit, and that's after my hour + commute home. If EALink doesn't have it Tuesday, I guess I'll have to start calling the game store by my grocery store on the off-chance they decided to stock it and the one in the closest suburb to me, which isn't too much longer to get to if I go straight from work and take the express. But both carry nil-to-few non-console games, and typically only shooters. Actually, I may just call the EB in Evanston tomorrow to see if they are going to get it or not.
Drama. But it's shiny and new, and I'm a spoiled brat who needs things NOW NOW NOW.
ZephyrZodiac:
You can pre-order with the Link, you know, and then you can download it as soon as you can actually get a turn. (Can get a bit crowded on Release Day!)
Presumably, if you can't get parcels delivered to your building, you can pick it up at a Post Office - I know my niece in NY often has to do that if she is out when the postman calls. If you're so keen to get your sims going globe-trotting, it might be worth a little foot-slogging yourself!
twooflower:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2007 September 01, 00:28:04
As to having to wait to get it in the stores, don't Amazon.com do a pre-order with guaranteed delivery on the launch date? That's what the UK Amazon does, only of course it's the UK launch date which is always a couple of weeks after the US, and having to wait while everyone is talking about a new EP gets me soooo frustrated!
UK Amazon sounds much better. Amazon.com doesn't do that. I tried pre-ordering an EP once, and I think it arrived about 10 days after the release date. I live way out in the sticks, but still. After a few days of waiting, I went and bought a copy and returned the Amazon copy when it finally arrived.
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 September 01, 03:18:47
I don't see why you're in such a rush to get it, you may as well wait until we get all the issues ironed out.
I know you're right, but maybe I just want to do free play-testing for EA to help you find those issues. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Quote from: dizzy on 2007 September 01, 04:57:42
Even on crusty old dial up I could download twice that much.
I know, but it's really a choice of bad vs. bad. Not going to be getting DSL or cable here anytime soon.
Quote from: Zazazu on 2007 September 01, 05:13:09
Drama. But it's shiny and new, and I'm a spoiled brat who needs things NOW NOW NOW.
I understand. ;)
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2007 September 01, 05:36:22
You can pre-order with the Link, you know, and then you can download it as soon as you can actually get a turn. (Can get a bit crowded on Release Day!)
Just say no to EA Link.
eevilcat:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2007 September 01, 00:28:04
Well, I downloaded the .exe from the link Pescado gave earlier in the post, and I'm seriously thinking about trying it! I don't in general approve of stuff which helps people access pirated copies of games, but I think when one has paid for the true EAxis stuff and can't play it properly, it's different. Especially as I paid £19.99 (I think) for the download, whereas I could have got it from Amazon for about £15. And I think to myself, if Amazon can sell it for that (plus free delivery) - what must they have paid EAxis for it? So the profit EAxis make out of me buying the download must be about twice what they make out of selling it to Amazon!
I just started using the no CD EXE and it's great as I now have my DVD drive back to use for other things. I'm in the UK and usually buy from play.com as their postage is always free (unlike Amazon's minimum spend) and so far EPs/SPs have arrived on time.
ZephyrZodiac:
Never tried them, Amazon uk have lowered their free post limit, I don't know if it's a permanent thing, but I quite often buy a couple of books as well while I'm there, so I don't take a lot of notice - it's still cheaper than the stores round here. I won't buy from Virgin again, they misled me over Pets when I needed to know if they had the CD, they said they had, and it was a DVD after all. And EMI, if I remember correctly, advertised the CD - but when they actually checked their stock, it was a DVD.
I'm still wavering over the no CD .exe...... Why oh why can't EAxis give you the download for a fiver, then sell you the key for fifteen quid? It would actually save them money to do it that way, too, as you'd never need the Link to open your game.
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