GameStop Exclusive Double Station Cash Offer: February 24 – 26, 2012

[Amnerys]

<p>For a limited time only, get Double Station Cash®* on SOE pre-paid game cards purchased at GameStop!</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/promotions/stationcash/sccards.png" /></p> <p>Buy SOE Pre-Paid Game Cards at participating GameStop locations now and redeem between Feb 24th and Feb 26th* to get Double Station Cash! Redeem in-game or at <a title="http://www.soe.com/gamecards" href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards">www.soe.com/gamecards</a></p> <p>*Redeem between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.</p>

[Juravael]

<p>I'm not buying nothing. I don't care what little promo gimmicks you all try to pull now. This splitting of the playerbase has really left a bad, foul and disgusting taste in my mouth.</p>

[Curdlep]

<p>Just called my local gamestop and they don't carry SOE Pre-Paid cards.</p><p>Will the Wal-mart ones redeem for double the same way?</p>

[Carthalis]

<p><cite>Glenedhel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm not buying nothing. I don't care what little promo gimmicks you all try to pull now. This splitting of the playerbase has really left a bad, foul and disgusting taste in my mouth.</p></blockquote><p>couldn't agree more</p>

[Curdlep]

<p><cite>Glenedhel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm not buying nothing. I don't care what little promo gimmicks you all try to pull now. This splitting of the playerbase has really left a bad, foul and disgusting taste in my mouth.</p></blockquote><p>Fill me in, what's the splitting that's happening? Did I miss a post?</p>

[Atomichampster]

<p>How does one tell if a <span >GameStop is </span><span >participatingor not?</span></p><p>Is it enough that they sell the cards or do they have to have signed up for the promotion somehow?</p>

[Atomichampster]

<p><cite>Curdlep wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Glenedhel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm not buying nothing. I don't care what little promo gimmicks you all try to pull now. This splitting of the playerbase has really left a bad, foul and disgusting taste in my mouth.</p></blockquote><p>Fill me in, what's the splitting that's happening? Did I miss a post?</p></blockquote><p>Only a thousand or so, see the "<span ><a href="list.m?topic_id=515195">ProSiebenSat.1 Games Group FAQ Feedback Thread</a></span><span >" thread in "General Gameplay Discussion"</span></p>

[Juravael]

<p><cite>Curdlep wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Glenedhel@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I'm not buying nothing. I don't care what little promo gimmicks you all try to pull now. This splitting of the playerbase has really left a bad, foul and disgusting taste in my mouth.</p></blockquote><p>Fill me in, what's the splitting that's happening? Did I miss a post?</p></blockquote><p>Read the following thread :</p><p><a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?topic_id=515195">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=515195</a></p>

[BubbhaFranks]

<p>Trying to appease the masses huh? Throw the little people some crumbs so they'll put their tail between their legs and get into line.</p><p>Not me.</p><p>I aint buying nothing.</p>

[Juravael]

<p>I will even go so far as to ask that anyone who is truely offended by this decision on SOE's behalf to boycot this weekend's sc promotion.</p>

[Lempo]

<p>How many Ala-Playa points will we get in the conversion of SC to Ala-Playa points?</p>

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[Fred Bear]

<p>I will certainly NOT be buying any gamecards after the alaplaya sellout, even if I could get any here, here is the gamecard page at Gamestop in Germany:-</p><p><a href="http://www.gamestop.de/core/common/default.aspx?platform=4&genre=50o" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamestop.de/core/common/...4&genre=50o</a></p><p>anyone see SOE or EQ2? I don't</p>

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[Tekadeo]

<p>Dear SoE:</p><p>Don't waste your time e-mailing me trying to get me to buy things.  It is amazing how far this game has turned south from a content and professional standpoint in the last two years, and sending me e-mails wanting me to buy extra Station Cash or having "special" sales is sophomoric at best. </p><p>How about e-mailing me a reason to log in and PLAY THE GAME?  I didn't get an e-mail about the double XP, what happened there?  What's that?  Double XP doesn't get you any extra money in your pocket?  Of course!</p><p>I hate being negative about EQ2, but the fact is this game is like a baby that needs it's diaper changed but no one cares to do it.</p>

[Elskidor]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For a limited time only, get Double Station Cash®* on SOE pre-paid game cards purchased at GameStop!</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/promotions/stationcash/sccards.png" /></p> <p>Buy SOE Pre-Paid Game Cards at participating GameStop locations now and redeem between Feb 24th and Feb 26th* to get Double Station Cash! Redeem in-game or at <a title="http://www.soe.com/gamecards" href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards">www.soe.com/gamecards</a></p> <p>*Redeem between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.</p></blockquote><p>I figured it would be triple sc, xp, guild xp, loot bannanas and anything else under the sun to get the playerbase to forget the newest screw up, but this time it's a tad bigger and more permanent</p>

[Sabaar]

<p><cite>Meube@Splitpaw wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For a limited time only, get Double Station Cash®* on SOE pre-paid game cards purchased at GameStop!</p><p align="center"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/promotions/stationcash/sccards.png" /></p><p>Buy SOE Pre-Paid Game Cards at participating GameStop locations now and redeem between Feb 24th and Feb 26th* to get Double Station Cash! Redeem in-game or at <a title="http://www.soe.com/gamecards" href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards">www.soe.com/gamecards</a></p><p>*Redeem between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.</p></blockquote><p>I figured it would be triple sc, xp, guild xp, loot bannanas and anything else under the sun to get the playerbase to forget the newest screw up, but this time it's a tad bigger and more permanent</p></blockquote><p>Yep and more permanent than they realize.</p>

[Trennt]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>For a limited time only, get Double Station Cash®* on SOE pre-paid game cards purchased at GameStop!</p> <p align="center"><img src="http://www.everquest2.com/images/en/features/promotions/stationcash/sccards.png" /></p> <p>Buy SOE Pre-Paid Game Cards at participating GameStop locations now and redeem between Feb 24th and Feb 26th* to get Double Station Cash! Redeem in-game or at <a title="http://www.soe.com/gamecards" href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards">www.soe.com/gamecards</a></p> <p>*Redeem between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.</p></blockquote><p>seriously ONLY cards from gamestop? w.t. f is that bs</p>

[datashade]

<p><cite>Atomichampster wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>How does one tell if a <span>GameStop is </span><span>participatingor not?</span></p><p>Is it enough that they sell the cards or do they have to have signed up for the promotion somehow?</p></blockquote><p><p>I'd like to see an answer to this.</p><p>Also: the SC card site linked from the news bulletin seems to imply you can only redeem 500, 1000, and 1500-point cards as well as $15 one-month subscription cards.  Is that accurate?</p></p>

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[Arbreth]

<p>So... Gamestop is selling these again?</p><p>Every store that I have been to in three states for the past few years has stopped carrying these.</p>

[Lempo]

<p><cite>Lempo@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>How many Ala-Playa points will we get in the conversion of SC to Ala-Playa points?</p></blockquote><p>A Little help pls thx.</p>

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[EQPrime]

<p>You could offer a 10x SC promo and it still wouldn't make up for the latest fiasco.</p>

[Tunnelcat]

<p>Does gamestop charge tax on these?</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Curdlep wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Just called my local gamestop and they don't carry SOE Pre-Paid cards.</p><p>Will the Wal-mart ones redeem for double the same way?</p></blockquote><p>Alas, no.  They make different cards for Game Stop and Walmart (I looked).</p><p>Someone asked if they charge tax on them:  depends on your locality.</p>

[ErelasAlcarinque]

<p>I've been on a mission today to actually find a Gamestop that sells these cards. My local store's manager is ticked off that he wasn't informed of any promotion, stated he just restocked his card kiosk, and there is not a single, aka zero, SOE product card in it. So now, I've challenged five GameStop store managers, who've been very cooperative, to find me one of these cards. Honestly, if they can't sell the product in the time-frame of the promotion, they will understandably be angry as managers, and both SOE and GameStop should be, since they've lost out on a sale.</p>

[polarite]

<p> As well not a single gamestop in this major city im in carries any of the soe game cards called several gamestops in50   mile radius and get same response nope dont carry them!</p><p> What a joke for a sc promotion if cant even get the cards!</p>

[Calthine]

<p>That's interseting, usually it's the Alaskan Game Stops near me that don't have them.  I went to a Game Stop last night and there was a shiny new stand-up selling game time cards of all types.  The back of the cards are set up to be activated on Game Stop's system, so any card you purchase there *should* work.</p><p>As for why SOE does promotions like this?  It's one of the ways they convince stores to carry their cards, with exclusive promotions.</p>

[polarite]

<p> Well none in the south where i am!</p><p> I wont bother buying any SC since cant get the double like others will, and as you say it to get retailer to carry lol it not working here.</p><p>Leaves me feeling cheated</p>

[Amnerys]

<p>I believe all the questions have been answered here, but just to reiterate, this promotion is only for cards from GameStop. Yes, there's a difference in cards. We have also recently had promotions with CVS and Walgreens as well, exclusive to those stores. The best way to tell if a store near you is participating is to call and see if they carry the cards. I am not aware of how managers find out about promotions from their corporate side, so if they are not participating, expressing your interest will let them know and they can consider carrying the cards in their store. SOE has no bearing over which stores participate.</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>polarite wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p> Well none in the south where i am!</p><p> I wont bother buying any SC since cant get the double like others will, and as you say it to get retailer to carry lol it not working here.</p><p>Leaves me feeling cheated</p></blockquote><p>Eh, I used to feel cheated, but they have enough double SC events that it doesn't bother me so much any more. </p><p>What you can do is get someone to buy you some and redeem the codes on your account <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  I used to do that for friends overseas before they sold SC cards there.</p>

[Sleap]

<p>I purchased 4 of these cards today at Gamestop ( 15$ cards ), I claimed one and it only gave me 1500 SC, this is suppose to be double SC correct?</p><p>Ok i apparently mis-read the dates.. i claimed one a day early.................................... /facepalm</p>

[Sleap]

<p><cite>Morgania434 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><span style="color: #ffff99;">*Please do not quote forum violations*</span></blockquote><p>I bought the cards for double SC so i could pay for my sub.....</p>

[Detor]

<p><cite>Morgania434 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #000000;"><blockquote><span style="color: #ffff99;">*Please do not quote forum violations*</span></blockquote><div><span style="color: #ffff99;"></span></div></span></blockquote><p>Stay on topic please <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>My Gamestop manager didn't know about the deal either, but I counted how many they had out and my store has 37 of the cards.  Ironically it's right across from Walmart, and then Walgreens is right next to that so every double SC event they've had has involved stores right next to each other for me.</p>

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[Banedon_Toran]

<p>Might as well make these promotions GameStop only, since only a few months after finally getting SC cards into Europe - Sony suddenly decides to sell-out all the european players.  Whose fantastic idea was that.</p>

[Piestro]

<p>Hey folks,</p><p>We certainly understand that not everyone has any particular retailer available to them and it's one of those things where we try to spread the love around a bit. Some promotions will feature retailer x, others will feature retailer y. Other promotions might not be tied to a particular retailer at all but be retailer agnostic, and some promotions don't specify payment method at all.</p><p>The best answer that we have is that if this promotion isn't your cup of tea for any reason, hopefully the next will meet your needs better. It can be frustrating, especially if there is a particular Marketplace item you have been lusting after (in my case it's a strange addiction to Rhino land mounts for all my Ratonga characters), but we will do our best to have a promotion that works better for you in the future.</p><p>As an aside, please do try and keep feedback centralized in appropriate threads. When people start discussing topics unrelated to the Official Thread in question in all sorts of other places it dilutes the feedback and makes it harder to convey when we report on it. Keeping your feedback in the appropriate thread makes your voices more effective not less.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>-Piestro</p>

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[Darkpit]

<p>Sorry but this is just plain wrong, and unexceptable. Im with the majority of players here where there is no gamestop anywhere that sells the stupid cards. so the message is clear. very few that can get them great. the rest your S.O.L... And SOE could care less.as we have seen by the stupid responces we have been getting (telling us to basical shut up and deal with it) but yet we are listing to your feedback.</p>

[Impega]

<p>Ordinarily I would want to take advantage of this offer but there isn't a Gamestop anywhere near me and, in any event, I doubt that Alaplaya accept SC from 'their' European players.</p>

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[Amnerys]

<p>Quick update:</p><p>We are experiencing some technical issues with the GameStop promotion in Europe. The European sale will be delayed by one day. You can go ahead and purchase the card already but don’t redeem them too early. Players in Europe should redeem the cards between Saturday, February 25th 12:01am Pacific Time and Monday, February 28th 11:59pm Pacific Time.</p>

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[hexalobular]

<p><cite>Impega wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ordinarily I would want to take advantage of this offer but there isn't a Gamestop anywhere near me and, in any event, I doubt that Alaplaya accept SC from 'their' European players.</p></blockquote><p>According to the ProSiebenSat.1 FAQ, if/when you transfer your account to PSS.1 the<span >value of your Station Cash will be granted to your new ProSiebenSat.1 Games account. (Won't do you any good for this sale of course.)</span></p>

[Impega]

<p><cite>hexalobular wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Impega wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Ordinarily I would want to take advantage of this offer but there isn't a Gamestop anywhere near me and, in any event, I doubt that Alaplaya accept SC from 'their' European players.</p></blockquote><p>According to the ProSiebenSat.1 FAQ, if/when you transfer your account to PSS.1 the<span>value of your Station Cash will be granted to your new ProSiebenSat.1 Games account. (Won't do you any good for this sale of course.)</span></p></blockquote><p>Thanks Hex, your reply was in good faith and I appreciate that <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" /> but my posting was really just a flippant comment about the SoE / PSS1 fiasco. The odds of me moving to PSS1 are somewhere between nil and, erm, nil.</p><p>SoE won't be getting another bean out of me until the PSS1 deal is retracted and, by the looks of it, many other players are registering their protest in the same way.</p>

[Detor]

<p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Quick update:</p><p>We are experiencing some technical issues with the GameStop promotion in Europe. The European sale will be delayed by one day. You can go ahead and purchase the card already but don’t redeem them too early. Players in Europe should redeem the cards between Saturday, February 25th 12:01am Pacific Time and Monday, February 28th 11:59pm Pacific Time.</p></blockquote><p>US times are still the exact same right?  Eg if I redeem a card right now it should be double right?</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Detor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Quick update:</p><p>We are experiencing some technical issues with the GameStop promotion in Europe. The European sale will be delayed by one day. You can go ahead and purchase the card already but don’t redeem them too early. Players in Europe should redeem the cards between Saturday, February 25th 12:01am Pacific Time and Monday, February 28th 11:59pm Pacific Time.</p></blockquote><p>US times are still the exact same right?  Eg if I redeem a card right now it should be double right?</p></blockquote><p><span >"between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.."</span></p><p>As I post this it's 9:19am Pacific.  I always like to wait a bit just in case, tho.</p>

[Detor]

<p><cite>Calthine wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Detor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Amnerys wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Quick update:</p><p>We are experiencing some technical issues with the GameStop promotion in Europe. The European sale will be delayed by one day. You can go ahead and purchase the card already but don’t redeem them too early. Players in Europe should redeem the cards between Saturday, February 25th 12:01am Pacific Time and Monday, February 28th 11:59pm Pacific Time.</p></blockquote><p>US times are still the exact same right?  Eg if I redeem a card right now it should be double right?</p></blockquote><p><span>"between 12:01am Pacific Time 2/24/2012 and 11:59pm Pacific Time 2/26/2012.."</span></p><p>As I post this it's 9:19am Pacific.  I always like to wait a bit just in case, tho.</p></blockquote><p>Yeah, I prefer to wait too, just in case.  That way it gives time for somebody to say 'I just redeemed one and it didn't work!'  So, who's going to be the first one to try and see if it's working?</p>

[Hirofortis]

<p><cite>Piestro wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hey folks,</p><p>We certainly understand that not everyone has any particular retailer available to them and it's one of those things where we try to spread the love around a bit. Some promotions will feature retailer x, others will feature retailer y. Other promotions might not be tied to a particular retailer at all but be retailer agnostic, and some promotions don't specify payment method at all.</p><p>The best answer that we have is that if this promotion isn't your cup of tea for any reason, hopefully the next will meet your needs better. It can be frustrating, especially if there is a particular Marketplace item you have been lusting after (in my case it's a strange addiction to Rhino land mounts for all my Ratonga characters), but we will do our best to have a promotion that works better for you in the future.</p><p>As an aside, please do try and keep feedback centralized in appropriate threads. When people start discussing topics unrelated to the Official Thread in question in all sorts of other places it dilutes the feedback and makes it harder to convey when we report on it. Keeping your feedback in the appropriate thread makes your voices more effective not less.</p><p>Regards,</p><p>-Piestro</p></blockquote><p>Don't waste our time with these limiting factors.  They just upset customers.  I will never buy when you limit my options. You are already causing enough bad customer service.  </p>

[Kilmor1]

<p>So I bought 3 15 dollar cards from the Gamestop up the street and I now have 9000 station cash. The Gamestop I went to had the 10 and 15 dollar cards and they 10 or so of each of them.</p>

[Calthine]

<p><cite>Kilmor1 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>So I bought 3 15 dollar cards from the Gamestop up the street and I now have 9000 station cash. The Gamestop I went to had the 10 and 15 dollar cards and they 10 or so of each of them.</p></blockquote><p>Woot, it works, thanks!</p>

[VikodiN]

<p><span style="color: #00ffff;">I'll have to check a few out.  Last time, I couldn't find anything but the Game Time cards.</span></p>

[anynamewilldo]

<p>Customers beware:</p><p>I called a gamestop store near me and spoke with Mike at gamestop Monmouth Mall in New Jersey (732) 935-9625).  He said<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">they sell SONY game cards and have them in stock</span></strong> but they are not participating in any promotions (that he knew of) and that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I will not get double cash.</span></strong>  </p><p>I asked Mike where I can find a list of stores that are participating.  He suggested I contact gamestop customer service 1 (800) 883-9985.</p><p>The customer service rep. Jintal I think she said her name was, never heard of the promotion so I asked to talk to her superviser.  He said that they are not running any promotions. He said it was a Sony promotion and that they had nothing to do with it.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OFFICIAL GAMESTOP RESPONSE</span></strong>:  He told me, (one of the 3 gamestop customer service <span style="text-decoration: underline;">managers</span> (second tier) on duty around 11 am EST today 12/25,  that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">any</span></strong> sony game card sold by gamestop should, he assumed be a participating card.   Is this true? </p><p>If it wasn't then the customer would have to complain to SONY and not Gamestop because <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gamestop was't running a promotion, only selectively participating</span></strong>, a phrase he wouldn't or couln't elaborate on. </p><p>He went on to say<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> that there is no list of participating stores at Gamestop</span></strong> customer service, only SONY would have that list.  SONY won't publish a list and insists that Gamestop will tell you what stores are participating.  According to Gamestop no one at Gamestop is participating and if they are customer service isn't aware of it.  Gamestop is not running a promotion at this time.</p><p>He, the Gamestop customer service MANAGER, didn't know and couldn't confirm anything with anyone (citing that it was a weekend) nor could he find any list of participating stores.  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> His official response was that Gamestop was not running a promotion and that all questions about participating stores should be directed to SONY customer service</span></strong>.</p><p>Further, he implied that his boss would not know either since his boss had only just started there.  There were a total of 4 customer service senior staff on duty and no one had heard of this promotion officially.</p><p>If you buy the card and don't get credit, he said it is up to Sony to give you credit.  He said that none of the other two managers knew of a list of participating stores and that his boss had only been on the job for six months and he wouldn't know either.</p><p>Will you give me credit?  Gamestop says I should ask you since they are not aware of any promotion and that  <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</span></span></a> is not their ad.</p><p>I bought a gamecard at CVS and didn't get the double station cash.  The website most SOE games are directing customers to <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</a> is deceiving and deceived me it did.  The first tab says that gamestop is running a promotion (they are not, see above) and the second tab called "where to buy" lists CVS as a source of product.  So I bought some cards at CVS.  Apparently, even though it says you can get  the promotional game cards at CVS these cards are not included in the promotion, a detail the webist neglects to mention.  These cards are not part of the promotion, I know because when I redeemed several, I got no double credit on any of them.  </p><p>SONY won't publish a list of participating stores and gamestop says they are not running a promotion.  </p><p>How do I get credit for the game cards I purchased as part of this promotion?  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Call Gamestop, they will confirm that they aren't running any promotion this weekend regarding SOE gamecards.</span></p><p>SONY customer service my question is this: How do I get credit for the cards I bought and if you do not intend to give me credit answer this: which SOE game cards are eligible for the double points, how can I find out if the cards I buy are "participating" other than asking the store clerk if he knows?  If the promotional cards are "secretly activated" at the register, then you must have some idea of which stores have a "secret activation code" right?  So where in the world do these secret location exist?  We want to know.</p><p>How can any Gamestop store "participate" when Gamestop customer service insists they are not running a promotion. Where is the list of participants and where are my double points?  I PURCHASED YOUR PRODUCT, WHERE ARE THE GOODS!  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I want to do business (buy gamecards and get double station cash) now and in the future but I cannot figure how the game of double points is played</span></strong>.  Enlighten us all please.</p><p>From an annual station pass customer x3 with current station balances around 10k on each account. </p>

[GlitterPaws]

<p>Our local GameStop has a bunch of the $10 FreeRealms cards. I picked up a few after work yesterday and it's nice to see the double SC appear.</p>

[Zilk]

<p>I purchased several different $10 and $15 denomation game cards from 3 different GameStops in my area and every one of them gave double cash yesterday and today.</p><p>GameStops are mostly franchise owned, meaning the owners have a lot of leeway in deciding what games and cards they want to sell.  Corporate does not have 100% full control of what their franchises want to sell.  Bottom line the franchise owners want to make money.</p><p>Regarding what many people believe this wasn't some scheme that the EQ2 staff cooked up to take heat off of them for what they're doing with player base in Europe.  It was probably agreed to by various powers to be at both SOE (at the corporate level) and GameStop (at the corporate level) to push more time cards through GameStop in general.  One of the franchises in my area even said today they haven't sold as many station cash cards the last 6 months as they have in the past 2 days.  It makes sense for the companies to want to work together to get SOE game players to buy more market items in the various games and get GameStop to push as many cards possible they have otherwise been unable to sell.  Will Corporate push this information to franchise owners? Of course they will.  Will the franchise owners push the same information they have to people working in their stores? Maybe, Maybe not, theres no way to know for sure unless you reach out to all the franchise owners to find out how well communication flows down in their stores.</p><p>Regarding what anynamewilldo's post, who has 3 annual station pass accounts with a balance of around 10k on each account said, take it for whats worth, I myself don't read into such with more than a grain of salt.  While it's true GameStop customer service at the corporate level may not know about such going on, it doesn't mean that such promotions are going on.  GameStop 800 Customer Service number exists for 2 primary reasons.  To deal with all the on-line sales transactions and to deal with customers who are ticked off with people who hit the local stores.  One of my local GameStops runs a 1 day promotion every month offering an additional 10% cashback on trade-ins thats on top of what you get from them simply geing a GameStop location.   I'm certain if I called the 800# they wouldn't know about it and the other 2 GameStops in the area tell me it's how that owner does business.</p><p>Think about it, SOE is a nitch market it makes more sense for SOE to advertise it on their website than for GameStop to do such.  GameStop as far as I can tell, doesn't even sell Station Cash cards online, so why promote something on their website you're not even going to be able to buy online.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>anynamewilldo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Customers beware:</p><p>I called a gamestop store near me and spoke with Mike at gamestop Monmouth Mall in New Jersey (732) 935-9625).  He said<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">they sell SONY game cards and have them in stock</span></strong> but they are not participating in any promotions (that he knew of) and that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I will not get double cash.</span></strong>  </p><p>I asked Mike where I can find a list of stores that are participating.  He suggested I contact gamestop customer service 1 (800) 883-9985.</p><p>The customer service rep. Jintal I think she said her name was, never heard of the promotion so I asked to talk to her superviser.  He said that they are not running any promotions. He said it was a Sony promotion and that they had nothing to do with it.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OFFICIAL GAMESTOP RESPONSE</span></strong>:  He told me, (one of the 3 gamestop customer service <span style="text-decoration: underline;">managers</span> (second tier) on duty around 11 am EST today 12/25,  that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">any</span></strong> sony game card sold by gamestop should, he assumed be a participating card.   Is this true? </p><p>If it wasn't then the customer would have to complain to SONY and not Gamestop because <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gamestop was't running a promotion, only selectively participating</span></strong>, a phrase he wouldn't or couln't elaborate on. </p><p>He went on to say<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> that there is no list of participating stores at Gamestop</span></strong> customer service, only SONY would have that list.  SONY won't publish a list and insists that Gamestop will tell you what stores are participating.  According to Gamestop no one at Gamestop is participating and if they are customer service isn't aware of it.  Gamestop is not running a promotion at this time.</p><p>He, the Gamestop customer service MANAGER, didn't know and couldn't confirm anything with anyone (citing that it was a weekend) nor could he find any list of participating stores.  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> His official response was that Gamestop was not running a promotion and that all questions about participating stores should be directed to SONY customer service</span></strong>.</p><p>Further, he implied that his boss would not know either since his boss had only just started there.  There were a total of 4 customer service senior staff on duty and no one had heard of this promotion officially.</p><p>If you buy the card and don't get credit, he said it is up to Sony to give you credit.  He said that none of the other two managers knew of a list of participating stores and that his boss had only been on the job for six months and he wouldn't know either.</p><p>Will you give me credit?  Gamestop says I should ask you since they are not aware of any promotion and that  <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</span></span></a> is not their ad.</p><p>I bought a gamecard at CVS and didn't get the double station cash.  The website most SOE games are directing customers to <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</a> is deceiving and deceived me it did.  The first tab says that gamestop is running a promotion (they are not, see above) and the second tab called "where to buy" lists CVS as a source of product.  So I bought some cards at CVS.  Apparently, even though it says you can get  the promotional game cards at CVS these cards are not included in the promotion, a detail the webist neglects to mention.  These cards are not part of the promotion, I know because when I redeemed several, I got no double credit on any of them.  </p><p>SONY won't publish a list of participating stores and gamestop says they are not running a promotion.  </p><p>How do I get credit for the game cards I purchased as part of this promotion?  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Call Gamestop, they will confirm that they aren't running any promotion this weekend regarding SOE gamecards.</span></p><p>SONY customer service my question is this: How do I get credit for the cards I bought and if you do not intend to give me credit answer this: which SOE game cards are eligible for the double points, how can I find out if the cards I buy are "participating" other than asking the store clerk if he knows?  If the promotional cards are "secretly activated" at the register, then you must have some idea of which stores have a "secret activation code" right?  So where in the world do these secret location exist?  We want to know.</p><p>How can any Gamestop store "participate" when Gamestop customer service insists they are not running a promotion. Where is the list of participants and where are my double points?  I PURCHASED YOUR PRODUCT, WHERE ARE THE GOODS!  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I want to do business (buy gamecards and get double station cash) now and in the future but I cannot figure how the game of double points is played</span></strong>.  Enlighten us all please.</p><p>From an annual station pass customer x3 with current station balances around 10k on each account. </p></blockquote><p>It has absolutely nothing to do with gamestop outside of buying the card there for the vace value - 10.00, 15.00 as long as you purchase the correct card when you enter it into your account it will give you the original amount purchase PLUs another  block of the same value for the doubling promotion - git 60.00 worth of the 15.00 cards for 1500 SC or a 30 day game card, entered it and recieve 120.00 woth of SC</p><p>the link has a picture of the cards, match the picture to the ones at the local gamestop and you will get your double sc promo, just remember there is a upper limit on the amount of sc you can have, it is documented in the KB</p><p><a href="http://www.everquest2.com/news/article?month=022012&id=5145">http://www.everquest2.com/news/arti...=022012&id=5145</a></p>

[winawilde]

<p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p>

[Necrotherian]

<p><cite>anynamewilldo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Customers beware:</p><p>I called a gamestop store near me and spoke with Mike at gamestop Monmouth Mall in New Jersey (732) 935-9625).  He said<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">they sell SONY game cards and have them in stock</span></strong> but they are not participating in any promotions (that he knew of) and that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I will not get double cash.</span></strong>  </p><p>I asked Mike where I can find a list of stores that are participating.  He suggested I contact gamestop customer service 1 (800) 883-9985.</p><p>The customer service rep. Jintal I think she said her name was, never heard of the promotion so I asked to talk to her superviser.  He said that they are not running any promotions. He said it was a Sony promotion and that they had nothing to do with it.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OFFICIAL GAMESTOP RESPONSE</span></strong>:  He told me, (one of the 3 gamestop customer service <span style="text-decoration: underline;">managers</span> (second tier) on duty around 11 am EST today 12/25,  that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">any</span></strong> sony game card sold by gamestop should, he assumed be a participating card.   Is this true? </p><p>If it wasn't then the customer would have to complain to SONY and not Gamestop because <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Gamestop was't running a promotion, only selectively participating</span></strong>, a phrase he wouldn't or couln't elaborate on. </p><p>He went on to say<strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> that there is no list of participating stores at Gamestop</span></strong> customer service, only SONY would have that list.  SONY won't publish a list and insists that Gamestop will tell you what stores are participating.  According to Gamestop no one at Gamestop is participating and if they are customer service isn't aware of it.  Gamestop is not running a promotion at this time.</p><p>He, the Gamestop customer service MANAGER, didn't know and couldn't confirm anything with anyone (citing that it was a weekend) nor could he find any list of participating stores.  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> His official response was that Gamestop was not running a promotion and that all questions about participating stores should be directed to SONY customer service</span></strong>.</p><p>Further, he implied that his boss would not know either since his boss had only just started there.  There were a total of 4 customer service senior staff on duty and no one had heard of this promotion officially.</p><p>If you buy the card and don't get credit, he said it is up to Sony to give you credit.  He said that none of the other two managers knew of a list of participating stores and that his boss had only been on the job for six months and he wouldn't know either.</p><p>Will you give me credit?  Gamestop says I should ask you since they are not aware of any promotion and that  <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0066cc;">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</span></span></a> is not their ad.</p><p>I bought a gamecard at CVS and didn't get the double station cash.  The website most SOE games are directing customers to <a href="http://www.soe.com/gamecards/">http://www.soe.com/gamecards/</a> is deceiving and deceived me it did.  The first tab says that gamestop is running a promotion (they are not, see above) and the second tab called "where to buy" lists CVS as a source of product.  So I bought some cards at CVS.  Apparently, even though it says you can get  the promotional game cards at CVS these cards are not included in the promotion, a detail the webist neglects to mention.  These cards are not part of the promotion, I know because when I redeemed several, I got no double credit on any of them.  </p><p>SONY won't publish a list of participating stores and gamestop says they are not running a promotion.  </p><p>How do I get credit for the game cards I purchased as part of this promotion?  <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Call Gamestop, they will confirm that they aren't running any promotion this weekend regarding SOE gamecards.</span></p><p>SONY customer service my question is this: How do I get credit for the cards I bought and if you do not intend to give me credit answer this: which SOE game cards are eligible for the double points, how can I find out if the cards I buy are "participating" other than asking the store clerk if he knows?  If the promotional cards are "secretly activated" at the register, then you must have some idea of which stores have a "secret activation code" right?  So where in the world do these secret location exist?  We want to know.</p><p>How can any Gamestop store "participate" when Gamestop customer service insists they are not running a promotion. Where is the list of participants and where are my double points?  I PURCHASED YOUR PRODUCT, WHERE ARE THE GOODS!  <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I want to do business (buy gamecards and get double station cash) now and in the future but I cannot figure how the game of double points is played</span></strong>.  Enlighten us all please.</p><p>From an annual station pass customer x3 with current station balances around 10k on each account. </p></blockquote><p>You'd have to wait on a red name for complete clarification, but I think the deciding factor upon which GameStop is participating is whether or not a given GameStop has the 500, 1000, or 1500 denomination SC cards in stock. </p><p>As for the CVS, as far as I know, it is a different store than GameStop.  (I haven't heard of any talks about or plans for merging the two.)  That being the case, there is no reason why a promotion specifically designed for GameStop would award anything other than face value for a card that was not, in fact, purchased at GameStop.</p><p>As far as the promotion is concerned, there could be any number of ways they could determine which cards went to GameStop stores and which didn't.  One method would be to ship cards by lot to given businesses.  That way, lot numbers 000AAA - 005AAA (hypothetical lot numbers, as I don't know their lot numbering system) could go to GameStop stores, while a different set each could go to CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, etc.  There are other ways, but I am too lazy to type even a small portion.</p><p>My point, if you wish to call it that, is that there is a system in place to determine which cards are from GameStop, and which aren't.  If you didn't buy it at a GameStop, it doesn't count for <em>this</em> promotion.</p><p>I suspect that the reason they are making the promotion specific to given store chains is to possibly convince those store chains to start carrying more of the cards in their stores, and also to highlight, one at a time, which store types carry them.  I could be wrong, since I don't work for SOE <em>or</em> GameStop.  (Or any of the other stores which carry the cards, for that matter.)  But, what I have posted above seems the most logical to me.</p>

[Necrotherian]

<p><cite>winawilde wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p></blockquote><p>Many people in small towns don't have stable home internet, either, so I'm not really sure what your point is.  Please clarify.</p><p>Also, I've lived in a town with a population of less than 500 people.  15 miles away, however, there was a larger town (about 50,000 people) with a mall.  How close is the nearest large town or city?</p>

[Eliohia]

<p>i live in a small town with no gamestop so i went to the big town closest to me and they called the other stores and all informed me that they no longer carry the cards so how the hell is that gonna work if they dont sell them anymore? lol</p>

[Lempo]

<p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>My point, if you wish to call it that, is that there is a system in place to determine which cards are from GameStop, and which aren't.  If you didn't buy it at a GameStop, it doesn't count for <em>this</em> promotion.</p><p>I suspect that the reason they are making the promotion specific to given store chains is to possibly convince those store chains to start carrying more of the cards in their stores, and also to highlight, one at a time, which store types carry them.  I could be wrong, since I don't work for SOE <em>or</em> GameStop.  (Or any of the other stores which carry the cards, for that matter.)  But, what I have posted above seems the most logical to me.</p></blockquote><p>You pretty much summed it up, the card technology is called FastCard and is used by almost all games, gift cards for major dining chains etc. the parent company is InComm, the cards when activated identify where they were purchased and allow the companies that use them to get very specific marketing reports to determine where they were purchased, down to the zip code, the date the card was purchased (activated) and redeemed, pretty much everything that marketing directors want.</p>

[Laenai]

<p><cite>anynamewilldo wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Customers beware:</p><p>I called a gamestop store near me and spoke with Mike at gamestop Monmouth Mall in New Jersey (732) 935-9625).  He said<strong> <span style="text-decoration: underline;">they sell SONY game cards and have them in stock</span></strong> but they are not participating in any promotions (that he knew of) and that <strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">I will not get double cash.</span></strong>  </p><p><em>Lots of stuff in between</em>. Snipped for brevity.</p><p>From an annual station pass customer x3 with current station balances around 10k on each account. </p></blockquote><p>I informed my gamestop manager buddies that there was a double SC promotion this weekend.</p><p>They said "Sweet! Stock up!"</p><p>I had no problem at all with my gamestop cards giving double station cash, even though the employees had not a clue there was a promo going on.</p>

[Mohee]

<p>I went into my local gamestop yesterday, picked up a card and went to the counter. I asked the manager (that just happened to be working at the time) if I would for sure be getting double the points. He looked at me like I was stupid, said he has no idea and has never heard of such promotion, so I put the card away and walked out... </p><p>I'm not risking it if no gamestop manager/employee has any idea if its true or not.</p><p>Sorry SOE, you lost out on my buy, again. I have a few friends that live in a different town who I just got into playing, and basically the same exact thing happend to them when they went into their Gamestop. So they wont be going gold for a while. They were going to pick up enough cards for a few months of Gold membership, AoD, and DoV. They aren't even sure they want to keep playing EQ2 anymore because of their lack of communication between stores and their promotions.</p>

[Ozblock]

<p><strong>The bricks and mortar vendors dont know about the promo - and having purchased a card to check out the double Station Cash promo found that my SOE account hasn't heard of it either. I entered in code from a 1500 SC card (same type displayed on web page) and only recieved 1500 - not 3000 as promoted (date 25/02/12 5.15 pm PST). Friends account did the same. I tried raising this as a ticket with customer support but that didnt work either - not happy SOE - and I am not likely to repeat this type of purchase again.</strong></p>

[akin99]

<p><cite>Mohee wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I went into my local gamestop yesterday, picked up a card and went to the counter. I asked the manager (that just happened to be working at the time) if I would for sure be getting double the points. He looked at me like I was stupid, said he has no idea and has never heard of such promotion, so I put the card away and walked out... </p><p>I'm not risking it if no gamestop manager/employee has any idea if its true or not.</p><p>Sorry SOE, you lost out on my buy, again. I have a few friends that live in a different town who I just got into playing, and basically the same exact thing happend to them when they went into their Gamestop. So they wont be going gold for a while. They were going to pick up enough cards for a few months of Gold membership, AoD, and DoV. They aren't even sure they want to keep playing EQ2 anymore because of their lack of communication between stores and their promotions.</p></blockquote><p>SOE has no control of gamestop. The promotions are done between SOE and the vendor. It is up to the vendor to inform their employees. Why you think SOE should or would be allowed to comunicate with the individual Gamestop employees is beyond me.</p><p>Bought 4 cards turned them in for double points nice promo. Thanks SOE</p>

[Kitila]

<p>LOL this move by SOE makes me giggle, kinda like when they promised SWG players FREE ACCESS to SOE games if we resubbed for the final months of SWG but then they made all the dam games F2P anyway so they basically bait and switched scammed us and then wonder why people sued them. I concur with my fellows here though called every gamestop in a 50m radius and none of them heard of this promo, and only 1 out of 16 stores even carried SOE/SC cards. And that store was discontinuing them.... Fail SOE fail on so many levels. I didnt have any issue picking up my SWTOR 60 day card though and there wasnt even a gimmick for that....Just saying</p>

[Kuulei]

<p><cite>winawilde wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p></blockquote><p>No gamestop, no walmart (closest that carries the cards, is 2 states away in Colorado), no CVS.  I have nothing in state I an go to for any type of station cash card <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/385970365b8ed7503b4294502a458efa.gif" border="0" /></p><p>I have to wait for days they have bonuses with credit cards, lol <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" /></p>

[Necrotherian]

<p><cite>Ozblock wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><strong>The bricks and mortar vendors dont know about the promo - and having purchased a card to check out the double Station Cash promo found that my SOE account hasn't heard of it either. I entered in code from a 1500 SC card (same type displayed on web page) and only recieved 1500 - not 3000 as promoted (date 25/02/12 5.15 pm PST). Friends account did the same. I tried raising this as a ticket with customer support but that didnt work either - not happy SOE - and I am not likely to repeat this type of purchase again.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Quick query.  Was it a brick and mortar GameStop?  Or was it one of the other vendors that also carry the card.</p><p>If the latter, only the cards purchased at GameStop stores count for <em>this</em> promotion.</p><p>If the former, I don't know what to tell you.  I bought four of them at a GameStop in central Texas (not even a big city - well....at least not what Texas calls a big city), and I was able to redeem them all for double value.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>Mohee wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I went into my local gamestop yesterday, picked up a card and went to the counter. I asked the manager (that just happened to be working at the time) if I would for sure be getting double the points. He looked at me like I was stupid, said he has no idea and has never heard of such promotion, so I put the card away and walked out... </p><p>I'm not risking it if no gamestop manager/employee has any idea if its true or not.</p><p>Sorry SOE, you lost out on my buy, again. I have a few friends that live in a different town who I just got into playing, and basically the same exact thing happend to them when they went into their Gamestop. So they wont be going gold for a while. They were going to pick up enough cards for a few months of Gold membership, AoD, and DoV. They aren't even sure they want to keep playing EQ2 anymore because of their lack of communication between stores and their promotions.</p></blockquote><p>why exactly does it matter that the employee had no clue about the promotion? Maybe they did nto read the weekly updates that ae sent out by corproate - SOE knows exaclty what cards are sold by what vendor though a identifcation number in the numeric sequence that you enter to claim the cash or activate the game card. The manager / employee on duty at the game stop that I picked mine up at did not even know they had they even carried the cards when I checked out. the only one that is losing out on the promotion is you and your friends.</p>

[Questall]

<p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>winawilde wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p></blockquote><p>Many people in small towns don't have stable home internet, either, so I'm not really sure what your point is.  Please clarify.</p><p>Also, I've lived in a town with a population of less than 500 people.  15 miles away, however, there was a larger town (about 50,000 people) with a mall.  How close is the nearest large town or city?</p></blockquote><p>How about a whole country then? In Belgium there is no game stop whatsoever and all  the other game shops had to hand in the old SOE cards and arent selling anything anymore. That is pretty discriminatory, but i dont care anymore, as things are going EQ2 is burrying themselves already, so im not wasting any more time to even TRY and get a card</p>

[Darkpit]

<p><cite>chardz wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>winawilde wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p></blockquote><p>Many people in small towns don't have stable home internet, either, so I'm not really sure what your point is.  Please clarify.</p><p>Also, I've lived in a town with a population of less than 500 people.  15 miles away, however, there was a larger town (about 50,000 people) with a mall.  How close is the nearest large town or city?</p></blockquote><p>How about a whole country then? In Belgium there is no game stop whatsoever and all  the other game shops had to hand in the old SOE cards and arent selling anything anymore. That is pretty discriminatory, but i dont care anymore, as things are going EQ2 is burrying themselves already, so im not wasting any more time to even TRY and get a card</p></blockquote><p>i feel the same way, i cant get the cards either . the gamestop stores around me dont sell the cards anymore and haven't for some time. and i agree i think it is discriminating</p>

[Finora]

<p><cite>Darkpit@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>chardz wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Rotherian@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>winawilde wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>This deal is pretty discriminatory, many people in small towns do not even have a GameStop store, making this offer very unfair.</p></blockquote><p>Many people in small towns don't have stable home internet, either, so I'm not really sure what your point is.  Please clarify.</p><p>Also, I've lived in a town with a population of less than 500 people.  15 miles away, however, there was a larger town (about 50,000 people) with a mall.  How close is the nearest large town or city?</p></blockquote><p>How about a whole country then? In Belgium there is no game stop whatsoever and all  the other game shops had to hand in the old SOE cards and arent selling anything anymore. That is pretty discriminatory, but i dont care anymore, as things are going EQ2 is burrying themselves already, so im not wasting any more time to even TRY and get a card</p></blockquote><p>i feel the same way, i cant get the cards either . the gamestop stores around me dont sell the cards anymore and haven't for some time. and i agree i think it is discriminating</p></blockquote><p>No matter what kind of promotion they run, someone's going to be unhappy with it. When it was credit card only ones, there were people here moaning about having to have a credit card to get double station cash. When it was all cards, people moaned about the fact they couldn't use their credit cards or that there were no cards available immediately for them. This is nothing different. The game card only promotions are more a business move to get more stores to carry the cards that just happens to have side benefit to the players who can find the cards in the stores.</p><p>It's not  like they don't run all sorts of double SC promotions. You'll get your double cash from a credit card (or whatever it is you want) if you can be patient. I con't see why people are getting so very bent out of shape over it. There's nothing on the market I want so much that I'm going to lose my mind over it if I have to wait a bit (and just to note, I went to my local Gamestop & couldn't find anything but Playstation cards either so didn't get in on the promotion). So I'll just wait until I can use the Wal-Mart, Walgreens or credit card again.</p>

[Trevynoae]

<p>I can say:</p><p>Here in Germany (Karlsruhe to be precise) - oh wonder (!) - I had no problem getting the cards and redeeming them for double the SC.</p><p>It hasn't been long ago that such things didn't work out well here. Usually because gamestop didn't have and SOE Game Cards.</p><p>(Needless to mention I did not use them for EQII but EQ.)</p>