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Starcraft 2 Beta Key : Free with Pre-Order @ Gamestop!!!!

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Free Starcraft 2 Beta when your Pre Order Starcraft II in Gamestop

Not sure how much of a deal this is but, since there are some people dying to get a starcraft 2 beta key:

apparently when you goto gamestop and preorder SC2, They will give you a free invite to SC2 Beta.

The Beta key shall be printed on the receipt.

this is a while supplies last, so you might want to make sure it's still available before ordering.
 
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prediction: Gamestop locations all around the US will get flooded at lunchtime. Nice "deal." I been in beta since the start and here is my one sentence review:

If you liked SC1, you will love SC2.
 
Interesting. I preordered the CE online a couple days ago with the coupon code they mention, and have received no such key.
 
With the huge amount of people that are pre-ordering... why would anyone buy a code for $60+ on ebay when they could preorder this from EBGames? wtF?
 
If you preorder online the key is mailed to you within 24hours apparently.

I just pre-ordered. Thanks for the heads up.
 
Thanks to the OP! Went down to Gamestop, pre-ordered got the code on the receipt and entered and now have SC2 beta on my battle net page
 
What stops you from canceling the pre-order? Do you have to pay the full amount or just $5 like normal?

I had ordered 5 copies (guys at work) with the 25% deal they had and got 5 keys.
 
Essentially its $5 for the key that can go towards the release version if you want. You are not obligated to pay in full when the game is released.
 
INGlewood78 said:
Essentially its $5 for the key that can go towards the release version if you want. You are not obligated to pay in full when the game is released.
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Incorrect: "Once you receive your Beta Code your order cannot be canceled."

If you really want to "scam" Gamestop out of a beta code, the best you can do is return the game unopened on release date.
 
I'm sure it works like the AION one or Conan, basically put $5.00 down on the game get a beta key. I'll stop by after work and let you all know.
 
thelazyone22 said:
Incorrect: "Once you receive your Beta Code your order cannot be canceled."

If you really want to "scam" Gamestop out of a beta code, the best you can do is return the game unopened on release date.
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Are you sure about this? I mean, I can go into the B&M, pay $5 for a reserve in cash, get the beta key...and never return to pay the full amount. How can they force me to buy the retail.

I think what they mean by not being able to cancel it is that you dont get your deposit back if you choose not to buy the game.

I'm not 100% sure though so correct me if I'm wrong.
 
i preordeered weeks ago, and got mine this morning. they must be sending keys out based on when you ordered.

pre-order is not $5... its the full price of the game.

if you are planning to buy the game anyway, just order 2 copies of the regular edition.

$60 + free shipping x 2. = $120. tehre is a 25% off coupon if you spend $100 so its like $95 for 2 copies which is about as cheap as its going to get for a while i'd figure.
 
Here's what I learned with the Bad Company 2 deal that was similar... I learned that instead of the vendor waiting until you were actually shipped a "product" (albeit downloadable on Steam) to charge your credit card, they actually charge your CC right away since they give out beta keys with pre-orders. They are actually giving you something so I guess that legally justifies it.

Now, this doesn't sound all that earth shattering does it? It's not. It's simply another way for large corporations to grab your cash several weeks or months earlier and collect what probably amounts to a tidy sum in interest on those funds. Say BC2 had 500,000 pre-orders and a good portion of those were guys wanting to check out the "beta". 500,000 credit cards charged instantly instead of 40 days later when the game was released.

$49.99 x 500,000 pre-orders = $24,995,000 X 40 days interest (if its, say, invested in a bond with a 10% annual yield) comes out to what? Rough numbers here but they made a cool 275 grand charging all those pre-order people instantly instead of when the product actually shipped.

Nothing to do with deal being hot or not I just thought I'd throw this out there because, inevitably, people will ask "why do I need to pre-order to get a beta key"?

That's right, it's yet another way for corps to ssqueeze out a few extra bucks from the consumer.

[Disclaimer] I completely made up the numbers I used but they are good enough for the purpose of getting to my point. 🙂
 
I don't really care about the collectors ED stuff, but I'd rather get that and get 25 off for $75 total I think than get just regular for $60... and I don't need two $60 regular editions especially when nobody on ebay is going to buy a code anymore.
 
Jim said:
Here's what I learned with the Bad Company 2 deal that was similar... I learned that instead of the vendor waiting until you were actually shipped a "product" (albeit downloadable on Steam) to charge your credit card, they actually charge your CC right away since they give out beta keys with pre-orders. They are actually giving you something so I guess that legally justifies it.

Now, this doesn't sound all that earth shattering does it? It's not. It's simply another way for large corporations to grab your cash several weeks or months earlier and collect what probably amounts to a tidy sum in interest on those funds. Say BC2 had 500,000 pre-orders and a good portion of those were guys wanting to check out the "beta". 500,000 credit cards charged instantly instead of 40 days later when the game was released.

$49.99 x 500,000 pre-orders = $24,995,000 X 40 days interest (if its, say, invested in a bond with a 10% annual yield) comes out to what? Rough numbers here but they made a cool 275 grand charging all those pre-order people instantly instead of when the product actually shipped.

Nothing to do with deal being hot or not I just thought I'd throw this out there because, inevitably, people will ask "why do I need to pre-order to get a beta key"?

That's right, it's yet another way for corps to ssqueeze out a few extra bucks from the consumer.

[Disclaimer] I completely made up the numbers I used but they are good enough for the purpose of getting to my point. 🙂
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Or you could just put 5 bucks cash down instead of a credit card.
 
Jim said:
Here's what I learned with the Bad Company 2 deal that was similar... I learned that instead of the vendor waiting until you were actually shipped a "product" (albeit downloadable on Steam) to charge your credit card, they actually charge your CC right away since they give out beta keys with pre-orders. They are actually giving you something so I guess that legally justifies it.

Now, this doesn't sound all that earth shattering does it? It's not. It's simply another way for large corporations to grab your cash several weeks or months earlier and collect what probably amounts to a tidy sum in interest on those funds. Say BC2 had 500,000 pre-orders and a good portion of those were guys wanting to check out the "beta". 500,000 credit cards charged instantly instead of 40 days later when the game was released.

$49.99 x 500,000 pre-orders = $24,995,000 X 40 days interest (if its, say, invested in a bond with a 10% annual yield) comes out to what? Rough numbers here but they made a cool 275 grand charging all those pre-order people instantly instead of when the product actually shipped.

Nothing to do with deal being hot or not I just thought I'd throw this out there because, inevitably, people will ask "why do I need to pre-order to get a beta key"?

That's right, it's yet another way for corps to ssqueeze out a few extra bucks from the consumer.

[Disclaimer] I completely made up the numbers I used but they are good enough for the purpose of getting to my point. 🙂
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i highly doubt it is about the interest.

any CFO who wasn't completely insane would have to keep those funds basically in money market funds yielding like .3% or something per year.

though you make a good point. gamestop probably has debt in corporate bonds. they can pay off some of that debt which probably yields say 6-7% with the early cash flow from this early, so in a way they are yielding 1.5% or whatever on it because they could basicaly be buying their own debt back with our cash interest free.
 
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