Comments on: Direct2Drive pricematch actually utterly useless

By: frymaster

frymaster — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:12:53 +0000

In reply to Lewie Procter. refusing to pricematch because something is on sale is very, very different to refusing to pricematch because something isn't RRP. One is common enough that, frankly, it should be assumed for any pricematch promise. The other would be totally unheard of, as well as totally useless. Which is it?

By: StrongBow

StrongBow — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:00:30 +0000

I think you’ve collectively saved us all enough money to obsolve yourself Lewie, anyway you report what’s there, it’s up to us to check it out.

Totalgamer – smokin comment is uncalled for.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:07:08 +0000

In reply to TotalGamer.

I see you’re quoting dollars in prices, perhaps the T&Cs were up on the USA site but they were not up on the UK site when the promotion launched. It was a dead link.

They refused to pricematch someone’s purchase of The Ball to the GamersGate price because it was on sale.

I posit that it is you who is smokin’ something, and that it is you who are wrong twice.

By: TotalGamer

TotalGamer — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:33:00 +0000

Not sure what you been smokin’ but you’re wrong twice. They had their terms up when the offer started AND they don’t have anything about only RRP. They just say they won’t match coupons and all.

I got over $20 store credit for a game that was on sale on one of the sites in their terms for $7.50 when Direct2Drive had it for $29.95. Not sure what you’re on about here but hopefully people will think for themselves and check it out.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 13:05:03 +0000

In reply to Jamie. Some people are very firm about Steam being akin to DRM and so if D2D offers it for the same price, they'll go there instead. Doesn't bother me personally, but there you go.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:13:26 +0000

The real head scratcher here is why you’d buy it from D2D if it was the same price on Steam. Worse customer support and install limits(CoD4 etc) are just two reasons why D2D sucks compared to Steam.

By: Lewie Procter

Lewie Procter — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:04:44 +0000

In reply to Ringwraith. Uh..I meant Steam. Fixed, cheers.

By: Ringwraith

Ringwraith — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:31:27 +0000

“…than GamersGate or Direct2Drive”
No interest in offering better value than themselves? I suppose that’s true.

By: Butterbumps

Butterbumps — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 23:23:04 +0000

I for one am shocked, SHOCKED, that a company owned by Rupert Murdoch is not interested in giving its customers value for money.