Same thing happened to me…not impressed play.com

Well..apparently they don’t even list the CE anymore. I guess my hope of still receiving the CE this week is gone now. http://www.play.com/Search.html?searchstring=Retribution&searchtype=gameall&searchsource=2&searchfilters=s{Retribution}%2bc{362}%2b

No chance..:( refunding and me sending it back, having to do all the work, and at the end of it all, i am exactly where I started.

It’s been a long time since I ordered anything from play.com (now i remember why) and it will be a long time before I order anything from them again.

Refunding and letting you keep the Standard?

Sorry for several replies but i’m wondering; people that got the Standard edition, when was yours posted? I ordered mine tuesday night and didn’t ship it until friday afternoon.. Here’s hoping they noticed it before that :X

Worst of all, Amazon uk has just matched their price and i’m pretty sure they’d never make this mistake http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dawn-War-II-Retribution-Collectors/dp/B004IEA46O

I’ll be awfully mad if i receive the standard edition, i don’t think it’ll get here until Thursday

But ofc , myself and the 3 others all received normal edition boxed copys of the game,but billed as the collectors edition with even all the internal invoice documentation still stating its the ‘collectors edition’

From my experince in the past with play shipping the WRONG item but the CORRECT invoice = Absolute nightmare to get play.com to refund/replace or even straight up believe you.

Just thought id give a headsup to anyone thinking of ordering this

Yeah, I get commission on them too, at the same rate.

I appreciate the non-descrimination Lewie, as I’m sure all your regulars do.

Is there any benefit to you when they buy a £600 TV at the same time (or something within 30 days) or is it just interesting stats? I’m getting tempted to click on all (non-Hut) links in the off-chance I’ll buy something from there in the nearby future. 🙂

Not a clue, sorry.

Yeah, I don’t get anything for clicks, just transactions.

Oh, it does track any other purchases you make at the same time (which is nice when people on Amazon buy a £10 game and then get a £600 TV at the same time – that’s happened a couple of times!) and for some of them I think they install a 30 day cookie to track any transactions in that time period too.

Edit: Also, this is probably a good time to point out that I don’t make any distinction between deals from places that do or don’t offer commission, nor do I discriminate between places offering different rates of commission. Probably goes without saying, but it’s worth mentioning.

And it’s only sales that they track? Traffic from affiliate links means nothing? Tell them to keep selling things ridiculously cheap and I’ll keep adding to basket. 🙂

It’s pretty simple really. Third parties called affiliate marketers operate services where retailers go to them and say “Drive sales towards us, and we’ll give you a cut of all the sales”, I then set up a contract with the various affiliate marketers, and they then give me a prefix or suffix to stick before or after links, and they then track the sales, and give me the commission (keeping a share of it themselves).

Some retailers, like Amazon and Play-Asia, don’t use a third party, but operate affiliate marketing themselves, but most do use a third party.

One thing I’ve always wondered is how these systems work. Is there any way you could shed light onto it? A bit of transparency never hurts (unless there’s legal rubbish to consider).