» Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:54 pm
Tried again this afternoon... still "invalid".
I'd be rather annoyed if Bethesda/Obsidian/Microsoft at least told us "sorry, there's been a stuff-up... codes will work on Monday" or something. Poor, but at least we'd know. But saying NOTHING and letting thousands of people worry that their codes had been 'stolen', would never work, or just had been ripped off with paying for a preorder they'll never see is frankly infuriatingly awful customer service.
As someone who hates 'store exclusive' preorder bonuses, this has certainly made me determined not to do this again. Honestly, by the time we get this sorted (if it does get sorted!), what good will this low-level gear be to our characters anyway? Seriously, this goes beyond a slight inconvenience, IMO. Not that I've ever seen any of these companies consider compensating their customers when they make serious mistakes.
I guess the only thing worse than being in my boat, having paid more to get the preorder bonus from a more expensive store, would be if you paid $25+ on Ebay for a pack code and it didn't work!!!