Purchasers should be aware of is that the $10 coupon isn't an instant savings or really a coupon at all but rather a $10 pre-paid VISA Card. Here's some basic information lifted directly from Bethesda:

1. You must purchase a new copy of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and the Skyrim Official Strategy Guide for full price of at least $59.89. No discounts allowed.
2. You must have purchased the a game and guide at the same time and shown on the same receipt within a one month window: 11/11/11 - 12/11/11
3. You must cut the UPC label off the 5th Anniversay Edition, Skyrim and the Strategy Guide and mail those in with the original receipt.


Who wants to cut out and mutilate their guide, and game boxes just to get a $10 pre-paid visa card? These cards usually take 6+ weeks to get by the way.

Hmmm...I think you meant to post in the Skyrim forum.

Yeah, its a waste. You can panhandle ten bucks in a day.

That's not what I bought it anyways.

I got it for my new PC.

I throw all my game boxes behind the tv once I've opened them and all my games are in a stack next to my playstation. If anyone wants the rebate, they're more than welcome to brave the black widows, white widows and electric scissor bees that live behind my television set to cut the upc symbol off the box.

Otta be considered a scam then since a "prepaid VISA" is NOT a "coupon" by any stretch of the word.

A stack o' discs?

Why?

Well, there was a witty comment I wanted to write, but I'm afraid it would take a lot more skill than I have to top this brilliant "special offer for our most desperate customers" joke discussed here.

I, too, was disappointed by the “coupon”.

Sounds kinda janky

And the hucksterism begins... how long before the Dark Brotherhood is DLC only, 15 dollars?

you also have to have a child on 11/11/11 and name it dovahkiin

LMAO

The sad part is, if they offered NO rebate, nobody would care too much. Unless you bought the 5th anniversary JUST for the rebate, in which case I would question your judgement.

Never heard of these but they sound awesome.

The back of your TV sounds like a place full of danger and adventure!

But on topic, if this is true, it has the be the lousiest sale promotion I've seen yet (although I haven't seen too many...)

The whole anniversary edition of Oblivion looks like a rip-off, to me. :shrug: They didn't include DLC (still no ports for the PS3 version), trophies (PS3 version), and the "coupon" seems disfunctional. They essentially put out the thing to milk whatever they can out of Oblivion before Skyrim's release, but put little effort or actual incentive into it.

what if i already named my kid dovahkiin? do i get the bonus of having beth take my kid and teach him dragon shouts?

only if you preordered the game and guide within a month of conception

With a free course of "careful what you wish for" included for the parents.

Actually they probably make about 10 times that.

I wasn't taking part in the $10 deal to begin with, but reading that, I'd rather just pay full price.