- Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-order -- $54.99, down from $59.99 (plus, this sweet, sweet wallpaper bonus -- but sadly, no Amazon credit)
Call of Duty: Black Ops pre-orders get $5 off on Amazon
by Griffin McElroy 
on Oct 27th 2010 1:30PM
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Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:44PM elusiveaura said
I pre ordered this on amazon back when they were still giving the $20 promotional credit. Will I still get that or not?
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:00PM MrCompletely said
@bman01 That's actually not true, they removed the $20 credit for everyone. There's no record of it.
"Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time"
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"Amazon reserves the right to change or terminate this promotion at any time"
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:22PM Bubbameister33 said
@MrCompletely
I bet everyone who preorders this from Amazon gets their $20 credit.
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I bet everyone who preorders this from Amazon gets their $20 credit.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:06PM Giantgotari said
@MrCompletely
That's actually not true, they removed the $20 credit for everyone. There's no record of it.
The removed the credit for new purchasers, not for those that had already pre-ordered.
I've bought a lot of games from Amazon when they had promotional credits. I've always gotten the credit, even when they removed it from the order page like they have done for Black Ops. As long as you put in your order while the credit was still active, you'll get it. If you order today you won't get the credit, since they removed it awhile ago.
AFAIK the only way to tell if you'll get the credit or not is to check the e-mail you got when you placed the pre-order. If it says "Congratulations. Your purchase has qualified you for a $20 Video Games promotional code. The promotion code will be applied directly to your Amazon.com account up to two (2) business days after your product ships.", then you're good to go.
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That's actually not true, they removed the $20 credit for everyone. There's no record of it.
The removed the credit for new purchasers, not for those that had already pre-ordered.
I've bought a lot of games from Amazon when they had promotional credits. I've always gotten the credit, even when they removed it from the order page like they have done for Black Ops. As long as you put in your order while the credit was still active, you'll get it. If you order today you won't get the credit, since they removed it awhile ago.
AFAIK the only way to tell if you'll get the credit or not is to check the e-mail you got when you placed the pre-order. If it says "Congratulations. Your purchase has qualified you for a $20 Video Games promotional code. The promotion code will be applied directly to your Amazon.com account up to two (2) business days after your product ships.", then you're good to go.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:46PM ein311 said
There's also a promotion at Best Buy for Reward Zone Gamer's Club members to get 500 bonus points when pre-ordering...that is $10 in certificates.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:47PM Trojan said
Or you could get it at Kmart and get $25 in Kmart credit.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:06PM mitchleeh7 said
@Trojan Have tried to find this deal... has is already ended or is it in store only? Please share details!
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Posted: Oct 27th 2010 5:27PM Trojan said
@mitchleeh7 It's in-store only. Details here: http://www.mykmart.com/mykmart_blog/Call-of-Duty-Black-Ops-Offer
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Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:49PM OAKside said
Oh, cool. I've also heard that will also be a preview of sorts available at some sort of pirate cove, perhaps even before the release date. Hooray!
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:52PM Petebot330 said
I'm gonna pull a Pachter here: I predict this season being the oversaturation point for realistic military shooters.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:53PM Petebot330 said
@Volcon They usually post deals from several different retailers.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:55PM kentuckyfried said
Best Buy points are nice.
I just picked up a 50" flat panel, and the result was a $40 off coupon. Since I don't use the 360 that much, I'm thinking of maybe dropping that on a 2nd copy of black ops for that console, in the event that I don't get around to playing with my 360 buddies (which has happened on W@W as well as mw2).
I just picked up a 50" flat panel, and the result was a $40 off coupon. Since I don't use the 360 that much, I'm thinking of maybe dropping that on a 2nd copy of black ops for that console, in the event that I don't get around to playing with my 360 buddies (which has happened on W@W as well as mw2).
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:57PM Xcrucio said
@Volcon
I thought my day was missing a good conspiracy theory
I thought my day was missing a good conspiracy theory
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 1:58PM Xcrucio said
As if people weren't preording this game enough already...
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:02PM HaloisthemostOverratedGameEver said
Gotta support Steam!
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:08PM elusiveaura said
So I don't get the $20 credit even though I ordered during the $20 credit? WTF!!!! Lol
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:24PM Bubbameister33 said
@Juelz345
But you still buy things from them. $20 off of a game you buy from them. Then they give $10, $15 or $20 off your next game. It's a trap. A wonderful trap.
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But you still buy things from them. $20 off of a game you buy from them. Then they give $10, $15 or $20 off your next game. It's a trap. A wonderful trap.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 7:58PM BananaBoat said
@Bubbameister33 - Not to mention that the credit expires, so it is a nice bet for them, sort of like an expiring gift card
(the credit used to expire, if it doesn't anymore, I take the preceding statement back)
I'm pretty sure that anyone that ordered during the $20 credit promotion will receive their credits (they likely won't get the $5 off though, unless it counts as part of Amazons "price guarantee" for pre-orders). I've pre-ordered stuff from them before, and I've gotten bonuses that have expired, so I would hope that their policy wouldn't have changed.
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(the credit used to expire, if it doesn't anymore, I take the preceding statement back)
I'm pretty sure that anyone that ordered during the $20 credit promotion will receive their credits (they likely won't get the $5 off though, unless it counts as part of Amazons "price guarantee" for pre-orders). I've pre-ordered stuff from them before, and I've gotten bonuses that have expired, so I would hope that their policy wouldn't have changed.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:08PM Juelz345 said
@Volcon
A game developer paying a game blog to advertise a game...madness!!!
That would be like Sarah Lee paying for adverts on the food network...o wait...
A game developer paying a game blog to advertise a game...madness!!!
That would be like Sarah Lee paying for adverts on the food network...o wait...
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:10PM skiscaraudio said
no couch co-op campaign
dumb a$@ activision
can't wait to see how many people buy this expecting couch co-op
sad really
dumb a$@ activision
can't wait to see how many people buy this expecting couch co-op
sad really
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:10PM Breakdown said
I love Amazon! Already had my pre-order in, but that extra $5 will go a long ways towards a NICE LARGE STRAWBERRY SHAKE! MMmmmmm, thanks Amazon.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:20PM darthinfamous said
I was ready to hit the submit order button, then double-checking all the fine print, I realized that this was for consoles only. Back to Steam I go.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:28PM EDZiLLUH said
@elusiveaura i had ordered Halo Reach & got $20 credit but you have to use it within 48 hours so i got Black Ops with that credit. so i paid $20 less
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:43PM elusiveaura said
@EDZiLLUH
I know but I was referring to preordering it when they had $20 credit for black ops now it's gone. I was wanting to know if I'd still get it but from the looks of it I won't. :(
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I know but I was referring to preordering it when they had $20 credit for black ops now it's gone. I was wanting to know if I'd still get it but from the looks of it I won't. :(
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 2:53PM Jawmuncher said
Used my 30 dollar credit when I saw the price 25 dollar black ops with release date shipping sounds good to me
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:02PM Cody H said
Amazon has me hooked when it comes game purchases. No tax, 99 cent release date delivery, usually $10-$20 of game credit for preordering, preorder bonuses like exclusive armor for instance, and they sell games cheaper than other retail stores. There is no reason for me to step into another Gamestop or Best Buy, and for that, I am grateful.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:06PM Porksta said
Yeah, this has been $5 off for months now...
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:08PM elusiveaura said
@Porksta No. Actually on august 11 when I pre ordered it still had 20$ credit ;). I guess 2.5 months can be "months" but I consider that to be like at least 3 months
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Posted: Oct 27th 2010 4:19PM kentuckyfried said
@elusiveaura
Honestly, I've completely lost track.
I know I pre-ordered black ops from Amazon early summer, but I have no record of a $20 credit of any sort.
I ended up anyhow canceling and reordering to take advantage of 99 cent first day shipping though.
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Honestly, I've completely lost track.
I know I pre-ordered black ops from Amazon early summer, but I have no record of a $20 credit of any sort.
I ended up anyhow canceling and reordering to take advantage of 99 cent first day shipping though.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 5:20PM lucktacular said
@elusiveaura
What? Of course 2 ½ months constitutes a plural. What a silly thought.
I bought 2 apple from the supermarket today!
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What? Of course 2 ½ months constitutes a plural. What a silly thought.
I bought 2 apple from the supermarket today!
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 3:13PM xXHexagonXx said
$5 is pretty weak... they need to up the ante - $20 would have me seriously considering it...
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 5:32PM omgwtf said
Ordered my Hardened Edition yesterday on Amazon... got $5 bucks off on that too, so it was only $74.99.... I'm looking forward to the 4 co-op Zombie maps included :-)
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 5:42PM mopes said
They didn't even give the deal to PC users, knowing that the majority of them would have pirated the game anyway.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 7:27PM thelolotov said
No PC love? Too bad, this would have changed my plans to wait for a price drop.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 7:47PM BananaBoat said
@Volcon - Amazon certainly has a referral program, but since there is no way to know, a reasonable person would give the benefit of the doubt to someone posting a link. Feel free to do some investigative journalism and see if that isn't a referral link though (we'll be waiting with bated breath)
As for Activision paying for the post, it would be nice if there were any proof whatsoever offered with such an accusation. Writers are bought off far more often than any of us would like (the guy at 1up that recently raved about a games online feature when the game didn't even have an online feature comes to mind) but it doesn't help anyone when people make baseless claims against people.
As for Activision paying for the post, it would be nice if there were any proof whatsoever offered with such an accusation. Writers are bought off far more often than any of us would like (the guy at 1up that recently raved about a games online feature when the game didn't even have an online feature comes to mind) but it doesn't help anyone when people make baseless claims against people.
Posted: Oct 27th 2010 8:27PM k2n said
I want the PWN gun!
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 9:24AM elusiveaura said
I know it's plural but I was referring to the sense of a few and couple terminology. A couple is 2 a few is at least 3. So in my case I was thinking it hasn't been a "few" months yet
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 3:31PM danielsloan said
My amazon order from a few months ago now links to "Call of Duty: Black Ops with Laser Cel". Any idea what that might be?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6N39W/ref=oss_product
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003O6N39W/ref=oss_product
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 4:31PM elusiveaura said
It's the wallpaper thing now. Mine switched to that from $20 credit I had back in august.
Posted: Oct 28th 2010 8:23PM acme64 said
wtf no discount for pc >:(
YOU DAMN CONSOLES SHOULD BE THANKING US PC GAMERS FOR EVEN HAVING COD!
YOU DAMN CONSOLES SHOULD BE THANKING US PC GAMERS FOR EVEN HAVING COD!
