https://gaming.amazon.com/home
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric
parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
Darn. I'm too slow: "This code is currently being redeemed by someone." :(
On 2/3/2023 1:01 PM, Ant wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric
parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
Darn. I'm too slow: "This code is currently being redeemed by someone." :(
That would be me, I think. Didn't realize it was a one person only.
JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric
parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
Darn. I'm too slow: "This code is currently being redeemed by someone." :(
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
And, honestly, the combination of their spacing these games out week
after week and the fact that most of these are no-name Indie titles
means even I can't get excited about these releases anymore. Certainly
I'm not going to bother giving my usual separate opinions on each
title. In fact, I can easily see myself letting the whole thing slide
in future months. Which oddly means Amazon's new strategy will likely
have the opposite effect: rather than making me come back week after
week, I just may stop going altogether...
On 2/3/2023 1:01 PM, Ant wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric
parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
Darn. I'm too slow: "This code is currently being redeemed by
someone." :(
That would be me, I think. Didn't realize it was a one person only.
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
And, honestly, the combination of their spacing these games out weekNormally I find one of two games each month that I think that could be
after week and the fact that most of these are no-name Indie titles
means even I can't get excited about these releases anymore. Certainly
I'm not going to bother giving my usual separate opinions on each
title. In fact, I can easily see myself letting the whole thing slide
in future months. Which oddly means Amazon's new strategy will likely
have the opposite effect: rather than making me come back week after
week, I just may stop going altogether...
good but this month is pretty poor I think. The every week instead of
every month, do people buy games from Anazon Prime?
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
And, honestly, the combination of their spacing these games out week
after week and the fact that most of these are no-name Indie titles
means even I can't get excited about these releases anymore. Certainly
I'm not going to bother giving my usual separate opinions on each
title. In fact, I can easily see myself letting the whole thing slide
in future months. Which oddly means Amazon's new strategy will likely
have the opposite effect: rather than making me come back week after
week, I just may stop going altogether...
Normally I find one of two games each month that I think that could be
good but this month is pretty poor I think. The every week instead of
every month, do people buy games from Anazon Prime?
On 03/02/2023 22:59, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 2/3/2023 1:01 PM, Ant wrote:
JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 02/02/2023 17:59, Metal Guru wrote:
https://gaming.amazon.com/home
Anyone who wants it, here's the GoG code but just use the alpha-numeric >>>> parts.
QLZ6-&$-58E9-"^*-A5C0-|?{-9903BE
Darn. I'm too slow: "This code is currently being redeemed by
someone." :(
That would be me, I think. Didn't realize it was a one person only.
I did think about claiming it off GoG but those graphics. Hope you enjoy
it anyway.
On 2/4/2023 3:28 AM, JAB wrote:
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
And, honestly, the combination of their spacing these games out week
after week and the fact that most of these are no-name Indie titles
means even I can't get excited about these releases anymore. Certainly
I'm not going to bother giving my usual separate opinions on each
title. In fact, I can easily see myself letting the whole thing slide
in future months. Which oddly means Amazon's new strategy will likely
have the opposite effect: rather than making me come back week after
week, I just may stop going altogether...
Normally I find one of two games each month that I think that could be
good but this month is pretty poor I think. The every week instead of
every month, do people buy games from Anazon Prime?
I don't even have Amazon Prime. Not even for the free shipping. $50 of stuff is not that much anymore and I can wait, so I get actually free
free shipping.
On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 3:28:44 AM UTC-8, JAB wrote:
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
And, honestly, the combination of their spacing these games out weekNormally I find one of two games each month that I think that could be
after week and the fact that most of these are no-name Indie titles
means even I can't get excited about these releases anymore. Certainly
I'm not going to bother giving my usual separate opinions on each
title. In fact, I can easily see myself letting the whole thing slide
in future months. Which oddly means Amazon's new strategy will likely
have the opposite effect: rather than making me come back week after
week, I just may stop going altogether...
good but this month is pretty poor I think. The every week instead of
every month, do people buy games from Anazon Prime?
They don't sell games.* It's just an added service from when it was
Twitch instead of Amazon, presumably to drive people to Twitch to
watch streams so they could sell advertisements. I assume they think it's
an incentive to pay for prime now instead, since it's not twitch, much like the "free" shipping and Prime tv and like the xbox/playstation subs that
let you play some games free/give them away every month. Only their selection is usually old and Indy that's already been given away umpteen times elsewhere.
* Amazon sells games of course, but the physical kind, or codes, they don't have a storefront for gaming.amazon.com. They do also have the Amazon
Luna game streaming now too which sells games and is accessible through there, but it's not the same service either.
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means left
on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and here's
a picture to prove it.
On 04/02/2023 12:56, Justisaur wrote:
On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 3:28:44 AM UTC-8, JAB wrote:
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means left
on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and here's
a picture to prove it. Well the problem with that was that the picture
was of our neighbours house, it didn't include the parcel and finally it
was obviously taken from inside the van.
Now though I still think it's worth it as a combined package with the >video/music/games. We even have a Kindle Unlimited subscription as my
better half likes reading some really low brow fiction books and that
has loads of them avaiable.
Side note: nobody's getting my Morrowind code. Sure, I had the game on
Steam and CD and Epic and XBox and PS2 and God knows where else... but
I didn't have it on GOG yet, and that lapse cannot be allowed to
stand. So this key is mine. ;-)
On 2/5/2023 9:58 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Side note: nobody's getting my Morrowind code. Sure, I had the game on Steam and CD and Epic and XBox and PS2 and God knows where else... but
I didn't have it on GOG yet, and that lapse cannot be allowed to
stand. So this key is mine. ;-)
It's your key, precious!
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
It's your key, precious!
We found Gollum on the usenet and Internet. ;)
On Sun, 05 Feb 2023 23:16:49 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
It's your key, precious!
We found Gollum on the usenet and Internet. ;)
If DT is Gollum, does that make me Smaug? I'd certainly notice if
somebody snuck off with even the least of my games! Plus, I've always
wanted a waistcoat of fine diamonds! ;-)
On Sun, 05 Feb 2023 23:16:49 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
It's your key, precious!
We found Gollum on the usenet and Internet. ;)
If DT is Gollum, does that make me Smaug? I'd certainly notice if
somebody snuck off with even the least of my games! Plus, I've always
wanted a waistcoat of fine diamonds! ;-)
On 2/5/2023 3:19 AM, JAB wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means
left on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and
here's a picture to prove it.
This is now the standard procedure with ALL carriers (at least where I live). Which pisses me off since I work from home 90% of the time. I
have reached the point where on days when I expect a delivery I tape a
sign to my front door "Deliveries Please Ring Doorbell".
And not all of them will even do that!
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 11:19:12 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 04/02/2023 12:56, Justisaur wrote:
On Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 3:28:44 AM UTC-8, JAB wrote:
On 03/02/2023 17:17, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
Spalls was mostly implying it's a common tactic to give away free
stuff to get people to visit a website (or store) because that leads
to more sales... and the more often you give stuff away, the more
often people visit. I've no idea what they sell on the Prime Gaming
website (games or otherwise) but even if it's nothing, just getting
people to log-in to the Amazon ecosystem is a big step towards them
jumping to amazon main website and buying something there. There's
just so much friction to getting people to /start/ buying that even
that smallest step - giving away a few games - can reap amazing
benefits
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means left
on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and here's
a picture to prove it. Well the problem with that was that the picture
was of our neighbours house, it didn't include the parcel and finally it
was obviously taken from inside the van.
Now though I still think it's worth it as a combined package with the
video/music/games. We even have a Kindle Unlimited subscription as my
better half likes reading some really low brow fiction books and that
has loads of them avaiable.
I don't subscribe to Prime. Well, I guess I do technically, since its
a shared household account being paid from a shared bank account...
but if it were solely up to me, I wouldn't bother. I live close enough
to a major hub that most deliveries arrive in one or two days anyway
(I have a personal account that DOESN'T have Prime on it, and even
selecting the 'non-Prime free shipping arrives sometimes nexxt week',
it still gets here in 24-48 hours ;-). And everything else the service
offers - the movies, the free games, etc. - really doesn't matter to
me and I'd drop them without much regret.
But as I said, it's not entirely up to me, and some of those things I
turn my nose up at are important to others in my household... so I
keep paying for it. And since I am, I figured I might as well claim
the games. So while I announce these games, I'm hardly a fan of the
service. Just wanted to say that. ;-)
Side note: nobody's getting my Morrowind code. Sure, I had the game on
Steam and CD and Epic and XBox and PS2 and God knows where else... but
I didn't have it on GOG yet, and that lapse cannot be allowed to
stand. So this key is mine. ;-)
On 05/02/2023 17:20, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 2/5/2023 3:19 AM, JAB wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means
left on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and
here's a picture to prove it.
This is now the standard procedure with ALL carriers (at least where I live). Which pisses me off since I work from home 90% of the time. I
have reached the point where on days when I expect a delivery I tape a
sign to my front door "Deliveries Please Ring Doorbell".
And not all of them will even do that!
It does seem to be better as they do now at least seem to wait to see if
you answer the door, well generally anyway, but I think what annoys me
the most is they list the status as 'handed to customer' when that's
clearly not true.
On 2/5/2023 3:19 AM, JAB wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means left
on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and here's
a picture to prove it.
This is now the standard procedure with ALL carriers (at least where I
live). Which pisses me off since I work from home 90% of the time. I
have reached the point where on days when I expect a delivery I tape a
sign to my front door "Deliveries Please Ring Doorbell".
And not all of them will even do that!
My wife's got a number of packages where they say that within the last year. >None were handed to anyone in the house, a couple where tossed over the >fence.
On Sun, 5 Feb 2023 09:20:09 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 2/5/2023 3:19 AM, JAB wrote:
Are ok, I which a bit confused as I thought Spalls was implying that
they did.
I still have Amazon Prime although the reasoning has changed. Original
it wasn't the 'free' shipping that was the real selling point but
instead you could order something knowing when you had to have someone
in the house. That's all changed now as it's no longer always next day
and during COVID they sneaked in 'handed to customer' status means left
on doorstep, possibly. The worst case was it's been delivered and here's >>> a picture to prove it.
This is now the standard procedure with ALL carriers (at least where I
live). Which pisses me off since I work from home 90% of the time. I
have reached the point where on days when I expect a delivery I tape a
sign to my front door "Deliveries Please Ring Doorbell".
And not all of them will even do that!
My daughter shared a joke with me:
UPS: Delivered carefully to your doorstep
USPS: Casually dropped on your doorstep
FedEx: Shot out of cannon onto your doorstep, after having been stomped
on and lit on fire
I can verify that this is true. I have received packages in WTF condition from FedEx frequently.
Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
My wife's got a number of packages where they say that within the last year. >> None were handed to anyone in the house, a couple where tossed over the
fence.
Things are apparently different in Canada. I've received three packages recently as I've been slowly collecting the parts I need to build a
new PC, and I got a knock at the door for two them. Both required my signature, though weirdly I had to use my finger. That was with two different shippers, so I guess that's just how it's done now.
The third was dropped off at my door, without anyone knocking, but that's
how it was recorded in the tracking details. They were also nice enough
to place it out of sight where no one from the street could see it.
Not that it really mattered as I happened to see the delivery van pull
away so it only sat there for a minute. It was however the most expensive package, two $160 hard drives, and the only one shipped from the US.
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