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dweez needs a UK favor
« on: February 13, 2013, 03:40:11 PM »
My brother recently re-bought Marvel Alliance 2 for Playstation and when he went to get the DLCs/Add-on packs, he found the ones he wants are no longer sold by the US Playstation store (Capcom bought the rights and evidently are being douches) but they are available on the UK Playstation store.  He set up a new Playstation store account and said he was UK but because he tried to purchase them with a US credit card, it still failed.

I was wondering if smokester, goldie, or any other of the members from the UK could do me a big favor and purchase me a 10 pound UK Playstation Store card and PM me the code on the back.  I can transfer money to the good Samaritan's PayPal or whatever account.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2013, 12:29:52 PM »
Of course I could do that for your bro'. 

May be tricky tonight s I am cooking twice and then watching a movie with the missus. If she nods off (as usual) I may be able to sort it later.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 04:25:40 PM »
Good deal man.  I told my bro it could take a couple days.  Thanks!
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2013, 04:44:30 PM »
Ok. It seems these things aren't that easy to order as Amazon didn't have one yet and many of the deals  that supposedly existed when searching, didn't.  Another thing is they seem to come in £25 and £35 denominations, however, I found a site that will give you £5 reduction off  one purchased from Sainsburys (one of the top 3 supermarket chains here) and they do have them available.  I'm not sure how long it would take to arrive as the weekend is nearly upon us.  Shall I order one as you'd get £25 for £20?  The alternative is I pick one up from a "Game" store tomorrow and that'd be for a £25 minimum I believe.

<edit>Scratch that, the deal expired a while back it seems.</edit>
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2013, 05:47:19 PM »
 maybe this will help?http://www.gamesrocket.com/buy/PSN-Card-UK-10-Pound.html
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2013, 06:24:16 PM »
£25 is fine (or if the deal mishca found is still valid).  To be honest, I didn't even know if they had £10 cards or not, he just said the stuff he wanted came to £9 and change.

Whatever is most simple for you.  If he has to wait awhile, it's not biggie.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2013, 03:33:54 PM »
Why are they charging nearly £14 for a £10 voucher?  That's a 40% markup which is ridiculous in my opinion.

I think the £25 and £35 denominations are the physical cards you scratch to reveal the code, and other amounts are online only.

I just discovered the "Game" in Wandsworth has closed, so I'll have a ring round and find where I can grab one.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2013, 05:51:53 PM »
It's also possible your brother's PlayStation will reject the dlc if it is region locked.
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2013, 06:24:08 PM »
Well, based on foras he's found, it'll work just fine.  If it doesn't, no harm no foul.  Thanks again smokes.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2013, 01:24:23 AM »
missed this one. if you cannot then i will have a look at my supermarket / stores.
I think Plystation store allow a re-number of downloads of the same item item.
doesnt he know someone who would trust him to put their account on his PS3 for a download of wanted add on ?
I have a account on mine and sons PS3 so i can download the additional packs for both of us.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2013, 07:24:42 AM »
Quote from: dweez on February 13, 2013, 03:40:11 PM
(Capcom bought the rights and evidently are being douches)

Not to get too far off topic but I want to throw in my 2 bits about Capcom; they are douches. I found their games unplayable on PC (Resident Evil, for example) and they don't seem to give a damn about accommodating their PC-user customers.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2013, 10:08:58 AM »
He probably doesn't know many people outside the US.  He's not as well traveled (fora and IRC) as I. ;)
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2013, 10:20:21 PM »
Steam will flat out ban you if they find out you're buying out of region. I used to buy games for brits all the time, now I'm squeamish.

The reason being, to combat piracy in certain regions, steam was selling games for steam sale level prices. They found out people in the $50 region were buying games for $2, and punished them for doing so. This reminds me of how in San Diego we pay out the ass for gasoline, simply because they can.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2013, 06:48:40 AM »
Another reason for not liking Steam.
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Re: dweez needs a UK favor
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2013, 12:27:04 PM »
I found that I can buy a £12 one fairly locally at a HMV store.

I might be able to grab it tomorrow if my household Gas check gets done early.
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