Hi everyone,
I own a copy of Mass Effect 2: Collector's Edition for the Xbox 360. Got all the free DLC that came with it, love the game. A friend of mine missed the CE and does not own the game but as a fan of Mass Effect, was really hoping to get it. I bought an open-box copy (but supposedly unplayed) of the Collector's Edition for him on eBay to give as an upcoming birthday present but I want to make sure that the Cerberus code (and by extension, the bonus CE code) is valid and unused.
Is there any way to determine if a code is unused and working still? I already have the Cerberus stuff associated with my Bioware account so I'm not sure how to proceed. If anyone could help me out or point me towards an answer, I'd appreciate it.
Is there a way to check whether a Cerberus code is valid without redeeming it?
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TaiChE1
, avril 29 2010 07:32
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Posté 29 avril 2010 - 04:25
trickfred
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If your friend doesn't have an EA account yet, then you could set one up for him and add the code to it, both saving him a few minutes of work, and verifying that the code's good.
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Posté 29 avril 2010 - 05:50
TaiChE1
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Well, he doesn't have an EA account. But I don't want to create an account and have to pick personalized stuff like login/screen name without knowing what he wants (still want to keep this a surprise). The main issue is that I have to decide whether what I received from the eBay seller is good or not (everything is working) so that I don't need to ask for a refund or return.
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Posté 06 mai 2010 - 10:19
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Hrm, I'm not aware that there is a method to tackling your concern. If they declare that it's unused, and in the likely event that you use it and it's not, then I guess you can always consult the dispute claim on eBay.
Better to do it now then to wait and have the dispute date expire. Take the chance and find out now. I hope the seller is being totally honest though.
Sorry this is of no real help.
On another note though, I happened upon a very kind and generous eBayer who was selling the Digital Deluxe Collector Armor codes. I merely asked if the code would work on the Xbox 360, since he only listed it for the PC, and to my surprise he asked if I was willing to test it for free. Thereby having me test it and reap the reward, which I have, I agreed with great appreciation.
I was given two sets of codes, both of which were unidentifiable as to which was what code. One of them was the Collector Armor Incisor Rifle code and the other the Cerberus Network code, which I already had but didn't know of the code since it was unidentified.
Never met an eBay seller that nice.
Better to do it now then to wait and have the dispute date expire. Take the chance and find out now. I hope the seller is being totally honest though.
Sorry this is of no real help.
On another note though, I happened upon a very kind and generous eBayer who was selling the Digital Deluxe Collector Armor codes. I merely asked if the code would work on the Xbox 360, since he only listed it for the PC, and to my surprise he asked if I was willing to test it for free. Thereby having me test it and reap the reward, which I have, I agreed with great appreciation.
I was given two sets of codes, both of which were unidentifiable as to which was what code. One of them was the Collector Armor Incisor Rifle code and the other the Cerberus Network code, which I already had but didn't know of the code since it was unidentified.
Never met an eBay seller that nice.
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Posté 06 mai 2010 - 10:56
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Thanks for your response. I guess I'll just have to hope that I picked a trustworthy seller. I just don't want to go through the hassle of filing a dispute and returning an item that I got for a birthday that's in about two weeks.
Also, one of my friends wanted to share his experience. Don't try to test a code's validity using an account that already has the same item code redeemed. A roommate bought Mass Effect 2 used from GameStop and they wanted to find out if the enclosed Cerberus code worked. They logged into my friend's Bioware account (the roommate didn't have one yet) and typed the code in. It turned out to be valid... BUT since he used his Bioware account and ALREADY had the Cerberus DLC, they basically burned a working Cerberus code for nothing. I guess in hindsight it was probably dumb and obvious, but I wish companies would have something in place to prevent this.
Also, one of my friends wanted to share his experience. Don't try to test a code's validity using an account that already has the same item code redeemed. A roommate bought Mass Effect 2 used from GameStop and they wanted to find out if the enclosed Cerberus code worked. They logged into my friend's Bioware account (the roommate didn't have one yet) and typed the code in. It turned out to be valid... BUT since he used his Bioware account and ALREADY had the Cerberus DLC, they basically burned a working Cerberus code for nothing. I guess in hindsight it was probably dumb and obvious, but I wish companies would have something in place to prevent this.
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Posté 07 mai 2010 - 01:27
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I hear you, and I wholeheartedly agree. Perhaps a validity code next to the real code would be nice, for piece of mind or as in this case, for folks like you.
