So about that Black Fat Chocobo promo on Amazon...

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Originally Posted by Magnedeus

So basically if you really want the mount you gotta waste money on a game you have no interest of playing. Kinda sounds like a cashgrab to me.

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Not only games, it works on a variety of products within the video game section. I noticed it even works on controllers.

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Originally Posted by ern815

How about this 60 day FFXIV time card? https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy...myd_asin_block

This is eligible for the black choco mount promotion.

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Are you really sure? It doesn't show up the promotion alert on that link.

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Originally Posted by disturbedcobra

Not only games, it works on a variety of products within the video game section. I noticed it even works on controllers.

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Yeah, but it doesn't work on everything game related.

I had a chat discussion with 3 amazon customer support about this (because they didn't know how to react to this; Despite the promotion say "Any video game purchase")

So now i wonder if it's amazon fault, or SE fault for not being specific enough.

In my case, I waited until SE sent me the email with the promotion. Using their link to amazon gave me the promotion added onto the time card. My friend's earlier link to me did not work, had to wait for my email. I just got my code and used it on the mogstation just now, 24 hours after buying the gamecard.

Of course, everyone's experience might be different.

I just spoke with Amazon earlier this morning via chat and they specifically stated it is an automated email. They do not send it themseves and do not have access as per what they said. I actually just got my code but a few minutes ago.

So essentially, unless you are going to buy another game of some kind there's no way to get this anymore as the time card for FFXIV has been sold out and listed as unavailable for over 24 hours now.
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy...language=en_US
I still think with all the grumbling that other people have done due to say other countries or such, that SE could have thought this out a little bit better.

Yeah and don't suggest that I buy a controller, I play FFXIV on a PC, so a controller is useless to me and it's not worth just tossing 19.99$ down on something I can't/won't ever use just for this mount either... Not when it should be a free promotion.

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Originally Posted by ArielCarinae

So essentially, unless you are going to buy another game of some kind there's no way to get this anymore as the time card for FFXIV has been sold out and listed as unavailable for over 24 hours now.
https://www.amazon.com/Final-Fantasy...language=en_US
I still think with all the grumbling that other people have done due to say other countries or such, that SE could have thought this out a little bit better.

Yeah and don't suggest that I buy a controller, I play FFXIV on a PC, so a controller is useless to me and it's not worth just tossing 19.99$ down on something I can't/won't ever use just for this mount either... Not when it should be a free promotion.

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The promotion also applies to the digital time cards which are available still.

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Originally Posted by Krokov

The promotion also applies to the digital time cards which are available still.

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That's what the link in ArielCarinae's post goes to and it's currently sold out. Just have to keep checking for restock before the deadline.

I think you guys up north should be happy you won the NBA Final's first time ever!

No Fat chobo for you!!

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Originally Posted by FuriousOni

In my case, I waited until SE sent me the email with the promotion. Using their link to amazon gave me the promotion added onto the time card. My friend's earlier link to me did not work, had to wait for my email. I just got my code and used it on the mogstation just now, 24 hours after buying the gamecard.

Of course, everyone's experience might be different.

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digital time code? if so, where did you bought it? i would like that fat chocobo X.X

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Originally Posted by Eric_Riot

I think you guys up north should be happy you won the NBA Final's first time ever!

No Fat chobo for you!!

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Sharing is caring. When the south always win ... it would occur at one point to the north, and the tiem is NOW! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! LET'S GO RAPTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can confirm it works with controllers, I bought a DualShock 4 and got the email containing the promotion code about 24 hours later.


Although the promotion says it excludes hardware it still worked, good for me because even though I play on PC I am unable to use mouse and keyboard in video games, that's what controllers are for!... :cool:

I looked again last night and many things are "unavailable"
The things that are available well we must pay the shipping, so like $40 (or higher) for a $20 mount.. I think i will just pass

@ Eric_Riot, while i am happy for Raptors i think basketball is one of the most boring sports ever, lol

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Originally Posted by Maero

I looked again last night and many things are "unavailable"
The things that are available well we must pay the shipping, so like $40 (or higher) for a $20 mount.. I think i will just pass

@ Eric_Riot, while i am happy for Raptors i think basketball is one of the most boring sports ever, lol

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Lot of things have sold out and hopefully will be refreshed prior to the end of the promotion. I wanted to buy a time card but they were sold out by Amazon and only 3rd party sellers appeared to be selling them for 40 dollars instead of 30. I put in a request to be notified when restocked and got a time card for 30 dollars yesterday afternoon. I'll either apply it towards my account or give it to a friend who might need the money and the sub.

Oh that was actually my ideal plan is to get a timecard and pass it on to a friend who could not afford to resub as stuff is expensive in his country

The 60 day time card at least the digital version which is eligible to receive the fat black chocobo code is available right now.

I picked up a $40 PS4 controller. Which is good because my old one doesnt hold charges for long.

It isn’t free DLC or a giveaway if you have to pay $19.99.

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Originally Posted by Vespar

I picked up a $40 PS4 controller. Which is good because my old one doesnt hold charges for long.

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That is a feature of the DS4.

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Originally Posted by Avenger

It isn’t free DLC or a giveaway if you have to pay $19.99.

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Free in the sense that you're not paying extra for it, i.e. its a free bonus to your purchase.

Had a long chat (live chat) with amazon support, and got sent an email from the marketing team that my headset I purchased was valid for the chocobo. I haven't received any code yet, but since that email said it was valid, I should receive it soon enough! I hope! :cool:

I've *tried* to use this promo to buy something I want, but it's honestly so damn irritating trying to find out what qualifies, and what doesn't. For example, some 3DS games qualify, some don't. FFXIV Stormblood doesn't qualify. FFXIV time cards qualify, but both physical & digital are out of stock.

Some $15 games qualify, but don't when you finally get to the purchase screen.

At this point I've extended my hand & offered Amazon money, but they keep telling me to go through a maze first. It's not worth it.

Having checked the digital time card is indeed out of stock which since its digital makes no sense that it would be out of stock. O.oa

EDIT: Now it's saying it's available Amazon is odd.

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Originally Posted by Krokov

Having checked the digital time card is indeed out of stock which since its digital makes no sense that it would be out of stock. O.oa

EDIT: Now it's saying it's available Amazon is odd.

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Still says Unavailable for me. No clue what's going on

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Originally Posted by Tihealy

Ok, the problem and deal is not the delivery ... nor the game ... but it's the price. (not everyone have a lot of money)

Imagine the SAME PROMOTION same item but on .ca

it would cost you cheaper obviously (no import fee)... less on delivery.. Obviously, if the ONLY GAME TIME CARD that i can purchase for this promotion is a physical game time card ... well now you understand why i'm getign a bit salty for the price.

However, if it was a digital game time card ... hell the price would be ... 40-45$ instead of 55$ (that is after we transform the USD into CAD)

never stated i had problem with purchasing a game (other than the price itself)

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While I hear your complaint, this is true to many companies. It’s expensive as hefl to get stuff here.
It’s something we all gotta put up with, this isn’t exactly the fault of SE.

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Originally Posted by Hash_Browns

Still says Unavailable for me. No clue what's going on

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Accessing from a non-US location? That can cause some of the items to be unavailable.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

While I hear your complaint, this is true to many companies. It’s expensive as hefl to get stuff here.
It’s something we all gotta put up with, this isn’t exactly the fault of SE.

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Actually. I would argue they deserve a good chunk of it. Take the SE store, for instance. It's borderline extortion how absurd their shipping prices are. I can have a friend said the same items for significantly less. In fact, you can have stuff shipped from Japan for less than the US. SE is among the worst companies I've seen when it comes to shipping to Canada. No idea why.

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Originally Posted by Hash_Browns

I've *tried* to use this promo to buy something I want, but it's honestly so damn irritating trying to find out what qualifies, and what doesn't. For example, some 3DS games qualify, some don't. FFXIV Stormblood doesn't qualify. FFXIV time cards qualify, but both physical & digital are out of stock.

Some $15 games qualify, but don't when you finally get to the purchase screen.

At this point I've extended my hand & offered Amazon money, but they keep telling me to go through a maze first. It's not worth it.

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I found that, if you're unsure if the game offers the promo, that when you put it in your cart and go to the check out screen, under the product info it'll say something like "DLC promo Fat Black Chocobo". Kind of a tedious process, but that's how I did it. Sometimes the games even have it listed on the search page just under the listing info.

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Originally Posted by ForteNightshade

Actually. I would argue they deserve a good chunk of it. Take the SE store, for instance. It's borderline extortion how absurd their shipping prices are. I can have a friend said the same items for significantly less. In fact, you can have stuff shipped from Japan for less than the US. SE is among the worst companies I've seen when it comes to shipping to Canada. No idea why.

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While i do agree, i will state we get $%^ewed over in general. Items that are made here and we pay full price and in US dollars for example.
Not sure Province to Province but here in Manitoba games (just your standard) edition is 79.99+ Tax. PSN is same price - tax which i still utter bs.
I believe the lore books reason i had not purchased is shipping was obsurd amount

did you get your code?

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Originally Posted by A-Elkhouri

did you get your code?

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Who are you asking? Codes are sent out via email automatically up to 48 hours after making a qualifying purchase. There's no email notification regarding the promotion until they send the actual code to you.

That's strange that some items are marked as qualifying for the DLC when they don't actually qualify. Amazon needs to fix that. I had a hard time finding a game I wanted because I didn't want something that I could get on PC.

I purchased Shadow of the Colossus for $18.60, on the item page, it shows that it's elgible for the DLC, but the price is under $19.99, and I didn't receive a code.

I purchased another game, Persona 5 for $19.99 which met the minimum price requirement and a few hours later, I got an email with a DLC code. The email specified it was for Persona 5, so I know I didn't get a code for the other game.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

Accessing from a non-US location? That can cause some of the items to be unavailable.

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I am in Canada, but that doesn't make sense really. I can buy the physical cards now, but not the digital still.

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Originally Posted by Hash_Browns

I am in Canada, but that doesn't make sense really. I can buy the physical cards now, but not the digital still.

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Amazon.com's finicky like that. People have used vpns to make it look like they're using a US ip to get some of the items to show up as in stock. I'm not sure if you need a seemingly US based account as well though.

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Originally Posted by Sagittarii

That's strange that some items are marked as qualifying for the DLC when they don't actually qualify. Amazon needs to fix that. I had a hard time finding a game I wanted because I didn't want something that I could get on PC.

I purchased Shadow of the Colossus for $18.60, on the item page, it shows that it's elgible for the DLC, but the price is under $19.99, and I didn't receive a code.

I purchased another game, Persona 5 for $19.99 which met the minimum price requirement and a few hours later, I got an email with a DLC code. The email specified it was for Persona 5, so I know I didn't get a code for the other game.

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The price after discount and before tax and such is tacked on must be $19.99 or higher for their system to recognize that it qualifies and email you the code. You should see something on the checkout page that mentions you've qualified for the chocobo:

https://i.imgur.com/srf4ImU.png


It would be good if they could tweak their system to not show the promotion on discounted items that dip below the required trigger amount.

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Originally Posted by Tihealy

Well, if the promo apply for WoW game time card(because it should if we look at the promo), then i'm set for this mount. But by the god damn twelve, it is such a nasty promotion for us, canadians.

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Oh, but don't you know? No Canadians play FFXIV! Perish the thought!

I say this as a Canadian who plays FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Sagittarii

That's strange that some items are marked as qualifying for the DLC when they don't actually qualify. Amazon needs to fix that. I had a hard time finding a game I wanted because I didn't want something that I could get on PC.

I purchased Shadow of the Colossus for $18.60, on the item page, it shows that it's elgible for the DLC, but the price is under $19.99, and I didn't receive a code.

I purchased another game, Persona 5 for $19.99 which met the minimum price requirement and a few hours later, I got an email with a DLC code. The email specified it was for Persona 5, so I know I didn't get a code for the other game.

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I have a theory on that , that maybe if your total of those items is over 19.99 then you qualify for the mount.. but I bought mine too fast and I can't test that theory now.

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

I have a theory on that , that maybe if your total of those items is over 19.99 then you qualify for the mount.. but I bought mine too fast and I can't test that theory now.

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Doesn't work, has to be a single qualifying item $19.99 or higher, after discount and before taxes, etc..

Edit: Ariane proved me wrong below, but you have to check the cart to see what mix of items actually qualify and it seems to be extremely particular about which items can be combined to trigger the promotion.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

Doesn't work, has to be a single qualifying item $19.99 or higher, after discount and before taxes, etc..

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Confirmed personally? Just curious. I have several people I know who are "eh" on getting it or not but before going through the rigamarole of finding things for them to buy I'd love it if someone has already tried.

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Originally Posted by Krotoan

Confirmed personally? Just curious. I have several people I know who are "eh" on getting it or not but before going through the rigamarole of finding things for them to buy I'd love it if someone has already tried.

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I'm just going by the cart. Even though I've already done the promotion, I can still see what would qualify by going to the checkout. The image I posted a few posts earlier was taken after I had already received a promotional code.

I put both the Shadow of the Colossus and one of the Sims 4 items, both of which have the promotion on their product pages, but neither of which is over $19.99 on their own in the cart and went to checkout. No mention of the promotion anywhere, so it didn't trigger it.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

I'm just going by the cart. Even though I've already done the promotion, I can still see what would qualify by going to the checkout. The image I posted a few posts earlier was taken after I had already received a promotional code.

I put both the Shadow of the Colossus and one of the Sims 4 items, both of which have the promotion on their product pages, but neither of which is over $19.99 on their own in the cart and went to checkout. No mention of the promotion anywhere, so it didn't trigger it.

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If I put two copies of Celeste ($$13.39) in the cart, at check out it says it qualifies for the mount. When Cuphead was still on sale (below 19.99), Celeste + Cuphead said it qualified too. Some reason the Nintendo Switch games seem to work, but not others