About the EU campaign for maid outfit and fat chocobo

[SpiritMuse]

So. Any more news on this? New promo? Mogstation?

We still would like access to these items in the rest of Europe, SE. As promised.

[MorfineCeres18]

I wanna know if we're gonna have it here in Spain too. I didn't buy it when it came to UK cuz they said it was gonna come to other countries as well, so I'm waiting, but we didn't had anymore news about this.
At least put it in the Mogstation please

[Wilan]

I didn't buy it when it came to UK cuz they said it was gonna come to other countries as well

You know, this is what angers me the most. I could have easily gotten them from another country, but we were repeatedly promised we would have dedicated promotions in our countries too, and what the hell if Square-Enix decided to try bringing a promotion all the way to more marginalized markets like Italy and Spain I'm sure going to take part in it and show them that there is a market here who cares.

And I feel like such an idiot now, I should have gone the selfish way and taken the offer in UK. I took the bait on that promise and then left on my own without as much as an apology.

[ErryK]

[...]then left on my own without as much as an apology.

Lol? But they did apologize? Because they couldn't find a willing outlet that would take them on? Not all the blame falls on SE in this case.

[Theodric]

Lol? But they did apologize? Because they couldn't find a willing outlet that would take them on? Not all the blame falls on SE in this case.

It was, at best, a rather flimsy apology. If they were truly apologetic then surely they'd be working to keep people informed and answering the reasonable questions that have been posted throughout the thread. It feels very much like they said 'sorry' to have it on record and then they washed their hands of the incident. They haven't told us why things did not work out. They haven't pointed us to what laws may be making it problematic to operate in Europe. They haven't made an effort to let us know whether or not they intend to find some other way to make the items in question available.

Now, certainly, the blame may not be entirely on Square Enix's shoulders but given how prominent the 'Final Fantasy' brand is I have a hard time believing that they'd struggle to find business partners in Europe to operate through. Especially when they teamed up with Amazon in North America.

[RosaLunaCelestia]

They maybe should work with all Amazon from each country of Europe like 2 nd ways to get it

[Culfinrandir]

They maybe should work with all Amazon from each country of Europe like 2 nd ways to get it

Amazon US was screwed over badly by the NA players who ordered stuff, got the free code, & then cancelled (or sent stuff back). Things like that really mess up the stock ordering systems & will definitely have cost Amazon money. No wonder they didn't want to be involved in Europe.

[Serilda]

Even so, an 'EU'-only offer through the S-E store would have solved everything. The tools to solve this are available if they choose to make use of them.

(I was able to use the mismanaged UK offer but I have nothing but sympathy for those who waited for the promised local offers to materialise, only to end up with nothing. I felt trolled enough waiting so long for the crummy UK deal to be available to me; those who waited even longer and got nothing at all must feel terrible.)

[Nezerius]

No wonder they didn't want to be involved in Europe.

But amazon.fr had the promotion, and it wasn't limited to just France. The difference being that the promotion codes would be sent out with the shipping confirmation email.

[Felis]

Amazon US was screwed over badly by the NA players who ordered stuff, got the free code, & then cancelled (or sent stuff back). Things like that really mess up the stock ordering systems & will definitely have cost Amazon money. No wonder they didn't want to be involved in Europe.

There was a campaign with Amazon France.
Code was send after the ordered item was also send, so it would be too late for cancelling.

It would have been better if SE put the news about Amazon.fr in every european language pages on Lodestone instead of only on the french page. Because everyone in europe was able to use it, if he had a credit card (why use Amazon.fr no PayPal?)