Quote Originally Posted by doofy View Post
its the principle! why should some1 who buys a one off 60day time card get rewarded over someone who pays a recurring 3/6/12 month sub which costs far more?
To encourage people to buy said 60-say-cards? Thats what those deals are for: To encourage specific sales, not to reward the customer.

If you're already paying for a longterm subscription you dont need any further encouragment (at least not as far as a buisness is concerned - they already have your buisness). Someone who only pays for 30 days at a time to unsub afterwards for a certain amount of time (for example unsubbing til the next patch) might end up paying more to get this promotion. Or someone who doesnt usually use cards will now buy one instead of using their usual method (not sure what the benefit for SE is to promote the time cards, though - raising awareness that you dont need a credit card to pay for the game but can actually just pay for your game time at a supermarket with cash and even get a bonus for that?)
And, at the end of the day, as someone pointed out already: someone who already paid for several months of sub might end up paying again for additional time straight away (could, in theroy, look good on their quarters - in reality I'll admit that I doubt that a few extra time cards would matter)...

Bottomline though: Its not a "reward", its an incentive to promote sales. They're a buisness after all.