ShopTo Campaign is failure!

[Corbec]

This is absolutely infuriating. I will pretty much buy any one of there items to get the mount and I cant finish completing the account creation because they wont take my credit card since I am the USA I am guessing. Regional account another great fucking idea buy SE, good fucking job.

[Bixillarla]

This is absolutely infuriating. I will pretty much buy any one of there items to get the mount and I cant finish completing the account creation because they wont take my credit card since I am the USA I am guessing. Regional account another great fucking idea buy SE, good fucking job.

This is the EU campaign. You wouldn't be able to use the codes if you have a NA account. Has to be a EU account to use them. The NA campaign for the items was last year.

[Rakiria]

This is the EU campaign. You wouldn't be able to use the codes if you have a NA account. Has to be a EU account to use them. The NA campaign for the items was last year.

There is peopel with EU accounts playing from the US. Though I'm wondering, does this website work for Australia and New Zealand then?

[Aronys]

Been waiting for 8 hours on the code now... A friend got it fairly soon, we both ordered the same item and both payments went through. He's riding on his cloud, I still don't have anything from this.
He lives in UK, I live in Croatia. I guess UK gets priority?

[wizisi2k]

I hate to agree with EU players but it seems like this was a failure all around. in NA, it was select items from Amazon. Why could that NOT apply globally? Square would have to deal with 1 company, subscribers could buy what they want, and it's a reputable site. Corbec: these are EUR codes so unless you have a EUR account, you cannot use these codes.

[Slirith]

I hate to agree with EU players but it seems like this was a failure all around. in NA, it was select items from Amazon. Why could that NOT apply globally? Square would have to deal with 1 company, subscribers could buy what they want, and it's a reputable site. Corbec: these are EUR codes so unless you have a EUR account, you cannot use these codes.

It most likely has to do with EU laws regarding things like this.

[Aronys]

It most likely has to do with EU laws regarding things like this.

Last year's maid and butler outfits promo in France was twofold. First it was the bar thing, but then for a week it was Amazon. And people from all over Europe could order from there, the only problem was they had to have some help with translation of the site. But it was doable. So, that proves it's possible, and that the laws aren't against it. But SE just refuses to do that it seems, for some reason.

[Slirith]

Last year's maid and butler outfits promo in France was twofold. First it was the bar thing, but then for a week it was Amazon. And people from all over Europe could order from there, the only problem was they had to have some help with translation of the site. But it was doable. So, that proves it's possible, and that the laws aren't against it. But SE just refuses to do that it seems, for some reason.

Maybe something changed with Amazon between then and now. Who knows? Could be some issue with the company that runs FFXIV in China as well as it's their gear that is being promoted. Course as you said it could be SE just being dumb.

[AstralKaos]

It most likely has to do with EU laws regarding things like this.

Nope. Amazon and a promo both exist, are allowed, and do happen in the EU, the two are even allowed to be combined.

Course as you said it could be SE just being dumb.

This is all it is, and likely will ever be. From the very first attempt at this promo thing, back when it was the maid gear (I think?), all that's been displayed is a gross level of incompetence in regard to handling the very same thing they do smoothly in other regions; sometimes even forgetting whole parts of Europe that were in one promo before but not the next; other times using absurd distribution - a magazine!

Not that they care. There's a 1000+ page thread providing details of everything that's wrong with their EU promo handling... yet here we are again.

Just use Amazon, SE, you really don't have to make this hard on yourself... or us.

[Kurando]

I'm really not quite sure why yet didn't just continue the partnership with Amazon. I mean I have nothing against ShopTo but so far it's practically impossible to take advantage of the event as everything is either out of stock or will be in stock soon. Alright yes any retailer can have stock issues, but when you know you have an event coming up you'd kinda prepare for it a bit more professionally you know. They could also have partnered with GAME which had a European presence (not just in UK) but Amazon would of made much more sense.

For now I'll just have to keep checking the stock every couple of days to see if anything becomes available....