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forum threadDang_lang23 posted Nov 15, 2020 01:01 PM
forum threadDang_lang23 posted Nov 15, 2020 01:01 PM

Huge YMMV Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War $10 Gift for Owners of Standard?

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Edit: I paid MSRP basically for my copy, the GIFT second copy was $10. I think people are skimming the post and misunderstanding.

I think I stumbled upon a pricing glitch unless gifting has been boosted to get friends working together. Here's what I did if anyone wants to test if it's repeatable.

1. Bought and activated the standard game through eneba.com for $54 from the other post here.

2. On my Xbox Series X, I tried to launch it and it needed the upgrade for $10 to Series X / S Cross Gen bundle, and I upgraded and played for a little bit.

3. I realized I really wanted to have a friend play it with me and I checked gifting options on Xbox.com. This is where it got interesting - Cross Gen bundle came up as 9.99 on gifting presumably because I own the standard game separately. I bought a copy for my friend and text him the key and it worked for the Cross Gen Bundle.

I don't know if I got super lucky on a one off glitch or if somehow that's how the pricing is setup. I did this last night and sent the code to my friend, I just saw this morning that his key worked and decided to post.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...s-cold-war
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Edit: I paid MSRP basically for my copy, the GIFT second copy was $10. I think people are skimming the post and misunderstanding.

I think I stumbled upon a pricing glitch unless gifting has been boosted to get friends working together. Here's what I did if anyone wants to test if it's repeatable.

1. Bought and activated the standard game through eneba.com for $54 from the other post here.

2. On my Xbox Series X, I tried to launch it and it needed the upgrade for $10 to Series X / S Cross Gen bundle, and I upgraded and played for a little bit.

3. I realized I really wanted to have a friend play it with me and I checked gifting options on Xbox.com. This is where it got interesting - Cross Gen bundle came up as 9.99 on gifting presumably because I own the standard game separately. I bought a copy for my friend and text him the key and it worked for the Cross Gen Bundle.

I don't know if I got super lucky on a one off glitch or if somehow that's how the pricing is setup. I did this last night and sent the code to my friend, I just saw this morning that his key worked and decided to post.

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/...s-cold-war

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Nov 15, 2020 01:04 PM
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vahnNov 15, 2020 01:04 PM
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yikes
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Nov 15, 2020 01:09 PM
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Dang_lang23
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I checked my account again and it's still showing $9.99. I read on one of the gifting pages that you can gift 2 copies so I guess that makes sense.
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Nov 15, 2020 01:16 PM
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Dang_lang23
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Nov 15, 2020 01:16 PM
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I'm not interested in doing any exchanges myself.

I just checked the ultimate edition and it isn't $29.99 to gift. This whole thing is strange.
Nov 15, 2020 01:16 PM
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realwordsNov 15, 2020 01:16 PM
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Did your friend already have standard edition?
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Nov 15, 2020 01:17 PM
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Dang_lang23
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Quote from realwords :
Did your friend already have standard edition?
For my copy, yes, but the gift I sent my friend was $10.
Nov 15, 2020 01:19 PM
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guitarguy316Nov 15, 2020 01:19 PM
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You probably gifted the $10 upgrade, no the whole game.
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Nov 15, 2020 01:21 PM
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Dang_lang23
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Quote from guitarguy316 :
You probably gifted the $10 upgrade, no the whole game.
Nope, my friend didn't own standard and the code worked for him.

It worked for me, to buy a second copy for my friend. That was verified before I posted, what isn't verified is if it's repeatable or a one off thing that happened to me.

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Nov 15, 2020 01:31 PM
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Nick2618Nov 15, 2020 01:31 PM
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This works, just got 3 whole games for 90 dollars.
Nov 15, 2020 01:55 PM
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Playstation4Nov 15, 2020 01:55 PM
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Would love to play with friends please let me know if you have a copy.
Nov 15, 2020 02:13 PM
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TheeKrazyLegzNov 15, 2020 02:13 PM
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Quote from Nick2618 :
This works, just got 3 whole games for 90 dollars.
Did you purchase cross gen version directly and bypassed standard? Then once purchased, bought the additional 2 games?
Nov 15, 2020 02:14 PM
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Nick2618Nov 15, 2020 02:14 PM
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Quote from TheeKrazyLegz :
Did you purchase cross gen version directly and bypassed standard? Then once purchased, bought the additional 2 games?
I bought regular version for 60, then saw 10 dollar upgrade in cross Gen. Then click the gift option and it will still show as 10.
Nov 15, 2020 02:16 PM
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TheeKrazyLegzNov 15, 2020 02:16 PM
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Quote from Nick2618 :
I bought regular version for 60, then saw 10 dollar upgrade in cross Gen. Then click the gift option and it will still show as 10.
ok great. you did this all on the console without activating key or first activated key then made the 2 additional purchases? Or did you do on website?

Nov 15, 2020 02:18 PM
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Nick2618Nov 15, 2020 02:18 PM
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Quote from TheeKrazyLegz :
ok great. you did this all on the console without activating key or first activated key then made the 2 additional purchases? Or did you do on website?
Did it all on my phone and texted code links to my friends so they could redeem them.
Nov 15, 2020 02:23 PM
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TheeKrazyLegzNov 15, 2020 02:23 PM
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Quote :
Quote from Nick2618 :
Did it all on my phone and texted code links to my friends so they could redeem them.
Nick2618Did it all on my phone and texted code links to my friends so they could redeem them.
sorry, for the details... you used web browser on phone and puchased from xbox.com or xbox app?
Quote from Nick2618 :
Did it all on my phone and texted code links to my friends so they could redeem them.
Ok, from web browser on xbox.com i presume?

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Nov 15, 2020 02:29 PM
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InfinityGamerNov 15, 2020 02:29 PM
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Quote from Nick2618 :
This works, just got 3 whole games for 90 dollars.
Would appreciate if you can break down how you got 3 whole games for $90, thanks.

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