New PlayNC Game Time Cards Are Great!
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Acanous_Quietus,
Posted on: 2008-02-28 15:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Too bad they're not POSA (point-of-sale activated) cards instead of yet one more thing wrapped in extraneous packaging. A DVD case, really?
--NT
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Hey, I'll happily take those cases off people's hands. For uhm, replacing broken DVD cases, yeah. Yup. That's why. 
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The original "Scratch n Pray" cards were a PITA. Having used several timecards in the past, I am glad to know of this improvement.
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I end up carefully dissecting the "scratch" cards. You can peel the entire silver-and-plastic cover off of the code with a little effort. It's kind of an indictment of how much the scratch ones suck that going at them with a knife is much more reliable at getting the code out intact than using them in the intended manner!
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Another suggestion for people wary of putting their credit card online but have trouble finding time cards is to use one of those Netspend Visas.
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Too bad they're not POSA (point-of-sale activated) cards instead of yet one more thing wrapped in extraneous packaging. A DVD case, really?
--NT
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Agreed. Think of the environment people!
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I am thinking of the environment, the more plastic and paper we use the more carbon we sequester and keep out of the atmosphere!
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I realize this is kind of off the subject, but I fund my account with a Visa gift card. I buy them at the local mall. I highly recommend it. I pay a couple of dollar fee for buying them, but if you load it enough for multiple months it works out great. They're also very secure.
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Ohh, I might have to look into that.
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Another suggestion for people wary of putting their credit card online but have trouble finding time cards is to use one of those Netspend Visas.
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Not a bad idea...tho I have never had a problem finding the time cards or using them (and I have been using them for nearly 18 months now and so has my boyfriend for nearly 21 months). I work in a retail store that carries the PlayNC card and since the card covers 7 games now we carry more copies. Just go to Fry's Electronics, they are $10 for the 15 day, $15 for the 30 day and $30 for the 60 day cards(that's USD) and covers both CoH and Cov. The nice thing for me is I get an employee discount so the 60 days is about $5 cheaper. They are locked up for security since we have had people steal time cards of other games (i.e. Wow and Star Wars Galaxy) in the past, so don't be surprised when you see them in a locked case of some kind.
I also recycle the product cases. I use them to replace broken DVD cases. Also since my Dad passed away 5 years ago, I have become the family photo archivist. I scan the family photos and make slide shows on DVD's for everyone, using these cases to put the DVD's into and make nice covers with info and photos (the cases look more proffesional too, not those cheap one I could buy). I am currently looking for the equipment to start working on the old slides my Dad had, this way my Mom can enjoy them without pulling out that old slide projector. And of course my 4 siblings with nieces and nephews will want copies.
Just my 2 cents.
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Wow. I was gonna comment how I was a fan of the new cards because, at the EB where I usually get mine, it was cheaper. The old CoH/CoV used to ring in at $35 whereas the new ones are $30 even. But after hearing how crappy it is in Australia, I just feel bad mentioning it.
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The only time I have ever used gamecards was when I could find the 60 day CoV cards at CompUSA for $20.
Of course, there are about 3-dozen reasons why CompUSA could not compete and are now gone, but that's another thread.
got a negative comment to make about the cards. In the days of the COV timecard, it was $30 (AUD), nowadays a 60 day PlayNC time card goes for $50, that's quite a disparity, and lucky for me that I changed to credit card when the COV cards dissappeared...
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