Store Mark-up?
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Man does my search fu suck.
Thanks for the info.
That's not a atypical price, from what I've seen.
I don't think PlayNC can control what markup stores put on the product.
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I've always seen PlayNC time cards at their standard price (in Best Buy, GameStop/EB Games, Circuit City, and Fry's Electronics). The issue here is that he found Game Cards, not Time Cards.
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Question first: Why are City of Heroes game time cards $20?
Disclaimer: I swear by everything holy (and unholy) that I searched hard looking for a previous post and wiki info looking for this first.
Story: I try to get on CoH last night after work, just like I do every evening, only to find out the auto-renew subscription didn't 'take' because funds are low in the bank account. I then remember that I have some Best Buy gift cards and that I can get the PlayNC time cards for 15 dollars apiece.
Thinking my problems are solved, I call the 3 closest stores and ask if they have them in stock. The ones who answered (2 out of 3) indicated that they were in the system, but couldn't be found on the shelves. I risk it and go to the most reliable store and check it out for myself.
Lo and behold, I get there and there is no slot for the PlayNC card, despite it being on their website. Instead, they now have a City of Heroes card that is $20, not $14.99.
The happy ending is I said, "[censored] that" and bought the Architect box for $19.99, which came with the free month and I now have the Magic super booster as well. Same money, more goodies. I suspect it has to do with the switch to Paragon Studios, but the price hike is annoying.
So, does anyone know why these time cards went up in price?
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Are you sure it was a Game Time Card (stil sold in the clam shell DVD case and valid for all NC Soft subs) or a Game Card (sold on a peg card, basically a card with a card sized bit of plastic attacked at the tip and hung on a peg with is specificly City of Heroes)?
Game Time Cards just have the time "on" them and run 15 bucks.
Game Cards are actually the full game (with a month of play time) and include a 1 month jetpack temp power and cost 20 bucks. They are basically a "box" without the disk and packaging.
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That's not a atypical price, from what I've seen.
I don't think PlayNC can control what markup stores put on the product.
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Actually the stores aren't supposed to markup time cards, they're also not supposed to tax the time cards unless you live in a state the company is based in(in this case, California and Washington for NC).
Gamestop actually refunded me 2 years worth of tax from time cards after I came in with my receipts and a friend who's a manager from another Gamestop store.
No, I'm not some pack rat or anything, I just always threw my receipts in the same spot in case I put in the number and it had already been used, which happens a lot when you buy games from places like Wal-Mart and Target.
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I've always seen PlayNC time cards at their standard price (in Best Buy, GameStop/EB Games, Circuit City, and Fry's Electronics). The issue here is that he found Game Cards, not Time Cards.
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Fleeting Whisper nailed it.
This is exactly the case. I found the time cards for $14.99 on the Best Buy website, but they were removed in the stores. The stores had the game cards and the $20 price is the price listed on the card itself (imprinted in plastic in the upper corner), so Best Buy is charging the correct price.
As for why the time cards aren't on their shelves, someone in their management may have been as confused as I am and think they are the same thing. Also could be that with the other methods of payment, they just didn't sell.
At any rate, thanks guys for helping clear this up.
*feels like a dolt for failing at his original searching*
Edited for clarification
Yeah, reading comprehension failure on my part.
In essence, the original question has no answer because the question is irrelevant and moot.
Unfortunately, the thread will now become a point-and-laugh at Steeple session because he pulled a noob move.....which I totally deserve 
Steeple is so n00b __fill in the blank___.
Let's have some fun with it, I'll start the ball rolling.... 
Steeple is so n00b, this thread doesn't warrant any further response
Hey, if I can't make fun of myself when I do it, I can't make fun of you fools when you do it, muhuhahahaaaa.
Don't feel too bad, I made the same mistake thanks to my local Best Buy gettign the cards before they were announced around here and puttign them out. I figured NC was about to boost sub prices. On the up side, I didn't feel to bad over my mistake because the Best Buy schmucks thought the same thing and had pulled all the Time Cards fromt he shelves.
Question first: Why are City of Heroes game time cards $20?
Disclaimer: I swear by everything holy (and unholy) that I searched hard looking for a previous post and wiki info looking for this first.
Story: I try to get on CoH last night after work, just like I do every evening, only to find out the auto-renew subscription didn't 'take' because funds are low in the bank account. I then remember that I have some Best Buy gift cards and that I can get the PlayNC time cards for 15 dollars apiece.
Thinking my problems are solved, I call the 3 closest stores and ask if they have them in stock. The ones who answered (2 out of 3) indicated that they were in the system, but couldn't be found on the shelves. I risk it and go to the most reliable store and check it out for myself.
Lo and behold, I get there and there is no slot for the PlayNC card, despite it being on their website. Instead, they now have a City of Heroes card that is $20, not $14.99.
The happy ending is I said, "[censored] that" and bought the Architect box for $19.99, which came with the free month and I now have the Magic super booster as well. Same money, more goodies. I suspect it has to do with the switch to Paragon Studios, but the price hike is annoying.
So, does anyone know why these time cards went up in price?