3070 Promo confusion

[JamesPliskin]

I've seen a few people mention this as well, so decided a separate thread was in order. Fyi, I've bought the Non-OC version of Palit 3070.

OverclockersUK account "My Orders" page:

Palit GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming Pro 8GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card
GX-05B-PL
FREE WITH GX-05B-PL: NVIDIA RTX Bundle Promotion - Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

OverclockersUK email subject:

NVIDIA 3070 Promo - Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War

OverclockersUK email body:

Thank you for your qualifying Nvidia purchase. Your unique redemption code is random54AlphaNumeric454Code
**PLEASE NOTE - There are two redemption codes here, separated with a comma (,) left code is Watchdogs and right code is GeForce NOW.**

Two things:
1. In the email subject and the order it says Call of Duty, but in the email body it says Watchdogs.
2. There is only one promo code in the email and no commas.

 

[bJN]

I think the COD addition was a mistake, and the nvidia funded bundle of geforce now and watchdogs only applies to 3080 and 3090 purchases. The 3070 comes with geforce now only.

 

[cjenks22]

Bought the same card and have no code on email or account.

 

[JamesPliskin]

I think the COD addition was a mistake, and the nvidia funded bundle of geforce now and watchdogs only applies to 3080 and 3090 purchases. The 3070 comes with geforce now only.

That sounds like a bit of false advertising - not sure a lot of folks will be happy. I wonder if they'll go for some form of compensation.

Bought the same card and have no code on email or account.

Have you received the "Your order has been shipped" email? I received the promo email about 10 minutes after. Might be they don't send them until after shipping the card.

 

[cjenks22]

Hey James , Yes about 30 mins ago i got the DPD email saying it will be delivered tomorrow but unfortunately no code as of yet.

 

[Gibbo]

COD is not valid for 3070.
GeForce NOW is valid but NVIDIA only gave us 500 codes and we have sold close to 3000 cards so that promo ended some hours ago.

 

[CarlosFandango]

Thanks for the info @Gibbo much appreciated

 

[tey]

COD is not valid for 3070.
GeForce NOW is valid but NVIDIA only gave us 500 codes and we have sold close to 3000 cards so that promo ended some hours ago.

thanks gibbo, just wanted to see what the score was and if there was any possibility of anything being included as there was claims of watchdogs too

 

[Card Convict]

So what is happening to the guys who ordered 3080s on the 17th September and the watchdogs codes are in the basket, do we still get those codes of watchdogs ?

 

[c13v3r13y]

so how do we know if we will ever get a code? i bought at 1400 and received nothing?

 

[JediFragger]

so how do we know if we will ever get a code? i bought at 1400 and received nothing?

The cards were on sale from 1300 GMT.

 

[c13v3r13y]

apologies i bought at 13:14 - its late and im tired

 

[BowtomePhil]

Hmm, I never got even a geforce now email.

But I ordered the card in good faith as it said COD included. That is why I chose overclockers.

 

[harney]

not good to hear this it may have been a mistake but its still classed as false advertising.

 

[BowtomePhil]

Here is what I ordered and why

https://www.flickr.com/gp/68864858@N08/37XY9N

 

[JamesPliskin]

It is frustrating that we aren't getting something that was clearly promised.

And, this in addition to the price being hiked up by £80. I've taken this screenshot in the beginning of September, before the release of the 3080/3090. Looks like the price was significantly increased after they've seen the massive demand.

 

[TNA]

The way I see it is watchdogs was advertised, my order qualified for it which has been confirmed by ocuk. The fact that Nvidia/Asus has taken months to fulfil the order is purely their fault and they need to provide a code for the game, even if the redemption date has passed as the fault fully lies on them.

Can't be making a customer who ordered on launch day both wait for months and on top not provide what was advertised.

 

[benjii]

The way I see it is watchdogs was advertised, my order qualified for it which has been confirmed by ocuk. The fact that Nvidia/Asus has taken months to fulfil the order is purely their fault and they need to provide a code for the game, even if the redemption date has passed as the fault fully lies on them.

Can't be making a customer who ordered on launch day both wait for months and on top not provide what was advertised.

Didn't all those people that were talking nonsense about suing OCUK regarding this launch basically get told that it's not a confirmed contract until they ship the card? Which technically means you're not entitled to anything.

I do completely agree with you though, I'm in the same boat.

 

[BowtomePhil]

The palit 3070 with COD as advertised was a good deal. Seeing the £449 above, i can understand why they added COD. Then to say it was a mistake and still charge the £80 extra has to be greed?

 

[robj20]

not good to hear this it may have been a mistake but its still classed as false advertising.

Won't matter, people love them and will accept it. I'd want a refund or the game that was promised.