http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/ar...witcher-3-wild-hunt-nvidia-geforce-gtx-bundle
yourbeliefs mentioned that he got a free copy of Witcher 3 with the purchase of his GTX 960. Apparently, if you buy the GTX 970 or 980 you get both The Witcher 3 and Arkham Knight. This one stings a little because these are two highly anticipated games for me and when I bought my GTX 970 a couple months ago they weren't packing anything in with the card.
So I actually feel a bit bad about this but I think Amazon is big enough to survive my shenanigans. IGN had an article posted telling people about the deal I quoted above. While skimming the comments I saw several people saying that Amazon, Newegg, and other retailers were honoring this promotion for people who bought a qualifying GPU in the last 30 days or so before the promotion was available if you contacted customer support.
I bought mine about 3 months ago so I'm well past this window. I contacted Amazon support and asked them about the promotion. The CSR said that she could see that I bought a qualifying card 3 months ago and that she had received other calls about this. Without hesitation she said I'm going to add the exact GPU you purchased to your Amazon shopping cart. Check out so we can send you the promotional code and we will refund your previous order of this GPU. I made sure they weren't going to make me return my old card and she assured me that I wouldn't have to and that they weren't going to actually ship me a new GPU. They just had to process it as a new order to apply the promotion.
Here's the thing. I already pre-ordered Arkham Knight a couple months ago and like I said a few posts up I bought The Witcher 3 with a Steam gift card I received as a birthday present earlier today. I didn't need either of these codes but I figured I would find a use for them on the off chance that Amazon would honor a promotion that started 3 months after my purchase. Maybe I can sell them for $25 each or something like that and put it towards the season passes.
Here's the kicker. The price for this GPU is actually $17 cheaper today than it was when I bought it 3 months ago. The refund email said I would be credited the full amount I paid back in February and the purchase confirmation email had today's purchase price. So, not only did I get 2 free game codes, I also got paid $17 to do it. Like I said, I actually feel a little bad about this and I never thought they would do anything for me when I made the call to support.
Edit: in another strange turn of events I just got a shipping confirmation email with a working tracking number for UPS. I was told they weren't going to actually ship me anything and that they just had to run it as a new order to process the promotion. I immediately called customer service because this clearly wasn't supposed to happen.
The CSR pulled up my report but didn't understand what a GPU is and kept trying to get me to contact EVGA, the manufacturer of my GPU, to process a warranty claim for my missing parts (he was talking about the free games). I tried to explain it to him several times but he just didn't get it.
I also explained that the refund from my February purchase was already showing on my credit card activity report even though the original GPU is still in my possession and I am not sending it back. The CSR from earlier today promised me I would not have to do anything with my original card. He said he could see that in his notes and agreed that I would not have to send the original back.
I told him to cancel the shipment on the new card and he said that it was already taken by UPS and he cannot do that. I tried explaining to him several times that I could see the activity on my card already. The February purchase has been refunded and today's purchase, which is slightly less expensive, is already there too. I told him that basically Amazon has now sent me two $350 GPUs even though I only paid for one of them. According to him the original card has already been processed as a refund and basically no longer exists as far as they are concerned even though it's still in my possession.
Still trying to get this whole concept through his head I asked him what I'm supposed to do when this new GTX 970 arrives on Monday. He told me I could send it back for a refund if I'm not happy with it. I explained to him that if I did that they would now be giving me two full refunds when I only actually paid once. Basically I would lose the promos that I didn't actually care that much about but get the $350 GPU I have been using for the last 3 months for free.
This entire process has been insane. I'm giving up for the night. I'll try again tomorrow and hopefully get someone who actually understands what's going on. I already felt a little bad getting the $17 price difference in addition to the free codes (I don't feel bad about the game code promotion part). Taking a free 970 feels way to far over the line. Maybe the person I talked to before set it up so they aren't actually shipping anything but UPS seems to think they are possession of a 3.2 pound box. Guess we'll see Monday if I can't get it straightened out before then.
