MeliBee

1) its only a bonus if i actually wanted those things, which i dont and

2) even IF i wanted those things, its the principle of the thing. i paid $45. then they lower the price to $40. and keep my $5. TWICE. how is this not dishonest? how is this NOT a screwjob? if they said "pre-order with beta access is $45. DD will be $40. the extra $5 is for beta access." then id be ok with it. i also probably wouldnt pre-order it, access to the beta isnt worth $5 to me. id even be ok with it if they stated on the preorder that the price may change and the difference is non-refundable. but they didnt. what they DID was charge me $5 more, and just pocketed it. TWICE.

if youre ok with that, fine, some people have different tolerance levels for this kind of thing. personally, id stop doing business with a company over a nickle. if you cant trust someone with a nickle, you cant trust them with a damn thing.

i give up at this point, im done talking about it, theres no point. i got f'ed out of $10 and theres nothing i can do about it. clearly stardock thinks this is ok, since its a pattern of behavior, a business practice for them at this point.  you cant shame someone into doing the right thing when theyre convinced theyve done nothing wrong, as stardock obviously does. and i was stupid enough to let them do it to me twice. you can bet your ass there wont be a third time.

I'm ordering the CE anyway, but that's good to hear!

If you ordered the download only of Sins, it would not have affected you. There were no direct price drops until quite a while after release, and retail pricing is independent of direct pricing.

If I remember accurately, the specifics of the preorder changes with Sins were that the price of the game itself went *up* shortly before release, so those who had ordered prior (even if not yet charged) kept the lower price they ordered at.

For those who had ordered boxes though, our initial shipping estimates based on production samples were off (the final box came out lighter than early information let us to expect) and anyone who had ordered at the higher shipping cost paid the new reduced cost instead (and refunded the difference if they'd already been charged).

IIRC shipping went up when we first got the details from the production samples, but it later went back down some when those early details proved to be on the high side.

Early download preorders were $40; the $45 price wasn't set until the last beta or thereabouts.

Sidetracking aside, as I said, contact sales with your concerns. I'll confirm Monday morning which price is correct.

youre mistaken. the digital download only version of sins on the day the game was released was $5 less than i paid. the boxed copy was $45 + s/h. we had the option to pay s/h and get the box if we wanted it. if we didnt (and i didnt) then you just kept the $5. thats how it went down.

see http://forums.impulsedriven.com/174099

The price change is correct; the site here will be updated shortly.

We are currently working out how to best compensate those who preordered at $45, and should have an announcement on the matter as soon as we have a plan finalized.

OK so i pre-ordered the game the 49.99 (digital+box edition) but nothing about a beta.... also when i try to register it on the impulse application... i cant do so because it asks for a serial number...any ideas?

i bought it  march 20th 2009 ... also will my pre-order be shown under registered games?...i mean i have no serial number to register with

You pre-ordered too late for the beta. The beta closed a few weeks ago.

Demigod is just over two weeks from release and it's time to look at those addresses again.  If you have not yet done so, please reread my original post and check your address to make sure your retail box gets shipped correctly.

I am still working on getting the boxes shipped out early, at this point I do not know if it will be possible as I had hoped, but we'll see what I can do.

so whats the word on this?

lol.  Is this a joke?