In Destiny 2, a US retailer is charging money for players who have canceled their pre-order.
It was a poorly kept secret: If you want a beta code, pre-order Destiny 2, redeem the beta key, and then cancel your pre-order. You have the beta code, you can play, and if you like it, you can still buy it later.
This is what many forums have reported, and surely some of our readers have done the same.
Customers of the retail chain “Best Buy” in the USA are complaining in forums that the store charges $20 for the beta code after they canceled their Destiny 2 pre-order.
This is not a mistake or an error. They mean it seriously.
20 $ please – We can’t return the code once it’s redeemed
In a forum post from Best Buy the retail chain defends this decision and states: You canceled your pre-order after the beta code was redeemed. The code can no longer be returned or deactivated. Therefore, our system automatically charges its value. We apologize if this disappoints you, but since we cannot return or deactivate the code, we are unable to assist you further.
The value of a Destiny 2 beta code is presumably $20 in the eyes of Best Buy – approximately €17.15.
When buyers said: “Well, if I have to pay $20 anyway, I might as well add the rest and take the game after all,” the response was: “Unfortunately, that is not possible. Once it’s canceled, the order is out of the system.”
We are not aware of any cases where something like this has happened in Germany, such as with Amazon. Phew, lucky you, you rascals.
To be fair, it must be said: There doesn’t have to be any deceptive intent behind pre-ordering and then canceling Destiny 2. Currently, it seems that some pre-orders for Destiny 2 are being put on hold. Fans of Destiny 1 are also skeptical after the beta. Bungie has already tried to ease the mood by announcing that the beta is an old version of Destiny 2. The version for the launch of Destiny 2 will be much better.
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