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Should A $24.95 Mc Package Be Offered?


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Poll: a $24.95 MC package for gift cards and others (42 member(s) have cast votes)

Should a $24.95 MC package be offered?

  1. Yes (36 votes [85.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 85.71%

  2. No (6 votes [14.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

Does a rate of 5350 MC seem fair to you?

  1. Yes (21 votes [50.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 50.00%

  2. No (2 votes [4.76%])

    Percentage of vote: 4.76%

  3. Should be more MC for that price. (19 votes [45.24%])

    Percentage of vote: 45.24%

  4. Should be less MC for that price. (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

Should a player be able to use more than one gift card to purchase MC?

  1. Yes (35 votes [83.33%])

    Percentage of vote: 83.33%

  2. No (7 votes [16.67%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.67%

This both option above be offered?

  1. Yes (34 votes [80.95%])

    Percentage of vote: 80.95%

  2. No (8 votes [19.05%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.05%

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#1 Ayrmoon

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 10:06 AM

Poll ends 31 August

If you feel this proposal is important, please let all of your friends, community members know about this poll and submit their vote.

Constructive comment to the point of this poll are welcome.

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Poll Questions 1 and 2: Offer a $24.95 package and the MC rate for that package.

With the Ultimate Game Card (UGC) no longer available as an option to buy MC and Gift Cards (Visa, Master Card, etc..) the only option comparable to the UGC, should this website have an offering of MC at the $24.95 rate?

Gift Cards come in three flavors (at least this is true in the United States) $25, $50, and $100. Currently there are two options available that can be used to the fullest extent possible. A $100 gift card can buy 25000 MC for $99.95 and the $50 gift card can buy 12000 MC for $49.95.

The $25 gift card does not have a convenient option. Instead, it can only buy the 3000 MC and 1250 MC packages for $14.95 and $6.95 respectively. This comes to a total of $21.90 and leaves $3.10 on the gift card. This would not be a problem if gift cards could work the same way the UGC did. If you had three $10 UGC’s, you could buy the $29.95 package using all three of those cards. With gift cards, you can only use one gift card at a time. So the $3.10 that is left on the $25 gift card cannot be used here to buy any more MC.

I would like to propose a package of 5350 MC for $24.95 (or 214.4289 MC per dollar). This amount of MC and MC per dollar is proportional to the $24.95 with respect to the MC package higher and lower to the proposed $24.95 package. For example:

6500 MC for $29.95 equals 217.0284 MC per dollar
5350 MC for $24.95 equals 214.4289 MC per dollar
3000 MC for $14.95 equals 200.6689 MC per dollar

Something to think about – If you have been using the $15.00 UGC card to buy monthly premium time, you can no longer do that. Your option would be to use a gift card. So if you don't like or can’t afford a $50 or $100 gift card, you’ll be using the $25 gift card and having money left over on that card that you can’t use for MWO!

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Poll Question 3: Offer the ability to use more than one gift card at a time.

If this website cannot or will not offer a $25.00 gift card option, should they allow users to purchase a MC package with more than one gift card?

This follows the same buying practice as the UGC where you could use multiple UGC’s to buy MC. In my example above, you are left with $3.10 on a gift card. The next time you make a purchase (if this option were available) you could use that $3.10 to 3000 MC plus your next gift card to finish the purchase. Example:

Gift card 1 has $3.10 left
You want to buy 3000 MC at $14.95.
You use gift card 1 and have a balance of $11.85.
You use gift card 2 (say another $25 card) to finish the purchase.
This leaves $13.15 on gift card 2 that can be applied toward your next purchase of MC.

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Poll Question 4: Both?
Or should this this website do all of the above? Offer a $24.95 MC package and allow multiple gift cards on a single purchase?

Edited by Ayrmoon, 23 August 2014 - 05:47 AM.


#2 BourbonFaucet

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 11:09 AM

These are great and all, but what I want is for there to be an official MWO gift card, or at the bare minimum they sign up for another multi-game gift card brand if such a thing exists.

#3 Ayrmoon

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Posted 02 August 2014 - 12:07 PM

Sure having a dedicated game card would be nice. But Visa and MasterCard (and others) are always available. So my take is that it would be nice to have an MC package that could be used at the $25 gift card rate. Look at it this way, sometimes you get gift cards as a birthday or Christmas present. Do you want to leave money on that $25 gift card? If the answer is no, then you will use the card some place else instead of buying MC with it.

Just my two cents

PS: Did you vote? :P

Edited by Ayrmoon, 02 August 2014 - 12:08 PM.


#4 Wieland

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Posted 03 August 2014 - 06:30 AM

Ever thought about paysafecard?

#5 Ayrmoon

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Posted 03 August 2014 - 09:25 AM

Weiland – Thank you for your suggestion. Is that like a bank pre-paid card? I didn’t see it referred to in MWO’s webpage to purchase MC.

#6 Bront

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Posted 03 August 2014 - 10:16 AM

There are plenty of customizable bank cards out there, so the difference between getting a $25 and $30 card isn't that big of a deal. I think you can also use Pay Pal, which has several ways to be accessed and used.

As far as value goes, I think MC is too expensive already (well, for everything but mech bays).

#7 990Dreams

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Posted 03 August 2014 - 11:01 AM

Can there be an "Abstain" for the last two questions, because I don't use gift cards or plan to use them.

#8 Ayrmoon

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Posted 03 August 2014 - 01:40 PM

Bront – I am aware of those type of cards, but this debate (if you will) is just about a $25 Gift Cards (like a Vise or MasterCard Gift Card). You don’t always get a gift card for yourself. Birthdays, Christmas, other occasions come up and you can find yourself with a $25 gift card. How do you use it to the fullest on the MWO website? Answer: Right now, you cannot.

DavidHurricane – I appreciate your asking, but that would broaden the scope of this poll to other types of payment for MC on the MWO website. I would like to keep the focus of this poll on the $25 Gift Cards
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Thank you both for your comments :P

Edited by Ayrmoon, 05 August 2014 - 04:59 PM.


#9 Ayrmoon

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Posted 05 August 2014 - 06:25 PM

If you feel that an offering of MC should be made to accommodate the $25.00 gift card, voice your support for this idea to your friends and community members and ask them to vote on this poll.

Thanks for our support :)

#10 Moses Lanknau

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Posted 08 August 2014 - 07:56 PM

no, no, no, no ... mamamia let me go ...

Edited by CSR Moses Lanknau, 08 August 2014 - 07:57 PM.


#11 Ayrmoon

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Posted 09 August 2014 - 10:45 AM

CSR - I don't know how to respond to your post... lol :D

#12 Ayrmoon

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Posted 12 August 2014 - 02:31 PM

More info can be found here: $25 Gift Cards Waste Money. Stop by and join the discussion :)

#13 kosmos1214

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Posted 12 August 2014 - 06:20 PM

yes they should have a 25$ level and 5/10/15/20 doller leavel jest like every other f2p online game all there pricing spread does now is make it harder on people with no credit card

#14 Ayrmoon

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Posted 13 August 2014 - 03:58 PM

kosmos1214 - Thank you for your response and vote. Pease tell everyone who may feel the same way about this poll. The MC levels may not change, but at least we can voice our opinion.

Happy Hunting :wub:

Edited by Ayrmoon, 14 August 2014 - 01:02 PM.


#15 MauttyKoray

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Posted 23 August 2014 - 01:41 AM

They need packages for about every $5 personally. I hate having to buy $30 of MC because the SIB was between $15 and $20. PGI are the only ones I know that use a stupid MC buy model like this that don't also have an 'input what you want' option,

#16 Ayrmoon

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Posted 23 August 2014 - 05:41 AM

MauttyKoray - I'm hoping that they would do something to make the MC offering more customer friendly. But based on the number of responses I've received here, I'm not sure that they will :ph34r:

Happy Hunting :D

Edited by Ayrmoon, 23 August 2014 - 12:21 PM.


#17 CN9 ACE PILOT

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Posted 25 August 2014 - 06:59 PM

Would be cool to be able to "Gift" mechs/weapons to friends. Purchased with cash of course, because PGI would not let a opportunity like that slip by.

#18 Ayrmoon

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Posted 26 August 2014 - 03:36 PM

CN9 ACE PILOT - That's an interesting idea. Maybe you should start a poll for that? I'd be interested to see the results :)

Happy Hunting :lol:

Edited by Ayrmoon, 26 August 2014 - 06:53 PM.


#19 Ayrmoon

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Posted 01 September 2014 - 04:49 AM

If you feel that an offering of MC should be made to accommodate the $25.00 gift card, voice your support for this idea to your friends and community members and ask them to vote on this poll.

More info can be found here: $25 Gift Cards Waste Money. Stop by and join the discussion ;)

Thanks for your support ;)





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