OK, so looked at the Game offer (Wild Run Edition) for £20 as my son wants it for Xmas, but then thought I'd have a quick scan across the other regions to see if there was a better price digitally, and indeed there was.
Currently on the US Market place you can buy The Crew Complete Edition for $19.99 (£13.32 GBP). Compare this to the current cheapest offer from Game of £19.99 for the Wild Run edition, however that doesn't include the season pass which is currently another £19.99 on top.
It takes a little work, but this way doesn't need a vpn.
Easiest way is to create an amazon.com US account, use your name and any American address. Sign up for a free revolut virtual credit card on your smartphone and top up £14. Using this card buy a $20 xbox gift voucher from amazon.com using your American account (make sure it's a downloadable one so you get the code immediately). Go to xbox.com, sign in, then switch region at bottom of page to USA. Redeem your code for your $20 you just got from Amazon.com and purchase the game. Easy and enjoy!
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khrest to eraysor
30 Nov 153#32
I use The University of Alaska in Nome, the scenery is better....
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OrribleHarry
6 Dec 15#53
only £10 on cex
spinks
5 Dec 15#52
Price returned to full price now?
meherenow
1 Dec 15#51
Take it back to a high street store, assuming you have one near, unopened of course, with your online receipt.
They have a 28 days refund policy, currently extended to Jan 31st.
I know this works because I took an xbone console deal back the other day and was refunded exactly what i paid for it, seals on boxes intact.
I've spent most of the evening playing it, and really enjoyed it! I think the new update has added a lot to the game, as I remember seeing it previously and not being too impressed! For £13 I'm well chuffed...
fruman23
30 Nov 15#49
Had to make a 2nd account in the end, not to worry, bargain all the same!
tasman
30 Nov 15#48
Bought $20 credit from amazon, bought game, downloading now. Bargain. Thanks OP
spinks
30 Nov 152#43
No need for VPN or such things. My process was
1. Buy $20 Xbox card from Amazon.com by setting my manage profile location to US in my Amazon account. Setting the address to some random place in Oregon for no sales tax.
2. Purchased using my uk credit card with Oregon billing address.
3. Code showed immediately on the confirmation screen.
4. Went to Xbox.com and click On redeem code once I logged in. Top right corner where you see your gamertag pic.
5. Paste code from Amazon. Redeem.
6. Navigate to The crew bundle and make sure region in bottom left is set to USA.
7. Hit buy for Xbox one and it will recognize your $20 credit.
8. Purchase. Done.
adderrson to spinks
30 Nov 15#47
Bought and redeemed the credit, Xbox website won't accept purchases with Xbox Credit :disappointed:
EDIT: Figured it out, cheers :smile:
Spark
30 Nov 15#46
Why would they intentionally price it at a fraction of the RRP and at a lower price than the new expansion costs to buy separately?
spinks
30 Nov 15#22
Is this actually worth buying vs Horizon2 with storm island?
Heard The Crew was a poor poor cousin of Horizon
stuarthanley to spinks
30 Nov 15#45
The Crew was one of worst racing game I'd played when it was launched.
Took a chance on the wild run expansion (got it at a bargain price) and now I would say they've totally redeemed themselves. It's fantastic. Really impressed with the motorcycles in it too.
stuarthanley
30 Nov 15#44
If you've not received it yet, send it back. As long as it's still sealed, they'll have to accept it.
aaronmcc
30 Nov 15#42
Well if you can fford it then order another one and return the first I guess. Totally stupid. Don't they understand how much time, money and effort it saves to just refund the difference? Wasting your time and theirs. Assuming you can return to store? If not, then it's just a total faff and not worth it.
tasman
30 Nov 15#41
What. You mean Microsoft employees don't work 24 hours a day!!
Actually that is useful as it gives me the drive home to decide whether I want to spend a whole £14 on this or not.
lucifon
30 Nov 15#40
GAME are refusing to - I'm assuming that's who you meant? I'd have to return it, and re-order.
Spark
30 Nov 15#39
That's because they probably won't start work until around 4-5pm UK time. Redmond are 9 hours behind here.
fruman23
30 Nov 15#35
I can't get the pre paid codes to redeem for the credit, any ideas?
matdey to fruman23
30 Nov 15#38
When on the US Xbox web page (on PC/MAC etc) go to
'Xbox Live' and then choose 'Redeem Code'. (https://account.xbox.com/en-US/PaymentAndBilling/RedeemCode?xr=shellnav) Enter the code and the credit is immediately available to spend
Spark
30 Nov 15#8
I'd get in quickly, this is going to be a pricing mistake for sure. Next best price after that worldwide is £30.
tasman to Spark
30 Nov 15#37
Still up at $20. They are being slow about correcting it if it is a mistake. Just can't decide whether to buy or not. Like the idea of cruising on a bike across America.
aaronmcc
30 Nov 15#36
They have to refund you the difference - distance selling rules blah blah blah
matdey
30 Nov 15#34
Screw it.. Texas has 6.25% tax so i bought another $2.. all working now...
Lesson learned, so much for 'United' States of America
sweeten16
30 Nov 15#33
bought the £5 preowned physical copy but might as well upgrade.
eraysor
30 Nov 15#25
Worked for me. One word of advice if you buy a $20 XBL credit code - pick a state with no tax when entering the address (Delaware works fine).
khrest to eraysor
30 Nov 153#32
I use The University of Alaska in Nome, the scenery is better....
spinks
30 Nov 152#31
You're all a bunch of *€$^%>$*^
Just bought it. Add to the pile :-)
matdey
30 Nov 15#29
Ahhhh sugar... I chose texas.....
lju to matdey
30 Nov 15#30
change your address to a library in delaware, worked for me.
matdey
30 Nov 15#23
I have bought a $20 gift card and redeemed it.
when going to pay i have been given the option to buy the $19.99 game using my $20 voucher. It then asks me now i would like to pay the remainder.... a bit confused... anyone have this issue?
Certinfy to matdey
30 Nov 15#28
Put your billing address as one in a state with no tax.
matdey
30 Nov 15#27
Anyone know how much it is with taxes so I can buy another gift card... grr
lju
30 Nov 15#24
Its $19.99 plus tax so $20 is not enough.
eraysor to lju
30 Nov 15#26
No tax in Delaware, the $20 worked for me.
Spark
30 Nov 15#21
You can't transfer saves but if you redeemed any UPlay rewards then those are cross platform.
omisnad
30 Nov 15#20
Yeah thanks, I followed a guide and used an Oregon address/phone. Now I can delete the game off my ps4 and free up some much needed space. Shame it cannot transfer saves between ps4/xbox even though it is all saved on ubisoft servers.
Spark
30 Nov 15#19
It will do. Just Google an address is Delaware and use that.
omisnad
30 Nov 15#18
I'm using the $25 prepaid card, but Microsoft is still asking for billing address before proceeding?
r1gav
30 Nov 15#17
Cheers just bought using vpn, bargain price
lucifon
30 Nov 15#16
Awesome deal.
Goddamnit, I'm having no luck with this game. I bought it from the Columbian store last week for £32. Bought the physical Wild Run edition as a gift from GAME for 25 on Black Friday, now they've dropped it to £20 today and won't refund me the difference (don't even have the game yet) :disappointed: Fiver lost on that, and £20 odd lost on this undoes a lot of my deal hunting savings recently.
omisnad
30 Nov 15#13
So I don't need a fake US xbox account then, I can just use my actual gamertag and just switch regions via xbox.com? What happens to the $5 left over?
Spark to omisnad
30 Nov 15#15
Stays on your account for you to spend later.
spinks
30 Nov 15#14
Poor website rejected my payment. Enough time for me to see sense and not make that impulse purchase when I already have Horizon2.
DexMorgan
30 Nov 15#12
Doesn't need a vpn but it's still too much hassle for this game!
Spark
30 Nov 15#11
This is definitely a misprice since it costs $60 on the US PlayStation Store.
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Currently on the US Market place you can buy The Crew Complete Edition for $19.99 (£13.32 GBP). Compare this to the current cheapest offer from Game of £19.99 for the Wild Run edition, however that doesn't include the season pass which is currently another £19.99 on top.
It takes a little work, but this way doesn't need a vpn.
Easiest way is to create an amazon.com US account, use your name and any American address. Sign up for a free revolut virtual credit card on your smartphone and top up £14. Using this card buy a $20 xbox gift voucher from amazon.com using your American account (make sure it's a downloadable one so you get the code immediately). Go to xbox.com, sign in, then switch region at bottom of page to USA. Redeem your code for your $20 you just got from Amazon.com and purchase the game. Easy and enjoy!
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They have a 28 days refund policy, currently extended to Jan 31st.
I know this works because I took an xbone console deal back the other day and was refunded exactly what i paid for it, seals on boxes intact.
http://help.game.co.uk/returns-refunds/
1. Buy $20 Xbox card from Amazon.com by setting my manage profile location to US in my Amazon account. Setting the address to some random place in Oregon for no sales tax.
2. Purchased using my uk credit card with Oregon billing address.
3. Code showed immediately on the confirmation screen.
4. Went to Xbox.com and click On redeem code once I logged in. Top right corner where you see your gamertag pic.
5. Paste code from Amazon. Redeem.
6. Navigate to The crew bundle and make sure region in bottom left is set to USA.
7. Hit buy for Xbox one and it will recognize your $20 credit.
8. Purchase. Done.
EDIT: Figured it out, cheers :smile:
Heard The Crew was a poor poor cousin of Horizon
Took a chance on the wild run expansion (got it at a bargain price) and now I would say they've totally redeemed themselves. It's fantastic. Really impressed with the motorcycles in it too.
Actually that is useful as it gives me the drive home to decide whether I want to spend a whole £14 on this or not.
'Xbox Live' and then choose 'Redeem Code'. (https://account.xbox.com/en-US/PaymentAndBilling/RedeemCode?xr=shellnav) Enter the code and the credit is immediately available to spend
Lesson learned, so much for 'United' States of America
Just bought it. Add to the pile :-)
when going to pay i have been given the option to buy the $19.99 game using my $20 voucher. It then asks me now i would like to pay the remainder.... a bit confused... anyone have this issue?
Goddamnit, I'm having no luck with this game. I bought it from the Columbian store last week for £32. Bought the physical Wild Run edition as a gift from GAME for 25 on Black Friday, now they've dropped it to £20 today and won't refund me the difference (don't even have the game yet) :disappointed: Fiver lost on that, and £20 odd lost on this undoes a lot of my deal hunting savings recently.
https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/the-crew-complete-edition/cid=UP0001-CUSA00221_00-B000000000001842