Coupons not compatible with PayPal - Why?

Hi,

I just wanted to download GalCiv2 complete with the 20% off coupon we got because of the survey. But sadly PayPal-users are exempt of using it. Is there a good reason for that?

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For accounting reasons, paypal must be passed the full price, but they do not support the passing of discounts along with it (only a single value).

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Hi,

I just wanted to download GalCiv2 complete with the 20% off coupon we got because of the survey. But sadly PayPal-users are exempt of using it. Is there a good reason for that?

Didn't get this. What did you do in order to have it ?

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Quoting FidelCastrol, reply 3

Didn't get this. What did you do in order to have it ?
Stardock customer survey so they have some feedback about what we like, how are they doing... that kind of stuff. When you complete it, you get the coupon.

Hey Stardock, I actually noticed (after sending mine) that the preorder of Elemental counts as "buying a game through Impulse in the last X months" so sorry for the wrong answer I sent. XD Question 19 needed radio buttons and not check boxes (as you were asked to pick up just one) and the question 18 (I think) didn't allow me to add a comment because of something about format (and no explanations of what exactly so I left it blank).

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Quoting Wintersong, reply 4

Stardock customer survey so they have some feedback about what we like, how are they doing... that kind of stuff. When you complete it, you get the coupon.

Oh, I see, didn't get the survey so that explains a lot, thanks ;)

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Quoting Wintersong, reply 4

the question 18 (I think) didn't allow me to add a comment because of something about format (and no explanations of what exactly so I left it blank).

Yep, same with me - I couldn't add the comment that I really wanted to.

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I also wondered about that too. thanks for the information on this thread.

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I just saw this thread and I just wanted to say thank you for sending me that survey, I like surveys and also I was waiting for exactly this opportunity to buy Elemental. I hadn't expected as much as 20% off though and with the current low value of the dollar I ended up getting the game for almost half of what a new game usually costs.

This reminds me, thank you for denominating the prices on Impulse in local currency, it makes everything very easy and familiar.

Also, giving out coupons like this is a brilliant marketing strategy. I mean, everyone really wants to use their coupon even if they didn't really plan to buy anything. Of course you already know this very well :).

Thank you Stardock!