Restriction on buying points/gift cards

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nodeg Posted: 02-01-2010 9:03 AM

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Question 1:When do you lose the $55 restriction?

Question 2: I just joined last week and bought $50 worth of points to start things off.  I'm wondering if I'm hosed for this sale because I can only buy $55 in a 30 day period.  When does the limit get lifted?  I have 3 trades shipped atm, and expect feedback any day.

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tylermitc replied on 02-01-2010 12:22 PM

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I didnt realize there was a restriction. Where did you hear about this? I know some of the point packages goozex offers cost like $150 so It doesnt make sense that there is a $55 limit.

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nodeg replied on 02-01-2010 12:27 PM

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I didn't hear about it anywhere.  It tells me if I try to buy more points.  I bought $50 and now I can only buy $5, and it explains that new members have a $55 restriction per 30 days with no additional details... like when the restriction is lifted or if it's 30 days from when you join or per month.

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taintedzodiac replied on 02-01-2010 1:52 PM

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nodeg:

I didn't hear about it anywhere.  It tells me if I try to buy more points.  I bought $50 and now I can only buy $5, and it explains that new members have a $55 restriction per 30 days with no additional details... like when the restriction is lifted or if it's 30 days from when you join or per month.

No idea. This is obviously in place to avoid new members scamming the system with stolen cards, etc.

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nodeg replied on 02-01-2010 2:13 PM

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Well, I understand why it's in place... but when does it lift?  I want to take advantage of the sale, but can't atm.

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ZitterZap replied on 02-01-2010 4:10 PM

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nodeg:

Well, I understand why it's in place... but when does it lift?  I want to take advantage of the sale, but can't atm.

Not sure I can answer your question but I think points and gift cards are two separate things. I don't think you should have any restrictions on buying gift cards. Maybe email goozex and see if they can lift it?

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nodeg replied on 02-03-2010 10:22 PM

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The restriction is on both gift cards, and on points for this.  Any time I try to buy either, all but the $5 option is grayed out, and there's a notification explaining, "NOTE: There is a limit of $55 in points and gift cards purchased per 30 days period for each new account. This restriction will be lifted as you build your reputation on Goozex."

I scoured the FAQ, updates and press releases for info on this but can find nothing.  I'm a little frustrated I can't take advantage of a promotion that doesn't happen very often.  The only thing I know for certain is that the restriction still lasts after the first successful trade.  

I sent an email to help@goozex.com just over 2 days ago, and I guess if I don't get a reply by tomorrow evening I'll send another one.  I'm really miffed because there are some games that would be shipping to me RIGHT NOW if I had points in my account, and I can't get points in my account because most of my out-going games haven't been received yet.  This shouldn't be a big deal though because there's an awesome sale on points THAT I'M NOT ALLOWED TO BUY!

Hopefully it gets sorted out before the sale ends. Wish me luck.

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ghostworld replied on 02-03-2010 10:30 PM

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That's too bad... I hope you are able to get some points!

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chrismtz replied on 02-03-2010 10:52 PM

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That seems strange, man I am glad i am not in your shoes cause I would be tempted to create a second account, buy a gift card and send it my my normal account. Cough... cough..

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devyanks90 replied on 02-03-2010 11:11 PM

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chrismtz:

That seems strange, man I am glad i am not in your shoes cause I would be tempted to create a second account, buy a gift card and send it my my normal account. Cough... cough..

Yay for TOS violations that will get you banned.

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TenTonHammer23 replied on 02-04-2010 7:50 AM

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Yeah, yay for telling everyone you might break the rules. 

Anyway, its in place to keep people from joining, buying a ton of points, getting a ton of games for cheap, and running off.  So my guess would be that restriction is set up as a curb just like the instant point feedback requirement.  So you probably have to have a feedback rating of above 30 to get both instant points and buy points.

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Neko Tech replied on 02-04-2010 9:14 AM

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Yea, if I would've known about the limit when I just joined I'd would've bought the max amount of points at the time (2000+extra %) but I ended up sending one of my stuff for trade and the limit went down to 1000 points + extra %.

Right now I'm at 110 feedback score and I sent out 6 more things and I should be at the next rank before the gift card deal isn't available. I hope that I'd be released from the limit of spending $55/month by then.

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nodeg replied on 02-05-2010 4:22 PM

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Well, if you're at 110 feedback and still can't buy more than 1k I'm probably screwed.  I'm hoping to try and work out something, but I sent out my email 3 days ago and didn't get a response.  I sent another one today.

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Neko Tech replied on 02-06-2010 1:24 AM

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nodeg:

Well, if you're at 110 feedback and still can't buy more than 1k I'm probably screwed.  I'm hoping to try and work out something, but I sent out my email 3 days ago and didn't get a response.  I sent another one today.

It looks like after you have 150 rep points, you're no longer held by the limitation as I just got total of 160 rep points today and now I no longer have a limit on Points/Token/Gift Card spending limit per month.

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dtp11 replied on 02-11-2010 1:28 PM

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I'm glad this restriction is in place.