Pacific Surfliner® LA-San Diego route - FREE!!

[jstange]

This is what I was trying to say - it's right there and it's always been there. So there were no changes in T&Cs...

[MattH2580]

In the note next to the form it said about picking up a postcard, and it always did say it there next to the form.

Oh; I must be blind

Maybe


I've put the relevant section in red to try and highlight it, but it is right by the input boxes.

I saw after you mentioned^^

[MattH2580]

This is what I was trying to say - it's right there and it's always been there. So there were no changes in T&Cs...

I never remember seeing the US resident condition, but then again I've missed some pretty obvious stuff so maybe I just missed that too

[davep]

So how come some non-US residents and non-attendees at the Amtrak 'do' got a code and others did not?

[Merlin75]

I guess they got the code before DTG cottoned on to what was going on. It would of been nice of DTG to give all those who applied for the free version before they changed the T&C's a code. Plus it would of been some good PR for them to of done that.

[Trev123]

What deltic009 posted is irrelevant. Read the terms and conditions.

*Terms and Conditions:


1. Offer is available from May 10 to June 1, 2014.
2. Applying for your free copy of 'Train Simulator 2014 - National Train Day Edition' is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
3. The promoters of this offer are Amtrak and Dovetail Games, a trading name of Railsimulator.com.
4. Applicants must enter their own name, and not that of anyone else. The Promoter reserves the right to request proof of identity and age in order to distribute free copies of ‘Train Simulator 2014 – National Train Day Edition’. Proof of identification, residency and entry considered suitable for verification is at the discretion of the Promoter. In the event that an applicant cannot provide suitable proof, they will forfeit in whole and no substitutes will be offered.
5. The offer commences on May 10, 2014 at 6:00 a.m. ET and concludes on June 1, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. ET, and is only available to those who attended a National Train Day event in the USA and picked up an original Dovetail Games/Amtrak postcard
6. The Promoter takes no responsibility for lost, stolen or unused activation codes or any other event which prevents the recepient from redeeming the activations.
7. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify (i) any entry which, in the opinion of the Promoter, includes objectionable content, profanity, potentially insulting, inflammatory or defamatory statements; (ii) any entrant who tampers with the entry process, who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Entry or who has, in the opinion of the Promoter, engaged in conduct in entering the Promotion which is fraudulent, misleading, deceptive or generally damaging to the goodwill or reputation of the Promotion and/or Promoter. This includes, but is not limited to, entrants and households using multiple email addresses, not resident in the USA, postal addresses or P.O. Box addresses; and (iii) any recipient, if the Promoter becomes aware that the recipient and/or the recipient’s entry is of a type described in this clause.
8. Privacy statement: We will only use and store your personal information for the purposes disclosed to you, including sharing it with any other organisation that helps us provide goods or services to you (eg. delivering your game to you). You will only receive marketing material from us if you check the appropriate boxe(s) on your entry form.
9. The promoters reserve the right to withdraw this offer without notice and at its own discretion.

[gptech]

What deltic009 posted is irrelevant

Has an irrelevant post been deleted?

5. The offer commences on May 10, 2014 at 6:00 a.m. ET and concludes on June 1, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. ET, and is only available to those who attended a National Train Day event in the USA and picked up an original Dovetail Games/Amtrak postcard........
7. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify (i) any entry which............. who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Entry

reads to me like a confirmation of Matthew's post.

[trainfan11111]

What deltic009 posted is irrelevant

Has an irrelevant post been deleted?

5. The offer commences on May 10, 2014 at 6:00 a.m. ET and concludes on June 1, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. ET, and is only available to those who attended a National Train Day event in the USA and picked up an original Dovetail Games/Amtrak postcard........
7. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify (i) any entry which............. who submits an entry that is not in accordance with these Terms & Conditions of Entry

reads to me like a confirmation of Matthew's post.

the problem here is that part 5 was not there to start with if it had been i would not have applied im one of those rare few that reads the terms and conditions 1st but more to the point i did see the part about the postcard but could not see how it would enable them to see who was at the event and who was not so i considered that the card was only meant to have a link on it to type in so as to access the page meaning that if you got sent the link by someone it would be acceptable to apply with out having a card in my possession

[tnleeuw01]

Well I did not receive my code yet either so I presume that it will not be coming for me -- too bad, but tough luck! I can live without it but it would have been nice if it would have been a freebee

[trainfan11111]

Hmm I am an idiot the message arrived 2 days ago. but it seems my email client didn't put it in my inbox or the spam folder it sent it directly to the trash folder.
And then didn't tell me it was there.
It was only when I went to retrieve an email I sent to the trash folder by mistake that I discovered it. moral of the story.. don't just check your spam folders look at them all!

[tnleeuw01]

Well I did not receive my code yet either so I presume that it will not be coming for me -- too bad, but tough luck! I can live without it but it would have been nice if it would have been a freebee

Well well, I did get chosen eligible after all, I got the code in my e-mail just now this afternoon!

[deltic009]

Well I did not receive my code yet either so I presume that it will not be coming for me -- too bad, but tough luck! I can live without it but it would have been nice if it would have been a freebee

Well well, I did get chosen eligible after all, I got the code in my e-mail just now this afternoon!

I think more people may get codes after Steam took the weekend off, because DTG need the Steam codes to issue. I actually think this is a quite savvy move they have made regardless of the link going a bit viral. How many people may have got the game who wouldn't necessarily have purchased it? Yes we got it for the route, but it opens up a whole new set of customers to the temptation of the large DLC catalogue.

[smartie38]

Just buy the route in the next sale lol, I snapped it up in the xmas sale for a bargain price, it's a very nice route as well imo

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[gooberii]

I just received an email from DTG with the code. They must be checking details individually, hence the delay over the weekend.

[kennymac]

Recieved the code earlier today. UK resident with .com email, on holiday in Australia.Just downloaded and installed and run the first tutorial. Not a route I would normally buy, but hey its free!!!

Thank you Juanillo99 for posting the info.

Kenny.