Limited Run Games, putting digital games in your hands

[Bear78]

Sounds like the first Dragon Fantasy will be coming out via LRG

https://twitter.com/mutekicorp/status/810887958601539584

[Bear78]

New LRG games for this month

Oxenfree on PS4 Jan 20th

Curses 'N Chaos (PS4 / Vita) and Aqua Kitty DX (PS4 / Vita) Jan 27th.

[TDIRunner]

I picked up both games this morning.  The Swindle looks interesting to me.  I was on the fence for Dear Esther, but I pulled the trigger at the last second.  I also managed to get my free pack of Oddworld trading cards included on this order so that I didn't have to pay extra shipping. 

[sheep2001]

which oddworld trading cards?

[Bear78]

They're not trading cards, they are playing cards.  They were originally supposed to come with the Stranger's Wrath release but they were not ready in time.  If you ordered that game, you should have got an email with instructions on how to claim your pack of playing cards.

https://limitedrungames.com/products/oddworld-strangers-wrath-playing-cards?utm_source=Limited+Run+Games+Newsletter&utm_campaign=5900b00a70-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5a5b46cbe7-5900b00a70-151946301&mc_cid=5900b00a70&mc_eid=b70defa59c&variant=34335310787

[TDIRunner]

Sorry, I was thinking "playing cards" in my head when I wrote that. 

[palmer6strings]

lRG kind of screwed people over with those playing cards. Apparently if you don't want any of the games coming out for the next 2 months (how long before the code expires) they were going to charge you $15 just to ship you the cards you already purchased and were already promised with the game. Kind of a fucked up business practice to me. 
Hell I've went round and round with them twice already for fucking up my orders. One got solved the other didn't.

[TDIRunner]

lRG kind of screwed people over with those playing cards. Apparently if you don't want any of the games coming out for the next 2 months (how long before the code expires) they were going to charge you $15 just to ship you the cards you already purchased and were already promised with the game. Kind of a fucked up business practice to me. 
Hell I've went round and round with them twice already for fucking up my orders. One got solved the other didn't.

Why would the shipping be $15 when everything else is $5?

[monjici]

15$ outside of US I presume.
I've jumped off the LRG wagon and shipping fees were one reason. I can get a 5 pounds book  shipped from France for 5$, but LRG charges 15$ for each shipment to Canada. At least it was the case for my last orders.
One of their CDs would have cost me 40$ CAD in total, and didn't even had all the tracks I would have got in the full digital download for a fraction of the price. I dig physical, but at some point I have better plans for my money.

[wiggy]

USPS int'l shipping rates are sort of insane, and just keep going up.

[TDIRunner]

I know Palmer is in the US though (and he isn't all that far from me).  That's why I'm wondering why he was seeing $15.  I wouldn't pay that much either.

[palmer6strings]

Let me try to find the picture of the conversation someone had with LRG support.
They said that that's what it would cost just to ship the playing cards.

Ok, so the dude is from the U.K.



But still, being charged more for something you've already payed for with shipping, I believe is against the law.
That would be like buying a car and  having it trailered to your house and you get in to find that there is no steering wheel. So you call up the dealer and they say, "Oh, well the steering wheel wasn't finished being made, so if you want it we are gonna have to charge $40 to ship it to you."

[monjici]

USPS int'l shipping rates are sort of insane, and just keep going up.

From what LRG told me, they don't even handle shipping themselves, a separate entity does that. USPS cost is not 15$, somebody in the middle probably takes a 50% cut. Not to mention that it takes between 4-6 weeks.

Lukie games can ship me games for 2$, some ebay guys for 5-7$. Nothing explains the 15$ except the man in the middle, just like the eBay Global Shipping Program.

[wiggy]

One of the most expensive places to ship to is the UK.  Japan is high on the list as well.

It's probably pretty close to $15 TBH.

[TDIRunner]

Let me try to find the picture of the conversation someone had with LRG support.
They said that that's what it would cost just to ship the playing cards.

Ok, so the dude is from the U.K.



But still, being charged more for something you've already payed for with shipping, I believe is against the law.
That would be like buying a car and  having it trailered to your house and you get in to find that there is no steering wheel. So you call up the dealer and they say, "Oh, well the steering wheel wasn't finished being made, so if you want it we are gonna have to charge $40 to ship it to you."

Yeah, that sucks.  I bought The Swindle and Dear Esther along with my free pack of trading cards and paid $5.50 shipping.  And I live like 4 hours from you, or something like that.