Shopping around for StarCraft II but unimpressed with pre-order bonuses? Annoyed that the game costs $10 more than your average PC game and don’t want to spend a cent more than necessary? Not wanting to deal with the crowd at your local game store’s midnight release? Don’t want to pay for tax or shipping, but don’t want to wait until several days after release to play with your friends?
Good news, everyone! You can get StarCraft II delivered to your door on release date (July 27, 2010) for $59.99 USD–no tax, no shipping, and no other fees.
Here’s how:
- Log in to Amazon.com and start a free 30-day Amazon Prime trial.
- Add StarCraft II to your Amazon.com cart and proceed to checkout.
- Select Release-Date Delivery at checkout.
- Confirm the total as $59.99 USD. If the total is greater than $59.99 USD, clear your cart, review the steps above and try again.
- Place your order.
It’s that easy!
If you decide to use this method to pre-order StarCraft II, please use this link and help support Brainstorm Warning.
If you don’t want your Amazon Prime membership to automatically renew, be sure to visit the Your Account page on Amazon.com, click Manage Prime Membership, and click the Do Not Upgrade button. If you choose not to renew, your trial will expire after 30 days and you will not be charged.
If your trial expires before your order ships, don’t worry; you lock in the shipping method and price at the time of your order. (I called Amazon.com customer support and they explicitly confirmed this.)
DISCLAIMER: Amazon.com is still offering free Release-Date Delivery for Amazon Prime members (both trial members and paid members) as of today (June 11, 2010), but there’s always the (slim) possibility they’ll pull the deal closer to StarCraft II’s release date. But if they haven’t pulled it by now, they probably won’t.