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Oct-6-2007 16:59

This game rocks, and is very addictive. Forgive me if this is covered elsewhere but I did do a search of the message database and FAQ's and don't think I found my answer so...

Do these sidekick discount coupons work for those of us who are thinking about subscribing a second detective, in addition to their current one? I have a subbed tough/smart gal, and have a few unsubbed detectives to play around with that are more charm/smart based. I am seriously thinking about subbing one of them to get more cases.

I'm curious though as to whether I can use one of my coupons to help with the additional cost of the new subbed detective, or if I can use a coupon sent to me from a fellow agency detective? It wasn't clear to me what is meant by 'first subscription only' since obviously we all need to keep renewing our subscriptions and I presumed that the coupons are not usable for that function. Does subbing a new detective while still playing your current one still count as a 'first subscription' for that character?

Am I sorry out of luck?

Oct-6-2007 21:09

You can't give a sidekick coupon to yourself.

Oct-6-2007 21:30

Thanks, that clears up part of my question. So I guess that my Zoriah coupons apply to the player, not the character.

Can I use one from someone else though if I already have one subbed detective and am starting another?

Oct-6-2007 21:49

I believe the sidekick coupon applies to a person's first detective for their first subscription only. Sorry. :-/

Oct-6-2007 22:02

Drat, okay.

Oct-7-2007 03:36

If your main detective is subed and you have a second that has never been subed then you can use a sidekick coupon to sub them. The big advantage other then the lower sub cost is the extra case you get.

Oct-7-2007 04:37

Thanks Stooby for the clarification. That's exactly what I was wondering about.

Oct-7-2007 04:39

But you can't have the same IP adress for the subed detective and the new detective.

(Discovered that when I tried to give a sidekick coupon to my wife. It was a bit annoying, but we got that coupon from somebody else in the end. So it was okay)

Oct-7-2007 09:44

My 2nd detective had the same IP address so what went wrong there? Simple solution would be to log onto a differesnt computer. Or get someone who trusts you to sub and pay them back.

Are you sure it was the IP address and not the same E-mail address Dave?

Oct-8-2007 14:05

Definetly not the same e-mail address. We have separate emails and separate computers.
It still wouldn't accept Daves coupons.

Oct-9-2007 02:13

But I did use the same computer, different E-mail address.