physical copy for friend overseas?

#1 - Sept. 11, 2014, 10:32 a.m.

greetings,

i did some snooping around and found that i can buy it for a friend if i use the paypal method, but i have access to only physical money; is it possible for me to go to a retailer, buy the game, and then give the activation code to a friend overseas through email or some other private messaging service, enabling them to download and play the game? or would i have to physically mail them the game?

if this has already been answered elsewhere, i apologize, but i was unable to find it. thank you for your time.

cheers,
deitus

Chris Whiteside

#3 - Sept. 11, 2014, 5:54 p.m.

You could just give your friend the activation code. You don’t have to give him/her the physical game.

Chris

Chris Whiteside

#5 - Sept. 11, 2014, 8:18 p.m.

Solandri.9640:
Don’t email or text your friend the activation code. Find a more secure way to send it. e.g. put it in an encrypted zip file and email that to him. Or put it your Dropbox account, wait for your friend to download it, then delete it. Better yet, call him and tell him over the phone. (Don’t use Facebook – they keep a copy of everything you upload even if you delete the account.)

When I requested the email address connected to my account be changed, Anet asked me to give them my activation code as verification that the account was really mine. Since they’re using it for that kind of account security, you want to protect it so there’s no way, for example, someone browsing your email when you accidentally leave yourself logged in can see it.

Sound advice.

Chris