Vendredi noir... quel desastre! 11/23

Black Friday, what a disaster!


In less than 12 hours, Zynga, Facebook and Mafia Wars have been working hard to alienate their own, very loyal, customers, again.

Several members of my Mafia Wars Family and other players have been so excited about the %60 Off Reward Points Black Friday Sale that they either a) Ran right out and bought Zynga Game cards at a local retailer or b) purchased on line Reward points, only to discover that:

They were now Facebook credits, and that Zynga or Mafia Wars was somehow unable to recognize their purchases.  There have been many exchanges between these players and Customer Service. As far as I can tell so far, there is still no resolution.

Collector's Edition loot item Ethiopian Wolf not faring well on Black Friday

I could only laugh when I just saw that there were so many Ethiopian Wolfs available still, 8 hours after the second round came available. These Mafia Wars Collector's Edition items haven't been doing so well, and I've said many times that Zynga is crazy for charging what they do for these items. Certainly I'll never buy a loot item at a ridiculous cost like that. But c'mon, why bother releasing it with the same usual crap price on Black Friday, when there are other 'deals' to be had?

Think, Zynga. I know you can do it.

Black Friday Revenge sale

One Black Friday sale that you won't have to get trampled for is Zynga's! Zynga has turned Black Friday into a weekend-long event, with a sale that ends at midnight Pacific time on Sunday night (November 27th).

There's the usual gimmick of 'buy 15 items and get a piece of loot', that's where the Deathstalker comes in, along with a few other limited-time items. This offer applies only to Marketplace purchases costing 5 or more reward points.

* Loyalty Program, Fight Club, Pawnshop, Treasure Chest keys, and items selling for less than 5RP do not qualify for prize.

A quick glance at the Marketplace page this morning didn't reveal any really awesome sales, except for this one: reward points at 60% off. Man I wish I had some dollars to spend! If you normally buy items in this game, this is where to put your money.

I saw a stamina refill, but it was only for 20% off...I guess that's good if you use them regularly, but I think they'd probably have enticed more of us to spend RPs there with a better deal. Hopefully they will offer stamina and energy refills at reduced prices regularly throughout this sale. It'd be nice to see more skill point reallocation, too!