Carnival Crates

Carnival Crates are here

Today we have options, one crate or three?

Or you can spend even more on this Booster Pack

MAFIA WARS Dragon Mystery Bags return and Starter Packs are "fixed"

 

I see the Zyngons have made it back to their offices--the Booster Packs and Starter Packs now have an  actual price showing again, and Dragon Mystery Bags have returned, perhaps by way of apology. You can accept 20 Dragon Mystery Bags. Of course I nearly choked when I saw the new price on my offer for a Booster Pack. I can't stomach the thought of shelling out 45 dollars for a Booster Pack. Thanks, but no thanks! :D

Have a great day guys, I'm off to get started on my classwork for the week.

MAFIA WARS Starter Packs and Booster Packs -- buy nothing for nothing!

 

A funny thing started happening in Mafia Wars earlier this afternoon with the offerings of Starter Packs and Booster Packs! Some players are seeing banners and headers in the Marketplace showing these packs for sale for $0.00. Don't get excited, though--they're also offering zero loot items, zero stats, zero reward points, and zero reward card punches. Nada!

Obviously it's some kind of glitch. It's being seen by players who did purchase a Starter Pack already (like me), and by players who have NOT purchased any of these. Some players are seeing no change at all and still have a valid Starter Pack available for purchase.

It struck me as humorous though--buy nothing, for nothing!
(or maybe I should take a break from these boring text books....)

MAFIA WARS What's with all the Starter Packs?

 

 

Yesterday we saw the first of these Starter Packs that are being offered on the Mafia Wars home page and also in the Mafia Wars Marketplace. I got a pretty good deal on one for $6 USD, then the Starter Packs vanished. They reappeared later, but it seems that not everyone is being offered the same deal. What's up with that? The difference is largely in the amount of reward points that come with it, and not all of them offer the same loot items. It might tick some players off if they purchase a certain Starter Pack and then find out there were others. Maybe Zynga should rotate the offers...

On the account where I purchased a Starter Pack for $6, I now only have the option to buy a Booster Pack at a higher price. No thanks!

MAFIA WARS Starter Pack and Booster Pack

You'll get a pop-up the next time you enter Mafia Wars about a Starter Pack at a special price. If you choose to bypass the pop-up, you can, for now, still locate this special in the Mafia Wars Marketpace. For $6 USD, you get:

3 of the new Mime Crates, 6 stamina, 6 energy, 2 Reward Card punches, 30 reward points, AND:

Hammerhead Goggles

163 94

Ringmaster

94 163

I couldn't help myself in this case, it's a pretty good deal for once! Normally, it costs about $6 just for that many reward points.

I was next offered this Booster Pack. It's pretty much the same items, but at a higher price. I didn't partake of this one... $28 in one fell swoop on Mafia Wars kinda makes me cringe, and I'm on a real tight budget.

If you purchase these, MAKE SURE you go to Facebook and CLEAR YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION. Facebook doesn't tell you in any obvious way, but any time you make ANY purchase through Facebook, Facebook stores your payment information. That's why spammers and scammers are always trying to get your account information. Clear that out of there double-quick.

On Facebook, go to Account Settings > Payments > select Payment Methods. You'll be prompted to enter your Facebook password, go ahead and do so. You can now manage your Payment methods and remove the payment info that Facebook just stored "on your behalf".