How do i go about subscribing to the Gamemastery Modules? I can't find a link for it anywhere.
It's not available yet. Gary Teter is currently working on getting it done.
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It's not available yet. Gary Teter is currently working on getting it done.
I believe the updated Paizo blog now has a link to the subscription, I just need to figure out how to convert my preorders (already paid for) for Crown of the Kobold King and Conquest of Bloodsworn Vale into a subscription. Any Paizites wanna help out ol' Fakey over here?
FH
I guess Gary works really fast. :)
Okay I'm all signed up. Now how do I remove my preorder of Crown of the Kobold King?
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We considered letting preorders for modules get automagically converted if you get a subscription, but implementing that would have taken time that we'd rather put toward the combined-shipping-with-Pathfinder-to-save-money thing.
So instead you get to make Cosmo and Corey work harder.... contact customer.service@paizo.com and they'll fix you up.
Edit: Oh, and Fakey, your preorders technically aren't already paid for. We authorize a charge against your credit card when you place the order to make sure you have a sufficient available balance, but we never actually settle (charge your card) until we ship your preorder. But still, contact customer service and they'll do you right.
No problem, Cosmo gets the job done quick.
And thanks for getting the subscription service out there.
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Ok. I did it, too.
And I still can barely believe it. I never spent that much money per month on periodicals. This says a lot of how much trust I put into your products, people at Paizo! (and about my willingness to endure discussions with my gf... :p)
I am also looking forward to the possibility to combine both subscriptions. Especially for us people abroad double shipping costs (5$$ for PF + 6,95$$ for GM) would cost dearly - even more for there is no subscription "rebate" on the GM module price.
I love the fact that GM subscriptions are delivered both digitally and physically. This makes the waiting time (if you receive both PF and GM in one package each month) considerably easier!
Do I assume correctly that subscribing to both periodicals would count as a book posting in terms of delivery cost calculation? (i.e. 5$$ shipping costs if you receive both periodicals in one shipment)
Greetings,
Günther
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Do I assume correctly that subscribing to both periodicals would count as a book posting in terms of delivery cost calculation?
They both qualify for "Bound Printed Matter" rates (which we display as a "USPS Package Service"). However, for some destinations, it's slightly cheaper to ship GameMastery Modules by USPS First Class. Pathfinder is too heavy, though—USPS Package Service is probably always the cheapest method for it (and that's also true when you combine Pathfinder and a Module).
If you'd like to estimate your combined shipping cost, put any one GameMastery module and any one volume of Pathfinder into your cart, and go through the checkout process until you get to the shipping options. Choose to ship them together, and the quote you see should match the quote you'll get when we start offering combined subscription mailings. (I think for most international destinations, the combined shipping cost will be $6.49.)
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Ok. I did it, too.
And I still can barely believe it. I never spent that much money per month on periodicals. This says a lot of how much trust I put into your products, people at Paizo! (and about my willingness to endure discussions with my gf... :p)Greetings,
Günther
Ah, thank you for finding the one bright spot about having to leave a cheating wife; no arguements about gaming books.
Financially, I spend close to $100 a month on gaming stuff between Reaper, WotC, and of course, Paizo. I'll just buy less WotC stuff ;-)
Why won't the subscription service let you choose any shipping option other than USPS Standard Mail?
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Another question about combined shipping:
For those of us who turned the last issues of our Dungeon and Dragon Subscriptions into Pathfinder issues with shipping included, if we combine shipping, are both items covered by the already included shipping for those months?
While we haven't got that finalized, I think the current plan is to have you cover the difference, but the difference will probably be $0 in most cases.
Vic, I was able to change it after the fact by going into My Account / My Subscriptions after the order was cleared, but during the initial order proccess, it would always revert back to USPS Standard Mail no matter what option I picked. Also, I don't live in the boonies either, I've always had full access to the various delivery options before... *Shrug*
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Vic, I was able to change it after the fact by going into My Account / My Subscriptions after the order was cleared, but during the initial order proccess, it would always revert back to USPS Standard Mail no matter what option I picked. Also, I don't live in the boonies either, I've always had full access to the various delivery options before... *Shrug*
So you mean you can SEE them, but you can't PICK them? Okay... that's a bug. We'll see what we can do. In the meantime... you've got the workaround!
Sorry I was unclear in my initial post - I could see and pick them all, but upon updating it would always go back to USPS Standard (which I hate, because my post office sux). As you said, I am lined out now. Thanks for your help. Looking forward to the modules!!!
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While we haven't got that finalized, I think the current plan is to have you cover the difference, but the difference will probably be $0 in most cases.
For me the difference is as follows:
Pathfinder shipment = 5 $$GM module shipment = 6.41 $$
So if I combined shipment of both periodicals:
a) Could I include GM module into the PF shipment, so that the total shipping cost would be 5 $$?
b) Or would I have to pay the higher GM Module shipping costs (= 6.41$$)?
c) Or even more?!?! :((
Thanks in advance and greetings,
Günther
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Ah, thank you for finding the one bright spot about having to leave a cheating wife; no arguements about gaming books.Financially, I spend close to $100 a month on gaming stuff between Reaper, WotC, and of course, Paizo. I'll just buy less WotC stuff ;-)
Hhmm... that wasn't my intention.
If it brightens your perspective, that is fine, though. ;-)My gf is absolutely not into D&D. But she tolerates my odd hobby. :-)
That much money is still worthy of a discussion.
Add PF and GM module subscription plus averagely one hard cover per month and the amount won't be much less than your roleplaying budget... :(
Greetings,
Günther
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Do I assume correctly that subscribing to both periodicals would count as a book posting in terms of delivery cost calculation?They both qualify for "Bound Printed Matter" rates (which we display as a "USPS Package Service"). However, for some destinations, it's slightly cheaper to ship GameMastery Modules by USPS First Class. Pathfinder is too heavy, though—USPS Package Service is probably always the cheapest method for it (and that's also true when you combine Pathfinder and a Module).
If you'd like to estimate your combined shipping cost, put any one GameMastery module and any one volume of Pathfinder into your cart, and go through the checkout process until you get to the shipping options. Choose to ship them together, and the quote you see should match the quote you'll get when we start offering combined subscription mailings. (I think for most international destinations, the combined shipping cost will be $6.49.)
oh, shipping! ;)
Is there a difference in the packaging for USPS First Class, USPS Standard Mail and the Package Service? (for gamemastery modules(
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We considered letting preorders for modules get automagically converted if you get a subscription, but implementing that would have taken time that we'd rather put toward the combined-shipping-with-Pathfinder-to-save-money thing.
So instead you get to make Cosmo and Corey work harder.... contact customer.service@paizo.com and they'll fix you up.
Edit: Oh, and Fakey, your preorders technically aren't already paid for. We authorize a charge against your credit card when you place the order to make sure you have a sufficient available balance, but we never actually settle (charge your card) until we ship your preorder. But still, contact customer service and they'll do you right.
I sent my e-mail in...do I need to be patient until monday to get my orders switched to a subscription? I hate patience.
FH
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While we haven't got that finalized, I think the current plan is to have you cover the difference, but the difference will probably be $0 in most cases.For me the difference is as follows:
Pathfinder shipment = 5 $$
GM module shipment = 6.41 $$So if I combined shipment of both periodicals:
a) Could I include GM module into the PF shipment, so that the total shipping cost would be 5 $$?b) Or would I have to pay the higher GM Module shipping costs (= 6.41$$)?
c) Or even more?!?! :((
Thanks in advance and greetings,
Günther
By "cover the difference," I mean that if you're getting free shipping on the first few Pathfinder because of the Dragon/Dungeon conversion, that's "worth" $5 internationally, so if the combined cost for PF+GM is $6.41 for you, you'd be charged $1.41 for the combined shipment.
Once your converted volumes have all been served, you'd pay $6.41 for the combo.
At least, that's the thought right now, but we haven't actually written the code yet, so it may have to change.
Do I assume correctly that subscribing to both periodicals would count as a book posting in terms of delivery cost calculation?They both qualify for "Bound Printed Matter" rates (which we display as a "USPS Package Service"). However, for some destinations, it's slightly cheaper to ship GameMastery Modules by USPS First Class. Pathfinder is too heavy, though—USPS Package Service is probably always the cheapest method for it (and that's also true when you combine Pathfinder and a Module).
If you'd like to estimate your combined shipping cost, put any one GameMastery module and any one volume of Pathfinder into your cart, and go through the checkout process until you get to the shipping options. Choose to ship them together, and the quote you see should match the quote you'll get when we start offering combined subscription mailings. (I think for most international destinations, the combined shipping cost will be $6.49.)
Vic, I get a shipping quote of $11.41 for the 2 products combined vs $12.82 ($6.41 x2) for the 2 shipped seperately.
Am I doing something wrong or do you just not save all that much by getting them shipped together to Australia?
Olaf the Stout
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Vic, I get a shipping quote of $11.41 for the 2 products combined vs $12.82 ($6.41 x2) for the 2 shipped seperately.
Am I doing something wrong or do you just not save all that much by getting them shipped together to Australia?
I think you're doing something wrong. To be clear:
Add a single Pathfinder volume to your cart. Add a single GameMastery Module (but not D0, 'cause it's thinner). Remove everything else from your cart. Then start checking out. When given the option, click the "Wait to ship these items together" button. Make sure the shipping method popup is set to "USPS Package Service," and you should see that the combined price for Australia is $6.41.
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I have just realised that I have subscribed to both Pathfinder and Gamemastery with a credit card that will expire at the end of the month. How can I update my credit card details?
Unless Gary changed it, I believe that if go to charge a card and find that it has expired, we automatically e-mail you, and then you can change the card on our site. (For subscriptions, we'll actually authorize your card a week or so before the package ships, so you'll have time to get it fixed before we actually charge the card.
Alternately, you can call customer service at 425-289-0060 and have them change it at any time. (Don't use e-mail for that, as that's not secure enough for sensitive data like credit card numbers.)
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Chief Technical Officer
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Alternately, you can call customer service at 425-289-0060 and have them change it at any time. (Don't use e-mail for that, as that's not secure enough for sensitive data like credit card numbers.)
On second thought, if all you're doing is changing the expiration date, you could e-mail just the new date to customer.service@paizo.com (just don't include the actual card number).
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We considered letting preorders for modules get automagically converted if you get a subscription, but implementing that would have taken time that we'd rather put toward the combined-shipping-with-Pathfinder-to-save-money thing.
So instead you get to make Cosmo and Corey work harder.... contact customer.service@paizo.com and they'll fix you up.
Edit: Oh, and Fakey, your preorders technically aren't already paid for. We authorize a charge against your credit card when you place the order to make sure you have a sufficient available balance, but we never actually settle (charge your card) until we ship your preorder. But still, contact customer service and they'll do you right.
I sent my e-mail in...do I need to be patient until monday to get my orders switched to a subscription? I hate patience.
FH
OOOoo, Look at me!!
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I sent my e-mail in...do I need to be patient until monday to get my orders switched to a subscription? I hate patience.
FH
OOOoo, Look at me!!
FH
Done. And Done.
I've set up your GameMastery Module subcription using the same payment method as the original preorders. Please take a moment to review your My Subscriptions page, as well as the confirmation email and ensure that everything is set up how you like it. If you need to make any changes, just let me know!
Thanks,
cos
A HUGE thanks to Paizo for fulfilling this request. No other company I have seen in the industry is so willing to deliver what the customer requests (which seems odd does it not?). So my hat is off, thanks again for making wonderful products and making it very easy for us to fork over our bucks for them.
Cheers!
A HUGE thanks to Paizo for fulfilling this request.
I second this. Good job folks. Keep up the great work.
Vic, I get a shipping quote of $11.41 for the 2 products combined vs $12.82 ($6.41 x2) for the 2 shipped seperately.
Am I doing something wrong or do you just not save all that much by getting them shipped together to Australia?
I think you're doing something wrong. To be clear:
Add a single Pathfinder volume to your cart. Add a single GameMastery Module (but not D0, 'cause it's thinner). Remove everything else from your cart. Then start checking out. When given the option, click the "Wait to ship these items together" button. Make sure the shipping method popup is set to "USPS Package Service," and you should see that the combined price for Australia is $6.41.
I added the 2 products to my cart but it just calculates my shipping costs automatically on the first page of the checkout. There is no option to click that states "Wait to ship these items together". I also can't reach a screen where it lets me set the shipping method.
The only thing I can think of is that this screen is after the screen where you choose your payment method (I didn't go past that screen in case it ordered the products for me and I had to get it reversed).
Olaf the Stout
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Ah. OK, Olaf, I see what's happening.
Yes, you do need to click past the select payment page. There's another page after that called the "order confirmation page", where we summarize the order for you and give you the opportunity to change shipping options before actually placing the order.
I'm planning on reworking our order checkout process so you can select shipping options before having to enter a credit card (among other things), but for now proceeding all the way to the confirmation page is the way to do it.
Just don't click the "Place Your Order" button and your card won't be charged.
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The only thing I can think of is that this screen is after the screen where you choose your payment method (I didn't go past that screen in case it ordered the products for me and I had to get it reversed).
Bingo. You need to keep going. Don't worry about accidentally placing an order; it will be clear when you're about to do that.
Or, you could just take my word for it: the combined cost of shipping a Pathfinder and a Module to Australia is $6.41.
Thanks for the help Gary and Vic. The shipping cost for the 2 items is $6.41. I take it that means if I add a Gamemastery Module to ship with my Pathfinder subscription it will cost me only $1.41 extra in shipping costs? ($6.41 - $5 (Pathfinder international shipping cost))
Will I also be able to add other things to my Pathfinder subscription package besides Game Mastery Modules? If I want to order, say, a back issue of Dungeon or a Critical Hit Deck or a Combat Pad, is it possible at the moment to have them added to my Pathfinder subscription package and sent out whenever my next subscription of Pathfinder is sent?
If not at the moment, is it something that you might look at integrating in the future?
Olaf the Stout
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I take it that means if I add a Gamemastery Module to ship with my Pathfinder subscription it will cost me only $1.41 extra in shipping costs? ($6.41 - $5 (Pathfinder international shipping cost))
Yep—just like I said above.
Will I also be able to add other things to my Pathfinder subscription package besides Game Mastery Modules?
It's on the to-do list; we probably won't have that feature ready in time for the first Module to ship, but we are hopeful that we can have it ready before the first Pathfinder ships.
I take it that means if I add a Gamemastery Module to ship with my Pathfinder subscription it will cost me only $1.41 extra in shipping costs? ($6.41 - $5 (Pathfinder international shipping cost))Yep—just like I said above.
Will I also be able to add other things to my Pathfinder subscription package besides Game Mastery Modules?It's on the to-do list; we probably won't have that feature ready in time for the first Module to ship, but we are hopeful that we can have it ready before the first Pathfinder ships.
Thanks for the quick answer Vic. I might leave everything for now then and get D1 and maybe some other stuff added to my first Pathfinder issue.
Olaf the Stout
Edit: When do you expect the first issue of Pathfinder to ship out of interest? I just want to make sure that I add D1 to my Pathfinder order before it ships.
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Edit: When do you expect the first issue of Pathfinder to ship out of interest? I just want to make sure that I add D1 to my Pathfinder order before it ships.
Right now, we can't be much more specific than "August."
Keep in mind that if you don't sign up for the subscription, you don't get the PDFs for free....
Edit: When do you expect the first issue of Pathfinder to ship out of interest? I just want to make sure that I add D1 to my Pathfinder order before it ships.Right now, we can't be much more specific than "August."
Ok, thanks.
Keep in mind that if you don't sign up for the subscription, you don't get the PDFs for free....
You do make a very good point in regards to the PDF's. I might sign up for the GameMastery subscription now then instead. How do I do that but ensure that the GameMastery products are shipped whenever Pathfinder is shipped?
Also, I noticed that 2 GameMastery modules are down for July. Are they going to be released at the same time?
Olaf the Stout
P.S. Vic, your sales-fu is strong! :-)
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How do I do that but ensure that the GameMastery products are shipped whenever Pathfinder is shipped?
You can't... yet. It's Gary's top task, though.
Also, I noticed that 2 GameMastery modules are down for July. Are they going to be released at the same time?
D1 should be available in early July (it was delayed from June); W1 should be late July, though there's a possibility that it will come in together with D2 at the very end of July/beginning of August. And if that happens, there's a possibility that W1, D2, and Pathfinder 1 will share a release date, but then everything will be properly spaced out after that.
How do I do that but ensure that the GameMastery products are shipped whenever Pathfinder is shipped?You can't... yet. It's Gary's top task, though.
No problem. I'll wait until Gary has fixed that up and sign up for the GM Module Subscription then. Any idea how long it will take for him to complete that?
Also, I noticed that 2 GameMastery modules are down for July. Are they going to be released at the same time?
D1 should be available in early July (it was delayed from June); W1 should be late July, though there's a possibility that it will come in together with D2 at the very end of July/beginning of August. And if that happens, there's a possibility that W1, D2, and Pathfinder 1 will share a release date, but then everything will be properly spaced out after that.
Thanks for the info.
Olaf the Stout
Any idea how long it will take for him to complete that?He hates it when I answer questions like that.
No worries. Can you give a vague timeline? i.e. Will it be before D1 ships out?
Olaf the Stout
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Any idea how long it will take for him to complete that?He hates it when I answer questions like that.No worries. Can you give a vague timeline? i.e. Will it be before D1 ships out?
Olaf the Stout
I will not answer for Gary's time either... but I doubt he will be done before D1 ships. That said, if you sign up now for the GameMastery Modules, you will be able to make combination shipping decisions later... from what I understand.
Jason Bulmahn
GameMastery Brand Manager
Any idea how long it will take for him to complete that?He hates it when I answer questions like that.No worries. Can you give a vague timeline? i.e. Will it be before D1 ships out?
Olaf the Stout
I will not answer for Gary's time either... but I doubt he will be done before D1 ships. That said, if you sign up now for the GameMastery Modules, you will be able to make combination shipping decisions later... from what I understand.
Jason Bulmahn
GameMastery Brand Manager
But if I sign up for them now, D1 will ship by itself when it comes in and I will have to pay $6.41 in shipping. If I ship it with Pathfinder I will only pay $1.41 in shipping. $5 is half another module.
As far as I understand it, at the moment, I can't add a Game Mastery Module subscription to my Pathfinder subscription and get them shipped when Pathfinder ships.
If I am mistaken and there is a way to do this, let me know and I'll go ahead and do it.
Olaf the Stout
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Any idea how long it will take for him to complete that?He hates it when I answer questions like that.No worries. Can you give a vague timeline? i.e. Will it be before D1 ships out?
Olaf the Stout
I will not answer for Gary's time either... but I doubt he will be done before D1 ships. That said, if you sign up now for the GameMastery Modules, you will be able to make combination shipping decisions later... from what I understand.
Jason Bulmahn
GameMastery Brand ManagerBut if I sign up for them now, D1 will ship by itself when it comes in and I will have to pay $6.41 in shipping. If I ship it with Pathfinder I will only pay $1.41 in shipping. $5 is half another module.
As far as I understand it, at the moment, I can't add a Game Mastery Module subscription to my Pathfinder subscription and get them shipped when Pathfinder ships.
If I am mistaken and there is a way to do this, let me know and I'll go ahead and do it.
Olaf the Stout
You are right.. there currently is no way to make this choice. It is my understanding, however, that you will be able to make this choice soon. You should probably wait until then.
Jason Bulmahn
GameMastery Brand Manager