Did anyone else get this"You've redeemed an Origin Access Membership Code"

I got this email. I believe it’s to do with setting up security on your origin account. If you did that you got a free month of EA access. There was an announcement on the forums.

@GraceyManor: I just received the same email.
I'm waiting for an agent in chat right now, there is no way in h that I'm gonna pay a monthly subscription fee for something that I can play on my pc without being online. I feel this is EA's way of trying to railroading people into accepting a monthly fee. I subscribe to a lot of other companies (Steam, Epic to name just a few and all free) and I just can't afford to pay everyone for the "benefit" of providing them with business. I may love my sims but they'll be gone if I have to pay a monthly fee to play them.

I don’t wanna pay either.

"Turjan;c-17321013" wrote:

"MidnightAura;c-17321011" wrote:
I got this email. I believe it’s to do with setting up security on your origin account. If you did that you got a free month of EA access. There was an announcement on the forums.

Did anyone check whether the trial ends automatically or has to be actively cancelled?

I also got that trial access, even though I had just closed the offer window. This was handled as "accept" instead of "cancel", which surprised me somewhat.

When I checked, it says my membership ends on the 20th December.

"GraceyManor;c-17320994" wrote:


I can't do hard copies either.My laptop does not have a CD drive.There's no where to stick hard copies.

If you keep saying that, some grumpy person or other here is going to suggest exactly where to...uhm know what, I'm not going to finish that sentence. >:) :p

Portable external CD-ROM drives are very inexpensive. Not that I am suggesting you switch to a disc install for TS3, I've never owned any of the discs myself either as my installs have always been digital, but it is not impossible. Just sometimes not the most practical solution.

Thank you @SuzyCue72 for the link about verification and a "free" month of something I don't pay for. Is there a link to the announcement as well?
I'm confused but I think this just begs the question, are they going to start charging for Origin access and when and how?

Hey - just to confirm the answers here as I don't want anyone to worry:

• Yes, this is related to the free Origin Access month promotion we were talking about here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/967263/ea-account-turn-on-login-verification-get-a-free-month-of-origin-access-in-november
  
• No, we are not activating a monthly subscription on your account and you won't get charged at the end of the free month - unless you were an Origin Access member before (in which case you will continue to be a member after the promotion), or you decide to sign up for a monthly/yearly membership during that month. Nothing for you to cancel, unless you signed up for the membership.
  
• You can check the status of your Origin Access membership here: https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/subscription/index

Also, a month gives you plenty of time to play for free some of the games that are part of Origin Access. A game recommendation as well as I'm on it: Unravel, or Unravel Two if you want to play with someone else ;)

If you have more questions, please, join the discussion here: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/967263/ea-account-turn-on-login-verification-get-a-free-month-of-origin-access-in-november

Not seen anything from myself but I never trusted Origin so I would usually avoid anything from them.

@king_of_simcity7
I can't afford to rebuy all my games over again.
All my sims games on Origin and I'm not willing to repay for something I already have just to have it on steam.
And my laptop does not have a CD drive, so I can not get disks.

@GraceyManor All my games are hard copy. The only games I download are those from GOG. I would never buy the Sims without a hard copy