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

"king_of_simcity7;c-17320991" wrote:
@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

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

"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.

Well, as I said, I 'm waiting for an agent in chat to confirm or deny this, I am pretty sure that I read somewhere that it has to be cancelled manually. I'd just as soon not receive this offer so that there are no mistakes.

Been digging some more, it states this and I will be keeping this in my records:

Membership Plan: Origin Access 1-month membership (non-recurring)

"igazor;c-17321117" wrote:


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.

But rebuying the entire series on disc would be very expensive. I think that was his point.

Here's some info about this, (I think... ):

Turn on EA Login Verification and get a free* month of Origin Access

"igazor;c-17321117" wrote:

"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

@igazor Usually I just hit awesome on your funny posts but that deserves a :rofl:

@GraceyManor You must admit you left yourself wide open for that. :lol: The fee is not a mandatory monthly fee that you will have to pay to continue accessing your already purchased games. It's just a free month of Origin Access. No big deal. I would check to make sure it's not recurring though.

"MidnightAura;c-17321034" wrote:

"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.

Yes, I have checked this now myself, and it specifically says "non-recurring" and has a link to "become a recurring member". What confused me was a link to terms and conditions that said otherwise for trials, but those don't seem to cover this, so all's well. I specifically cancelled the box that asked me to "upgrade" my Sims3 to - what exactly? The only thing I don't have is Katy Perry's SP, and my game has already been 1.69 since I got the starter pack in a Humble bundle.

Mine was set to reoccurring for some reason.Switching to disk wouldn’t be practical for me.First my laoptop doesn’t have many places to plug things into l, secondly I lack the space on my desk as I already have a portable hard drive and cooling pad oreads set up.Just isn’t the best choice for me right now.

"desertrose0601;c-17321155" wrote:

"igazor;c-17321117" wrote:


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.

But rebuying the entire series on disc would be very expensive. I think that was his point.

That was my point(she) lol.
My original point to the thread was wondering if other people got it.I was worried someone got into my account like they did with my Netflix.Glad to see it’s just a promotion but I probably won’t make use of it as I don’t even know what origin access is LOL