I'm about to start crying right now. I am trying to reinstall Sims 3 on my new laptop, and all the expansions I own are registered to my dmel25 account on Origin EXCEPT Sims 3 Late Night, I don't know why it isn't, but I have my physical copy of the game.Well, my laptop doesn't have a CD drive for me to install Late Night so now I can't install it. I have contacted EA and they keep telling me I need to verify the account and email that used my old code, but I can't because I don't remember what that was, I was given Late Night as a Christmas gift 11 years ago and just remember installing it on my computer. So EA keeps telling me there is nothing they can do about getting me my game code back and now I can't play my favorite Sims 3 expansion.I don't want to have to buy it again when I own it already and I am about to start crying honestly.

I know you don't want to buy it again (and you shouldn't!) but nowadays you can get 3's eps for something like 3 euros each... If there's no other way around and this situation is making you feel so sad, just know that. Both in steam, cdkeys, instant gaming... there are always great sales in everything 3...

Hmm...Do you have the manual? The booklet that has serial code on the back?If you don't, I'd recommend you to take a picture of your game and the disk and contact EA with those pictures. Maybe it will work then?

"telmarina;c-17799847" wrote:I know you don't want to buy it again (and you shouldn't!) but nowadays you can get 3's eps for something like 3 euros each... If there's no other way around and this situation is making you feel so sad, just know that. Both in steam, cdkeys, instant gaming... there are always great sales in everything 3...I would advise against using a retailer that's not on the official list of retailers. While the non-official ones may have them for cheaper, you can't be 100% sure that the keys are keys obtained legally by the seller or that there aren't any other problems.@dmel15 Did you ever upload anything to the Sims 3 Gallery that required Late Night? That would be another way to possibly prove ownership of Late Night. Not sure if that would count to EA, but it's worth a shot.

this would make me bawl my eyes out as well, i love sims 3! maybe you could make a post on here, asking if a nice enough simmer could buy the game for you???

that's horrible, i will be keeping you in my thoughts.

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texxx78
4 years ago
I know you don't want to buy it again (and you shouldn't!) but nowadays you can get 3's eps for something like 3 euros each... If there's no other way around and this situation is making you feel so sad, just know that. Both in steam, cdkeys, instant gaming... there are always great sales in everything 3...
EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
4 years ago
Hmm...

Do you have the manual? The booklet that has serial code on the back?

If you don't, I'd recommend you to take a picture of your game and the disk and contact EA with those pictures. Maybe it will work then?
Seera1024
New Spectator
4 years ago
"telmarina;c-17799847" wrote:
I know you don't want to buy it again (and you shouldn't!) but nowadays you can get 3's eps for something like 3 euros each... If there's no other way around and this situation is making you feel so sad, just know that. Both in steam, cdkeys, instant gaming... there are always great sales in everything 3...

I would advise against using a retailer that's not on the official list of retailers. While the non-official ones may have them for cheaper, you can't be 100% sure that the keys are keys obtained legally by the seller or that there aren't any other problems.

@dmel15 Did you ever upload anything to the Sims 3 Gallery that required Late Night? That would be another way to possibly prove ownership of Late Night. Not sure if that would count to EA, but it's worth a shot.
brookesaywhatx
4 years ago
this would make me bawl my eyes out as well, i love sims 3! maybe you could make a post on here, asking if a nice enough simmer could buy the game for you???
xBob18
4 years ago
that's horrible, i will be keeping you in my thoughts.
dmel025
New Spectator
4 years ago
"sunshineandsimoleons;c-17799881" wrote:
this would make me bawl my eyes out as well, i love sims 3! maybe you could make a post on here, asking if a nice enough simmer could buy the game for you???

This would be very nice. I would be forever grateful if a wonderful member of this community found it in their heart to buy me a digital version of Sims 3 Late Night, I have seen such acts of kindness here before but I will not ask anyone to do such a thing, especially in these hard times.
boni06
4 years ago
"sunshineandsimoleons;c-17799881" wrote:
this would make me bawl my eyes out as well, i love sims 3! maybe you could make a post on here, asking if a nice enough simmer could buy the game for you???

I second this. There are some very kind simmers that would love to give a gift that would mean the world to you. I would have a breakdown is that happened to me
dmel025
New Spectator
4 years ago
"Seera1024;c-17799876" wrote:
What email is associated with this account, the dmel15 account?

Could you have accidentally registered the game to this account instead of the dmel25 account?

I did not mix up these accounts. I gave EA all my emails I have used in the last 10 years and even my parents who bought me the game and they said none of them were connected to the account that the game code was used for so I am at a loss. :(
EA_Leeloo
4 years ago
Hey there, I moved this thread to the Sims 3 General Discussion section of the forum. :)
Damienf519
New Rookie
4 years ago
@dmel15
Sorry to hear about your dilemma. If worse comes to worse, you could wait for Late Night to go on sale. I wish there was more I could do to help you. I am no longer able to get the Pet Shop that came with the limited edition of Pet's to work, but at least I am able to get the pack to work.