Sims 4 cottage living code in box or cd?
@fafner There are too many physical retail partners for EA to list them all, but only a few legitimate digital resellers. Others (G2A, CDKeys, InstantGaming, etc.) buy their keys from sketchy sources and sometimes pass on bad codes to their customers. That's what EA is trying to communicate: don't buy from a keyseller because a) you don't know what you're getting, and b) we won't help you if you do get scammed.
When you buy a sealed physical copy, on the other hand, you should get a legitimate key regardless of which store sells it. However, I've heard enough stories about bad or missing keys in sealed boxes that I'd personally open the box in front of an employee and try to register the code while they watched. That might be overkill, but it saves a potentially frustrating exchange with a store manager that thinks the company's "no returns" policy covers it in these circumstances.
If Amazon is the most convenient source for you, you should be fine; just make sure you're buying from Amazon itself, or barring that, from a third-party with the "Fulfilled by Amazon" tag, so that if there is a problem, you have recourse.
