People buying codes outside Maxis should know that EA does not support all aspects of sales outside of trusted retailers, so there's a bit of risk involved in those savings.
We want you to have the best experience, but we cannot help out with purchases made through an unauthorized digital retailer.
If you purchase EA digital products from an unauthorized party and the CD key or Product Code is disabled, you will not be able to play your game and we will be unable to assist you.
https://help.ea.com/en-ca/help/faq/where-to-buy-ea-games-v2/ -- there's a list at this site.
