Guild Wars 2 Gem Card - PC

I was hesitant to purchase these but after trying, and failing, to use the in game purchase system, I decided to put my faith in the fact that it's been two years since the blank card mishap with Arenanet. I was worried that either the cards would have no code or the codes wouldn't work but when they came, I was in for a happy surprise. The codes were on the cards and they worked like a charm. So, if you are debating on buying these gem code cards, I say go for it. You will not be sorry and the stuff you can get is awesome!!! ~Starfire

It's a card, comes in a "DVD" style case, gives you some gems to spend. Not really much to review about this. Card quality is nice. The case is neat for displaying in a collection of things if you collect stuff. Code is behind a scratch off thing. Had no issues activating the code.

There are two reasons for why you would want to buy a Guild Wars 2 gem card: 1. You are too young to own a credit card or paypal account to buy the gems in-game 2. You want to GIFT gems to someone by giving them this card, or the code on it. Guild Wars 2 recently added a "gifting" option for all the in-store items - but there is no way to send raw Gems to someone if you wanted to. This is how you would do it. I should also note that 10.00 gets you 800 gems in-game... by that logic this card is only worth a little over 20 bucks.

I guess some of the reviews on here are from when the price was higher. $25.00 for 2,000 gems is the correct price according to the in game gem store so this is neither a deal or a ripoff. But it makes a great gift for someone you know plays a lot of GW2. Which I do. The game itself is great and there are lots of things you can spend the gems on like armor skins or another character slot. If you don't want to buy anything from the gem store you can always just turn the gems into gold and 2,000 gems could be around 70-80 gold depending on the market.

Finally got the wife to try the game (since we all loved the first one) and take a break from WoW. She was enjoying GW2, so I bought two of these. Gave one to her, and was going to give the other to our son when summer break started. She eagerly opened it up, and after inputting the code - was told it was invalid. We decided to wait on the second one until hers was fixed. Anet's customer service has always been terrible, but it's actually gotten worse over the last decade. They wanted her game client code for the first game (from 2005!), as well as a plethora of personal information. Also, each person that 'followed up' on the support ticket (after she emailed them on the *same ticket number* again) was different. Each one of them started the process over from the beginning, as if trying to frustrate her into giving up. It worked. After emailing support back and forth for a WEEK, she gave up. She has decided she's never giving Anet or NCSoft any money ever again, and hasn't even logged onto GW2 since. Amazon refunded with no issues (thank you!), but she wouldn't even let me use my card on her account. For a little while there, the family got to spend a couple hours a week playing a game together. It was nice while it lasted. Now she's all even uninstalled the game, and has gone back to WoW. Thanks a lot Anet.

Considering the price of gems with game gold has dropped, I'm cautious about buying gems with real money. You have to think with a little hard work you'd be able to earn gems w/o paying a single penny of real life money. I think 100 gems was going for about 1 gold and now they're about half that... but the price will prob fluctuate so don't rely on it being cheap all the time. Anyways I'm reluctant about buying gems with real money because with real money the price seems set in stone where as the price can change with in game gold so you could get a better deal if you just use in game gold... in my mind anyways. For those that want to spend their real money for gems to acquire them more quickly, I suggest just buying them directly in game. These gems cards seem more of a thing to buy only if, for some reason, you don't have a credit card. Maybe the price will go down in the future. I did see some of these on ebay for about $5 less than here. EDIT 12/8/2012 i actually bought one of these for a friend that lives in a different state and i'm happy with it. the $25 base price is right in line with what they cost in game... but i did have to pay tax so it was more. still i appreciate that i'm able to buy gems for my friend that lives in a different state. i still suggest you buy the gems directly in the game or use ingame gold to buy gems. currently though, 100 gems are going for nearly 2 gold which is nearly double what it was about a month ago.

I've been playing GW2 since beta, and have been plagued with in game purchase problems since the beginning. For me, this is easier and more reliable than trying to use the in game purchase system. It's faster as well, since waiting on a card to be mailed takes less time than contacting customer support at ArenaNet and waiting on them to approve my purchase every time. Obiously this would be even better if they could just email me the code!

this is a great gift for those who play, or know someone who plays Guild Wars 2. Gems are the way you can get in-game content that requires you to spend real life money. There are constant deals and sales in Guild Wars 2 that use gems. If you know someone who plays the game, this will be a most appreciated gift, as that the amount of gems you get from this card will reward the player with multiple items. I play GW2 and use this for a gift to people i know who play this game.

It wasn't for me it was for my neighbour. I was kind of hoping for him to buy me some gems back because I want to get rid of my Deathwish and get a new weapon but he ended up not so I was disappointed. I don't know how I am supposed to review this

I bought two of these for two people using an Amazon gift card I had, and they worked without any problems. If you play GW2, this is almost as good as purchasing them direct from Arenanet.

Very disappointed with amazon going to 3rd party seller that is over charging for the product (as well as charging shipping on an order that was well over the 25.00 min--btw I cancelled the order) have bought the product many times for 24.99 (97) and included it with another product to get free. I phoned EB and the reatail list for the game IS 24.99. DO not buy it here, by the time you get it it will be over 40$$$ for a 25$ product. 0 stars but I had to pic one to post.!!

It's exactly as described. Was a happy purchase even if a bit overcharge at the time of purchase, but was willing to for a gift.

Very glad to know that anyone that plays this game [including me] can buy gems at amazon to gift to friends or for personal use. Delivery was excellent like always! I have bought and would buy again.