Usually, permenant contents from the game can be found on the net after a week from its initial release. Look at Burnout Paradise for example, all the codes from other "Pre-orders" can eventually be found online.

To get this exclusive item, all you have to do is follow my plan of screwing Gamestop (much like they screwed me when I was ignorant of their ways):

First, find a friend who preordered from Gamestop (on their website). Next, when they receive their preorder code via e-mail, have your friend copy it and send it to you. Lastly, send this e-mail back to Gamestop saying your code did not work. Since you gave them the exact e-mail, they will simply think that the code-giving machine made a mistake, and they will send you a new one.

I've done this for a inFamous code, a LittleBigPlanet code, and a couple of others, and it all works seamlessly every time.

This only works via e-mail though so I suggest preorder on their online store.

And one last thing - I'm not sure if you can preorder, get the code, and then cancel on them. I've done that once before on them, but I think they changed their policy.

Anyway, that's just one of the ways of taking advantage of a company that takes advantage of you.

Long live Goozex!

It's even more annoying when it's a US only thing and we don't get some, or most preorder items, here in Europe, ever!

Just be sure to use different emails. If you keep saying that the code doesn't work with different games but with the same email, GameStop might catch on.