But I got my five RiffTrax codes today via email (four videos and the one month subscription), and redeemed them, and none of them include the reunion show. After redeeming the four videos (I haven’t redeemed the subscription code yet), I see all four videos in my RiffTrax library, but not the reunion show.
I’m having the same issue. I can’t figure out how to redeem the reunion show. I feel like there’s something really obvious I’m missing but I don’t know what.
I was curious about this too. I already have it in my library, since I bought the blu ray from them, but it would be cool if to have the VOD added to my library since the blu ray only gives me a streaming option, not a download.
Sounds good, no rush. I did get my Friends subscription going after an email with their customer service.
Here’s what they said:
Good news: you did successfully claim your free month of RiffTrax Friends.
Your next step would be to visit RiffTrax Friends (Through Eternity) and sign up for either a monthly or annual subscription. You won’t need to re-enter your discount code again, even if prompted.
Your first invoice after the automatic 1 week trial will be discounted $5.99, making that first month free in the case of a monthly subscription, or the first year $59 in the case of an annual subscription.
FYI, @RiffTraxErik has explained what’s going on with there friends subscription code here:
The good news is that it’s a little tricky, but it works. He’s got a good explanation of how to successfully claim it and how that are trying to improve it.
Still haven’t tried the Free Month of Rifftrax Friends code yet, but it seems they want us to buy at least a month of it. I’ll do that but not yet.
Also, the codes I have for a free month, live show and mp3 are titles I already have. They suggest “gifting them”, but does that mean just printing the codes here or social media? Just want to be sure, because I’ll share extra copies f stuff I already have.
I posted a thread on Reddit offering up the titles I already had, then messaged people the codes. But for the VODs, you should double check on if you bought it in SD or HD, because they will upgrade your copy to HD (I did that with a couple I already owned).
You don’t need to buy a month. Just cancel before the end of the first month, or turn off auto renew.
As @Majorjoe23 says, you don’t have to buy anything. You do have to start a subscription but you can cancel it and not pay. If it was Pandora or HBO I’d suspect it was a ploy to get you to be a subscriber by accident. Since it’s Rifftrax, I think it’s just the limit of their Friends subscription setup.
I contacted customer support, because I went through the redemption process and it just gave me a 1-week trial instead of the month. They said the code should take $5.99 off of the first payment (which is the entire amount for 1 month)