Gears e day beta code

So the gears e day closed beta ended yesterday as we all know, last Thursday I hadn't received a beta code from pre ordering the collectors edition on xbox. I emailed on Thursday the 6th of August to request a code to DPI MERCH and TODAY they now send me a beta code... I didnt have time to play the beta anyways as I had gotten busy but I didnt even get the chance and I think thats really poor considering I spent £300 on the collectors edition. If i couldnt play it I couldve at least given the code to a friend or another person on here. Anyone else have the same issue today by chance?