So basically he admitted they are stolen goods. Sure THIS guy didn't steal them, but his friend did for him. This guy might be alright but his friend is in trouble. Good luck with that. $800 worth of goods do not just get written off.
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PS4 already in the wild
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So basically he admitted they are stolen goods. Sure THIS guy didn't steal them, but his friend did for him. This guy might be alright but his friend is in trouble. Good luck with that. $800 worth of goods do not just get written off.
Because it probably won't ship until Tuesday / Wednesday.
They usually ship 2nd day, so it's probably not going to go out until Tuesday at the earliest.
A pallet of $400 consoles doesn't just get written off as defective.
MagicWithEarvin
Member
I hope they ship on Tuesday
Even if they did, UPS will take their sweet ass time with the package. They usually deliver by 6PM PST in my residential area.
fluffydelusions
Member
I've just recently put together a gaming PC and had a whole bunch of parts delivered over the past few weeks and all have come around 8PM. The main reason I decided to not go the Amazon route for the system. I'd rather just pick it up in store.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
hello, where is my ps4 in the wild?
They usually deliver anywhere from 11AM to 2PM central for me.
They are all crazy in the head. It's not like with consoles where you can pick and choose wich machine fits you the best. Just grab onto the one that looks to have the least amount of crazy and boom, kids, a Volvo (or Ford mondeo in my case) and a console of your choice in the future. Success!
Damaged palettes are going to get reported to Sony. Best Buy or whatever retailer is going to file a dilution claim against Sony and only pay for the palettes they are claiming are not damaged or nonreceived. I'm not saying this thief won't get away with it (if he's really telling the truth that he stole them) but it's not like they won't know about this.
andromeduck
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CassidyIzABeast
Member
So when are we getting that UI video?
In commercial transactions, this is called dilution and typically it happens so commonly and between trusted trading partners so it is not abnormal. For example, if I order 10 pairs of shoes from you, you ship them, and one gets destroyed in transit, this is a commercial dispute that will result in dilution of the value of the invoice. If I'm Sony, I sell to Best Buy all the time and tons of things probably break in transit, so it's not like this is abnormal.
BUT excessive dilution or dispute can trigger audit and will most certainly result in a change of contract terms.
So the point is if whole palettes of PS4s suddenly go missing and Sony has proof of delivery or title transfer (in some cases, freight forwarders take title to goods), it could be an issue. But I'm going to venture a guess that Sony has shipping insurance anyway.
Always-honest
Banned
Haha, i seriously have the Volvo (and the rest).
That's what I wanna know.
Not a chance. They can't be marked as "non-received" because it's confirmed in multiple locations... the distribution facility will mark the pallet as being on the truck, the truck will confirm delivery to the store, and the store will confirm receipt. No way one person at Target or BB has the power to affect all of this.
As for damaged units, they must be shipped back to Sony. The store will not simply be allowed to throw them away. I'm pretty sure all tech companies work this way. The company I work for certainly does. Returned damaged or DOA units not only get sent back to us, but they're flagged for personal inspection by a senior tech to determine the nature of the issue, they don't just get processed through the system.
This is just someone at a store, probably a part-time stock boy making minimum wage, trying to sound like he runs the place by babbling complete falsehoods to his friends online.
You'd be surprised how many junior enlisted get scared of even the lowest NCO. Just imagine how they act around Chiefs and officers. Not all junior enlisted are like this. The vast majority are solid.
You always got those kids who think metal on uniform, or a roof on stripes means they have to obey what's asked of them.
Somebody at some point is going to realize there are missing PS4s off that pallet. Either the store before they ship them off or Sony when they receive them. Now if maybe two are missing, it might not be a big thing. But I would guess these aren't the only two this guy gave away. Surely he kept a couple for himself right?
If this happens with electronics, I wouldn't be surprised. I can tell you that in some other industries, it doesn't make sense to ship the items back-- damaged or destroyed primary materials as an example, if it isn't a precious commodity or metal.
I also do know of a few cases where employees were able to mark something as missing, but it was typically from a company-owned distributor and not shipments from third parties (to be specific, this was a Blockbuster distribution facility and employees were marking DVDs as non-received from the shipment center).
Commanche Raisin Toast
Member
Hopefully all of those stolen units end up being applied against the shelf stock allocation and not anyone's preorders.
So fucked up.
So fucked up.
I think the big difference here is that this is a major console release, on release day. No one's going to just let things disappear. The retailers know that people will try stealing them, and they'll probably be reviewing a whole lot of video for the next couple of months. After that, it won't really matter, because they won't be hard to find any more.
I once had a major try to pull that stunt on me in the Commissary, I just calmly took down his last name and squadron and reported him to my commander for misuse of rank which is a UCMJ offense and my Commander made a huge deal out of it which ended up impacting the major's OPR.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
All lies. Anybody using the hashtag "traplord" is bullshitting
Derpcrawler
Member
Seems like this guy is full of bullshit, most of photos in his Instagram are not unique, you can find them elsewhere with google. And that photo is from Amazon facebook. Seems like he is just trying to scam people who are looking for PS4.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
yep its bullshit
http://slumz.boxden.com/f13/amazons-warehouse-prepares-ps4-shipments-1998982/
This thread was posted on 11-07-2013, 07:42 PM
The "traplord" guy didn't post his image until 2 days later
http://slumz.boxden.com/f13/amazons-warehouse-prepares-ps4-shipments-1998982/
This thread was posted on 11-07-2013, 07:42 PM
The "traplord" guy didn't post his image until 2 days later
SolidSnakex
Member
I'd guess it'll be Monday or Tuesday. The press will have full access to the console then, which means that Sony will probably would walk them through the UI. So they'd probably have a video prepared for us before the press give their impressions of it.
Puppet Shadow
Member
What happened to the kid who's dad works for Sony? Wasn't he supposed to do his video today?
I'd rather just have it ahead of time. Save me the potential trouble of dealing with overcrowded servers on day one, and the update will go a lot faster to boot. I assume someone here will be eyeballing the Sony website to see if it's available for direct download before launch.
soulassssns
Banned
I'm an "enlisted guy" (17 yrs) and I'd tell you to go F off! If I saw you do it to my junior enlistees I'd call you outin front of everyone to make feel like an ass.
Also, UCMJ says hi
Dark_AnNiaLatOr
Member
Many hours of the day remain.
I think his Instagram pictures were deleted. So possibly, he drew too much heat, and is no longer doing it. Just a guess though.
Dark Octave
Banned
You're acting like I'm talking about your homeboy or something. Sounded like you got personally offended that I noticed and made fun of this guy's strange hair cut. Either that or you're on the Neogaf Thread Watch program.
Steeve McQueen nerd voice: "Ahem! According to section Z-17-5400, there will be no brief mentioning of other topics besides the strict topic at hand, ever. Doing so will get you shit from some random gaffer on patrol that day."
Last I heard, mod's names were in red and if I did anything wrong, they'll let me know.
Papacheeks
Banned
So what did I miss? I'm seeing posts about Possible broken palets, or is it a case of the guy who posted early pics of PS4 stole it?
A lot seemed to have transpired over the course of the night since I last logged on.
Can some one catch me up to speed?
A lot seemed to have transpired over the course of the night since I last logged on.
Can some one catch me up to speed?
Macho Madness
Member
Am I getting my PS4 on the 13th?
What retailer did you buy this from?
Uno Venova
Banned
FuckAm I getting my PS4 on the 13th?
Macho Madness
Member
If FedEx says it's arriving on Wednesday, I'd say you can probably count on it. I have hope... but only a little bit... that Amazon will ship tomorrow.
Am I getting my PS4 on the 13th?
O.O
Where is this order from?
Aahhh, but it only says the shipping has been initiated, and the estimated delivery time is based on that. If Wal Mart holds it for a couple of days, it won't happen I'm guessing
Lovely Salsa
Banned
Macho Madness
Member
Oh whoops didn't see that. That has to be a game.
PaulKersey
Member
Am I getting my PS4 on the 13th?
Not even 1 pound? Can't be right.
EDIT: Beaten by a million people.
Bruno
Member
My guess is it's the game in the bundle but I wasn't expecting them to mail me everything separately.
Slayer-33
Liverpool-2
Aaaaahahahaha