Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Congrats giving a corporation an interest free loan, loser!
GameStop To Open 1,000 Nintendo Switch Reservations At Random In Stores on Saturday
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Congrats giving a corporation an interest free loan, loser!
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
This exact thing happened with my parents years ago when furbys were hard to get.
DecoReturns
Member
nevermind.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
What place besides gamestop allows you to pay in full before it releases? Every normal company requires no money down and charges on release.
DecoReturns
Member
Amazon. by gift card technically
Best Buy let's you as well I believe. Mine does. My friend got his all paid for
He shouldn't need to do that. Target and Toys R Us (and K-mart) didn't take in store pre-orders as far as I know. You should be able to walk in and buy one on launch day at any of those places.
Luckily for gamers, there's not a Wii Sports like title for the Switch that will make it smash like the Wii did it's first year on the market. And it is launching in early March, not November.
Pushing over 700,000 units or so for the US at or near launch in March would be unprecedented and unpredictable.
dragonfart28
Banned
This is Trump levels of stupid.
Compsiox
Banned
I just wanted to guarantee that they wouldn't give my preorder away.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
You don't need to pay in full for that...
tearsintherain
Member
if he sells on eBay they will charge 13.7% paypal/ebay fees, or $54.80. So thats $346.20 to your brother on a $400 sale. If you live in a state with tax you'll be paying that at time of purchase, 6-8%. So $320-330. So essentially a $20-30 profit. Chances are non trivial the buyer will try to scam your brother, claiming the item does not work and requesting a refund, which eBay will require you honor no matter what your listing says (no refunds). Then the buyer sends back a box with newspaper or whatever, eBay sides with them, they keep the switch, and you are out $325 plus eBay fees plus shipping.
Or I guess you can go the craigslist route and hope the seller doesn't shoot you with a gun
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...n-for-murdering-a-gamer-over-a-playstation-4/
Anyways apparently the gamestop promo worked similar to the taco bell PS4 giveaways - they scheduled 1000 "time slots" throughout the day, assigned stores eligible for the promo (not all), and anyone who scanned their PUR account number in the register for any transaction and was first in that timeslot was eligible to pre order a switch. Weird way to do it but I guess it helped promote the theme of the day, aka PUR Pro day.
Sometimes when you win, you lose.
Compsiox
Banned
I don't know man. If someone comes to the store ready to front all of the cash and you only have 50 dollars on your preorder I could see them pulling some shit.
Admiral Woofington
Member
no they don't
regardless I paid for fully too. More because I didn't want to deal with the hassle night of release, I want to come in, grab it, and leave.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Yeah, no. Their entire reputation is built on fulfilling preorders. Say what you will about their other business practices, if you preorder a game from them you'll get it on launch day, period.
McGruber21
Member
I usually defend Gamestop from all the unnecessary hate. They are the only major video game retailer and they have a generous rewards program (for rewards programs).
But this was an extremely disingenuous way to get people eager for a Switch to come into the store. When I spoke to my local store manager he said and I quote "Oh that was kind of weird the way they did that. Basically some of the stores got extra pre-orders, but not ours."
But this was an extremely disingenuous way to get people eager for a Switch to come into the store. When I spoke to my local store manager he said and I quote "Oh that was kind of weird the way they did that. Basically some of the stores got extra pre-orders, but not ours."
matrixman92
Member
One of my friends "won" this today.
jediyoshi
Member
Low supply.
If they could, they'd just do that. Best Buy knows they'll sell through all of these as well. It's a way for them to turn it into a way to get people into stores.
LOL... dude, it isnt like the clerk is holding on to your money, the only difference between you and someone not willing to give out a loan for free is the print on your receipt... I really want to avatar quote hahaha.
GregLombardi
Member
That is incredibly poor customer service. I wouldn't consider giving any retailer my money if I had doubts like that.
Amazon doesn't pull that shit, and here (in the UK) even GAME guarantee your console will be held for 48 hours due to your deposit.
AcademicSaucer
Member
This shit is insane, I mean, it makes sense to not make too many units because the thing is launching in March with really few games but people seem to be insane.
McGruber21
Member
GameStop has never let me down with a pre-order. Your item isn't going to be given to someone else until 2 days after release if you don't pick it up.
I missed out on pre-orders. Snooze, lose etc.
2 questions:
(1) Anyone from Gamestop here have any idea how long it will be before more units are available after launch day?
(2) Do I really need to pre-order BOTW as well, or will I be able to buy a copy fairly easy?
My local GS told me they *might* have a few extra units on hand for the midnight launch, so I'll give that a try.
2 questions:
(1) Anyone from Gamestop here have any idea how long it will be before more units are available after launch day?
(2) Do I really need to pre-order BOTW as well, or will I be able to buy a copy fairly easy?
My local GS told me they *might* have a few extra units on hand for the midnight launch, so I'll give that a try.
Fox Mulder
Member
Everything about Nintendo hardware releases is insane.
unbiasedgamer
Neo Member
GameStop is such a pr nightmare
I worked at GameStop for over 8 years. The notion of "guaranteeing" a preorder is bullshit. With regular game preorders, they just keep selling games and if they run out of your reserved copy, they'll just send you to another store. With consoles, they will only reserve it for you for real if the consoles are hard to come by.
pete_clarf
Member
Best Buy charges you right away if you use Paypal.
I have a news flash for you.
We are routinely told to sell through everything outside of super, duper niche releases. That includes people's preorders. They do not depend on people showing up to pick up their preorders (nor should they, people routinely never show up to pick up their copy). They want every single copy sold as fast as possible.
Your pre-order means nothing in lieu of a sale.
For consoles? Sure, a bit different. Strict 48 hours, then sell ASAP. Games like Zelda? Pick up your shit.
The idea of giving a company money in advance to either secure a pre-order or 'pay-off' a product (apparently this is a US thing) is bizarre to me, you're just giving them an interest free loan months in advance when the cash should be in your bank account until they hand over the goods. That way you keep the option of walking away without going through a song and dance to get your money back if they accidentally lose your pre-order, don't get enough or decide to give your item to someone else and suggest you wait. I've had all three with Game and wouldn't even give them a quid in advance.
I don't give a retailer money until they ship it (online) or hand over the item (high street). Perhaps it's because UK game shops have proven themselves to bodge the job so many times (or be on the brink of liquidation).
I don't give a retailer money until they ship it (online) or hand over the item (high street). Perhaps it's because UK game shops have proven themselves to bodge the job so many times (or be on the brink of liquidation).
Chairmanchuck
Member
I remember 10 years ago I preordered a Wii at Gamestop (Germany).
I had to work so after work I drove there and wanted to get mine. Got a "Sorry, we sold your preorder since so many people wanted a Wii. But you can already buy games. You want Red Steel and its guide?"
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I had to work so after work I drove there and wanted to get mine. Got a "Sorry, we sold your preorder since so many people wanted a Wii. But you can already buy games. You want Red Steel and its guide?"
...
pete_clarf
Member
Is this recent? I worked at Gamestop from 2000-2008. No matter what the game, we would hold back every reservation for 48 hours. I worked at five different stores throughout the city and it was the same at all of them.
Hence i never preorder, except online for a LE item.
I'm ten years in. It's been happening for the last five or so.
Over the years, they try to hold on tighter and tighter and more just slips away.
Except those times they couldn't fulfill pre-orders for Fire Emblem Awakening or Skyward Sword at my location...
Novel Mike
Member
I worked at GS from 2006 to near the end of 2015.
The detail the previous post was lacking is now they are much better at tracking what stores have/need in terms of supply so while the stores do sell into preorders (since again, tons of people would never pick up said preorders, and when I say tons I mean the first store I worked at had over 300 Halo 3 reserves that were never picked up) they get restocked if they get anywhere near close to low and stores can request additional copies if they are worried about running out. I'm not saying that its 100% full proof and there has never been an issue but most good stores know that if your getting low and don't know for sure your getting more the next day you hold back some copies for reserves even if its not what they company actually wants you to do because in the end if you sell someones reserve copy not only do you as the employee have to deal with the fallout but the company risks losing a customer that could very well spend thousands of dollars more and it doesn't make sense to do that just to make an extra 60$.
IDK about Skyward Sword but FE Awakening was screwed over because Nintendo and weather. I ended up buying the game digitally myself because I didn't want to wait when I worked there.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
Cool, then we know never to order from that scummy company again. They absolutely should depend on it, that's why they took my money. If they don't like it then they should actually change it to something they think is reasonable, not lying to customers. I'm glad you feel so indebted to gamestop with the laughable pay you all get.
where did you read he was?
It's the same thing with tax refunds. My peers make fun of me for not getting a big refund. I have things set up where I get a few hundred from the fed and owe a few hundred to the state each year. I would rather have that money in the bank and available when I want or need it ad opposed to hopong for a big return and that has no intetest attached to it.
bar mitzvah
Neo Member
This is basically the shoe game playbook. There are raffles all the time for hard to get shoes where people leave disappointed. Works great.
This is silly that is hardly giving GS a loan, you could say the same for the money being in the bank and its a larger more evil corporation than GS. lol
Quoting in case he deletes.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
Member
:lol WOW
Stop talking
RichiRamjag
Member
damn. You're a regular Eeyore.
Lol this is awesomely stupid. Us gamers.
Then again, how much more stupid is it than getting up at 5 am just so you can F5 Amazon in the hope of getting a preorder in
? That's practically a lottery to pay money as well. The prize obviously is getting the console at launch, not paying for it.
Then again, how much more stupid is it than getting up at 5 am just so you can F5 Amazon in the hope of getting a preorder in
only to have to wait until 2pm before they go live
