Gamestop: We don't have enough to fill pre-orders!

Vark said:
There were people camping the Germantown Best Buy for 360 so I don't see why they'd stop it this year.

You know the Circuit City on the Pike is one of the ones getting 100 units and doing the midnight launch right?
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No I didn't realize any local circuit city was doing a midnight launch around here. Which one are you referring to?

EDIT: Oh shit just checked the website Rockville store..hmm thanks for the heads up. How early do you think folks will start camping there? I am tempted to swing by there after work... let's see I'd get there about 6.... vouchers handed out at 10... could go home catch a nap then come back at midnight....
 
SolidSnakex said:
If you read that article they say they believe they'll be able to get their pre orders filled before Christmas. So it'd be a few weeks.
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Umm... don't you get the absurdity of this? This is a thread about them overestimating supply to begin with. Why would their estimate of "all preorders filled before Xmas" be any different?

That isn't even a question they can reasonably answer... it's completely out of their control.
 
travisbickle said:
My mate's got a Christmas job at the Online Woolworths call centre, he's at uni. In the catalogue they've sent out it has PS3 British launch as November 17th, he says kids and parents are calling him all day, the parents aren't too bad but the kids call him a Liar and threaten to sue Woolworths when he tells them it's not coming out!! Kids these days.
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He should direct them to GAF, sounds like they`d fit right in :)
 
I just called my GS. I was 8 of 12 when I pre-ordered, but now they say they're getting 16. Something tells me the employee I spoke to was stupid. I'll call back in a few hours to ask again...
 
manager will know how many units he's getting circa 3 today. i was fifth in line, and he thinks i'll get one. but an employee took one of the preorders, and i bet that bumps me to six. most hilariously botched product launch ever? possibly.
 
DarienA said:
Well if a local best buy near me is not allowing camping and the EB f*cks me maybe I'll just hit the Best Buy that morning.

Gitaroo when did they update their page?
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I just noticed it like 20 minutes ago so I guess it was pretty recent. I want to call my GS but I'm afraid of the answer I'm going to get.
 
I'm #10 at my local store, so I'm probably going to have to wait a few more weeks. It sucks, but it's hard to get too upset considering that all I'm missing out on is Resistance and Taladega Nights in HD. I'm not so hyped that I can't wait a few more weeks for that.
 
DarienA said:
No I didn't realize any local circuit city was doing a midnight launch around here. Which one are you referring to?

EDIT: Oh shit just checked the website Rockville store..hmm thanks for the heads up. How early do you think folks will start camping there? I am tempted to swing by there after work... let's see I'd get there about 6.... vouchers handed out at 10... could go home catch a nap then come back at midnight....
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Edit: NM.

It's going to get crazy early I think. I'm probably going to head over there at 5:30 or so to check it out and get dinner.
 
Wait a second...

If those people who were lucky enough to preorder a PS3 on October 10... and now we hear the news that they might not even get the system at launch... who exactly will be receiving a PS3 from GameStop at launch?

Understand what I'm saying?

Someone clear the confusion for me, please.
 
I don't know what Sony intends to spend on advertising leading up to Xmas, but it begs the question of whether advertising a product you're unable to sell is money well spent.
 
Shawn said:
Wait a second...

If those people who were lucky enough to preorder a PS3 on October 10... and now we hear the news that they might not even get the system at launch... who exactly will be receiving a PS3 from GameStop at launch?

Understand what I'm saying?

Someone clear the confusion for me, please.
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Some of the people who pre-ordered their systems on the 10th.
 
Shawn said:
Wait a second...

If those people who were lucky enough to preorder a PS3 on October 10... and now we hear the news that they might not even get the system at launch... who exactly will be receiving a PS3 from GameStop at launch?

Understand what I'm saying?

Someone clear the confusion for me, please.
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GS/EB managers and employees.
 
GitarooMan said:
You work at GS right or am I making that up? Have you heard how much your allocation has been cut yet if you work there?
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According to what I've heard, all GS/EB stores in the Cincinnati, OH area are set to receive exactly HALF of the promised units. F*cking half.

Managers and employees.
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HA, try again. Mine was an employee unit, but all managers and employees are getting cut.
 
Oh god this news story apparently gets even funnier!

Gamestop/EB is now scrambling trying to figure out how this news item got out already, as it wasn't suppose to come out till LATE this evening. I just got a call back from my asst mgr because his district mgr wanted to know where the news item was posted for that reason.

A comedy of errors...
 
scenario 1- Sony gave GS an allocation number a while ago, they took preorders based on it, then Sony lowered their allocation, leaving GS customers screwed.

scenario 2- GS took preorders based on how many units they thought Sony was going to give them, therefore screwing their own customers.

Until we know which of the two possible scenarios happened, there's no way to tell whether this is a Sony or GS screwup.
 
cochese said:
I dont get why companies do this shit. Delay the damn thing till your sure you have enough units to ship.
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Sure, Sony could delay the launch until next year and put 2 million units in the market at once. Or they could come to market now with 400k and get the rest in as fast as possible. This only hurts those people who are too jealous to stand the fact that maybe someone else has something and they don't. People need to quit being crybabies with the attitude of Hey, if I can't get one, why should anybody else be able to. Suck it up and maybe you'll get lucky, maybe not. Jeez...
 
DarienA said:
Oh god this news story apparently gets even funnier!

Gamestop/EB is now scrambling trying to figure out how this news item got out already, as it wasn't suppose to come out till LATE this evening. I just got a call back from my asst mgr because his district mgr wanted to know where the news item was posted for that reason.

A comedy of errors...
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Look out now EB/GS employee's, they are forming lines for your blood outside the store!

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Newzboyz99 said:
So not only are there gonna be shortages but since there are two kinds of SKU units, some people may have to settle on the HD or non-HD units I guess.
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Wrong. They all come with HD's! PSWii ftw!!
 
Well, I had a pretty good idea this would happen anyways so Im not terribly excited, what I dont understand though is why EB allowed everyone to choose which system they would like?
I mean, what if each of the 16 people at EB preordered 60gig units and the store received 10 60gigs and 6 20gigs, looks like either way people were going to get screwed out of a launch unit, or atleast the one they wanted. Seems like pretty common sense to me but oh well. BestBuy or Walmart/SamsClub, here I come.
 
Called my GS back, talked to the same guy... he hadn't heard the news yet.

It's a good thing I have no plans to purchase any PS3 games until late 2007 and held off on Blu-Ray movie purchases until I watched TN on Blu-Ray and King Kong on HD for a comparison on my TV.

Still sucks to be missing out on day one though.
 
DarienA said:
Oh god this news story apparently gets even funnier!

Gamestop/EB is now scrambling trying to figure out how this news item got out already, as it wasn't suppose to come out till LATE this evening. I just got a call back from my asst mgr because his district mgr wanted to know where the news item was posted for that reason.

A comedy of errors...
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holy ****, same thing happened.
I talked to the person at my local ebgames just a minute ago on the phone. I told her about the gamespot news story and she sounded kinda mad, she was asking me all these questions like where did you hear it, what employee told you that we were getting 16 units in a month ago, telling me all this stuff about store policy that employees are not supposed to tell things like that. She was asking me wtf he looked like, and im no snitch so I told her I forgot (not trying to get somebody fired for telling me how much they initially were planning to get).

but shit im ****ing worried now. she said she would call the reserved customers within the next 1-2 hours to let them know.

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Just got off the phone with my GS. They are getting 6 and I'm number four. He said that I would definitely be getting a system.


*Ginormous sigh of relief.*

By that accounting then, GameStop is getting 75% of their pre-orders filled.
 
Westonian said:
Just got off the phone with my GS. They are getting 6 and I'm number four. He said that I would definitely be getting a system.


*Ginormous sigh of relief.*

By that accounting then, GameStop is getting 75% of their pre-orders filled.
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But which system? You may be stuck with a 20GB.
 
Westonian said:
Just got off the phone with my GS. They are getting 6 and I'm number four. He said that I would definitely be getting a system.


*Ginormous sigh of relief.*

By that accounting then, GameStop is getting 75% of their pre-orders filled.
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Well, as I said, all stores around here are having their shipments cut by 50%. It seems to vary per area.
 
I think I'm going to make a stop at my store on the way home and see what the hell # I am and how f*cked I am.
 
chaostrophy said:
scenario 1- Sony gave GS an allocation number a while ago, they took preorders based on it, then Sony lowered their allocation, leaving GS customers screwed.

scenario 2- GS took preorders based on how many units they thought Sony was going to give them, therefore screwing their own customers.

Until we know which of the two possible scenarios happened, there's no way to tell whether this is a Sony or GS screwup.
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I'd be willing to bet it's scenario 1. The 360 launch was such a PR nightmare for them, there is no way they'd just guesstimate PS3 launch numbers.

If they did just guess... wow. Just wow.
 
DrDogg said:
Called my GS back, talked to the same guy... he hadn't heard the news yet.

It's a good thing I have no plans to purchase any PS3 games until late 2007 and held off on Blu-Ray movie purchases until I watched TN on Blu-Ray and King Kong on HD for a comparison on my TV.

Still sucks to be missing out on day one though.
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oh yeah it sure does suck missing out on day one considering all the games are inferior to their 360 counterparts and the only good game is resistance hahaha
 
I called my Gamestop and they said that as far as they know they should get their full allotment of 16 units. One thing I found weird is that they only had 8 preorders. I asked since I was number 4 if I should worry and he said that if something does happen he expects to get at least that amount.
 
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