This guy who was completley whoring himself to customers was trying to make me preorder Halo 2 (which I have done, just at Gamestop)... he said that if I didnt get it at teh 1st shipment then Id have to wait till the end of march because Halo 2's next shipment will be then. He said MS is doing this so they can keep the Xbox Live servers stable. Do you think there is truth to this claim?
Strange Claim made by EB worker
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Chopin Trusty Balls
First casualty in the war on idioticy.
Did he mention your penis will also fall off if you dont buy guide with it ?
Justin Bailey
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Speaking of which. . .
I remember I was in there the other day and overheard a EB guy tell someone that MGS2 had won GOTY when it came out. I know that the AIAS didn't give it GOTY, so I was wondering if any major publication actually did. Wouldn't surprise me if he was lying, though.
I remember I was in there the other day and overheard a EB guy tell someone that MGS2 had won GOTY when it came out. I know that the AIAS didn't give it GOTY, so I was wondering if any major publication actually did. Wouldn't surprise me if he was lying, though.
Uncle Dukey
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I think he just really wants to sell you a preorder.
Catchpenny
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Makes sense to me. Live is already having bandwidth problems now that word of the Halo online code has spread.
Jumpman Jr.
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Better pre-order two copies at EB, just to be safe.
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If you don't get the extended warranty, your Xbox will emit toxic levels of carbon monoxide and your family will die.
Ferrarisimo
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neptunes said:
By limiting holiday sales and subsequent profits, of course.
Hellraizah
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Sometimes I hope that all these EB horror stories don't take place at my store.
Speaking about EB...When I was there buying Riddick, the salesman without blinking an eye grabs an open copy off the shelf (you know, the ones with all the stickers on them that say "New Release" and "Trade in 3 and Get 1 Free") and proceeds to charge me full price!
Now, since I was buying the game the day it was released I know that it was unused, but who in their right mind is gonna pay 50 bucks for an open case covered in stickers? The real pisser was that he charged me BEFORE showing me the lovely packaging. He didn't look too happy when I got my money back.
Now, since I was buying the game the day it was released I know that it was unused, but who in their right mind is gonna pay 50 bucks for an open case covered in stickers? The real pisser was that he charged me BEFORE showing me the lovely packaging. He didn't look too happy when I got my money back.
TekunoRobby
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Lesson learned: If a customer rep is giving you priviledged shipping information about a game he wishes you to buy, IT ISN'T TRUE.
I don't believe this.
Since all preorders are going to be sold as a given (like geez, there's already over 1 million preorders) why would Microsoft have a massive marketing campaign to all these casuals? So they can walk in a gamestore and have people tell them "not for 2 more weeks?"
Plus since Live games are p2p instead of server.... THIS MAKES NO BLOODY SENSE! argh!
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Since all preorders are going to be sold as a given (like geez, there's already over 1 million preorders) why would Microsoft have a massive marketing campaign to all these casuals? So they can walk in a gamestore and have people tell them "not for 2 more weeks?"
Plus since Live games are p2p instead of server.... THIS MAKES NO BLOODY SENSE! argh!
Jumpman Jr. said:
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Hellraizah
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Trois-Rivères, Québec, CanadaBuddyChrist83 said:
(819)376-1667
TekunoRobby
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Hellraizah said:Trois-Rivères, Québec, Canada
(819)376-1667
Random Person: HEY YOU FUCKING IDIOT HALO 2 IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE! I AM BILL GATES AND IF I WANT TO MAKE HALO 2 I WILL!
(819)376-1667: Please sir! You are the 50th person to call us! We are simply a suicide helpline!
Hellraizah
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Well, not really, but, the manager's nickname is Curly, and he looks like a cross between a teddybear and the psycho guy in that Identity movie, so it's reason enough to call him and ask for "Curly".BuddyChrist83 said:
BobbyRobby
Member
What a bastard. If someone asks about a game and doesn't want to pre-order it, I just tell them what time of the day shipments come in so they won't miss out. After hearing this, they usually get the pre-order since I don't come off like a dick trying to sell them on something.
Mr_Furious
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Fuck EB and GS. I'll just stroll into my local Fry's and take an LE copy off the humongous mountain of a pile I'm sure they're going to have on launch day and it'll probably be on sale for $10-$15 cheaper.