Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
I'd suggest whining on the phone until you get something if you were cheated out of pre-order stuff. I've managed to get a couple free games from it. :P
What the hell kind of pre-order stuff did you miss that meant you got not one, but a couple of free games?
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
I'd suggest whining on the phone until you get something if you were cheated out of pre-order stuff. I've managed to get a couple free games from it. :P
What the hell kind of pre-order stuff did you miss that meant you got not one, but a couple of free games?
I don't know if they still do it or ever did it in your store, but I know the sony rep would always give us free games. Granted, they were like ATV offroad fury 1 and 2, Jax and Daxter, etc, but we always had those lying around to give away. Same when midway was offering Midway arcade collections/one of the older mortal kombat games as long as you preordered the newer versions.
In fact, the other day I was rummaging around my car and found a whole bag full of those games. All unopened.
I've seen Sony do little promotional things and give away certain Greatest Hits games. I don't know if they do it any more, as this was probably 2 or 3 years ago.
Ah... Going to the store, Best Buy, just one time, and picking up Metroid Prime 3 at my leisure.. it's so nice not having to go to the store first, put up with a bunch of questions, then put down $5 or $10 to reserve it, then return however long later to come and pay the rest off to pick it up.
Ah... Going to the store, Best Buy, just one time, and picking up Metroid Prime 3 at my leisure.. it's so nice not having to go to the store first, put up with a bunch of questions, then put down $5 or $10 to reserve it, then return however long later to come and pay the rest off to pick it up.
Here's what I used to do before I worked there
1) Bought a game at random, preordered something.
2) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
3) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
4) Infinity.
Never made any extra trips.
Not a bad system you have worked out there. I guess I've never done this because I don't want to put down the extra cash that I have on-hand towards a preorder while I'm already plunking down $50 or something (I'd have to get into the 'groove' first before that $5-$10 counts towards anything anyway).
Also, did EBstops start doing $10s on preorders? I could've sworn MP3:C was a $10 preorder..
How about this:
I still have my Duke Nukem Forever preorder. The day that preorder is fulfilled will be the day I put down for another preorder.
Ah... Going to the store, Best Buy, just one time, and picking up Metroid Prime 3 at my leisure.. it's so nice not having to go to the store first, put up with a bunch of questions, then put down $5 or $10 to reserve it, then return however long later to come and pay the rest off to pick it up.
Here's what I used to do before I worked there
1) Bought a game at random, preordered something.
2) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
3) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
4) Infinity.
Never made any extra trips.
If the game ever actually comes out, you have to document your trip down to redeem that. The faces on the employees alone should be worth it.
Not a bad system you have worked out there. I guess I've never done this because I don't want to put down the extra cash that I have on-hand towards a preorder while I'm already plunking down $50 or something (I'd have to get into the 'groove' first before that $5-$10 counts towards anything anyway).
Also, did EBstops start doing $10s on preorders? I could've sworn MP3:C was a $10 preorder..
How about this:
I still have my Duke Nukem Forever preorder. The day that preorder is fulfilled will be the day I put down for another preorder.
prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
I went to Gamestop today to get my Metroid preorder. I've been wanting to get one of those little LCD screens for my PSTwo, so I asked if he had any. He goes "Yeah, I think there's one in the back." He comes back with it, shows it to me, and goes "Yeah, it's like fifty bucks." He then takes it back to the back room and comes back out, looking at me. I just smile and go "Alright man, see ya next time." I guess I took this as a sign that the screen was shitty and not worth the investment.
Do people often go into Gamestop and ask to look at a product, but not buy it?
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prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
It can be turned into credit, but the bigger problem, believe it or not, is that the preordered game never sells, or doesnt sell before it depreciates in value, losing EBStop money. So they gain 5 buck to invest, and lose 40 buying a game that doesnt sell fast enough
I went to Gamestop today to get my Metroid preorder. I've been wanting to get one of those little LCD screens for my PSTwo, so I asked if he had any. He goes "Yeah, I think there's one in the back." He comes back with it, shows it to me, and goes "Yeah, it's like fifty bucks." He then takes it back to the back room and comes back out, looking at me. I just smile and go "Alright man, see ya next time." I guess I took this as a sign that the screen was shitty and not worth the investment.
Do people often go into Gamestop and ask to look at a product, but not buy it?
prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
It can be turned into credit, but the bigger problem, believe it or not, is that the preordered game never sells, or doesnt sell before it depreciates in value, losing EBStop money. So they gain 5 buck to invest, and lose 40 buying a game that doesnt sell fast enough
that would be solved if they sold new games on consignment, but yeah i doubt that's going to happen
prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
EBStop should save my game for 30 days if I put 5 bucks on it. If it is 10, they save it for 6 months
Just sayin'. 2 days is a joke if I'm paying them and only them to keep something for me.
prime 3 was a $10 preorder, but mario galaxy and smash were both 5 each. i have no idea why it varies, but i did preorder prime 3 at the last minute
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
It can be turned into credit, but the bigger problem, believe it or not, is that the preordered game never sells, or doesnt sell before it depreciates in value, losing EBStop money. So they gain 5 buck to invest, and lose 40 buying a game that doesnt sell fast enough
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
Here is what you're missing: They can't sell 5 to 10 more copies than they thought they would sell. They already try and get as many copies as they think they can sell so when they order one just for you that's likely an extra copy.
that would be solved if they sold new games on consignment, but yeah i doubt that's going to happen
The already non-existent profit margins on new games would have to be radically slashed for the game distributer to even contemplate this. It would just cause an entirely different set of problems. Small games would be much more expensive if they had to bankroll the entire production run until they were sold.
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
Here is what you're missing: They can't sell 5 to 10 more copies than they thought they would sell. They already try and get as many copies as they think they can sell so when they order one just for you that's likely an extra copy.
Which could be solved with a good logistics system instead of forcing the logistics on the consumer
Every other business ships stuff around to other stores based on demand, Ebstop could do it too.
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
There's never any point to giving business to the 'Stop unless you're looking for a used game.
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
From my experience at EB, 90% if not more of the pre-orders are stolen by the employees. I've frequented several of the stores, worked at one and had close friends at them as well and that's just what happens. That's my biggest bitch with the place.
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
From my experience at EB, 90% if not more of the pre-orders are stolen by the employees. I've frequented several of the stores, worked at one and had close friends at them as well and that's just what happens. That's my biggest bitch with the place.
So if I don't get my pre-order bonus be it keychains, cds or artbooks, should I talk directly to the manager and hope he has sense or go directly to the company and ask for my pre-order bonus which should have been filled the moment I pre-ordered my game, or to refund my money back, because they obviously can't hold on their word that "anything and everything that comes with the games will be in your hands."
Here's a problem I had yesterday when I picked up the new Metroid at my local Gamestop that no one seems to have mentioned yet in this thread. The dude working there seemed to have a severe case of acid reflux or something. He tried to hold back belches with every statement about how I should pre-order Mario Galaxy etc etc etc. Somebody get this guy the purple pill or something?
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
Here is what you're missing: They can't sell 5 to 10 more copies than they thought they would sell. They already try and get as many copies as they think they can sell so when they order one just for you that's likely an extra copy.
(snip)
But over the course of several months, they can't sell 5 copies of a game that (apparently) had enough popularity to get that many pre-orders?
Aside from PC games, most games are on the shelves more than a year before they undergo a price drop.
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
Here is what you're missing: They can't sell 5 to 10 more copies than they thought they would sell. They already try and get as many copies as they think they can sell so when they order one just for you that's likely an extra copy.
(snip)
But over the course of several months, they can't sell 5 copies of a game that (apparently) had enough popularity to get that many pre-orders?
We still have about 10 copies of Madden that weren't picked up. Those new copies probably won't sell now since the Madden craze is over. We still have copies of Madden 06. Those games sell huge amounts within the first couple days, but unless there is some kind of shortage, it usually doesn't last the week and then we are stuck with a bunch of overstock.
Aside from PC games, most games are on the shelves more than a year before they undergo a price drop.
This varies widely on the publishing company, but most games almost always receive one or two price drops before they've been out a year. Madden will be 30 dollars or less by Christmas.
There's never any point to giving business to the 'Stop unless you're looking for a used game.
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
and chances are that is inconvenient for a great many people who choose to do business with Gamestop?
sorry, I'll stop there at my way home from work and pick up my guaranteed copy, thank you. I'm not going to drive all over town looking for it.
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
From my experience at EB, 90% if not more of the pre-orders are stolen by the employees. I've frequented several of the stores, worked at one and had close friends at them as well and that's just what happens. That's my biggest bitch with the place.
So if I don't get my pre-order bonus be it keychains, cds or artbooks, should I talk directly to the manager and hope he has sense or go directly to the company and ask for my pre-order bonus which should have been filled the moment I pre-ordered my game, or to refund my money back, because they obviously can't hold on their word that "anything and everything that comes with the games will be in your hands."
Sure go ahead, that would be funny. It won't get you diddly tho. The things are gone.
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
From my experience at EB, 90% if not more of the pre-orders are stolen by the employees. I've frequented several of the stores, worked at one and had close friends at them as well and that's just what happens. That's my biggest bitch with the place.
So if I don't get my pre-order bonus be it keychains, cds or artbooks, should I talk directly to the manager and hope he has sense or go directly to the company and ask for my pre-order bonus which should have been filled the moment I pre-ordered my game, or to refund my money back, because they obviously can't hold on their word that "anything and everything that comes with the games will be in your hands."
This quote tree is why I never, ever preorder for a "limited bonus" at a B&M Gamestop. If it's physically packaged in the box, that's one thing. If it's external and I really want it, I will pre-order it online. I make no exceptions here because there's a 95% chance you just won't get the item.
This quote tree is why I never, ever preorder for a "limited bonus" at a B&M Gamestop. If it's physically packaged in the box, that's one thing. If it's external and I really want it, I will pre-order it online. I make no exceptions here because there's a 95% chance you just won't get the item.
So what the point of taking Pre-orders if they can't give you the item? Are EBGame store blinding picking out theives and stealer to be employees?
This quote tree is why I never, ever preorder for a "limited bonus" at a B&M Gamestop. If it's physically packaged in the box, that's one thing. If it's external and I really want it, I will pre-order it online. I make no exceptions here because there's a 95% chance you just won't get the item.
So what the point of taking Pre-orders if they can't give you the item? Are EBGame store blinding picking out theives and stealer to be employees?
No. That's not always why it happens. Sometimes they get next to no "swag" stock. Not nearly enough to cover preorders. So it's nonsense. If you order online you can at least ask the girl (I always call first instead of ordering through the website) about availability.
edit: Sorry, I said "the girl" because whenever I call gamestop.com a female representative seems to answer. Just thought I'd clarify that.
This quote tree is why I never, ever preorder for a "limited bonus" at a B&M Gamestop. If it's physically packaged in the box, that's one thing. If it's external and I really want it, I will pre-order it online. I make no exceptions here because there's a 95% chance you just won't get the item.
So what the point of taking Pre-orders if they can't give you the item? Are EBGame store blinding picking out theives and stealer to be employees?
From what I saw, they just don't care if someone does. So many times the people who pre-order aren't even aware that there IS a pre-order item and never ask for it so they're left with bags of unwanted stuff they throw away or give to employees. And most of the time they only get in 1 or 2 of the pre-order items and even then they usually show up a week after the game comes out.
Drez is totally right; if you really want a pre-order item, order from them online. You'll almost always get it then but they sometimes ship it later. And twice!
Here a question. Say you put in a pre-orer and they offer a bonus. What are the said chances of the bonus disappearing or not given to you? Could any EBGames/Gamestop employee tell me?
I actually had Dawn of Mana pre-ordered and suprise, suprise I didn't get my soundtrack. I asked them and they told me they didn't get it. I complained to the manager and he said they didn't get it and would call me. Tomorrow comes around and the employee sheepishly calls me in a low voice saying I can pick up my pre-order. Thank goodness that I get my pre-ordered art books with the game without waiting now. I wonder what the situation would be if they were seperate?
Honestly, pre-orders are crapshoot. Sometimes they get 5, sometimes they get 50. AFAIK it really has nothing to do with demand.
Which is why I get my Games from Gamestop.com. I am 99% sure the local Gamestop was just throwing free swag to anyone who asked, I saw them giving out the Preorder bonus for Diamond/Pearl to anyone who wanted to reach into a box on the counter. I have no doubt that's what happened to my Slime keychain for Rocket Slime (or would have, had I not told them to piss off and went and preordered from Gamestop.com).
In reality I need to find a new store period, maybe Rhino games...
There's never any point to giving business to the 'Stop unless you're looking for a used game.
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
and chances are that is inconvenient for a great many people who choose to do business with Gamestop?
sorry, I'll stop there at my way home from work and pick up my guaranteed copy, thank you. I'm not going to drive all over town looking for it.
It doesn't bother me in the least.
While the unwashed masses are scouring Gamestop for the latest releases, I'm waltzing in and out of target with whatever I want in record time. And without hassle from the employees.
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
Here is what you're missing: They can't sell 5 to 10 more copies than they thought they would sell. They already try and get as many copies as they think they can sell so when they order one just for you that's likely an extra copy.
(snip)
But over the course of several months, they can't sell 5 copies of a game that (apparently) had enough popularity to get that many pre-orders?
Aside from PC games, most games are on the shelves more than a year before they undergo a price drop.
Shadowfire was in here earlier saying they still had preorder copies of raiden 3 from march that had not sold
Heh, so I been calling around the various gamestops in my area trying to find the new Naruto PSP game. And the results have all been the same, "sorry, just got enough for the preorders." I'm kinda surprise, considering it is Naruto, and i thought it was pretty popular. I'm thinking of heading to Best Buy afterwork and seeing if they have it, but it's not showing up on their website..
There's never any point to giving business to the 'Stop unless you're looking for a used game.
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
and chances are that is inconvenient for a great many people who choose to do business with Gamestop?
sorry, I'll stop there at my way home from work and pick up my guaranteed copy, thank you. I'm not going to drive all over town looking for it.
It doesn't bother me in the least.
While the unwashed masses are scouring Gamestop for the latest releases, I'm waltzing in and out of target with whatever I want in record time. And without hassle from the employees.
did you read my post at all?
have you even read any of this thread? unwashed masses scouring Gamestop?
you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar because you choose to shop at Target. :roll:
There's never any point to giving business to the 'Stop unless you're looking for a used game.
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
and chances are that is inconvenient for a great many people who choose to do business with Gamestop?
sorry, I'll stop there at my way home from work and pick up my guaranteed copy, thank you. I'm not going to drive all over town looking for it.
It doesn't bother me in the least.
While the unwashed masses are scouring Gamestop for the latest releases, I'm waltzing in and out of target with whatever I want in record time. And without hassle from the employees.
I'll have my game a week earlier then you with more choices since Target carries maybe 50% what EB does. And I've never been hassled.
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I don't know if they still do it or ever did it in your store, but I know the sony rep would always give us free games. Granted, they were like ATV offroad fury 1 and 2, Jax and Daxter, etc, but we always had those lying around to give away. Same when midway was offering Midway arcade collections/one of the older mortal kombat games as long as you preordered the newer versions.
In fact, the other day I was rummaging around my car and found a whole bag full of those games. All unopened.
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Here's what I used to do before I worked there
1) Bought a game at random, preordered something.
2) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
3) Picked up preorder, preordered something else.
4) Infinity.
Never made any extra trips.
Not a bad system you have worked out there. I guess I've never done this because I don't want to put down the extra cash that I have on-hand towards a preorder while I'm already plunking down $50 or something (I'd have to get into the 'groove' first before that $5-$10 counts towards anything anyway).
Also, did EBstops start doing $10s on preorders? I could've sworn MP3:C was a $10 preorder..
How about this:
I still have my Duke Nukem Forever preorder. The day that preorder is fulfilled will be the day I put down for another preorder.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
They were testing out if a higher preorder down payment would lead to a higher percentage of pick ups. Mario Strikers was 10 bucks too. Because, remember, gamestop wants you to pick up your preorders.
there's a rampant problem with people not getting picking up their preorders within the first two days? i'm assuming the money put down for the preorder just turns into gamestop credit
You should laminate that for prosperity.
Do people often go into Gamestop and ask to look at a product, but not buy it?
No, see, he's gonna see it for a lot of money.
It can be turned into credit, but the bigger problem, believe it or not, is that the preordered game never sells, or doesnt sell before it depreciates in value, losing EBStop money. So they gain 5 buck to invest, and lose 40 buying a game that doesnt sell fast enough
Just as much as any other store...
EBStop should save my game for 30 days if I put 5 bucks on it. If it is 10, they save it for 6 months
Just sayin'. 2 days is a joke if I'm paying them and only them to keep something for me.
I have a hard time believing this. What games are people pre-ordering in droves, and then not actually buying at all afterward. Seriously, you only honor pre-orders for the first 48 hours (yes, I understand the customer keeps the store credit) ... it's not like the game has dropped in price by then. I find it hard to believe that you would have a hard time selling more than 5 or 10 copies of a brand-new game.
The already non-existent profit margins on new games would have to be radically slashed for the game distributer to even contemplate this. It would just cause an entirely different set of problems. Small games would be much more expensive if they had to bankroll the entire production run until they were sold.
Which could be solved with a good logistics system instead of forcing the logistics on the consumer
Every other business ships stuff around to other stores based on demand, Ebstop could do it too.
Sorry I was talking about the pre-order bonus. What the likely hood of EBGames hording the bonus to sell on Ebay or the like? What about them giving it to thier friends instead of the customer? I would like en EBGames/Gamestop employee to tell me how I should proceed on getting my bonus or is it something that I have to shug and forget because, hey, stuff happens?
Chances are your local bigbox has what you're looking for at the same/cheaper price. And you don't get dogpiled to preorder a bunch of shit you don't want to.
From my experience at EB, 90% if not more of the pre-orders are stolen by the employees. I've frequented several of the stores, worked at one and had close friends at them as well and that's just what happens. That's my biggest bitch with the place.
So if I don't get my pre-order bonus be it keychains, cds or artbooks, should I talk directly to the manager and hope he has sense or go directly to the company and ask for my pre-order bonus which should have been filled the moment I pre-ordered my game, or to refund my money back, because they obviously can't hold on their word that "anything and everything that comes with the games will be in your hands."
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But over the course of several months, they can't sell 5 copies of a game that (apparently) had enough popularity to get that many pre-orders?
Aside from PC games, most games are on the shelves more than a year before they undergo a price drop.
We still have about 10 copies of Madden that weren't picked up. Those new copies probably won't sell now since the Madden craze is over. We still have copies of Madden 06. Those games sell huge amounts within the first couple days, but unless there is some kind of shortage, it usually doesn't last the week and then we are stuck with a bunch of overstock.
This varies widely on the publishing company, but most games almost always receive one or two price drops before they've been out a year. Madden will be 30 dollars or less by Christmas.
and chances are that is inconvenient for a great many people who choose to do business with Gamestop?
sorry, I'll stop there at my way home from work and pick up my guaranteed copy, thank you. I'm not going to drive all over town looking for it.
Sure go ahead, that would be funny. It won't get you diddly tho. The things are gone.
This quote tree is why I never, ever preorder for a "limited bonus" at a B&M Gamestop. If it's physically packaged in the box, that's one thing. If it's external and I really want it, I will pre-order it online. I make no exceptions here because there's a 95% chance you just won't get the item.
So what the point of taking Pre-orders if they can't give you the item? Are EBGame store blinding picking out theives and stealer to be employees?
No. That's not always why it happens. Sometimes they get next to no "swag" stock. Not nearly enough to cover preorders. So it's nonsense. If you order online you can at least ask the girl (I always call first instead of ordering through the website) about availability.
edit: Sorry, I said "the girl" because whenever I call gamestop.com a female representative seems to answer. Just thought I'd clarify that.
From what I saw, they just don't care if someone does. So many times the people who pre-order aren't even aware that there IS a pre-order item and never ask for it so they're left with bags of unwanted stuff they throw away or give to employees. And most of the time they only get in 1 or 2 of the pre-order items and even then they usually show up a week after the game comes out.
Drez is totally right; if you really want a pre-order item, order from them online. You'll almost always get it then but they sometimes ship it later. And twice!
Which is why I get my Games from Gamestop.com. I am 99% sure the local Gamestop was just throwing free swag to anyone who asked, I saw them giving out the Preorder bonus for Diamond/Pearl to anyone who wanted to reach into a box on the counter. I have no doubt that's what happened to my Slime keychain for Rocket Slime (or would have, had I not told them to piss off and went and preordered from Gamestop.com).
In reality I need to find a new store period, maybe Rhino games...
They're going to be game stops soon.
It doesn't bother me in the least.
While the unwashed masses are scouring Gamestop for the latest releases, I'm waltzing in and out of target with whatever I want in record time. And without hassle from the employees.
Shadowfire was in here earlier saying they still had preorder copies of raiden 3 from march that had not sold
did you read my post at all?
have you even read any of this thread? unwashed masses scouring Gamestop?
you sir, are a gentleman and a scholar because you choose to shop at Target. :roll:
I'll have my game a week earlier then you with more choices since Target carries maybe 50% what EB does. And I've never been hassled.