Doom 3 Early Release Was a Mistake!

[Nebor]

So I go to the Best Buy in Hurst, Texas, where they have many displays up announcing the August 2nd 10:30 Doom 3 party, where they sell the game to customers are 12:01. The employees there have no idea about an early release.

So I go to the Grapevine, Texas Best Buy, look around a bit. Just like Hurst, big empty shelf space, ready to be filled. So I find some guy who seems to be bossing other people around and ask him if they have Doom 3. He said there was a mistake yesterday where the stores thought it was an early release, and set up full displays and whatnot, even selling the game to a few customers and employees. He said that his store took the display down this morning when they got a memo stating that for every copy sold pre-release, the store would be fined $200. So he said, unless I wanted to pay $250 for a copy of Doom 3, he couldn't let me have one.

 

[vshah]

wierd

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: Nebor
So I go to the Best Buy in Hurst, Texas, where they have many displays up announcing the August 2nd 10:30 Doom 3 party, where they sell the game to customers are 12:01. The employees there have no idea about an early release.

So I go to the Grapevine, Texas Best Buy, look around a bit. Just like Hurst, big empty shelf space, ready to be filled. So I find some guy who seems to be bossing other people around and ask him if they have Doom 3. He said there was a mistake yesterday where the stores thought it was an early release, and set up full displays and whatnot, even selling the game to a few customers and employees. He said that his store took the display down this morning when they got a memo stating that for every copy sold pre-release, the store would be fined $200. So he said, unless I wanted to pay $250 for a copy of Doom 3, he couldn't let me have one.

Haha!

 

[Wuffsunie]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: Nebor
So I go to the Best Buy in Hurst, Texas, where they have many displays up announcing the August 2nd 10:30 Doom 3 party, where they sell the game to customers are 12:01. The employees there have no idea about an early release.

So I go to the Grapevine, Texas Best Buy, look around a bit. Just like Hurst, big empty shelf space, ready to be filled. So I find some guy who seems to be bossing other people around and ask him if they have Doom 3. He said there was a mistake yesterday where the stores thought it was an early release, and set up full displays and whatnot, even selling the game to a few customers and employees. He said that his store took the display down this morning when they got a memo stating that for every copy sold pre-release, the store would be fined $200. So he said, unless I wanted to pay $250 for a copy of Doom 3, he couldn't let me have one.

Haha!

I guess we know who's going to be cooking the books this month

 

[z0ner]

That's an EASY decision. You buy the game for $250, then re-buy when it comes out next week. Take back the unopened $60 copy to get your $250 back.

You are Sofa King We Todd Ed

 

[OMG1Penguin]

That makes me LOL.

 

[Yossarian]

Originally posted by: z0ner
That's an EASY decision. You buy the game for $250, then re-buy when it comes out next week. Take back the unopened $60 copy to get your $250 back.

You are Sofa King We Todd Ed

like they're gonna list on the receipt "$200 to compensate us for violating the street date"

 

[z0ner]

Originally posted by: Yossarian

Originally posted by: z0ner
That's an EASY decision. You buy the game for $250, then re-buy when it comes out next week. Take back the unopened $60 copy to get your $250 back.

You are Sofa King We Todd Ed

like they're gonna list on the receipt "$200 to compensate us for violating the street date"

You don't know if you don't ask...

 

[CarlKillerMiller]

Man...I woulda spent 600 on ten copies last night just to fvck over best buy.

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

Originally posted by: Chraticn
Man...I woulda spent 600 on ten copies last night just to fvck over best buy.

:thumbsup:

 

[HappyPuppy]

I would jump on this in a hot minute if my rig would run the game at more than 3 fps. :Q