gamestop ps3 pre-order not guaranteed?

[AbsolutDealage]

Originally posted by: Runes911
Grr I am pissed at my store. "I can tell you your not the first but I can't tell you what number you are." WTF!?!?! TELL ME so I can look elsewhere to preorder.

Look on your reciept on the top. There will be a number that looks like this: XXXXX/XX - ###

The "###" will be replaced with your number in line at that store. Mine is 006.

 

[Sensai]

haha wow this thread ballooned in the hour... what i meant was since im on the preorder.. i hoping not to camp out a midnight like the other fools and just get there when the store opens or go during lunch the first day.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
I'm curious if Nintendo is going to be able to fill its expected demand for the Wii...whatever that is.

Expected demand? Who knows. They're expecting to ship 2 million units worldwide (1 million to N. America) for the launch, and I'm pretty confident they'll be able to hit that considering they've been building them for months.

I think I read somewhere that EB Games/Gamestop was expecting something like 50 per store. I'm guessing you'll just be able to walk into any store on Nov 19th and pick up a Wii. No camping or pre-ordering required.

50/store is what I figured since They're getting < 16 PS3s per store and there will be ~3x as many Wiis available on launch day. I figure a pre-order won't be necessary, but I'd like one anyway just for peace of mind.

 

[FP]

One thing that is somewhat shady is each EB/GS store was able to allocate 2 units to employees.

So if a store only gets 2 units you can guess who is going to get them.

That said, I am number 3 on the list (which is really #5) and I hope to get mine.

Anyone care to guess what they will be going for on fleaBay? I am thinking a premium console will go for $1300.

 

[everman]

The shadyness continues: I was 8th in line this morning, got there at about 9am. Manager comes at about 9:45, goes in the store. Comes out and says they will have 13 preorders, 8 60gb systems and the first 8 in line can have at it. Then he goes back inside, 5 mins later he comes out and announces that they will only have 4 60gb for preorders. wtf? Employees are only allowed 2 max, so 6 should have been the min amount, not 4. So I preordered a 60gb just like the others in front of me anyways.

After I left I called corporate and explained the situation to a nice lady who thought it sounded fishy too...took down my info and we'll see what happens. Perhaps heads will roll? I should have raised hell there, oh well.

 

[FP]

Oh, the manager also gave me the list of release dates for the games.

The release titles are pretty limited. Warhawk apparently has been pushed back to 06/01/2007

 

[Gunslinger08]

Damn. Wish I would have known about this and that I hadn't had to go to DC today. Guess I'll be waiting in line.

 

[randay]

The point in putting down a deposit is to cut down on the number of no shows.

 

[Mayfriday0529]

Anyone have confirmation of the rumor that Toy R Us will take pre-orders on October 29th? If they do I think i'm going to camp out to pre-order it...
But if you pre-order it do you still have to camp out on release date or are they suppose to hold the unit for you?