gamestop ps3 pre-order not guaranteed?

[Sensai]

got in on it this morning to find out that its not guaranteed. so whats in it for us giving them a deposit today? doubt ill be waiting at midnight and most likely try to get it when it opens that day or during lunch.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Originally posted by: Sensai
got in on it this morning to find out that its not guaranteed. so whats in it for us giving them a deposit today? doubt ill be waiting at midnight and most likely try to get it when it opens that day or during lunch.

Nothing is in it for you. It may make you feel better knowing that you have a chance but these stores cannot possibly guarantee you anything when they have no idea what they will have.

The one thing they can guarantee is that you will eventually get a unit.

 

[Reckoner]

Gamestop handled it horribly last go-around. I wouldn't even bother if you're lower than 6 or so on the list. That is, if you're looking to sell yours.

 

[mugs]

Of course it isn't guaranteed. They can't control whether Sony is able to build and ship as many units as they think they can. The point of putting down the deposit is to reserve your spot in line. The closer you are to the beginning of the line, the more likely it is that you'll get one when Sony releases the PS3 sometime next year.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Safety for PS3 pre-order, maybe. Safety while picking it up, definately NOT gauranteed!

 

[royaldank]

It's a disclaimer. If Sony doesn't produce the units or ship them, nothing they can do about it. They took orders for what they expect and not a single more. That's where the trouble started last time. But, still have to have a disclaimer in case things out of their control go wrong.

At my store, I have until they close launch night to pick mine up. I'm 4th on the list, so it's doubtful they wont get at least this many. Plus, our store, should there be supply problems from the 16 expected, is going down the list starting at 1. We all know where we are. Worked very smoothly at my store today.

 

[mcvickj]

Preordering a PS3 = Playing Russian Roulette

I would guess the only way you can guarentee a PS3 is if your crazy enough to sit in a line 2 - 3 days before they are released.

 

[James3shin]

From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

whew, luckily i got #3!

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
Preordering a PS3 = Playing Russian Roulette

I would guess the only way you can guarentee a PS3 is if your crazy enough to sit in a line 2 - 3 days before they are released.

Or reserve it today at Gamestop/EB. They are basing pre-orders on allocation #s now instead of specualtion. Sure, some will probably get screwed, but for those that were first 4 or 5 people can rest easy.

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

Gamestop/EB is the only chain that is working directly with Sony for allocation numbers. They will be getting what is ordered, not a mixed bag like the 360 did. Everyone that ordered a 60gig will get the 60gig. They didn't want to repeat the 360 debacle and have done a pretty good job lining everything up the last couple weeks.

 

[Reckoner]

Sony will find a way to F this all up. I await this.

 

[royaldank]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
Sony will find a way to F this all up. I await this.

lol Can't say it would suprise me.

 

[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.

 

[Ulfhednar]

No PS3 order is guaranteed, shops here in the UK are already refunding pre-orders.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

Gamestop/EB is the only chain that is working directly with Sony for allocation numbers. They will be getting what is ordered, not a mixed bag like the 360 did. Everyone that ordered a 60gig will get the 60gig. They didn't want to repeat the 360 debacle and have done a pretty good job lining everything up the last couple weeks.

But they are still covering the rear-ends by saying that the pre-order is not guaranteed. When the EB Manager told me that this morning I gave him a puzzled look like, "I'm first in line for the pre-order...you better get zero units in for me not to get one."

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

Gamestop/EB is the only chain that is working directly with Sony for allocation numbers. They will be getting what is ordered, not a mixed bag like the 360 did. Everyone that ordered a 60gig will get the 60gig. They didn't want to repeat the 360 debacle and have done a pretty good job lining everything up the last couple weeks.

But they are still covering the rear-ends by saying that the pre-order is not guaranteed. When the EB Manager told me that this morning I gave him a puzzled look like, "I'm first in line for the pre-order...you better get zero units in for me not to get one."

Man, you're pretty rough on these EB employees Queasy (I saw your other responses in the FW forums)

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: mcvickj
Preordering a PS3 = Playing Russian Roulette

I would guess the only way you can guarentee a PS3 is if your crazy enough to sit in a line 2 - 3 days before they are released.

Well, the thing with this pre-ordering business is that it makes waiting in a line useless. All the units they get in are reserved for those on a list. And even you're on that list, it's NOT first come first served, at the site...it's by the numbers order.

IMO, it's a good business choice because most of these gamestop stores are pretty small, and in stripmalls. It would interfere with their own business and their neighbor's businesses if there were people lining up and waiting outside for these units.

 

[Gooberlx2]

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

 

[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.

 

[Reckoner]

I think ebay's going to be a huge hassle with these ps3's. Too many scam artists these days. It'll be risky.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

Gamestop/EB is the only chain that is working directly with Sony for allocation numbers. They will be getting what is ordered, not a mixed bag like the 360 did. Everyone that ordered a 60gig will get the 60gig. They didn't want to repeat the 360 debacle and have done a pretty good job lining everything up the last couple weeks.

But they are still covering the rear-ends by saying that the pre-order is not guaranteed. When the EB Manager told me that this morning I gave him a puzzled look like, "I'm first in line for the pre-order...you better get zero units in for me not to get one."

Man, you're pretty rough on these EB employees Queasy (I saw your other responses in the FW forums)

An EB Games store screwed me over for the 360 preorder last year. I was told I was in the Top 5 when I pre-ordered mine. Called a couple of days before launch to confirm where I was and they said Top 5 again. Go to pick mine up on launch day and they say that I'm #18 or something like that and that I wouldn't be getting one. Both my wife and I were calling EB/GameStop corporate all day. One of the store employees accidently let it slip that the manager of the store got one even though employees weren't supposed to be able to (per a District Manager I spoke with). He got a call from corporate and called us back and was VERY apologetic. They magically found an extra 360 for me two days later.

I've learned to be very distrustful of EB Games/GameStop.

 

[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.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: royaldank

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: James3shin
From personal experience, if you're somewhere in between preorders 1-5, you should be good to go. After that, it's gonna be a toss up.

and then you gotta deal with, the higher number you are.. what type of unit is it, the premium or non-premium? did they get 5 premiums and no non-premiums, or only 3 premiums, leaving the remaining 2 with a choice of taking a non-premium, or giving up the offer to people in the list after them. however, i think it is supposed to be handled then that the next premiums that the store gets, if the remaining 2 who previously passed up non-premiums want premiums, they got first dibs.

Gamestop/EB is the only chain that is working directly with Sony for allocation numbers. They will be getting what is ordered, not a mixed bag like the 360 did. Everyone that ordered a 60gig will get the 60gig. They didn't want to repeat the 360 debacle and have done a pretty good job lining everything up the last couple weeks.

But they are still covering the rear-ends by saying that the pre-order is not guaranteed. When the EB Manager told me that this morning I gave him a puzzled look like, "I'm first in line for the pre-order...you better get zero units in for me not to get one."

Man, you're pretty rough on these EB employees Queasy (I saw your other responses in the FW forums)

An EB Games store screwed me over for the 360 preorder last year. I was told I was in the Top 5 when I pre-ordered mine. Called a couple of days before launch to confirm where I was and they said Top 5 again. Go to pick mine up on launch day and they say that I'm #18 or something like that and that I wouldn't be getting one. Both my wife and I were calling EB/GameStop corporate all day. One of the store employees accidently let it slip that the manager of the store got one even though employees weren't supposed to be able to (per a District Manager I spoke with). He got a call from corporate and called us back and was VERY apologetic. They magically found an extra 360 for me two days later.

I've learned to be very distrustful of EB Games/GameStop.

Ahhh... understandable, then.