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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
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So I pre-ordered the collector's edition of Street Fighter 4 for the Xbox 360 from EBGames almost two months ago and now the damned thing is on backorder. I was forced to put it on my Gamefly rental list just so I can play it while waiting for EBGames to ship the collector's edition. Hopefully I'll have it from Gamefly by the weekend. I hate resorting to renting a game I've already ordered just to be able to play it because the store can't ship stuff on time.
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 "Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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DarknessDeku
Title: Deku Scrub
Joined: Dec 08 2007
Location: The Forest
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Your Street Fighter IV preorder most likely got sold to somebody else.
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Posts: 1691
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| DarknessDeku wrote: |
| Your Street Fighter IV preorder most likely got sold to somebody else. |
Well I pre-orderd it on their website and opted for it to be shipped to me since there are no EBgames stores close by. They'd better fix this shit because I want the collector's edition. If it comes to it I'll buy it from Gamefly to clear room on my game queue and then sell it to my friend when I get the collector's edition.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
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If there are more pre-orders than copies, someone has to wait. Sucks, but what can you do?
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
Joined: Aug 08 2006
Location: The Gritty Future
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You could never preorder from them.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
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I only go into the store to preorder... never trust the website. But hey you gotta do what you gotta do... Hopefully they get it to you and won't say "oh sorry you didn't get it in time, it's all gone"
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Knyte
2010 SLF Tag Champ*
Title: Curator Of The VGM
Joined: Nov 01 2006
Location: Here I am.
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I never did get my pre-ordered copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 collector's edition from them...
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
Posts: 1691
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| I only go into the store to preorder... never trust the website. But hey you gotta do what you gotta do... Hopefully they get it to you and won't say "oh sorry you didn't get it in time, it's all gone" |
Usually I've gotten all my pre-order collector's editions from them. I got my collector's/limited editions of Metal Gear Solid 3-Subsistence, World of Warcraft-The Burning Crusade, and World of Warcraft-Wrath of The Lich King with no problems. I even pre-ordered Wrath of The Lich King collector's edition very close to the game's launch and still got it a couple days after launch.
This is the first time I've had stuff be on backorder from them. And if they give me that statement from the quote...well somebody from EBGames is going to be getting hit with a massive Shoryuken.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
"You're Not So Tough Without Your Veggie!" |
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 4637
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This is why I wait until the game actually comes out and use Amazon.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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yeah, i dont trust EB or gamestop or any other place. either buy it in person or off amazon.com.
or bookmans
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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I don't like pre-ordering.
But lets employ Greeneyedzeke for a rant on the topic.
Oh Zeke... where are you?
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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I dont usually preorder any games because they are too fucking expensive to see if they fucking suck or not, even on hype. So, I always wait about a month or so, and I rent the games first. It takes some patience, thats for sure.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
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| This is why I wait until the game actually comes out and use Amazon. |
Same here. I never understood the point of pre-ordering. It usually ends up in a long wait with your money tied up in it. What's wrong with just buying it when it comes out, or even a week later?
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tuddy
Title: can't defeat AirMan
Joined: Oct 11 2008
Location: The UK
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| Pandajuice wrote: |
| Cameron wrote: |
| This is why I wait until the game actually comes out and use Amazon. |
Same here. I never understood the point of pre-ordering. It usually ends up in a long wait with your money tied up in it. What's wrong with just buying it when it comes out, or even a week later? |
Exactly. I've never pre-ordered a game and have never had to pre-order one, and have always got "big" games (like new FF and MGS games) within a week of their release. If game stores over here actually gave you a semi-decent pre-order bonus, maybe I would pre-order something. But since its almost always crap like keyrings, I honestly see no point. The one time I was tempted to pre-order a game was FF7 Dirge Of Cerberus, due to the free Vincent Valentine figure. Instead, I imported the exact same figure from Japan and didn't buy a bad videogame until it came down in price. Even with the shipping cost of the figurine, the two items came to a total LESS than the amount I would have paid for the game if I had pre-ordered it.
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lavalarva
2011 SNES Champ
Joined: Dec 04 2006
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I never look at games coming out so when I realise it was released the price usually has gone done quite a bit.
I mostly get games from the flea market anyway. About half price for the same game compared to EB Games.
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
Posts: 1179
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Aren't all EB Games' now GameStops?
I still unofficially call one of the two GameStops in town EB Games just to differentiate.
Yeah, but games are too expensive to pre-order than stand in line at midnight on a school night only to find out they weren't that great in the first place.
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Ermac
Title: Thread Killer
Joined: Aug 04 2008
Location: Outworld
Posts: 1512
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I look at pretty much every big release games these days as a disapointment. We all want to relive that gaming magic of a SMB3 or a ZELDA OCARINA but it rarely happens these days.
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Shut up, Dorn
Title: White Chocolate
Joined: Jan 04 2008
Location: Grate Whyte Norf
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SNES was never gaming magic. Genesis does, man.
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Ermac
Title: Thread Killer
Joined: Aug 04 2008
Location: Outworld
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Some people hated the Genesis but I liked it, i got it for my 12th birthday in July of 95 for 70 bucks. I ended up liking it better than the SNES only because my video store always had a better selection of Genesis games than SNES.
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Cameron
Title: :O � O:
Joined: Feb 01 2008
Location: St. Louis, MO
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The only game that I regret not pre-ordering is Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. If you pre-ordered it, you got a free series compilation poster, a booklet, a pouch, and all this other assorted free crap that I really would've loved to have. Oh well.
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IceWarm
Joined: Dec 22 2008
Location: Breckenridge, Colorado
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Well now I can't even manage the order since they mailed the headband but the actual game is still on backorder. Hopfully I'll have it from GameFly tomorrow.
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"Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it’s because they sat there that they were able to do it."
"Fighting in a basement offers a lot of difficulties, number one being, you're fighting in a basement."
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hobojoe44
Joined: May 05 2007
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| Aren't all EB Games' now GameStops? |
They just are EB near me, well one uses the full Electronics Boutique name.
I've only preordered from best buy. Pay $10 get a free thing then they keep your copy in the back room for up to 30 days . So it's guarantee you can get it the day it comes out.
Also to add to the rant the fucking company is too cheap to pay for a security systems for each store so they open up all the games and lock the disks in filing cabinets.
With with any other product if it's open it's considered used apparently it doesn't apply to games
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