Well, I'm still waiting for my pre-ordered, FULLY PAID FOR, copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 Collectors Edition from Gamestop. The game was released 6 months ago... The day it came out, I went down there, and ask if they had my copy in, and the clerk looks at his pile of games on the counter and hands me the regular copy of NWN 2. I say "No, I ordered the Limited Edition." I hand him my receipt which states just that. He looks through the pile and then anounces "We didn't get any of those in, just the normal release."

He was accually very helpful, in the fact that he called four other stores in the area to see if anyone got the LE version. One store got an amazing three copies! (Which were all pre-ordered for other people.) The manager gave me a 10% discount on buying a copy of the regular release. (Which I did, because I really wanted to play it.) He offered to refund my money on the preorder, which to this point I have refused, stating that I paid them for a game, they were advertising, and that's what I expect. I can understand if there was a shortage of copies, but they entered into an agreement with me to sell me that exact game, the minute they took my money.

So, six months later, everytime I walk into that Gamestop, I ask if my copy is in, which usually confuses the poor "Idiot of the week" working there.

I figured I will just let that $60 sit in my "Gamestop Account", until I put it towards a X360, once they drop in price abit.

I also remember once warning a customer that the PSX controller they were about to buy wasn't a Dual Shock, but one of the short lived "Dual Analog" controllers. (It was used one, in the little plastic bag, and labeled as a "Dual Shock" on the tag.) I argued with three employees who insisted it was a Dual Shock. I finally slapped down a hundred dollar bill on the counter, and told them that if I was wrong they could have that to split among themselves. I then ripped it out of the plastic bag and took it apart with my Leatherman. (Yeah, I'm a geek) Low and behold there were no motors in there. I then spent ten minutes explaining to the employees, the customer (A teenage kid), and the manager who come out from the back (while I was disasembling it), the history of the controller. And how they were availible in Japan for quite awhile, but when they finally released them stateside, the "Dual Shock" was released a few months later, and the "Dual Analog" was discontinued. And, that they were easy to tell apart as the "handles" of the Dual Analog were two inches longer that on the Dual Shock, and the analog sticks were both concave, instead of convex.

I bought the controller from the store, since I had to, to get the manager to let me finish taking it apart. Little did they know that they are rare collector's items. ( )