CannonFodder52
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Is there likely to be a line up at EB? do I need to get there early
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bananafactory
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Will this be 1 EDT for all stores across Canada? Or will it be 1pm local time ?
Dude you should have started lining up last night!
Hard to say, but my best guess is just get there for 1. I have a hard time imagining most people can drive to an EB games on a Tuesday afternoon.
Hurt and Scared
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Anyone know if bestbuy or Amazon have already done the pre orders for the snes classic?
Not in canada, we are still waiting.
catpurrcat
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Seems kind of pointless to go to an Eb in store where they're going to have like so few systems. Better chances hitting F5 buying online.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Wait, people are lining up at EB?? :/
Edit: Apparently stores are getting 23 units each, maybe.
Edit: Apparently stores are getting 23 units each, maybe.
bananafactory
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Nintendo said they're making lots of systems. It's worth a try
I'll probably go down on my lunch break
Agreed. I'm planning to be the sad individual with his phone bridged to his tablet in the car outside EB just in case.
I should really pay rent...
arts&crafts
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I dont even know if there are many EB's downtown Toronto. I am not walking all the way to the Eaton's Centre as my office is near Union. I will stick with online.
You have a car to live in.
Lol... I wonder if EB Games across Canada are having this many consoles for pre-orders because EBs in Quebec won't be able to carry them. :/
Wait... WHAT?
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Something something french text missing law.
More like... Something something some games are not in french in it.
bananafactory
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Doesn't stock vary depending on store traffic?
I'm French and a hardcore advocate for the french language but this kind of shit pisses me off to no end ... Oh well. We stay losing
So how are we supposed to get the console? Online only?
Technically, if you warn the EB that somebody else may pick it up in your place, it shouldn't be a problem.
CannonFodder52
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I assume it's 1 per customer.
But I'll try to grab multiple at EB on location/online for gaf.
But I'll try to grab multiple at EB on location/online for gaf.
FonkyByNature
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I'm French and a hardcore advocate for the french language but this kind of shit pisses me off to no end ... Oh well. We stay losing
So how are we supposed to get the console? Online only?
Same here and it sucks big fucking time ! I wanted the SNES Classic so much !!!
I'm French and a hardcore advocate for the french language but this kind of shit pisses me off to no end ... Oh well. We stay losing
So how are we supposed to get the console? Online only?
Amazon... Don't expect BestBuy.ca to have pre-orders for people who live in Quebec.
I don't care much about it but it was supposed to be a surprise gift for my SO. Oh well
Amazon... Don't expect BestBuy.ca to have pre-orders for people who live in Quebec.
I don't have prime. I'm fucked.
DeathByBacklog
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bananafactory
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Yeah I'm also wondering if it's 1 pm local time for the store or 1 Eastern
Like are they available at 10 am in Vancouver? I'm in Edmonton and just called 3 stores but they all say they haven't heard anything about it yet
I don't care much about it but it was supposed to be a surprise gift for my SO. Oh well
I don't have prime. I'm fucked.
Sign up for the free trial
If you are... try to do them in the same day, because as far as I know. It takes at least 24 hours for your pre-orders to appear on your EDGE card (if you have one). If you don't do multiple ones today, they'll know if you pre-ordered more than one with your EDGE. They'll even know at which store you did it too.
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I'm still skeptical... I clearly remember buying english-only games, sometimes in a brick-and-mortar EB store (Tomodachi Life comes to mind, but there are others).
You can probably do it again. I did the Prime trail twice on my account a year apart.
DeathByBacklog
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It resets.
shira
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The instruction booklet maybe, but the game lul
It is possible you did buy some english-only games, but since the agreement, I think EBs in Quebec starting applying it in 2009. There were some exceptions because of certain publishers, but even it the game is in English, as long it has French packaging, menus and subtitles available in some capacity, EBs usually manage to have them available for sell. Anyway... apparently some EB stores in Quebec (if not all of them) have received confirmation from the Head Office that they won't be carrying the mini SNES Classic (for residents of Quebec only).
arts&crafts
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Call the store that you would go to and ask? It is probably the safest bet.
papersleeves
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Don't bloat this thread with the same question over and over on such a short amount of time.
It's the kind of information employees are not suppose to share. LOL
My bad.
CannonFodder52
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Just called my local EB. (Ottawa, Carlingwood)
They said they had no information, but it would also be dropped without any warning.
Also they said there was no line.
They said they had no information, but it would also be dropped without any warning.
Also they said there was no line.
bananafactory
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Yeah I just called another store here in Edmonton and they have no clue either.
Man EB has to have the worst communication lines in retail. I've never seen such a large chain be so disorganized
Or they're just shitty employees not reading their emails from corporate in the morning.
bananafactory
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The fact that their POS systems update independently of each other, and that they can't even see stock in transit until it arrives at their door, says they have tons of problems
The Omega Man
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The product showed for a fraction of second for me on Best Buy and had an "-English" appendix attached to it, which pretty much confirms what I feared and it wont let us Qhebec residents order it
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