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GameStop and EB Games Canada won't guarantee Day 1 preorders for Wii U
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The Elite
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Randolph Freelander
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Most likely definitely, if you're lucky. Maybe.
papersleeves
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On a side note, Future shop just charged my credit card. Guess they will ship it in time 
I AM GameStop.
Old joke is old.
Again people, I said I don't know if this affects US or even any other GameStop. I can only confirm it for EB Games in Toronto across from Sherway Mall. The calls are starting today for this particular store.
Dead Prince
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JoshuaJSlone
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On the whole, a phrase like this wouldn't surprise me for any store. I preordered mine 10 days before that, and that was after we'd started hearing reports of some places already going through their launch allocation.10k said:
The Elite
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That's too close to home, son.
I expect some backwater town like Vancouver to get hit with this but Toronto is the centre of the entire country. We should be catered too.
I'll say this, the EB near me said they took 62 preorders for the Deluxe and they were guaranteeing them all for launch. I laughed and walked out. Didn't bother preordering with them.
I bought and sold half a dozen pre order slips for a pretty profit with zero regrets.
It's a game console not life saving medication.
Don't like sell outs/resellers? Tell hardware makers to give up the millions in free press than sellouts create and have more hardware ready for launch.
Equally Nintendo's fault for this, but it still shouldn't happen.
I hope eventually that this kind of stuff is ceased out in a way that each person is limited to purchasing one console each.
That may never happen but I hope it eventually happens.
The Elite
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Preorders should be 2 per person at most.
ioriyagami
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And I bet you are very proud of you.
I wish everyone would do as I do and never buy stuff over its MSRP so people like you end up choking on their preordered stuff. That would really solve things.
Jasper Avenue
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Got a call from EB in Edmonton yesterday saying my console was in and ready to go on Sunday. I did pre-order the first day you could tho. If you haven't been called you should give them a ring and see if they have one set aside for you.
This is fucking true, I work at one TRU and my friend works at another. He said some lady preordered 10 Deluxe units.
My store managers are morons too, they pretty much allowed preorders until Nintendo told us to stop. It just helps make more shortages. I'm afraid I might actually have to come in at store opening on Sunday to grab my friend's unit.
IceDoesntHelp
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This pisses me off so much. I just heard from my local gamestop. If I don't get mine...oh my...
IceDoesntHelp
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Please tell me there's information like this...PLEASE
Fox Mulder
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I don't fault people for trying to flip something. if I can get some crazy person to pay $600 for a WiiU I preordered, I'll do it too. Seems to me the problem is with retailers not putting limits on people buying 10 of these though.
I live in the great USA, got my preorder on the 14th, and took a day off work. I better fucking get one.
IceDoesntHelp
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Fair enough.
They're confusing me. I just called again, talked to the same guy and asked once again, and he said "If you pre-ordered it you ARE getting it"
Stop confusing me Gamestop.
IceDoesntHelp
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Yeah, I'll try. Just worried.
Seeing his posts in most threads, I think it explains alot. I do wish they limited preorders to one per person since I had to order mine online instead of instore.
PAULINK
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Yes, I am hoping this is the case. Just waiting for that confirmation email to ease my concerns.
The Bookerman
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My eb games called me and assured me I'd get a wii U deluxe on Day 1 and asked to pre-order games immediately cause they expect a low amount of games since they don't have many consoles. (Yeah a load of bullshit).
If they lied, i will not leave until they give me my cash back.
If they lied, i will not leave until they give me my cash back.
IceDoesntHelp
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I should be okay since pre-orders (in Canada) didn't go up till the 14th, and I pre-ordered it then.
Literally my conversation with the manager at Wal Mart on the day GBA launched.
what a shitty day that was.
Just called my Gamestop and had him double check my preorder, confirmed I would be getting one. Gonna be there when they open just in case they have shortages, but I feel a lot better, considering the last few Gamestop reps I talked to were so dodgy with my questions.
Can't wait!
Can't wait!
The Elite
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The more I think about it the more I think this is an issue specific to Canadian EB stores. They were taking pre orders for a good two to three weeks for some crazy reason. US EBs had stopped pre orders within a week. Like I mentioned earlier, I went into one store to pre order and they said they had 62 deluxe pre ordered for launch. That's crazy considering what we already knew about stock.
IceDoesntHelp
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BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Yeah... long after the "it's sold out" stories from the US, you could walk into EB Games and it was like "of course you can preorder one!"
That's when I preordered mine
But I already got the call from my store to come in, so I do think I'm fine.canadian crowe
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Just called my eb games and he said they got most of them in and there might be another whipment tomorrow.
ChosenPredator
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this gonna make some people bestbuy lifers gamespot screwing themselves over
but I did pre order mine the same time it was announced its what i always do so i don't get f'ed by them
but I did pre order mine the same time it was announced its what i always do so i don't get f'ed by them
(Note: Former employee)
There are morons out there that will call and try to make employees look up the trade-in value of three dozen games. Most employees are smart enough to tell these people to come in for values after like the third game, but some will just sit there on the line forever obliging these dummies in the name of "customer service".
The Elite
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Just checked another EB in Toronto. They said nearly the same thing. Not enough for Deluxe preorders. Didn't even mention the 25th cut off date. This is the same store that tried to guarantee me a launch deluxe 2 weeks after preorders started.
Also checked a Wal Mart next door that was confident they had preorders covered. Said there was a chance they may have some for walk in customers.
Also checked a Wal Mart next door that was confident they had preorders covered. Said there was a chance they may have some for walk in customers.
DeuceGamer
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This isn't good....I pre-ordered (and paid off) mine from GameStop within ~2 hours of the NY event on Sept. so I should be good. Still, I'll believe it when I have it in my hands. Regardless, it's disappointing for anyone who was told they had one day 1 and ends up empty handed
The Elite
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This isn't good....I pre-ordered (and paid off) mine from GameStop within ~2 hours of the NY event on Sept. so I should be good. Still, I'll believe it when I have it in my hands. Regardless, it's disappointing for anyone who was told they had one day 1 and ends up empty handed
I think this is specific to Canada where the pre orders lasted for two weeks.
My local EB (also Toronto area) just confirmed that they will probably experience shortages relative to the amount of pre-orders.
The manager said that those who ordered the basic unit will probably be fine, but deluxe consoles ordered after a certain date might not be available on day 1.
The manager said that those who ordered the basic unit will probably be fine, but deluxe consoles ordered after a certain date might not be available on day 1.
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