Author Topic: SP early at Walmart? (Read 18377 times)

Ajguy · « **on:** March 15, 2003, 08:47:21 PM »

I just ordered my GBA SP off of Walmart.com and got the following email shortly after:

DESCRIPTION
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Game Boy Advance SP, Platinum
Original release date : 24 MAR 2003
New release date : 19 MAR 2003
Selected Shipping Method : Priority

With two days to ship, I'll have my SP by Friday! Not sure whether or not the actual stores will get it early or not, but it looks ago that the website is getting them early!

RickPowers · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2003, 08:51:25 PM »

That jives with what I've been hearing ...

Jollus · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2003, 08:54:54 PM »

And what have you been hearing Rick?

Magma · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2003, 05:44:13 AM »

Yeah Rick, have you heard this for most major chains or just Walmart? , because we all know the sooner the better.

RickPowers · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2003, 06:20:49 AM »

What I've heard is that the release date for the GBA SP is "soft", and retailers are allowed to sell it as soon as they receive it. In this case, that's likely to be THIS FRIDAY.

Jollus · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2003, 12:58:55 AM »

Friday hmm....

Then it is fate that I have both Friday and Saturday off this week.
I hope I can find a place that has some. I didn't pre-order from anywhere. Did the GBA SP get many pre-orders, or are those numbers not available?

Ajguy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2003, 02:57:33 AM »

I think places that did take pre-sales (like websites) sold out their first shipments, but places like Walmart, Circuit City, etc. didn't do a pre-sale program so it's first come, first serve.

Jollus · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2003, 11:10:40 PM »

good to know

Ajguy · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:00:54 AM »

Ah crap! I just got another email today! The release has been pushed back from the 19th to the 25th! Not only pushed back, but late even! What gives! Rick, know wanyhting about it?

Raider · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2003, 03:03:30 PM »

I doubt you'll be getting the SP early at any Wal-Mart stores, as corporate has blocked the UPC on the SP until Sunday the 23rd. So you the SP can not be rung up by anyone. I don't know about Wal-Mart.com though, maybe you'll get it Saturday or Monday? Oh and we got our SP's in today, pisses me off we can't sell them yet.

Ajguy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2003, 05:35:38 PM »

That stinks. Can't you just take one and leave $99.99 sitting on the counter. It's not really stealing, right?

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2003, 05:47:04 PM »

I got my SP at Best Buy tonight. They also had it at walmart.

RickPowers · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2003, 05:54:46 PM »

I talked to my guy at GameStop today, and while they were hoping to sell the SP on Friday, they've been told they must hold it until Sunday. From what I understood, the SP hadn't even shipped yet, so I'm going to be skeptical of people saying they got theirs until I get work from the inside that it's shipped.

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2003, 05:57:42 PM »

I work at Best Buy. It has definitely shipped. Otherwise I wouldn't have one.

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #14 on:** March 19, 2003, 05:58:05 PM »

Check your local 24 hour walmart.

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2003, 06:01:24 PM »

Nevermind, check my local Walmart in Eau Claire, WI 715-834-0733 I'd give you the number for Best Buy but there is no one there anymore.

RickPowers · « **Reply #16 on:** March 19, 2003, 06:37:05 PM »

Well, see, here's the problem. For you to have the SP NOW, Nintendo would have had to overnight them to BestBuy. Nintendo only overnights at the store's request, and BestBuy NEVER does that.

Secondly, BestBuy stores don't usually get product sent directly to the store, they go to a central distribution center first. This delays stuff by at least a day.

Lastly, neither BestBuy or Walmart have them where I live, which is in Washington State. Yes, right where Nintendo ships them from. That's the reason why stores like GameStop that have stuff sent directly to the stores get stuff the day they release here. Obviously, GameStop, EB, etc. don't have them either. And according to a couple of my friends at Nintendo, it hasn't shipped yet, and doesn't ship until tomorrow.

So, what we have here is a quandry. We have a newly registered user claiming to have the SP, and we have someone very well versed on the way Nintendo deals with retail stores telling you that it hasn't shipped. So the only way to resolve this is for Linkwannabe to give us some sort of proof, like a picture of him holding his SP in one hand (bottom side with US label visible), and his receipt in the other.

enigma487 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 19, 2003, 06:48:21 PM »

Rick, I actually purchased the Game Boy SP. the new registered poster is my brother. i was at Wal-Mart, which had them, and i hurriedly went to best buy before they closed at 9 to tell my brother who was at work that they had them. i then wandered over and found them in the Video Game section of our local Best Buy. if i had a scanner or a digital camera at my disposal i would give you proof. or you could just call wal-mart....

Jollus · « **Reply #18 on:** March 19, 2003, 07:30:19 PM »

Let the hunt begin!!

enigma487 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 19, 2003, 07:42:06 PM »

i would say it has begun. And i am the winner.

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #20 on:** March 19, 2003, 08:30:28 PM »

Here is the number for the Eau Claire Best Buy if you don't believe me yet. 715-833-0666 Call tomorrow at 10 o'clock Central time an stop being so skeptical. Go ahead call.

Linkwannabe · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2003, 08:31:47 PM »

And actually for video games, dvds, music, and the like usually gets shipped via ups directly to best buy stores. Those items don't go thru the central warehouses. So there. By the way I would have replied earlier, but I was busy playing some sort of handheld device. I thought is was a GameBoy Advance SP, but the all knowing Rick says they haven't shipped yet. Oh wait, Rick dosn't know crap. Call the Best Buy number I posted in the morning, and then you can have my apologee posted by 11.

Lyquid · « **Reply #22 on:** March 20, 2003, 08:33:18 AM »

Yesterday, I too purchased the Gameboy SP. Bestbuy (Novi, MI) had 4 Platinum and 5 Cobalt on the shelves. I know, I know... I'm a new user, so the odds of you believing this is slim. So, in spite, I will be sure to take a digital picture of the receipt and Gameboy SP. When I get home from work, I'll post the picture.

swimguy228 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 20, 2003, 10:27:14 AM »

I just called the Best Buy in Novi, MI (248-449-8956) Lyquid, and they do have the SP in. Too bad i ordered off of ebgames.com, and i don't have any money right now. I am so angry. It boggles my mind though, because that best buy doesn't usually get their products in until atleast 2 days after the release.

RickPowers · « **Reply #24 on:** March 20, 2003, 10:45:45 AM »

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Oh wait, Rick dosn't know crap.

Or maybe Rick is just trying to make sure he has all the facts, especially since what he's being told in OFFICIAL channels completely contradicts what some people posting here for the first time are saying. All I'm saying is that if you indeed bought it, I need proof, because otherwise, there is no way I can get any factual information from Nintendo or anywhere else. No one in Washington State has it yet, and we always get Nintendo products first. This is very odd that of all places, MICHIGAN and WISCONSIN are getting them first. It's also odd that everyone who says they've gotten them, also is from Michigan or Wisconsin. We've received no reports from anywhere else.

Sure, hurl insults around because I'm skeptical. That skepticism is the same thing that keeps PGC from reporting as NEWS what are rumors until you have proof. You want us to tell everyong that the SP is for sale. Prove it to us. That's all I'm saying.

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