Topic: Wii-serves

[Shecky]

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Originally posted by: VGrevolution
Well  went in today to pay off my PS3 reserve and I was given a similar deal for reservation with Wii where they charged 50$ to a gift card and kept the card so I will get my preorder the moment they are able to fill them!

Hmm... No offense, but that seems a little dicey to me.

Here's how it works from the intel I've gathered.  EB/Gamestop gets 2 slots reserved for use by the employees and the registers only allow preorders to be rung after open 10am on the day they start taking them.  When I got to EB for the PS3 I was forth in line, but my receipt showed that I was the 6th transaction for the day.  The clerk was also a few minutes late in opening.  So what I think they did was make their sales first.

The whole scheme outlined in the quotes above is essentialy like slipping the clerk cash, so that he can preorder in one of the two employee slots when the store opens.  However there's no agreement that he has to give you the preorder.  He could just keep the preorder himself.  In fact if he cons a few people in this way he could get his system paid for.  When Gamestop PS3 preorder slips are going for ~$2000 on ebay already, I'd make sure you get that slip.

I hope it works out, but just saying... buyer beware.

[Dirk Temporo]

DIRK SMASH PUNY GAMESTOP.

Seriously. Why can't they just start the online pre-orders tomorrow too? The Wii is going to be my birthday gift, and my dad/mom/aunt/uncle/whatever are hardly going to stand in line overnight to get it.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Shecky my PS3 preorder is in the system (in fact I paid it off just the other day). I guess I could ask tomorrow or something what my preorder number is, but I really am not that concerned, I trust the people at my local gamestop (the manager knew about both my preorder transactions).