No go on this.
This is Hawaii and Guam only today.
My source says he believes it's unlikely that the same trade-in requirement will be used here, but concedes it's a possibility. He says that the trades in those areas are horrible, and this is an attempt to improve them (as well as test the idea of course)
Here's my feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...ht=FantasiaWHT
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I don't think this'll stop ebayers. Even if they don't have the games/systems to trade in, they'll just buy them at the store and trade them back in right away. Or if a store won't let them do that, buy the games at one store and take them to another. If a you are careful, you can do this and only lose a little bit of money (maybe $10-$20 to make the $50 you need)
Heck I remember when I worked at an EB we'd actually find ways to MAKE money doing trades... finding the 5 cheapest "non-excluded" games (usually around the $7-$8 mark) buying them for $35-$40, 10% off from the discount card, then trading them in for a preorder for a brand new $50 game, then cancelling the preorder the next day and using the $50 for whatever the customer really wanted to buy heh.
Here's my feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...ht=FantasiaWHT
I call 5 of the stores in my area. They all said they don't know when they will take orders on either system one said maybe october.
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I went today to a two gamestops and one eb games - they all told me that whoever said they are taking pre-orders - is lying.
and you cannot pre-order Wii nor PS3 yet(they actually said, that they are not sure whter they are going to be taking pre-orders for PS3).
there you have it.
Just go here:
http://www.gamestop.com/gs/wii/wii_signup.asp
Type in your email address and they'll let you know as soon as they get ready to start something.
You'd need about twenty common games or a good number of rare games to equal anywhere near fifty bucks of credit with those people. I'll wait till NEXT November before I'll hand over my games to these goons to sell at a 400%-plus mark-up.
You'd be better off to sell your games at fair market value and use the money to pay the mark-up on a Wii/PS3 from an ebay reseller. At least you'd be getting what your games are worth.
The paltry amounts they offer you are just insulting. Screw 'em.
If Gamestop (EB is dead) does end up selling the preorder Wii in bundles only, I'm camping at best buy this time around. I concur with biggzy: Screw 'em! Screw 'em good!Originally Posted by biggzy
Why you guys stress over this? There are other companies that will sell these consoles. And do you guys really need to buy a probably buggy console during its launch day/week/month?
not all consoles are buged out on launch day, that seems to be a sony microsoft problem.
i dont rember game cube having problems like that on launch day
I thought I heard that the Hawaii only test was considered a failure by GameStop management, because of the shitstorm it created on the internet and everybody being super pissed at the idea of this concept being used all accros the USA.
So supposedly, when they do start taking pre-orders, you can use cash or a debit card or credit card or whatever, you don't have to use trade ins.
Right?
I was at a Gamestop today and they said that they more than likely won't be taking any preorders at all. But they won't know for sure until the first week in October.
Actually next week GameStop is having a big managers thing in Texas. Supposedly at this meeting they are going to finalize how they are going to handle pre-orders, and then pre-orders are expected to begin a week from this Monday, so supposedly pre-orders are going to begin Monday October 2nd. If you don't hear anything before then, it would be worth it to be at a GameStop on October 2nd as soon as they open, just to make sure.
Yeah I can guarantee they will NOT be starting preorders while all of their managers are out of their stores heh.
Anthony's analysis is pretty good, but I'm not totally discounting the idea of the required trade-in. Yes, it created a shit-storm on the internet, but EVERYTHING creates a shit-storm on the internet and smart businesses don't always assume that the reactions on the internet reflect the market as a whole.
Here's my feedback thread: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...ht=FantasiaWHT
I have no doubt that they may do this in all 50 states. It makes since for them to do this because they will make more money in the long run. The whole preordering model is totally different than it used to be. I'm just not going to do it anymore. It's pointless, especially if you have a Fry's near you where:
1. they always have the new stuff in stock anyways, and
2. a lot of games come at a discount the first week.
I was wondering if anybody knew about Gamerush preorders. I was just there and I forgot to ask.
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i was told by my EB games manager that the should know by the begining of next week, after the whole texas thing.
eb takes dreamcast stuff still right?
if they need hardware and crap i got about 4 dreamcasts to unload, i am sure i'll come across another soon
They stopped taking DC stuff around June.
poopie,
wait a sec they said they wouldnt take any thing older than playstation. dreamcast is newer than that
Now they don't take anything older than PS2. They've stopped taking Playstation, N64, and DC stuff.
Hey, speaking of Fry's, would that be a better place to attempt to get a Wii at launch day, compared to Best Buy? Anyone here had experience with Fry's for the 360 or another launch?
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