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grim_d

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« on: November 07, 2006, 03:54:00 AM »
Just got an email from play.com informing me i will not be getting my wii on launch despite ordering it moments after the pre-orders went live on the 15th september. the same thing happenned with my 360 at launch and I had to wait 2 weeks to get one.

It's totally rediculous, I though Nintendo had enough to go around. Even if not pre-ordering so early i should of had a chance to get one. what the hell do you have to do?

Im never pre-ordering a console or any hardware from them again, i'm really pissed now.

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pablot

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« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2006, 06:58:00 AM »
awwww... bastards  grr.gif
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« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2006, 08:47:00 AM »
That sucks. sad.gif
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grim_d

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« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2006, 08:59:00 AM »
ive done some research. Some stores here are getting as much as 100 consoles, which makes me wonder how many a massive online retailer such as play.com would be getting, beng an offical nintendo distributer an all.

i pre-ordered mine < an hour after they went live, which was at about 3pm on a friday, i was off work due to it being my birthday, how can there have been that many people pre-ordering? especially since we were notified via email that they went live with no prior warning.

Im having a rant because im upset sad.gif

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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2006, 01:52:00 AM »
Remember the days where you could just walk into the store and buy a Nintendo? Ahh, those were the days.  smile.gif
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grim_d

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« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2006, 05:27:00 PM »
QUOTE(SICKdimension @ Nov 8 2006, 08:59 AM) View Post

Remember the days where you could just walk into the store and buy a Nintendo? Ahh, those were the days.  smile.gif


fond memories indeed.
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« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2006, 07:55:00 AM »
Have you considered walking into the store that has ~100 consoles and just picking one up? I don't think our store will have that many but I will probably just go pick one up that day. Is there a launch list? I think that controller might come in handy for a good baseball title.
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« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2006, 08:11:00 PM »
As long as you don't live out in the middle of no where, you can probably get a Wii at launch if you're smart. I have a friend that works for Best Buy, the specific store that I'll be getting mine at launch is supposed to get ~85 consoles. One per customer rule, I'll be there a few hours before opening, there's no way there will be 80 people in line ahead of me for Wii on a Sunday morning.
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« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2006, 10:49:00 PM »
ill try my best to get one from a shop,  have no idea what shops i could try over her in the UK, most of them take pre-orders.

plus it wil be a friday and i don't get off work till 3.30 and i can't get a holiday, it's hopeless.
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grim_d

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« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2006, 08:49:00 AM »
went into my favourte little games shop and got one biggrin.gif The dude said i might not get it on the friday but i would get it on the monday, whihc would be better than waiting weeks. Result.

Oh and my mate just phoned and he has a bunch of GOW freebies for me from his work biggrin.gif
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« Reply #10 on: November 10, 2006, 11:36:00 AM »
pre-ordering is a sham... I put $5 down on GoW just because it came with some freebies  Went in Wednesday to pick it up and they didn't have any of the LEs left  grr.gif

Shameless plug: Read my rant on the subject ... click the siggy \/
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grim_d

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« Reply #11 on: November 12, 2006, 03:52:00 PM »
QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Nov 10 2006, 06:43 PM) View Post

Shameless plug: Read my rant on the subject ... click the siggy \/


had already read and commented by the time you made that post buddy laugh.gif

my Le GOW should come through on thursday smile.gif
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SICKdimension

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« Reply #12 on: November 20, 2006, 12:52:00 AM »
QUOTE(LoXodonte @ Nov 19 2006, 10:26 PM) View Post

I got one, and it broke. sup?

Ya, we get the point. You don't need to post a topic AND a reply in everyone's threads.
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« Reply #13 on: November 20, 2006, 08:51:00 AM »
I waited 4 hours for my Wii and another 45 min for an extra controler.
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« Reply #14 on: November 20, 2006, 01:56:00 PM »
ya, I wouldn't be too happy if after waiting in line in the fucking cold infront of wal-mart for 18 hours just to find that my Wii was busted.



on a side note, grim_d, tell me what Zelda is like if you get it, the person in line infront of me got the last one sad.gif
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