Originally Posted by HyperG So I was at one of the many Gamestop stores around my area the other day, and I don't have any premium membership with them at all. Guy asked if I wanted to get on the waiting listing for a system. I said sure, so he put me on it for a 32 gig black Wii-U and gave me a powerup rewards card. Can anyone explain what this may of benefit the employee more than me?

His job security because he suckered you into signing up for the PowerUp Rewards Pro membership which employees are required to get people to sign up for to keep their job.

My plan since I didn't get to pre order one is to go to my local Walmart on the 17th around 11am and camp till Midnight to get one. Shouldn't be that many people there by that time.

Dammit, every time see or hear Wii U this is all i can think of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JEly...ayer_embedded#

!

Its just not sinking in right

Originally Posted by boogie4114 His job security because he suckered you into signing up for the PowerUp Rewards Pro membership which employees are required to get people to sign up for to keep their job.

So I'm assuming the PowerUp Rewards membership that he gave me was just a basic membership that is free normally but can be upgraded to a pro, so then he'd get the claim if I do it, because I wasn't charged for anything and still was able to get on the waiting list.

Originally Posted by LD_Helix Dammit, every time see or hear Wii U this is all i can think of ! Its just not sinking in right

That is what I think of also by the way love that movie xD

Originally Posted by LD_Helix Dammit, every time see or hear Wii U this is all i can think of Its just not sinking in right

best part is when she hits the two thugs

my bestbuy has a sign up that says that they no longer can take preorders because bestbuy took as many as Nintendo allowed. So there, anyone who preordered should be safe because nintendo informed each company how many they would get.

Originally Posted by soxxx my bestbuy has a sign up that says that they no longer can take preorders because bestbuy took as many as Nintendo allowed. So there, anyone who preordered should be safe because nintendo informed each company how many they would get.

Ha went to bestbuy today to do my last trade in and asked if people who didn't preorder, could get one. He said that over 100 people preorder the iPhone 5, but got only 10 in. So I'm assuming know one knows how many they are getting in or if preorders are going to be fulfill

Originally Posted by HyperG So I was at one of the many Gamestop stores around my area the other day, and I don't have any premium membership with them at all. Guy asked if I wanted to get on the waiting listing for a system. I said sure, so he put me on it for a 32 gig black Wii-U and gave me a powerup rewards card. Can anyone explain what this may of benefit the employee more than me?

He probably paid out of his own pocket for your powerup membership. I herd, if they don't meet a certain quota, they would lose their job.

Originally Posted by leopaw He probably paid out of his own pocket for your powerup membership. I herd, if they don't meet a certain quota, they would lose their job.

That's the dumbest thing I've heard all day.

Originally Posted by leopaw He probably paid out of his own pocket for your powerup membership. I herd, if they don't meet a certain quota, they would lose their job.

There's a free version of the card too.

Originally Posted by leopaw He probably paid out of his own pocket for your powerup membership. I herd, if they don't meet a certain quota, they would lose their job.

You need to be a powerup member to be on the waiting list and there's a free version of the powerup membership. So I doubt he paid anything as I myself am a free member.

Originally Posted by Tdog987 Looking for opinions... I pre ordered the Wii U at BB in store ($5 on the deluxe)...just incase I work at Walmart (New store...small town...only has had to do 3DS and Vita launch...3DS had 6 people counting me at midnight) and get a 10% discount...my discount card didn't work for pre-orders online. I get off of work at 4:00 pm on the 15th...I was thinking of grabbing a bite to eat and being back at the store at 5 pm to be ready for any line standing...with the discount (I know for sure it will work) buying the deluxe console will come to around $315, instead of $350... if you were in my shoes...would you stand in line for 7 hours to save $35? Would bring my 3DS and DS to play the whole time, so boredom wont get in the way.

If I had preordered one early at best buy then no I would not take a chance waiting at walmart trying to get one just to save $35. On the other hand if you got your preorder in late at best buy then yes I would go to walmart and wait. Actually you can't go wrong if you can get one at all at walmart with your discount because you are pretty much guranteed a profit on top of your discount savings.

For anyone hesitant about waiting in line for a Wii U I highly advise at least attempting getting one at launch. On the Wii I made the mistake of waiting and then I got wanting one but it wasn't until middle of feb 2007 before I could find one. I actually got lucky when I found one then because I was in walmart and just happened to see a couple back behind the counter and asked if I could purchase one and the employee said yes (kind of reluctantly I think they may have been hiding them back for someone) so I was really happy and lucky with my timing. Here is a video of it, nothing like that new nintendo console smell. http://youtu.be/Xwi6piCD4Ho

Originally Posted by ps2emotions For anyone hesitant about waiting in line for a Wii U I highly advise at least attempting getting one at launch. On the Wii I made the mistake of waiting and then I got wanting one but it wasn't until middle of feb 2007 before I could find one. I actually got lucky when I found one then because I was in walmart and just happened to see a couple back behind the counter and asked if I could purchase one and the employee said yes (kind of reluctantly I think they may have been hiding them back for someone) so I was really happy and lucky with my timing. Here is a video of it, nothing like that new nintendo console smell. http://youtu.be/Xwi6piCD4Ho

Thats why I decided to pre-order mine. Didnt want to wait, then end up not being able to get one till like February or March, and still not even get the version I wanted.

Do you need an ID to pick up a preorder at best buy or just the receipt?

just counting down the days. i finally have enough credit at gamestop to pay off the whole thing. will i get it sans sale tax if i pay all of it with credit?

Originally Posted by thebytewasbit Do you need an ID to pick up a preorder at best buy or just the receipt?

You have to have ID and the credit card that was used.

Advertisement

Register for free to remove this ad

Originally Posted by Ag_SurfR just counting down the days. i finally have enough credit at gamestop to pay off the whole thing. will i get it sans sale tax if i pay all of it with credit?

I asked this exact question today when i put down some more money on mine. Turns out that you are only charged sales tax on the cash you put down. So if you pay all with credit, then no, you will not be charged sales at all. but if you do lets say 150 cash and 200 credit, you will be charged sales tax on the 150 cash.

Originally Posted by Paladinion I asked this exact question today when i put down some more money on mine. Turns out that you are only charged sales tax on the cash you put down. So if you pay all with credit, then no, you will not be charged sales at all. but if you do lets say 150 cash and 200 credit, you will be charged sales tax on the 150 cash.

Is that tied to the state by state tax thing or is it universal? I live in a state that taxes on GS credit and have never paid off any pre-order. Reason being, I never pre-ordered anything at GS before this WiiU. Not even to get a bonus and then cancel.

Can anyone who lives in a state that gets taxed on items paid for with GS credit confirm either way? If true, I will find flips or whatever to put towards the WiiU to save $21 tax.