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thats why i wil be there early as freaking possible on launch day, just to make sure i get one.

Originally Posted by ral1121 If they do the Wii U launch like they do with their games, it might be kinda hard to know what will happen. When you pre order a game, it is most likely that Gamestop will have a copy just for you, but we are talking about a console, which it is not the same thing. The launches of games is first come, first serve, and it doesn't go by who pre ordered first. It goes to who ever is in line outside Gamestop first. If they go this route for the Wii U, I'm sure it will cause problems. I wouldn't bet on Gamestop having a console just for you because of the pre order. I'm sure Gamestops will receive less consoles then expected and many customers will be left dissapointed/angered.

If you preorder something and you pay it off fully and they don't have it for you on day of release, they sold your property. You can't be given a raincheck on something you've fully paid for. At that point you could sue them, among other things. It's a very big problem if it happens and I don't know about you, but I would make sure that whoever did it got fired.

God dammit I had better be able to transfer my 4.5 year Brawl file.

Originally Posted by mr.ratburn When I pre-ordered one, I asked the GS employee the same question, to which he earnestly responded, "If you pre-ordered one, you WILL get one on launch day." He also said that they will hold it for 48 hours as is policy. He sounded pretty convincing so I didn't ask him any more than that, but we all know that in reality there's no way to actually know until the system launches. The only thing you can do (or rather could have done) is pre-order it at more than one different store, just in case. This is the first time I pre-order a game console, so I don't know how reliable they are from any past experience, though, correct me if I'm wrong, it seems like they are the most trustworthy of all the B&M stores in terms of pre-order policies.

Thanks for the info. It was good.

I pre-ordered my Wii U deluxe from Best Buy with in-store pickup shortly after pre-orders started on day 1. It's been paid in full. They better have one for me when I get there as soon as they open their doors on November 18. I would hope that if anyone that pre-ordered is going to miss out it wouldn't be the ones that ordered as soon as pre-orders started.

Originally Posted by rockstarnati I pre-ordered my Wii U deluxe from Best Buy with in-store pickup shortly after pre-orders started on day 1. It's been paid in full. They better have one for me when I get there as soon as they open their doors on November 18. I would hope that if anyone that pre-ordered is going to miss out it wouldn't be the ones that ordered as soon as pre-orders started.

I got the first PO at my BB in-store and I'm even still kind of worried about getting it. I'm going there first, because it's the one I'd rather have, but I have a GS in-store PO and a GS.com PO that will definitely work as backups if I get ed. I'll have $150 in RZ Certs that I would just LOVE to use on the Wii U.

Originally Posted by cakefoo It's difficult to find actual photographic evidence.

This made me lol.

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Originally Posted by Drclaw411 my mobile version of this thread looks like this {snip}

You can change it back to full-site view. IIRC, the option is at the bottom of the home page for the "mobile site" view

Originally Posted by mr.ratburn I have NEVER heard of this. Pics or source. Otherwise, they are both the same in quality, however Wii is more convenient because its cable is cheap.

Honestly, if I had the spare time I'd do it because I'm curios about it myself now. I'd have to find a pair of official Nintendo Wii Component cables to make it a fair comparison, though. All I know is that GC games just stuck be as not being nearly as sharp when I first got my Wii component cables. Basically, like GC games on a GC w/o component cables.

For all I know, the Wii firmware may not have supported progressive scan for GC games over the component cables around launch and things may have been improved since with a firmware update.

Originally Posted by ProppaT Honestly, if I had the spare time I'd do it because I'm curios about it myself now. I'd have to find a pair of official Nintendo Wii Component cables to make it a fair comparison, though. All I know is that GC games just stuck be as not being nearly as sharp when I first got my Wii component cables. Basically, like GC games on a GC w/o component cables. For all I know, the Wii firmware may not have supported progressive scan for GC games over the component cables around launch and things may have been improved since with a firmware update.

Not to step on your toes but that's all pretty bullshit. Wii component and Gamecube component look the same. There is a full Gamecube inside the Wii, hell all the games now prompt you for progressive scan automatically if it's on Wii.

Originally Posted by KanYozakura God dammit I had better be able to transfer my 4.5 year Brawl file.

This is my biggest concern about the whole thing. I'd part with any/all of my other game saves and be only slightly annoyed with it. But, if my Brawl save doesn't transfer...I'm gonna be ultra pissed off.

Hmmm wonder if I sell my preorder ticket number, someone will buy it.

Originally Posted by croqoa You do realize the difference between an actual charge on your credit card and a simple pre-authorization hold to verify you have credit right? Assuming you are like 93% of people on this thread and don't know the difference, what happened is that you were never charged anything. And you weren't refunded anything because you were never charged in the first place. You simply had a pending charge which is basically their way of making sure you actually have money available.

This is why I do ZERO business with Best Buy. They are absolutely ridiculous. Look at Amazon. Do they ever put an authorization check on anything you preorder? NO. They are one of the largest retailers in the world, and they don't do this. Amazon gets 95% of my business. It is pretty crappy for them to hold up your money, especially in your checking account. Not all of us are millionaire's. Sometimes we would like to actually pay for the item, when the item actually gets ready to be released for sale, not have it hanging on your account every six days.

This will cause other transaction's to bounce, and then have huge fee's to pay. I don't know anyone who preorder's anything at BB anymore. <RANT OVER>

Originally Posted by ElektroDragon Exactly! BB is horrible. I pre-ordered mine from Gamestop online and they didn't put a hold on the funds.

Yeah I didn't want to take a $400 hit out of my account, hold it for 2 months, then me over. That's why I preordered from GS.

Gamestop can be pretty bad too though. I've had a cousin who preordered diablo III limited edition and they didn't hold a copy for him. I'd rather give my business to Amazon myself, but in this case..Amazon didn't even do preorders for the Wii U Deluxe. I got three deluxe preordered on bestbuy.com and my credit card have authorization charges pending(or held like you guys say) too. I should have made some preorders at gamestop just in case bestbuy screws me over. I got a friend relying on me to help him get one.

Originally Posted by armandxp This is why I do ZERO business with Best Buy. They are absolutely ridiculous. Look at Amazon. Do they ever put an authorization check on anything you preorder? NO. They are one of the largest retailers in the world, and they don't do this. Amazon gets 95% of my business. It is pretty crappy for them to hold up your money, especially in your checking account. Not all of us are millionaire's. Sometimes we would like to actually pay for the item, when the item actually gets ready to be released for sale, not have it hanging on your account every six days. This will cause other transaction's to bounce, and then have huge fee's to pay. I don't know anyone who preorder's anything at BB anymore. <RANT OVER>

I preorder from Best Buy. It's just something you have to deal with. I have enough available credit to cover it, but I can see the problem if you're using a debit card or a credit card with a low limit.

ENOUGH! Stop with the credit card hold talk and bizarre talk radio screeds.

Originally Posted by io ENOUGH! Stop with the credit card hold talk and bizarre talk radio screeds.

I missed a screed? Shoulda checked back earlier!