The store with 3.Tell us which stores and we'll let you know.
If it came in a standard retail box it was brand new. If it came in a brown box it was a refurb of excellent quality. That’s been my experience with Sony for ps3 and ps4. No issues with ps1 or ps2. Nintendo and Sony charge very reasonable prices for repairs or replacements.
Bestbuy and targ have said online only for rest of the year
So I just have to watch the website? Any indication as to how long they show stock available until they put them for sale online?
Yep. And no. Everyone seems to think they usually drop in the morning around 7am. I think that’s what happened last time. I had about 6 stores or so with 10 each and they went live one morning. I missed it.
Thank you brotha. My concern with the ps5 fat is that I don’t want my external hard drive with my PS4 games to brick while using it. I still don’t have the ps5 but can wait.
They ask you over the phone what you want to do. The replacement consoles have been around $99 bucks. If you want your original fixed it’s a lot more.
Nah it was likely a return unit or a new unit made as a replacement. Stuff that doesn’t pass qa or is really abused usually gets sold in bulk as scrap consoles. That been my experience working for a manufacturer of robots and other things.
It was new. For sure, was told they may send a new one on the phone. Came in a normal retail box without a controller and a new seal. Refurbs come in a brown box aka coffin.
Nice. Now I'm thinking twice whether to get the $ 77 Walmart insurance for 4 years. I initially wanted to but maybe it's just gonna be $ 120-150 for the PS5, max.
Personally don’t recommend the warranty unless you break consoles on the regular. Nice thing is gamers are very loyal customers and gaming companies make money selling you games...not so much selling you consoles. So the repair/replacement options are pretty affordable to keep you gaming and to buy more games.
Considering the page said those orders wouldn't ship until 12/23, it hasn't been TOO bad, especially since 4 of those days fell on Thanksgiving weekend, which UPS apparently takes off. I know some stores have been shipping what feels like the same night, but seeing folks on reddit coming up with conspiracy theories to hound three different CS lines non stop for a month certainly didn't help
I don’t believe in warranties either, especially if you pay with a credit card. Many credit cards offer free extended warranties. I also treat my tech extremely well too, but that doesn’t necessarily mean anything.
I remember “fixing” it with pennies.
I have bought a ton of electronics in my time, including new TVs every 4-5 years. The only extended warranty I bought was the 360 after hearing about the issues from the Taco Bell winners who had the system early. And I ended up using it with a quick swap from Best Buy, though MS extended the warranties anyway with all the problems. Wasn't until the newer design that issues went away with that system. Way ahead in the game if something ever does break beyond its initial warranty.
It seems pretty narcissistic to assume that consoles only break because you treat them badly. There are such things as defective units or parts that break under normal use, especially with launch consoles which are typically always the worst of the bunch. There's also cases where people treat their electronics like shit and they don't break. Sometimes it's just down to luck. But this is the just world mentality that people have in life in general. They look at a homeless guy on the streets and say "he must have done something to deserve it, unlike me" not knowing his background story.
I never got RRD. I don’t play games all day though so that might be a reason why I didn’t get it. Had my launch console all the way till I trade it for an Xbox One.
I had it happen on 2 different systems at the time. Way back then I played maybe an hour a day, 2 tops. After the second one died I sold the replacement and bought a PS3. I only recently got back into Xbox in the last year.
That sucks. I would have cancelled Xbox too. I’ve been extremely lucky with my consoles.
Ok now I need to know. Why were you throwing your PS2 around?
There was a part in Vice City that was frustrating the hell out of me
Ah ok but why didn’t you toss your controller. How did you get to the console? Lol
Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, controllers had a cable running to the console.
My day one 60 GB PS3 died from the yellow light defect 3 or 4 years after launch. It was only $75 to fix direct from Sony and they arranged UPS pick up for free. They pretty much just sent back a new or extremely clean refurbished console. Who told you it was high priced & what was the amount? Just curious.
Simple GameStop did not respond to the dispute on time and PayPal gave you all your money back which part of their guarantee. It’s GameStop’s responsibility to do refunding. They just didn’t respond so pp gave you your money back.
Honestly you’d be suprised how often that happens. I know quite a few people that got free furniture and such over disputes. Often the credit card company or PayPal in this case will straight up tell you to keep it.
Gamestop did respond by giving them Fedex tracking number which showed my ps5 bundle was delivered. PS5 HD Camera was shipped separately couple of days later and had usps tracking # and tracking didnt update for 7days so that's why I asked for refund. Is Gamestop going to ban me for this? I didn't ask for full refund.
I did send email to gamestop twice and they never respond to my email that's why I went to paypal.
