Limited Run Games Thread - We only promise our NES games will work, not your console

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Okay so I guess Chris and I are on the same page. Guess he beat me to the idea by the time it takes to write a post.
The power company example is a perfect example.
 
chrislaustin said:
I think if the info was provided on the "ticket" page, before you open a request, it would work wonders. So before you can open a ticket, it splashes the current outstanding games, and when they may be shipping. So the person has to read that before they can open a ticket, and in that case, the proper info gets to the proper persons.

I agree 100% that most don't "read" the product page, as I deal with that kind of situation pretty regularly myself. So while putting an updated faq on the site someplace may not be seen as it should, but to add the info before a ticket can even be opened, that seems like it could cut down on the support tickets greatly.
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Well said. I would think the info would be simple to add and fine, it won't completely solve the problem but even if 20-30% of people who want to ask the question check the page and find the answer, that would still save time.

 
Yeah definitely, it needs to be somewhere on the site. Yeah you can dig for info but it's too time consuming. I don't use Twitter, so almost all the info I need comes from this forum.
 
Received my Shadow Warrior copy today. Missed the bundle but got a cool purple bubble mailer instead, my first. Usually get the black or pink one.

 
Hey LRG, where's my The Flame in the Flood bundle and Caladrius copy? Ordered them yesterday and they're still not here. You guys should hire some more people so I can get same day shipping. Maybe some people who fulfill my orders within 1 hour by driving them directly to my house. Wouldn't be a bad idea to hand them to me on a silver platter either. Also, maybe you guys can email me directly daily with the status of my order. Just some food for thought
 
E-104 Epsilon said:
God I hate this meme.

Actually wanted to buy Caladrius Blaze because I want to play it and it sold out the instant I loaded the page because scalpers and collector kids buy copies they won't even play.

Why not just accept unlimited number of preorders so they know exactly how many to produce? Nobody actually really believes an anime shmup with clothing destruction will be worth anything in 10 years right?
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I'm honestly not sure if it's sarcasm or not, sorry if it is:

Ever heard of Steam-Heart's? Although it is more than 10 years old. Note sold items in $20-80 range are reproductions

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=steam-hearts&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

I'm sorry the timing really doesn't work for you. Splitting it among two in a day at set times is the best they can do, in my opinion. It's better than only one time slot, and definitely way better than not announcing what time orders will go live at all.

I have a career as well, but I'm fortunate enough to work on a computer. We have flexible hours too which makes the morning slot pretty easy to just do from home, but unfortunately I share a car and work 11 hour days for the foreseeable future. lol

Could you not just feign a bathroom break for a few minutes and order on your phone? I'm assuming you've thought of it and there's some reason it doesn't work, but I thought I'd mention it. Do you have a friend/significant other you can trust to either order it with your information or alternatively have them order it and you just pay them back cash/paypal for it?

 
Pheria said:
I hope VA-11 Hall-A includes a soundtrack option too!
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Pheria said:
I'm honestly not sure if it's sarcasm or not, sorry if it is:

Ever heard of Steam-Heart's? Although it is more than 10 years old. Note sold items in $20-80 range are reproductions

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=steam-hearts&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

I'm sorry the timing really doesn't work for you. Splitting it among two in a day at set times is the best they can do, in my opinion. It's better than only one time slot, and definitely way better than not announcing what time orders will go live at all.

I have a career as well, but I'm fortunate enough to work on a computer. We have flexible hours too which makes the morning slot pretty easy to just do from home, but unfortunately I share a car and work 11 hour days for the foreseeable future. lol

Could you not just feign a bathroom break for a few minutes and order on your phone? I'm assuming you've thought of it and there's some reason it doesn't work, but I thought I'd mention it. Do you have a friend/significant other you can trust to either order it with your information or alternatively have them order it and you just pay them back cash/paypal for it?
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Thank you for this. I've always thought the "I have a job" excuse is the lamest. There are so many workarounds to get the thing one wants. Also, everyone has a fucking job (well, I guess except for children and some full-time students and colossal losers), so no one is going to give that excuse any sympathy.

 
Doomstink said:
No - it was a preorder that is being manufactured to demand. We expect to start shipping it out in about two weeks.
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I thought only the standard edition of Y's was the preorder and that the CE was going to be sent out much sooner. Is that not the case? Looking at the descriptions of each item now, both give a delivery estimate of late September/early October but only the standard edition mentions it being a preorder. So one is a preorder and one isn't but they both have the same delivery estimate?

Not a huge deal for me just could have sworn that the item description of the CE didn't have the October delivery estimate at the time of order.

 
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Josef said:
I thought only the standard edition of Y's was the preorder and that the CE was going to be sent out much sooner. Is that not the case? Looking at the descriptions of each item now, both give a delivery estimate of late September/early October but only the standard edition mentions it being a preorder. So one is a preorder and one isn't but they both have the same delivery estimate?

Not a huge deal for me just could have sworn that the item description of the CE didn't have the October delivery estimate at the time of order.
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I get the feeling they're just going to wait for them all to arrive to ship them out most likely since there are probably a lot of orders that contain both the standard and the CE, so just to make it easier, so they don't have to backtrack on it, and certain orders won't get lost in middle there somewhere.

 
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Wish I would have thought of the "forced pre-order" business model. Get that money, invest it and build that bank account.

GameStop is jealous.

Before you all shit yourselves: we're only talking about a few thousand copies- we gotta make this thing bigger!
 
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Josef said:
I thought only the standard edition of Y's was the preorder and that the CE was going to be sent out much sooner. Is that not the case? Looking at the descriptions of each item now, both give a delivery estimate of late September/early October but only the standard edition mentions it being a preorder. So one is a preorder and one isn't but they both have the same delivery estimate?

Not a huge deal for me just could have sworn that the item description of the CE didn't have the October delivery estimate at the time of order.
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I thought the same thing... even their email suggests this.

The game is available as both a standard edition and Collector's Edition. The Collector's Edition is $54.99 and limited to 3,000 copies per platform. It includes a beautiful big box, fold-out poster, and 72-page artbook. The standard edition is $29.99 and will be manufactured to demand - all orders made within 24 hours of orders opening will be fulfilled!
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Regardless of anything these are just games....games. You wont live or die without them. Also you can easily buy them on PSN or Steam.

 
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The days of LRG getting complaints about loose games might be coming to an end. I picked up Ys VIII on PS4 and the case has a different disc holder. The disc was firmly held by the center piece. I don't know if this case is like that because it came with a soundtrack on the other side. If this isn't a new case design then Sony should switch to it ASAP.
 
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bradbo said:
Wish I would have thought of the "forced pre-order" business model. Get that money, invest it and build that bank account.

GameStop is jealous.

Before you all shit yourselves: we're only talking about a few thousand copies- we gotta make this thing bigger!
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We pay clients net 30 days from the date of a sale.

There is no money to be made from sitting on money. It works for GameStop because in some cases they can sit on people's money for months before paying anyone for the actual goods. We pay clients within 30 days regardless of it being a preorder or not. There is nothing advantageous for us if a game doesn't ship until after a sale. It actually sucks because the customer support cost is much heavier.
 
Bumslie said:
The days of LRG getting complaints about loose games might be coming to an end. I picked up Ys VIII on PS4 and the case has a different disc holder. The disc was firmly held by the center piece. I don't know if this case is like that because it came with a soundtrack on the other side. If this isn't a new case design then Sony should switch to it ASAP.
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Double disc PS4 games use a much better case. They always have. We wanted to switch to those for all of our releases but it was far too expensive. They cost 6x as much to utilize as the standard cases, which would increase the per unit cost on PS4 by a little over 25%.
 
Doomstink said:
We pay clients net 30 days from the date of a sale.

There is no money to be made from sitting on money. It works for GameStop because in some cases they can sit on people's money for months before paying anyone for the actual goods. We pay clients within 30 days regardless of it being a preorder or not. There is nothing advantageous for us if a game doesn't ship until after a sale. It actually sucks because the customer support cost is much heavier.
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I was joking. But GameStop does make an average 80$ extra per preorder. Seems like an opportunity.
 
bee01 said:
Anybody else waiting on Shadow Warrior 2 to ship? I feel like my orders are always the last to ship!
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Mine shipped a few days ago... I got a shipping confirmation pretty fast but it took a couple days to actually make it to the shipper.

Oddly this is my first order out of the last 15 or so that shipped UPS Mail Innovations instead of Priority Mail... so that means it will take 8 days to arrive instead of 2.

 
bradbo said:
I was joking. But GameStop does make an average 80$ extra per preorder. Seems like an opportunity.
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With the timeframes GS has they can do CDs or longer term low-risk investments. With us, we only have 30 days so our options are limited to a money market or savings account (since it is money due to a client, it has to be low-risk or no risk). Neither stand to yeild much. We could buy a handful of lunches with savings account interest, haha.
 
What's a good asking price? I'm not looking for a flip really, I just lost my PS4 and can't use it, lol.

$32 shipped fair? 

 
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irishsoccermbw said:
Link to back this statement?
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I heard it during a conference call at GameStop. She actually said "the average preorder is worth 80$." She actually quoted a number 2.5 million or so and asked if any of the employees knew what it was. It was the region's earnings from pre orders from that quarter. This was 3-4 months back.

So I may have slightly misquoted that. Any GameStop employee probably could verify.
 
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bojay1997 said:
There is no link. The guy is a straight up ass who claims to be "joking" all the time but really just lacks the courage to stand behind his attacks and criticisms.
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Courage. Lol. I'm just not that tough of a guy. Especially on the internet. I don't pick on slow kids either.
 
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bradbo said:
I heard it during a conference call at GameStop. She actually said "the average preorder is worth 80$." She actually quoted a number 2.5 million or so and asked if any of the employees knew what it was. It was the region's earnings from pre orders from that quarter. This was 3-4 months back.

So I may have slightly misquoted that. Any GameStop employee probably could verify.
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I am not surprised by the $80 per pre order. $60 release at 20-25% margin is $12-$15 profit out of the gates. For speculations sake lets say half of the average preorder is bought using trade credit/ trade ins. I would suspect the average price gamestop resells of $30 worth of trade ins is $90-$100 range and you are at $72-$85. Does not seem that far off base to me. This is before factoring the assumption that a certain percentage are traded back in for them to resell at 2-3 times the trade in value. I bet if they tracked the lifespan of a game through their system it would be even higher since most people do not horde games and the same game can be traded in several times.

 
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