I had a copy of Batman:AA pre-order and paid in full at GS for over a month now and today at 10:00am my wife goes and picks it for me because she works by the store. And guess what I get a gutted display shelf copy sealed in a baggie. WTF was the point of pre-ordering? I understand that sometimes you get the last copy of a game and they have to give you the display case but not on a game I pre-order a month ago and not 2 minutes after the store opens the day the game releases. The best part is my wife asked for a sealed copy and they tell her thats the only one they have for now, so she takes it and just tells me later on that she picked up the game for me.
So when she gets home and hands me the bag I see that the game was already gutted and sealed in a baggie and she explained to me what they told her at the store. So I get pissed and call the store and the guy tells me that their store had a midnight launch and all the sealed copies were sold or picked up than and if I wanted a sealed copy I should have came to the midnight launch. I asked why if I pre-ordered a copy was not put aside for me and he said that the copy my wife picked up was put aside for me. But than I asked why they needed to take it off the display shelf if it was put aside for me and he didnt have a answer for that. So now I am on my way out there to cancel the 5 paid in full pre-orders I have there to transfer them to another store I dont think that will matter much to the store but it might make me feel a little better.
So when she gets home and hands me the bag I see that the game was already gutted and sealed in a baggie and she explained to me what they told her at the store. So I get pissed and call the store and the guy tells me that their store had a midnight launch and all the sealed copies were sold or picked up than and if I wanted a sealed copy I should have came to the midnight launch. I asked why if I pre-ordered a copy was not put aside for me and he said that the copy my wife picked up was put aside for me. But than I asked why they needed to take it off the display shelf if it was put aside for me and he didnt have a answer for that. So now I am on my way out there to cancel the 5 paid in full pre-orders I have there to transfer them to another store I dont think that will matter much to the store but it might make me feel a little better.