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Just got back from Escondido shopping center TRU at 15 and 78. They have a limited number of Wii pre-sales immediately available, just picked mine up.

GO GO GO!

Good luck =)
 
[quote name='Randomthts']Just got back from Escondido shopping center TRU at 15 and 78. They have a limited number of Wii pre-sales immediately available, just picked mine up.

GO GO GO!

Good luck =)[/quote]

are we really gonna have to preorder this thing? i thought Nintendo was supposed to have a few million waiting to ship???
 
[quote name='Randomthts']Just got back from Escondido shopping center TRU at 15 and 78. They have a limited number of Wii pre-sales immediately available, just picked mine up.

GO GO GO!

Good luck =)[/QUOTE]

No Way! Any idea if any of the other TRU around here specifically further south, I think there is one closer to the 8 and 5.

Edit: Hmm, a friend of mine called the Escondido store and they said not until Sunday. Maybe you just got lucky.
 
[quote name='chaarlieee']lol, my carne asada fries thread was closed. Who the hell did that and why?[/QUOTE]
Aww man, I didn't get to see it either. I guess there isn't any love for them outside of SD. Btw, I was starving today and strolled on by Cotixans on Genesee, though it was like 3+ miles away, it was totally worth it. The cotixan fries were the bomb, made me feel like a champion.
 
yo sd cags i work at the game crazy of east h in chula vista. me and my manager transfered to the store to fix it up. we got it looking pretty nice and organized and to boost revenue we're going to be handing out coupons at southwestern college and bonita vista high. im not sure what the coupons will be but i'll give you guys a heads up when that's all done so you all can score some.

we might also be hosting a guitar hero 2 tournament to win a free guitar hero 2.
 
Wow that sounds damn cool ricky. Is the stupid fat emo girl still working there? I want to get her fired. I'd also like to partake in the GH2 tournament, but unfortunately I moved up north and got lots of college work to do... T.T
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x']yo sd cags i work at the game crazy of east h in chula vista. me and my manager transfered to the store to fix it up. we got it looking pretty nice and organized and to boost revenue we're going to be handing out coupons at southwestern college and bonita vista high. im not sure what the coupons will be but i'll give you guys a heads up when that's all done so you all can score some.

we might also be hosting a guitar hero 2 tournament to win a free guitar hero 2.[/quote]Oh cool. Ever since my friend left that gamecrazy it's been pretty lame, and the workers over there are idiots (sorry if some of them are your friends). Maybe you'll change it for the better; I don't even shop there anymore because of those retards.
 
let me give you guys a quick run down on that store...

that store was last in the entire company as far as pre orders, revenue, mvps, and warranty sales went (sure, it might sound like super shady corporate business to us CAGS, but that's how you HAVE to run a store). manager's were coming and going through that store like nothing. so the employees never really had direction.

i worked at the store off aero drive along with my current manager, who at the time was the assistant manager at aero. they told him he's getting his own store and that store ended up being east h. cv (big surprise, stick the guy in the worst store in the district AND company). so with this store being closer to home i went along with him. our first day, we basically walked into the store and could not even believe it was a store people would come to. it WAS completely unshoppable (we have fixed it up a whole lot since that first day). shit was everywhere behind the counter, new stuff on the walls was squashed together and un priced, the used game section had game cases of games that we didn't have or we did have but have dropped in price months ago and still have a 41.99 sticker on the front (still working on this btw). the store was horrible. luckily we've had a quick turn around on it and are putting up some good numbers and TRYING to get people to shop there, the problem is, the retards (no offense to fellow cag ffmooglestar who also worked there at one point) at this store (this definetly includes the stupid fat emo girl) have fucking scared everyone away and forced them to go to ebgames and gamestop in eastlake.

the big problem is, unlike ebgames and gamestop, game crazy doesn't rely on the name to bring people to their stores. people go to gamestop because the name is very recognizable and the stores are fucking EVERYWHERE. we are an ant compared to the corporate machine that is gamestop and the only way to compete is to have loyal customers... and you can't exactly have that with shitty employees (which really isnt their fault. i mean, they had no manager for like... forever.) who scare people away. that's not to say everyone who worked there is a horrible employee, some are cool, some aren't. we rely more on customer interaction rather than "here buy this and this and get the fuck out." that seems to be the gamestop/ebgames moto (at least here in chula vista). they encourage us to sit and talk to customers about okami for a half hour rather than the hurry up and buy something sort of thing. i like talking to people about games so it rules.

i'm rambling now about this shit so i'll end it. i could go on and on about how this store was horrible and unshoppable. luckily though the store is becoming shoppable AND the fat emo girl is long gone (she transfered, thank god). she was/is the worst.

so yeah coupons should be coming. i don't know how great they will actually be but i'll give one to every sd cag who wants to roll out to the cv store because im not sure... but these coupons MIGHT be store specific.

and i'll post guitar hero tournament details as they come.

i usually work about 3 - 4 days a week. if you wanna come buy some stuff, try something out, see if we have something in stock or just talk cag, then stop by. if you see a black dude with glasses working, that's the manager, ryan. let him know you're in the store because of cag. i told him i could bring some people in through this website. he'll be surprised.
 
Sup SD!

I'm in line with a few friends at the National City Toys R' Us... yes well over 24+ hours wait ahead for PS3/Wii reserves...

T.T
 
That's crazy! How many people are in line? I'm all for camping out for a console, but just to get a pre-order? That's some dedication.

I take it the pre-orders are being released today at local TRU's. Would it be worth stopping by the La Mesa store or will they all be sold out in the first few minutes?

I'm still waiting for them to get Bully in...
 
The funny thing is, the preorders won't be until TOMORROW, Sunday.

=(

27 more hours to go. I heard there were 5 ppl lined up last night at Chula Vista, 8 people at Morena Blvd., at least 1 at Escondido... The La Mesa one is supposed to have the most PS3s and Wiis but I have no idea on their line status.

There are 8 of us here already at National City... pretty much done if you're hoping to get a PS3.

We watched Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story DVD last night and tonight we'll probably just game...
 
Sunday? That's rough. Good luck. It's too bad that the only shot people have at a new console is to sit in line like that. At least you've got good weather down here in SD. Just for fun I'll stop by La Mesa on Sunday morning...
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x']let me give you guys a quick run down on that store...

that store was last in the entire company as far as pre orders, revenue, mvps, and warranty sales went (sure, it might sound like super shady corporate business to us CAGS, but that's how you HAVE to run a store). manager's were coming and going through that store like nothing. so the employees never really had direction.

i worked at the store off aero drive along with my current manager, who at the time was the assistant manager at aero. they told him he's getting his own store and that store ended up being east h. cv (big surprise, stick the guy in the worst store in the district AND company). so with this store being closer to home i went along with him. our first day, we basically walked into the store and could not even believe it was a store people would come to. it WAS completely unshoppable (we have fixed it up a whole lot since that first day). shit was everywhere behind the counter, new stuff on the walls was squashed together and un priced, the used game section had game cases of games that we didn't have or we did have but have dropped in price months ago and still have a 41.99 sticker on the front (still working on this btw). the store was horrible. luckily we've had a quick turn around on it and are putting up some good numbers and TRYING to get people to shop there, the problem is, the retards (no offense to fellow cag ffmooglestar who also worked there at one point) at this store (this definetly includes the stupid fat emo girl) have fucking scared everyone away and forced them to go to ebgames and gamestop in eastlake.

the big problem is, unlike ebgames and gamestop, game crazy doesn't rely on the name to bring people to their stores. people go to gamestop because the name is very recognizable and the stores are fucking EVERYWHERE. we are an ant compared to the corporate machine that is gamestop and the only way to compete is to have loyal customers... and you can't exactly have that with shitty employees (which really isnt their fault. i mean, they had no manager for like... forever.) who scare people away. that's not to say everyone who worked there is a horrible employee, some are cool, some aren't. we rely more on customer interaction rather than "here buy this and this and get the fuck out." that seems to be the gamestop/ebgames moto (at least here in chula vista). they encourage us to sit and talk to customers about okami for a half hour rather than the hurry up and buy something sort of thing. i like talking to people about games so it rules.

i'm rambling now about this shit so i'll end it. i could go on and on about how this store was horrible and unshoppable. luckily though the store is becoming shoppable AND the fat emo girl is long gone (she transfered, thank god). she was/is the worst.

so yeah coupons should be coming. i don't know how great they will actually be but i'll give one to every sd cag who wants to roll out to the cv store because im not sure... but these coupons MIGHT be store specific.

and i'll post guitar hero tournament details as they come.

i usually work about 3 - 4 days a week. if you wanna come buy some stuff, try something out, see if we have something in stock or just talk cag, then stop by. if you see a black dude with glasses working, that's the manager, ryan. let him know you're in the store because of cag. i told him i could bring some people in through this website. he'll be surprised.[/quote]fuck that fatfuck emo girl. Maybe I'll swing by and see what's up with that store now since it's under new management. Too bad you guys have to use those thin white dvd cases for the majority of your used games.
 
[quote name='MarkMan']The funny thing is, the preorders won't be until TOMORROW, Sunday.

=(

27 more hours to go. I heard there were 5 ppl lined up last night at Chula Vista, 8 people at Morena Blvd., at least 1 at Escondido... The La Mesa one is supposed to have the most PS3s and Wiis but I have no idea on their line status.

There are 8 of us here already at National City... pretty much done if you're hoping to get a PS3.

We watched Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story DVD last night and tonight we'll probably just game...[/QUOTE]

I ended up in the same line with you guys. My friend and I arrived last night between 8 and 9 to get in line for the Wii. I think we were the first ones behind the 8 of you that were getting the PS3.
 
[quote name='Ma12kez']fuck that fatfuck emo girl. Maybe I'll swing by and see what's up with that store now since it's under new management. Too bad you guys have to use those thin white dvd cases for the majority of your used games.[/quote]

yeah i personal don't like her. i could go on and on about her, but i wont.

the slim cases are pretty much for space reasons. that store probably is the smallest store in the san diego county disctrict.
 
[quote name='stalfosking']I ended up in the same line with you guys. My friend and I arrived last night between 8 and 9 to get in line for the Wii. I think we were the first ones behind the 8 of you that were getting the PS3.[/QUOTE]

Cool! It was really well organized. I commend TRU on their good work with the campout.

I just woke up. -_-

Btw, we had the most awesome campout setup ever.

I'll post pics later.
 
[quote name='MarkMan']Cool! It was really well organized. I commend TRU on their good work with the campout.

I just woke up. -_-

Btw, we had the most awesome campout setup ever.

I'll post pics later.[/QUOTE]

I'd agree they did a pretty good job this morning. Everything seemed to go smoothly.

Yeah, you guys had a pretty good setup. I would have jumped in a played some Guitar Hero if I hadn't already settled down and started half sleeping. It was pretty sweet how you were projecting right on the side of the building, from my view laying on the ground it looked pretty good.
 
BEST CAMP OUT EVER.

Here in San Diego we had the best PLAYSTATION 3 and Wii campout ever.



A group of gamers from SD TEKKEN (a local gaming group) ended up securing all 7 of the 60G PS3 units and a few of the Wii units by lining up at Saturday 1 AM beating out the rest of the crowd in San Diego at the National City Toys R Us. While most camp outs are considered hell, SDT took advantage of the 30+ hours spent by making it as fun and entertaining as possible.



Check out this set of pictures!



http://flickr.com/photos/sdtekken/sets/72157594351254650/



It was 2 nights of fun. The first night consisted of watching “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story” on DVD and watching the latest PS3 and Wii trailers. The second night being the more exciting where we played Guitar Hero and the Guitar Hero 2 demo, Final Fantasy XII and finally rounded it off with a screening of Berry Gordy’s “The Last Dragon” !



It certainly was one of the best camp outs I’ve been a part of!

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[quote name='xrickyb86x']yeah i personal don't like her. i could go on and on about her, but i wont.

the slim cases are pretty much for space reasons. that store probably is the smallest store in the san diego county disctrict.[/QUOTE]
Wow, I didn't know East H was doing that bad. Well, good luck to you ricky and I hope you guys can turn things around for that store. I've just been screwed over by them in the past, two times, and I almost joined the EB Lames/GayStop side for good because of those instances. btw, do you guys still go by that lame gcrazy employee video? the one with ebonics Zelda, haha, that video actually made me LOL.

And Markman, damn, that campout looks too hardcore for me. I don't think I could last 5 min out there.
 
Damn Markman lol. That's a much better setup than your 360 camp out. Too bad I was at Knott's Scary Farm for the weekend or I'd camp out over there as well. That's a pretty cool truck too; is that yours?
 
[quote name='halu102']Wow, I didn't know East H was doing that bad. Well, good luck to you ricky and I hope you guys can turn things around for that store. I've just been screwed over by them in the past, two times, and I almost joined the EB Lames/GayStop side for good because of those instances. btw, do you guys still go by that lame gcrazy employee video? the one with ebonics Zelda, haha, that video actually made me LOL.

And Markman, damn, that campout looks too hardcore for me. I don't think I could last 5 min out there.[/quote]

i've never watched an employee video for game crazy but i did see the video on the internet. worst video ever. the game crazy video was lamer than the videos we had to watch when i got hired at albertsons in high school.

i shop at the gamestop in eastlake quite often. especially recently with all the promotions they've been having. it's the only gamestop i'll go to because it is the cleanest, most organized, and they update their prices. i used to go to the one on broadway until i realized everyone who worked there (besides the two people i knew) were dumbasses. the people at the eastlake store are really nice... but like most non-eastlake chula vistians... i HATE going to eastlake for anything. i feel like im contributing to the overpriced homes and the fake rich people who are really just in debt but can't stop spending.
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x']i've never watched an employee video for game crazy but i did see the video on the internet. worst video ever. the game crazy video was lamer than the videos we had to watch when i got hired at albertsons in high school.

i shop at the gamestop in eastlake quite often. especially recently with all the promotions they've been having. it's the only gamestop i'll go to because it is the cleanest, most organized, and they update their prices. i used to go to the one on broadway until i realized everyone who worked there (besides the two people i knew) were dumbasses. the people at the eastlake store are really nice... but like most non-eastlake chula vistians... i HATE going to eastlake for anything. i feel like im contributing to the overpriced homes and the fake rich people who are really just in debt but can't stop spending.[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah, you're right, the eastlake branch EB Lames is pretty good, much better than all the other chula vista EB/GS stores. And yes, that is the perfect description for Eastlake, I too also hate going over there. Oh yeah, how's the influx of school children in the afternoon over at your store? I hope kids these days are not too overwhelming.

I also wanted to work for gamecrazy over the summer, but unfortunately I had some time conflicts so I couldn't. At least I didn't get to work under the poor management as you say. I admit, they did look like they were in shambles last time I went. I'll just say that when I went, the fat emo girl was talking with her homies and wouldn't tend to customers while blasting gay music from her ipod. Though, I want to keep bashing her, maybe even open a hate thread just to bash on her, I'll try to restrain myself. HULK SMASH.

@charlie: haha, you ask the funniest/random questions ever :D
 
[quote name='MarkMan']Red blankets for the win!

charlie: nope none of them are an Anthony[/QUOTE]
Even the big guy in the red flannel shirt? That guy looks real familiar..
 
[quote name='Ma12kez']Damn Markman lol. That's a much better setup than your 360 camp out. Too bad I was at Knott's Scary Farm for the weekend or I'd camp out over there as well. That's a pretty cool truck too; is that yours?[/quote]

That would be my truck

Indeed our best campout setup ever:cool:
 
[quote name='halu102']Oh yeah, you're right, the eastlake branch EB Lames is pretty good, much better than all the other chula vista EB/GS stores. And yes, that is the perfect description for Eastlake, I too also hate going over there. Oh yeah, how's the influx of school children in the afternoon over at your store? I hope kids these days are not too overwhelming.

I also wanted to work for gamecrazy over the summer, but unfortunately I had some time conflicts so I couldn't. At least I didn't get to work under the poor management as you say. I admit, they did look like they were in shambles last time I went. I'll just say that when I went, the fat emo girl was talking with her homies and wouldn't tend to customers while blasting gay music from her ipod. Though, I want to keep bashing her, maybe even open a hate thread just to bash on her, I'll try to restrain myself. HULK SMASH.

@charlie: haha, you ask the funniest/random questions ever :D[/quote]

ugghh the after school kids. it was really bad at first. the people who worked there let them do whatever they wanted. when i started working there i kind of figured out who actually bought stuff and who just came in to play madden for an hour until their mom picked them up. right away i'll throw a time limit at the kids and they're cool with it. like, they fuckin know they're not buying anything so they were cool with me telling them to go after a quick game of madden. funny thing is, after i started doing it, kids don't really hang around there as much as they did the first week i was there. 98% of the kids are totally cool though. some can be real shitheads... but whatever.

i HATE her too. honestly, i ONLY worked with her twice before she transfered, and i fucking hate her. i know i said i wouldn't get into details... but fuck it... you seem to hate her as much as i do. reasons i hate her...

one: she makes people believe her lies. she claims she produced the most numbers (mvps, pre orders, warranties) for the store when the store was getting like one mvp a week (this is below bad) for the past few months. she claims that at other stores she would get 9 mvps a day (impossible, even during busy days, at any game crazy down here). the thing is, no one has ever seen her do this. she basically tells someone she did it and they believe her and tell other people. it becomes an urban legend of some sort. haha.

two: she doesn't do ANYTHING. my manager gave her and this other dude some tasks do one day when they worked alone. the next day she claimed the other guy didn't do shit (to try and get him in toruble) and she did all the work. so my manager, while kind of upset with this guy not doing his work, decided he would see what went on by viewing the tapes from the day before. guess who was doing ALL the work? not fat emo girl, no way, she was leaning over the counter talking to her fat friend for a couple of hours.

three: she's a fat emo girl who blasts shitty music while she is working. that's all she does. the other girl who still works there does that too. i came in to work and just heard evenesence, or whatever that homosexual ass shit is, blasting for at least an hour. i wanted to say something, but im not any higher than her, she really wouldn't have to listen to me.

oh yeah. FEG (fat emo girl) is prego. may i be the first to say WOW and what man would torture themself like that??? than again, she might have just made it up for attention.
 
Man every time I went into that GC, that fuckin FEG would just be playing her damn Genesis all day ignoring everyone in the store unless you went right up to her face and said, "excuse me." She'd keep on bragging about how cool her Genesis was and that it still worked while explaining why everyone should be playing the game she's playing. You could literally go in there and steal a few cases and booklets (or cheap games) you guys had out on the floor and she wouldn't have noticed it (probably hop over the register and get some 360 games for that matter). I mean, that's how sucked into that damn Genesis she was into. Then she was talking to me about ROTC, while all the time I was thinking, "BS you're not in ROTC, I don't even think you can run 1/2 a mile."

In addition, when I bought DQ8 over there a while back I asked for a sealed one, and she picks the one in the back (which she knew was already opened already) which I thought was sealed. I didn't notice it until I was in the car, so I went inside again to switch it out, and she gave me some BS excuse and accused me of opening it already. At this time, I was already pissed at having to stare at her, and I got into a heated argument with her and pointed out that she was lying like an idiot because I saw her go for that specific one. Now I don't really care if it's opened, but if I asked for one that's sealed (since I paid MSRP) and it's right in front of me but she gives me an ass copy with a big fat dent in the back, and then accuses me of trying to swap in a used copy when I LITERALLY walked out and walked back in (total of 20 seconds) she just put me over my boiling point. I never went back to that store after that, except to get my pre-order of the Wii back from last December.

It sounds mean, but she screwed myself as well as a couple of my friends on some recent price drops (not to mention just bad service all around) just so she could hide it in the back and buy it herself (but I guess you could do that since she works there, but she did it so blantantly). I could go on and on, but it'll piss me off even more.
 
believe me, the store's alot better now. if you see a bald mexican dude working, that's me. let me know you're from cag if you come in. if you see a black dude, that's my manager, he's chill too. the other two people who work there are kind of whatever but i geuss they can be nice.

just don't go shop at the college store. FEG works there now. im sorry she fucked you guys over. what's funny is she pulled the same shit to my manager before she knew he was gonna run the store. he went in as a customer to evaluate the store and she rolled her eyes and barely tried to help him when he had questions.
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x']just don't go shop at the college store. FEG works there now.[/quote]Is that the one on El Cajon Blvd. with the Gamestop in the same exact plaza? I'll make sure to pay her a visit next time.:boxing: She'll probably remember my face because of the disagreement we had last time I saw her. I find it quite funny that we have a acronymn for her fat ass now.

I'll stop by and say what's up if I see a bald mexican guy that's named Ricky.
 
[quote name='Ma12kez']Is that the one on El Cajon Blvd. with the Gamestop in the same exact plaza? I'll make sure to pay her a visit next time.:boxing: She'll probably remember my face because of the disagreement we had last time I saw her. I find it quite funny that we have a acronymn for her fat ass now.

I'll stop by and say what's up if I see a bald mexican guy that's named Ricky.[/quote]

i just wear a wii lanyard that says "rick". i fucking hate FEG. the new manager at the college store is a cool guy and will soon realize how big of a piece of shit she is.
 
[quote name='DT778']hey ricky, how much is halo 2 at gamecrazy?[/quote]

last i checked... 12.99 used for normal edition. 14.99 used for collectors.
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x']last i checked... 12.99 used for normal edition. 14.99 used for collectors.[/quote]

wow. that's actually not that bad.
 
[quote name='allyourblood']wow. that's actually not that bad.[/quote]

yeah the normal edition has been that price for a while now. i believe the collectors just dropped recently.
 
[quote name='xrickyb86x'] not fat emo girl, no way, she was leaning over the counter talking to her fat friend for a couple of hours.

three: she's a fat emo girl who blasts shitty music while she is working. that's all she does. the other girl who still works there does that too. i came in to work and just heard evenesence, or whatever that homosexual ass shit is, blasting for at least an hour. i wanted to say something, but im not any higher than her, she really wouldn't have to listen to me.

oh yeah. FEG (fat emo girl) is prego. may i be the first to say WOW and what man would torture themself like that??? than again, she might have just made it up for attention.[/quote]
HAHAHA

wow thats classic

:rofl:
 
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