Was by far the smoothest purchase for me. Way easier than fighting crashing websites and bots.
Dunno what the recent situations are, but when I ordered a digital bundle from GameStop back in March, my experience went like...
Him and Jake Randall are great human beings who get nothing out of helping people (other than clicks and followers) but do anyway
And they get a lot of unwarranted hate too. But then again, if you're on the internet, someone will hate you no matter what.
It’s unbelievable how many people get bitchy with them when they fail to get a console. It’s like chill dude, it isn’t like he’s the one selling the things!
shut the hell up
he probably is depending on how many subs he has and what not. I don't follow him so don't know anything about him but gonna assume he has a twitch as well? I'm sure he's making money off this but not his main source of income. Nice little respectable side hustle.
Probably gets something, sure. But considering how many people he’s helped score consoles, he pretty much deserves everything he gets and more
My digital gift card eventually showed up in my email. I had gotten an email saying the gift card had "shipped" when I initially made the purchase, and then the actual gift card information was emailed to me the same day my console was delivered.
Yeah I really don't understand how and why this hasn't been done yet. Just basically let people enter a queue to preorder em, first come first serve, and as they come in stock, you just start going down the queue. At least at a store like Sony Direct. I can see why Amazon and Best Buy and stuff want to do it the other way to build up the hype and drive traffic to their sites, but even then, I feel like if they let people just get in a queue for them, it would be so much easier.
I ended up calling yesterday, and they reissued a new "card". Got the email with the details within minutes, but it was for the one they just voided. Few minutes later the new one arrived.
Yeah, it's really sad to see all the hate, but unfortunately that's the internet these days. Both those guys seem like really good dudes. It was definitely a frustrating journey at times, been trying for 2 months to no avail and then within the last week I've managed to get both the PS5 and Series X. Just takes persistence.
I was ready to tap out after 3 weeks. I couldn’t believe how hard it was to find one. But Jake’s livestream was so helpful and positive I kept trying and it paid off. It really is amazing how people can hate on other people being positive! I mean I can understand if he was being antagonistic but literally he just tells people “don’t give up, you got this!” and people talk so much trash! The internet really is a toxic place!
I had to wait a week to pick mine up too. That was a seriously long week. The wait was almost as excruciating as the hunt
Haha, yup! I'm still not convinced I'll get it. With my luck, it'll get cancelled or stolen in transit, lol.
lol I pretty much checked the status once an hour the entire week. I was certain it was getting canceled! Actually came in a day earlier
Agreed. I got my PS5 from one of their bundles that had a second controller, Miles Morales and Demons Souls. The experience had with them was good, I got my preorder a few days after launch which was stated when I placed the order.
Someone's tweet shows PS5 digital, second controller, media remote, headset, charging station, 12 months of PS+ and MLB bonus (whatever that is) for $689.94.
The bundle you got is definitely worthwhile! I do have to say, a six game bundle is crazy but I'm not sure its any worse than GameStop bundling their own gift cards and I have heard tales (can't confirm, internet rumor) that some GameStop stores were requiring you purchase an extended warranty with a system in person.
i bought a switch in store and they told me the deal they were doing is that i had to buy a game or a warranty for the right to purchase the switch. I was trading in a switch lite for $150 towards it so I was just happy to dump that off, but it still seemed scummy.
Walmart used Lasership for my PS5 as well. They did a good job, put the box in my garage (had a temp password set up on my garage opener) and they did a good job. Much better than my last 2 experiences with Fedex. I think it's not the best but by far not the worst.
I'm jealous in so many ways. Got my order in at Walmart and the date just keeps getting pushed back. First it was July 5th, then July 13th, now it's July 17th. Glad you got yours but salty that I won't get mine for nearly a month after finally getting to order one.
Well, my original delivery was July 14. I think the system is adjusting as they get them so you might just get a shipping notice suddenly like I did.
