So I go to EB this morning to get Doom 3 - I'm the only one in the store.
"Hey man! How are ya? DOOM 3 IS OUT TODAY! You gonna get it?", the register jockey says.
"Yeah, I'm gonna pick that up and some other games".
So I'm browsing while he's unloading just tons of boxes of brand new copies of Doom 3.
I go to the register with my other games and say "and a limited edition Doom 3 please!".
He quickly asks "Did you preorder?".
I go "uhm, no."
He goes "uh oh, lemme see if I have any available for non preorders".
Now immediately I start getting annoyed. The guy was trying to SELL ME Doom 3 the minute I walked in the door! If you don't have any copies for non preorder people, why the blue hell are you trying to sell me a copy without knowing if I preordered it or not? And why are you putting TONS of copies on the shelves if you don't have any available for non preorder people? Wouldn't that piss off a "regular" customer if they saw 300 copies of Doom 3 on display but they couldn't buy one because they were all reserved?
So he says "yeah, I have 4 copies available. You're lucky man."
I go "no, not lucky - I called yesterday and specifically asked if you'd have any copies for non preorder customers and they said yes."
I could tell he was annoyed, but screw him. What a shady tactic to try to sell someone a product and then try to claim it may not be available for them to purchase.
But that's EB and its typical. I really shouldn't expect anything else from them.
Oh well, at least I got my Doom 3.
"Hey man! How are ya? DOOM 3 IS OUT TODAY! You gonna get it?", the register jockey says.
"Yeah, I'm gonna pick that up and some other games".
So I'm browsing while he's unloading just tons of boxes of brand new copies of Doom 3.
I go to the register with my other games and say "and a limited edition Doom 3 please!".
He quickly asks "Did you preorder?".
I go "uhm, no."
He goes "uh oh, lemme see if I have any available for non preorders".
Now immediately I start getting annoyed. The guy was trying to SELL ME Doom 3 the minute I walked in the door! If you don't have any copies for non preorder people, why the blue hell are you trying to sell me a copy without knowing if I preordered it or not? And why are you putting TONS of copies on the shelves if you don't have any available for non preorder people? Wouldn't that piss off a "regular" customer if they saw 300 copies of Doom 3 on display but they couldn't buy one because they were all reserved?
So he says "yeah, I have 4 copies available. You're lucky man."
I go "no, not lucky - I called yesterday and specifically asked if you'd have any copies for non preorder customers and they said yes."
I could tell he was annoyed, but screw him. What a shady tactic to try to sell someone a product and then try to claim it may not be available for them to purchase.
But that's EB and its typical. I really shouldn't expect anything else from them.
Oh well, at least I got my Doom 3.