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[Fallen]

I have a little bone to pick with Gamestop, so lately I've been trying to find a Wii U Deluxe Bundle in my city for the past week and they're literally sold out everywhere. This morning I woke up at 9am to check the store availability's in my city and it showed that all the stores got a shipment in (this is when they update that portion of the website ACCORDING to them)

So I drove to one of the Gamestops that was listed and waited outside for an hour until it opened. I go in when the guy was finished setting up etc (I gave the worker some time to settle in) and that's when I posed the question "Do you have any Wii U Deluxe bundles?" and he looked at me with the weirdest look and said "No, Nintendo shut down so we're not getting any shipments in until the end of January." I then followed up with "Are there any stores in Hamilton that have them in stock?" he just replied with a simple No and dismissed me.

Personally, it was quite the let-down. I was actually really stoked to get a Wii U (finally) but apparently Gamestop likes to mislead us a little bit with their availability locator. That is a great marketing scheme though, mislead people into thinking the item they want is in stock in hopes of them going to the store and buying something else instead.

TL;DR Gamestop is shady and I'm only realizing this now.

/endrant

[Colinx]

I've never had a problem with Gamestop before, as it appears I am lucky. The people at my local gamestop are so friendly.

[Nollog]

Did you not tell the employee about the website saying the shipment was in?

[Zinix]

Only realizing it now? Eh, Gamestop has been shady since they first opened their stores.

[NegaScott128]

I feel your pain, man. They told me I didn't need to transfer my data when I upgraded from a 3DS to an XL. They lied. And then sold my original. With all my stuff.

[PyroKinesis]

Did you not tell the employee about the website saying the shipment was in?

Yeah, I would have pulled out my phone and been like:

"So, then the website here is lying? That's false advertising and against the law. So either you show me the Wii U's you clearly have in stock, or I will be taking my business to Amazon."

[Fallen]

Ah I didn't get any notifications from the replies on here, but I got an update on the situation for those of you still interested in this.

When I got home I decided it would be a little fun to rub some salt in the wound and call the Gamestop ask if they had it in stock to be a little bit of a hassle. When I called I told them I saw on their website that they had it in stock. The guy on the phone told me it was a "glitch in their system" as I was about to hang up he says "Oh wait a second, I'm looking at 3 bundles right now! Come pick it up I'll hold it for you." I literally pokerfaced so hard. When I arrived *again* the manager thanked me for coming back and apologized for not checking/realizing their stock in store and for just assuming things.

In the end all is good and I finally got my hands on a Wii U, and Zombi U (which was on sale because it's a Ubisoft game I guess they had some Ubisoft sale today?). When I first created this thread I was pretty livid with them. Although everything worked out in the end it would've been nice if they just checked in the first place.

[Alex Wolfers]

Gamestop has screwed me over on preorders multiple times! Thats why I prefer Hastings video instead. Screw GS and EB!

I have a little bone to pick with Gamestop, so lately I've been trying to find a Wii U Deluxe Bundle in my city for the past week and they're literally sold out everywhere. This morning I woke up at 9am to check the store availability's in my city and it showed that all the stores got a shipment in (this is when they update that portion of the website ACCORDING to them)

So I drove to one of the Gamestops that was listed and waited outside for an hour until it opened. I go in when the guy was finished setting up etc (I gave the worker some time to settle in) and that's when I posed the question "Do you have any Wii U Deluxe bundles?" and he looked at me with the weirdest look and said "No, Nintendo shut down so we're not getting any shipments in until the end of January." I then followed up with "Are there any stores in Hamilton that have them in stock?" he just replied with a simple No and dismissed me.

Personally, it was quite the let-down. I was actually really stoked to get a Wii U (finally) but apparently Gamestop likes to mislead us a little bit with their availability locator. That is a great marketing scheme though, mislead people into thinking the item they want is in stock in hopes of them going to the store and buying something else instead.

TL;DR Gamestop is shady and I'm only realizing this now.

/endrant

Its pretty obvious GS hates Nintendo. Probably due to lack of promotional money from them. Thats why they mainly advertise PS3/360 games instead. Besides they only support Game Informer so that tells you alot about their buisness practices just by that.

Edited by Mr.Saturn, 30 December 2012 - 06:37 PM.

[cannonshane]

A simple phone call would have saved you all the hassle.