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
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Started by Fallen, Dec 30 2012 09:15 AM
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 09:15 AM
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 09:18 AM
I've never had a problem with Gamestop before, as it appears I am lucky. The people at my local gamestop are so friendly.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 09:22 AM
Did you not tell the employee about the website saying the shipment was in?
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 10:08 AM
Only realizing it now? Eh, Gamestop has been shady since they first opened their stores.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 10:12 AM
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.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 11:13 AM
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."
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 12:53 PM
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.
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.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 06:36 PM
Gamestop has screwed me over on preorders multiple times! Thats why I prefer Hastings video instead. Screw GS and EB!
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.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
Edited by Mr.Saturn, 30 December 2012 - 06:37 PM.
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Posted 30 December 2012 - 10:31 PM
A simple phone call would have saved you all the hassle.
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