EB games/Gamestop need to be banned/class action lawsuit needs to be addressed

Deviation said:
It's already been said, but I'll repeat it: Boo-fucking-hoo. I absolutely applaud their decision to cut people who they thought would resell the mechandise. I'll bet that if you said you'd drop your order from 5 to 1 so you could just have one for yourself, they would have put you back on the list and you'd get one at launch. Heck, with $250 down, you're only $150 off from a premium bundle.
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I highly doubt that....I pre-ordered mine in MAY and I'm not getting it at launch. I'm #3 on the second shipment whenever that is. I put $250 down on the premium bundle too and I was going to keep it for myself.
 
I think the topic has been beaten to a pulp all over the net...
Life will go on in the end... you'll see....

I had the manager at the local EBgames telling me he's had at least 2 dozen death threats, and they actually had one guy arrested from the store for throwing a temper tantrum over his reservation getting bumped to January...

All I could say is... wow.... It's just a freakin' video game system...
 
Captain Al said:
had one guy arrested from the store for throwing a temper tantrum over his reservation getting bumped to January...
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Think the news will be one of those so bad you can't help but watch when they do coverage of the 360 launch. Especially if people decide to throw fits...... or worse
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It doesn't matter if the OP wanted the systems so that he could smother them in vaseline and try to shove them up his ass. They made a deal with him. He would give them $50 per system and they would, in exchange, sell him a system on the first day it came out. That's it. Now, they clearly didn't explicitly state that, and that's why there isn't much of a legal case here, so that's besides the point. You think EB didn't know that supplies were going to be limited when the system came out? Of fucking course they did. That's the damn reason they use to try to get you to buy a preorder. So when they're doing that shit, they better A) Have a foolproof plan to get enough systems to cover pre-orders B.) Tell the customers that they aren't guarenteed one on the first day, and/or C) Be ready to make reparations to some pwned customers. And from the look of it, they've done ZERO of the above.

I own a game store. I don't do video games, but it's all the same shit. I don't take a pre-order from someone if I don't know with a reasonable certainty that I'm going to be able to fill that pre-order right away. And if all the plans go awry and the pre-ordered items don't come, then guess what, I eat shit and offer my customer something in exchange for the fact that we made a deal that I couldn't complete. Sure, I technically might not be the reason why I couldn't get the product, but the fact is I promised them said product anyway. And believe me, no matter how much it might suck to offer to one customer instead of another, it's FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Not biggest order gets the most priority. But whatever, I guess that's why EB is huge and I ain't shit.
 
matt fury said:
It doesn't matter if the OP wanted the systems so that he could smother them in vaseline and try to shove them up his ass. They made a deal with him. He would give them $50 per system and they would, in exchange, sell him a system on the first day it came out. That's it. Now, they clearly didn't explicitly state that, and that's why there isn't much of a legal case here, so that's besides the point. You think EB didn't know that supplies were going to be limited when the system came out? Of fucking course they did. That's the damn reason they use to try to get you to buy a preorder. So when they're doing that shit, they better A) Have a foolproof plan to get enough systems to cover pre-orders B.) Tell the customers that they aren't guarenteed one on the first day, and/or C) Be ready to make reparations to some pwned customers. And from the look of it, they've done ZERO of the above.

I own a game store. I don't do video games, but it's all the same shit. I don't take a pre-order from someone if I don't know with a reasonable certainty that I'm going to be able to fill that pre-order right away. And if all the plans go awry and the pre-ordered items don't come, then guess what, I eat shit and offer my customer something in exchange for the fact that we made a deal that I couldn't complete. Sure, I technically might not be the reason why I couldn't get the product, but the fact is I promised them said product anyway. And believe me, no matter how much it might suck to offer to one customer instead of another, it's FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED. Not biggest order gets the most priority. But whatever, I guess that's why EB is huge and I ain't shit.
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Obviously you missed this.

dirtydr said:
Order Policy
Pricing and promotions on EBgames.com may vary from that of Electronics Boutique, EB Games and EBX stores.
Your receipt of an electronic or other form of order confirmation does not signify our acceptance of your order, nor does it constitute confirmation of our offer to sell. EB Games reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order to accept or decline your order for any reason. EB Games reserves the right at any time after receipt of your order, without prior notice to you, to supply less than the quantity you ordered of any item. We may require additional verification or information before accepting any order.
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Now let this thread die.
 
I got lucky and ordered one from the circuitcity.com online sale on Friday, it should ship today :) However, i was going to keep it but i think i'll try my luck on ebay first. Hell, if someone wants to pay $800 for one now, i'll take that and wait a few weeks then buy one in a store for $400 and be a happy bunny.

Oh, and to the OP, id laugh if the reason you didnt get your 5 was someone ahead of you ordered 10 to resell. Should have been earlier with your preorders ;)
 
Sir-Fragalot said:
Obviously you missed this.

Now let this thread die.
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S-F: that sort of language is usually there to cover errors on the website - when Amazon offers something for $19.99 instead of $199.99, for example. I'm sure the brick-and-mortar EBs have a preorder policy that allows them to do what they're doing, but this isn't it.
 
Kevin Lowe said:
S-F: that sort of language is usually there to cover errors on the website - when Amazon offers something for $19.99 instead of $199.99, for example. I'm sure the brick-and-mortar EBs have a preorder policy that allows them to do what they're doing, but this isn't it.
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A few of my buddies and I are making plans to head to about 5 different stores on the hour to secure at least five consoles each (if possible) for resale opportunities. So EB games may not have fullfilled their pre-order obligation, but we are going to try to make the idea work anyway. I've been drawing up the plans tonight - getting the mapquest route figured out and setting up our itenarary. It'll be fun anyway, and with the stores I've picked out in the shady neighborhoods I think we'll not even have to end up waiting in line long. Hitting a midnight opening, then a 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00 opening all of different stores. Then list them in a one to three day auction on ebay and I've easily paid for my own unit.
 
Archaea said:
A few of my buddies and I are making plans to head to about 5 different stores on the hour to secure at least five consoles each (if possible) for resale opportunities. So EB games may not have fullfilled their pre-order obligation, but we are going to try to make the idea work anyway. I've been drawing up the plans tonight - getting the mapquest route figured out and setting up our itenarary. It'll be fun anyway, and with the stores I've picked out in the shady neighborhoods I think we'll not even have to end up waiting in line long. Hitting a midnight opening, then a 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00 opening all of different stores. Then list them in a one to three day auction on ebay and I've easily paid for my own unit.
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Let us know how it goes, I bet even in shady neighborhoods there will be a line, or so few units sent to those stores that by just showing up when the store opens you will be out of luck.
 
Archaea said:
A few of my buddies and I are making plans to head to about 5 different stores on the hour to secure at least five consoles each (if possible) for resale opportunities. So EB games may not have fullfilled their pre-order obligation, but we are going to try to make the idea work anyway. I've been drawing up the plans tonight - getting the mapquest route figured out and setting up our itenarary. It'll be fun anyway, and with the stores I've picked out in the shady neighborhoods I think we'll not even have to end up waiting in line long. Hitting a midnight opening, then a 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and 10:00 opening all of different stores. Then list them in a one to three day auction on ebay and I've easily paid for my own unit.
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Cheers!! :D
Here is to hoping that when you walk out of that shady store in that shady neighborhood that you get beat down by some shady dudes and your stash is stolen from you LOL. :p
Now that, I would pay good money for. ;) :p
 
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You failed at your scheme I am glad, if you had been ordering one for your kids or something I could sympathise(sp?) but you rnt so I dont care :eek:
 
Why does a lawsuit have to be the answer to everyone's problems? :rolleyes: If there should be any type of lawsuit it should be against people like you price gouging others and ripping them off.
 
And it's not like he wouldn't be getting them at the beginning of the year. Just that he wouldn't be able to make an insane profit off idiots on E-bay by that time.
I buy off ebay all the time, and if the price is too high, you wait till another shows up that's at a decent price. In a month or two they'll have more Xbox360's for sale than you could ever dream of most likely, so everyone will be be able to get one if you can wait.
 
I am willing to bet, that when EB / Gamespot were alerted to the fact that XBOXs were in short supply, they went right down the pre-order list and decided to not give XBOXs to asshats that had ordered 5 boxes. Its basic logic, you make one customer angry, and give five others there pre-orders, or conversely, they could make five customers angry, and make one asshat happy. You do that math.
 
Well if you look at those on ebay that are selling 30-40 xboxes maybe they are all EBgames managers trying to make a quick profit :p
 
I love 1080p

Xbox 360 will be broadcasting 1080p Mpeg 4?
I heard it from the EB games salesman.
 
theNoid said:
If anywhere in the Pre-Order contract you agreed to it states they may not be able to fulfill this order, you're fvcked.
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nuff said. im sure this is in the contract somewhere.
 
There is no contract. Nothing Signed, no papers given other than a receipt.
 
well i am sure there is something written somewhere about the program. there has to be terms and conditions. if not, then let me go put one on order and then file suit.
 
Sui said:
There is no contract. Nothing Signed, no papers given other than a receipt.
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You dont have to sign something for there to be terms and conditions. Whenever you install a program they usually have a clause saying "By installing this program we are not liable for anything that happens and you are acknowledging this". The pre-order could have a policy that says, "By purchasing a pre-order you are exempting [STORE HERE] from any and all liabilities"
 
I only got two. My wife and I went to Wal-mart six hours before and waited in line. I was #27 she was #26. We got two premium systems....I'm VERY much enjoying mine. The other one I sold on ebay...I didn't do the buy it now which cost me 400 dollars or so because of my lack of foresight - instead I just did a 1 day listing with a .99 cent starting price and it closed for 836 with free overnight shipping. So that falls just sort of covering the expense of mine by the time you figure in ebay/paypal fees/ tax on the two I bought etc. Each unit from wal-mart was 428...so I maybe ended up paying $100 for mine, then I bought an extra controller and a game. which cost me about 100. So I paid about $200 for my setup. Not as good as I had originally hoped to do - no - but I'm pretty happy. It's too bad I didn't do a BUY IT NOW yesterday when I started the one day listing cause they were closing RIGHT AND LEFT for 1100-1200 dollars with 50 shipping.

My original goal was to buy several - pay for mine with the proceeds and have a bit of extra profit, but since I pretty much paid for mine I guess that's what I wanted primarily.
 
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