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Please use this thread to talk about the stores you have ordered from and the fact that you can't get one now until the year 2010.
Then we can leave the 360 thread in the gaming forum to chat about the console, its leads, no 60fps on PGR3 and whatever else takes our fancy :)
Gaming thread:
http://www.thedvdforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=398902&page=1&pp=40
Ordered mine in September at my local PC World and was the first to order, went in last night just to check how many they are getting in etc. They told me that they stopped taking pre-orders as they didn't know how many they were getting in but have since been told that everyone who pre-ordered with them WILL be getting one on the day of release in the order that they ordered.
They checked the list and confirmed that I was first to do so!! Happy days! :)
OK, I have the following on order (I need 2):
1. Amazon (Pro Bundle) ordered 17th Aug. But I then changed my card to be used to pay and I now have a predicted date of Feb 2006! Not happy and I only get generic responses to all my questions!
2. Dixons (Pro Bundle) ordered 24th Oct. Used a £25 off voucher. No indication of when I will get this. However, a previous message on the website said any orders after the 27th were not guranteed on launch day.
3. Wooloworths (Pro Bundle) ordered 15th Nov. No indication of when I will receive it but they keep on taking them off the website. Do they know an allocation and are only taking pre-orders up to that point. I hope so.
4. Gamestation (Core Pack) ordered 16th Nov. Put £20 down and was told that I was guaranteed it on the 2nd Dec.
So, thats mine. At the moment the only thing I am semi sure about is the core pack I ordered yesterday.
Gillsfan
17-11-2005, 08:37
Ive got the "Items will be with you on or before the 24th December" on my Amazon account & I pre-ordered on the 18/8.
Im hoping this isnt going to mean that the release allocation is already taken!
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 08:41
Pre-ordered on the 19th August with Gameplay.They have been suspiciously quiet of late and I'm starting to get edgy.
I'm holding off ordering any games or accessories till I know for sure if I'm getting it on release day.
Preordered with Amazon a while back, can't remember when but have got a 1-2 December delivery date currently showing for the full monty plus another controller and PGR3.
Think thousands of people have probably done what jonpeat has and suppliers will suddenly find orders cancelled and have stock, or you'll get two or three turn up on launch day then have to ebay them. I suppose a win win for customers because you can get your money back on ebay.
Good luck to all though, after having a play in Comet yesterday on the lovely Samsung screen, think that might be the next addition for playing during the day when I don't want to play 8ft wide.
Can't believe Chris Moyles dropped his this morning on the radio, only to find it was a dummy.
steviep922
17-11-2005, 09:52
Pre-ordered on the 19th August with Gameplay.They have been suspiciously quiet of late and I'm starting to get edgy.
I'm holding off ordering any games or accessories till I know for sure if I'm getting it on release day.
Having spoken to gameplay, you should receive an email by the end of the week confirming you have got a launch day 360.
I pre-ordered mine on the 17th August, so i'm quietly confident that i'll get one.
Preordered mine instore at Game 9am on the 19th Aug. 14th on the list. Keep being told that they are able to honour all of the £20 deposit pre-orders. My mate who works there is 101 on the list and is still confident he'll get one.
But until I'm told there's a box in the shop with my name on it, I plan to remain on stress-factor 9 because I'm a gadget mad muppet who is as excited as a 6 year old at christmas. I'll be so relieved when it's all done and dusted and I can return to behaving like a grown man! Well almost.
Delbert
DarthPearce
17-11-2005, 09:57
I ordered online from Game on 17th Aug (although didn't get the confirmation email until the 18th) and it appears I won't be getting a console on launch day. It seems they are going to satisfy instore preorders before satisfying all of the online preorders regardless of when that person ordered :mad:
I ordered online from Game on 17th Aug (although didn't get the confirmation email until the 18th) and it appears I won't be getting a console on launch day. It seems they are going to satisfy instore preorders before satisfying all of the online preorders regardless of when that person ordered :mad:
Where did you hear this Andy? I ordered on the 19th from Game, and I posted an email in the other thread stating I would get one on launch day (not sure I believe them anyway, but still!)
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 10:18
cheers StevieP. Just a couple of nailbiting days to go then (probably followed by howls of despair) :cry:
Where did you hear this Andy? I ordered on the 19th from Game, and I posted an email in the other thread stating I would get one on launch day (not sure I believe them anyway, but still!)
So you have had your confirmation email?
I thought I had ordered on the 17th but my reciept says the 18th and I have heard nothing.
DarthPearce
17-11-2005, 10:30
Where did you hear this Andy? I ordered on the 19th from Game, and I posted an email in the other thread stating I would get one on launch day (not sure I believe them anyway, but still!)
From Game CS - this only applies to online pre-orders though so if you ordered instore you should still be ok - it's online online pre-order people that are being stiffed. :mad:
So you have had your confirmation email?
I thought I had ordered on the 17th but my reciept says the 18th and I have heard nothing.
No mate. I emailed Cstomer services a while ago asking about whether I was guaranteed one for launch day, they replied saying I would be getting one.
I have'nt had one of the official letters/emails yet :(
Ive got the "Items will be with you on or before the 24th December" on my Amazon account & I pre-ordered on the 18/8.
Im hoping this isnt going to mean that the release allocation is already taken!
I've just checked and got this too, ordered on same date, anyone else?
From Game CS - this only applies to online pre-orders though so if you ordered instore you should still be ok - it's online online pre-order people that are being stiffed. :mad:
No I ordered online. I even phoned Game CS last week and asked them this (it was announed an a radio station) they catagorically said that it was not true and they would fulfill orders as they were ordered.
Ok. i've just spoken to anita at Game CS, and if you have'nt had your confirmation email from game online, you wont be getting one on launch day!
Apparently allocation and been split between stores and online. But allocation is not based on when you ordered. So you could have ordered from a store yesterday and get one, ordered on the 18th August online and not get one.
I was also told that they had approximately 7000 orders for the 17th August!! So most if not all of their allocation has gone on the first day of preordering alone ......
:(
I was also told that they had approximately 7000 orders for the 17th August!! So most if not all of their allocation has gone on the first day of preordering alone ......
7000 in one day! :eek:
lancebarker
17-11-2005, 11:19
Just got this email from Gameplay
Gameplay - Important info regarding your Xbox 360 order
Dear Gameplay Customer,
We are pleased to inform you that you are included in our first allocation for the Xbox 360 Premium Pack!
You should receive your order on the day of release - 02/12/05.
Steven Lewis
17-11-2005, 11:33
From Game CS - this only applies to online pre-orders though so if you ordered instore you should still be ok - it's online online pre-order people that are being stiffed. :mad:
My face now looks like this: :mad:
Why couldn't Game have told me this back on the 17th of August when I ordered online? I would've gladly walked into a branch of Game and put £20 down if they'd said it would give me precedence over online orders. What's worse is that they sent me an email a few months back saying that, "if you placed your order on the 17th you'll definitely get a machine". I could've pre-ordered from a number of other places, such as Woolworths recently, if I'd have known my pre-order was no good.
Once again: :mad:
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 11:35
Got the opposite email from Gameplay... Oh well.
Won't be using them again out of spite ;)
Damn my sense of fair play talking me out of a backup preorder.
shand754
17-11-2005, 11:36
Just got this email from Gameplay
Gameplay - Important info regarding your Xbox 360 order
Dear Gameplay Customer,
We are pleased to inform you that you are included in our first allocation for the Xbox 360 Premium Pack!
You should receive your order on the day of release - 02/12/05.
Me too, top news :clap:
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 11:41
:cry: Gameplay have decided I'm not good enough to have one on release day as well
Is Asda at midnight a possible idea than?
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 11:46
:cry: Gameplay have decided I'm not good enough to have one on release day as well
Is Asda at midnight a possible idea than?
Dunno. I'm just gonna wait - not chasing around trying to get one.
Keeping my preorder open with Gameplay just because I (should) be further up the queue, but they have irked me by just handing off responsibility to Microsoft, so if I can get one from somewhere else I would dearly like to. I understand that there was probably nothing they could do, but I always think it's unprofessional of a supplier to blame their supplier to the customer.
I ordered from them, not Microsoft and they've failed to secure enough stock to meet their commitments. If they weren't a hundred per cent sure they shouldn't have guaranteed anything to anyone IMO.
I preordered with special reserve :cry:
Onlyway I found out they are closed was on these forums :(
Bloke at my local Game said I was 100% guaranteed one since I'd paiud the £20 deposit and couldn't stress enough that orders are on date of pre-order basis.
MetalGearAl
17-11-2005, 11:53
Harsin - Not sure if that's meant to be a gag or not :D
Anyway, got told my Gameplay order won't be fufilled. There's always Asda if I need one.
turnergw
17-11-2005, 11:54
I've just got the mail from Gameplay as well - no 360 on launch day for me :razz:
Still, I didn't order until August 26th, so I suppose I wasn't likely to anyway! Just have to hope that lots of you higher up the list than me cancel your gameplay pre-orders ... hint hint !
My face now looks like this: :mad:
Why couldn't Game have told me this back on the 17th of August when I ordered online? I would've gladly walked into a branch of Game and put £20 down if they'd said it would give me precedence over online orders. What's worse is that they sent me an email a few months back saying that, "if you placed your order on the 17th you'll definitely get a machine". I could've pre-ordered from a number of other places, such as Woolworths recently, if I'd have known my pre-order was no good.
Once again: :mad:
I think this is what gets to me the most, that I could have walked into a shop and got one. According to some posts on NTSC-UK people who orderd in september are guaranteed a console and have recieved letters :(
Harsin - Not sure if that's meant to be a gag or not :D
Nah I'm actually being serious for once. Bloke showed me the order book and I was 7th in line (matching up with the -1000 from your receipt number that people said).
MetalGearAl
17-11-2005, 12:04
Heh, since I'm working in a small(ish) town, I wonder how many Xbox360s the GAME here are getting. Probably all gone a long time ago...
internetuser
17-11-2005, 12:08
spoke to local game and they said they would be expecting more in after the initial pre orders are sorted out. .. bundles tho, not the single console etc. . .
For all those who pre-ordered from woolies online a couple of days a go, I've just received a generic reply from them as to whether I will receive mine on launch day.
Dear Sir or Madam,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We are not able to guarantee delivery dates for any of our products.
However, we will always do our best to despatch items in time for delivery on the day of release.
Please be aware that there are a number of areas outside our control that
may mean items are despatched in time but do not arrive on the specified day (stock not available from the manufactures / local postal / transport issues etc).
Please do not 'wait in' or take time off work, unless you accept that these delivery times are estimated only and that there is a possibility that your item may not be with on that date. As I mentioned, we will certainly do our utmost to ensure that this item is delivered on the day of release.
If we are unable to bill your credit card, there may be a delay in despatching, we will attempt to take payment around 5 days before the despatch is due (on this item), in order to give you time to respond any notification of failure.
Will do our best to contact you if we are made aware of any issues with stock availability prior to launch. We are unable to provide any further information on availability at this time.
If you require any further assistance please contact us.
Regards,
Eileen McLaughlin
Multi-Channel Retail Adviser
Anybody know where i can order one gameplay shafted me and i orded on the 19th of auhust i will be cancelling and send them a email how disgusted i am at them :mad:
hookbeak
17-11-2005, 12:19
Another one here screwed by gameplay.
And it took them this long to tell us why exactly ?
TigaSefi
17-11-2005, 12:19
My Game receipt is 1001 in-store!! I hope I'll get one. I got leaflet through the door saying GAME will give me £50 for my xbox and I was wondering if anyone knew how long this will last for ?
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 12:20
Might just keep my Gameplay order and wait. It is only Elder Scrolls: Oblivion I'm really after anyway.
I just wanted a new toy, might drown my sorrows by buying a new mp3 player :)
derthballs
17-11-2005, 12:26
I got the "computer says no" email from gameplay a while ago, needless to say i cancelled, the launch game reviews havent exactly set the heather alight so while im a little ticked off i can wait until stock becomes available, although theres really no games that has been reviewed so far that makes my heart jump.
steviep922
17-11-2005, 12:39
Got my confirmation from gameplay - I've got one!! :clap:
Just need to book the day of work now.
Judging by the posts, it looks like the cutoff for Gameplay is around the 19th August.
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 12:41
yeah, as I said earlier my (DENIED) order was the 19th at 14:05 precisely.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 12:45
Apparently there are people who ordered on the 18th August at Gameplay who just got 'reeeejected!' :lol:
Bunch of pricks ;)
(Gameplay, not their customers!)
IndianaJones00
17-11-2005, 12:47
Another one here screwed by gameplay.
And it took them this long to tell us why exactly ?
Probaley because until recently they didnt know exactly how many they would be getting, makes sense to wait until they are 100% sure before they start sending out emails saying whether you have got one or not.
Little_Dragon
17-11-2005, 12:48
Pre-ordered from PCWorld online in September when they first started doing pre-orders.
Heard nothing from them since, and they ignore my mails.
Think i'll be at supermarkets at 12, and at the doors of Toys R Us when they open trying to get one on the day :(
I've got two preorders - one with Amazon which says delivery estimate 29th / 30th November and "*order will def be recived by 24/12" above it - and one with Play who sent a generic may not get one at launch e-mail.
I dont even want one now since i decided to splash out on a new PC but may see if I do get one, try it out and then sell it.
Well I ordered with toys r us and they've told me that all the people who pre-ordered off their site will get one on release day and that included me having to change my credit card details with them for the order on Monday.
They even rang me up to get the new credit card details off me, I was very impressed to say the least :)
Although my heart did pound a little bit more when he said he'd have to cancel my original order and make a new one :lol:
Another unhappy Gameplay customer here (19th August). It's my own fault really as I forgot they were bought by Game. From now on I'll try to only use them when I know they can't be making a profit on what I buy.
Is someone keeping track of the latest someone has ordered from gameplay and been told they will recieve a console?
So my best bet now special reserve (arseholes!) are gone is now a supermarket?
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:01
Another unhappy Gameplay customer here (19th August). It's my own fault really as I forgot they were bought by Game. From now on I'll try to only use them when I know they can't be making a profit on what I buy.
Is someone keeping track of the latest someone has ordered from gameplay and been told they will recieve a console?
I read on their forum that the last three digits of your order number tell you your place in the queue... That wasn't someone official who said it, just someone on there...
My guess is they got somewhere around a whopping 200 in total but they don't seem to be saying...
I wouldn't mind so much if they would stop blaming everyone else and took some responsibility. Hate it when companies do that.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:02
So my best bet now special reserve (arseholes!) are gone is now a supermarket?
Yeah! How dare they go bust and all lose their jobs BEFORE the 360 is launched :lol:
Deltatri3
17-11-2005, 13:10
another unhappy gameplay.com customer here- booked before the cut off point- but to add injury to insult I also checked a few times with them as to if i would defo get my machine on launch- i was told 'not to worry, i would be fine' on both occasions. Booked 2 days off work as a result (which i cant cancell now)
Just called up and they were ******* rude to me on the phone.
They are absolute jerks, and I hope they go bust.
Ordered from Amazon on the 18th August. Have got delivery estimate of 28 Nov 2005 - 29 Nov 2005 and crossed fingers! ;)
I read on their forum that the last three digits of your order number tell you your place in the queue... That wasn't someone official who said it, just someone on there...
My guess is they got somewhere around a whopping 200 in total but they don't seem to be saying...
I wouldn't mind so much if they would stop blaming everyone else and took some responsibility. Hate it when companies do that.
If thats the case it makes me around position 235 in the queue.
I think the problem is that it's their parent company thats to blame. If the charts in the other thread are correct. I guess its dangerous to finger the higher ups in an email to customers.
Whats more annoying is they have probably known for a while. I think the lesson learned is that its best not to preorder items in short supply from an online store which has a high street presence.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:17
another unhappy gameplay.com customer here- booked before the cut off point- but to add injury to insult I also checked a few times with them as to if i would defo get my machine on launch- i was told 'not to worry, i would be fine' on both occasions. Booked 2 days off work as a result (which i cant cancell now)
Just called up and they were ******* rude to me on the phone.
They are absolute jerks, and I hope they go bust.
:lol:
A friend of mine who'd ordered for her son's birthday feels exactly the same way - she's been on their live help apparently ranting at some poor guy on the other end...
Gameplay are apparently denying that having a cutoff date meant that people who ordered before it should have assumed they were going to get one... She said she's saved the transcript of the conversation... I'll see if she'll email it to me and post it here...
Yeah! How dare they go bust and all lose their jobs BEFORE the 360 is launched :lol:
NO!!!
How dare they charge me £285 for something that they didnt even have......
They knew september 29th that they had problems.... And it appears all other online retailers DID NOT take full payment for the preorders....
Smell a rat? I do...
steviep922
17-11-2005, 13:25
i think the gameplay rumour regarding the last 3 digits of your order number being your place in the queue is BS, as the last 3 digits of mine is 735 & im guaranteed one whereas twasi is 235 & he hasn't!
Just got this email from Gameplay
Gameplay - Important info regarding your Xbox 360 order
Dear Gameplay Customer,
We are pleased to inform you that you are included in our first allocation for the Xbox 360 Premium Pack!
You should receive your order on the day of release - 02/12/05.
Got the same email! Good old Gameplay! http://www.mysmilie.de/english/green/smilies/happy/2/31.gif
MarcusUK
17-11-2005, 13:28
Popped into my local Game where I have a pre-order and asked the manager in there about what was going on.
He claims that head office now know how many consoles they are getting, but have not told the stores how many they will be getting yet. Head Office want a fair share of consoles accross the stores.
He then asked me what number I was, so I told him that I was 27 in the list. He said that I would definately be getting one, but anyone over 40 in the queue might not be so cut and dry.
But can never tell with the people in the shops...
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:30
NO!!!
How dare they charge me £285 for something that they didnt even have......
They knew september 29th that they had problems.... And it appears all other online retailers DID NOT take full payment for the preorders....
Smell a rat? I do...
Ah, well if you'd said that in the first place... ;)
I feel your pain now. I did over two grand's worth of work for a company earlier in the year that new full well they couldn't afford to pay me for it before they went into administration...
Sorry to hear you've been ripped.
And elsewhere... Yeah, does sound like the order number thing is wrong. Cheers for clearing it up.
Can someone who didn't manage to get one from gameplay post their response please?
i think the gameplay rumour regarding the last 3 digits of your order number being your place in the queue is BS, as the last 3 digits of mine is 735 & im guaranteed one whereas twasi is 235 & he hasn't!
My sales order final digits are in the 800s so maybe its those ones. I'd guess they give a rough indication since orders I've done for other stuff later have higher digits but it won't be exact since it will include orders for non 360 stuff too.
MetalGearAl
17-11-2005, 13:38
Ooh, forgot about Toys R Us. Got one of those and an Asda right near me, so might be in luck.
Only thing is I don't drive... :)
Ordered from Amazon on the 18th August. Have got delivery estimate of 28 Nov 2005 - 29 Nov 2005 and crossed fingers! ;)
You might want to check the blue asterix and text above that on your account... ;)
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:40
Can someone who didn't manage to get one from gameplay post their response please?
"Dear Gameplay Customer,
Due to huge demand for the Xbox 360 Console and low stock allocation into the UK we will not be able to fulfil your order for the Xbox 360 Premium Pack for release date.
We recommend that you still keep your pre order with us so you remain in the queue for the next allocation of stock. Your card will not be charged until we despatch your order.
Currently we do not know when the next allocation of consoles will be sent from Microsoft.
We would like to apologise for this situation but unfortunately we are at the whim of Microsoft’s stock levels. We will secure stock as soon as it becomes available in the UK.
If you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Gameplay Customer Service"
So they are saying the same thing what the woman at Game.net told me, if you're not in the first allocation then we don't know when you'll get it! :eek:
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 13:47
So they are saying the same thing what the woman at Game.net told me, if you're not in the first allocation then we don't know when you'll get it! :eek:
Stop gloating ;)
Stop gloating ;)
I can't deny I'm not happy, it's just that I'd heard about rumours of low allocations but this must be the worst in console history. I really thought I'd have no problems getting a console from Game.net when I pre-ordered on the 19th August. I'm glad I spread my bets, next time i think I'll be pre-ordering in-store...
Just checked my Amazon order it it still says estimated delivery time of 28 - 29 nov but now has the blue asterix above it saying you will receive this no later than 24th Dec.
Anyone here got a earlier date than this or is this just a generic response from amazon?
Anyone here got a earlier date than this or is this just a generic response from amazon?
Seems to be generic to me, I've got the same for non-X360 related orders.
Did some people who ordered from Gameplay on the 19th get them then?
it seems mine has been dispatched and Ive already been using it for months:
http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/1518/xbox9hr.jpg
Seems to be generic to me, I've got the same for non-X360 related orders.
Really? Suppose it's so people are re-assured they will get the item before christmas?
Really want some sort of email from amazon to confirm orders :(
Deltatri3
17-11-2005, 14:25
i was number 220 then if that 3 digit thing proves to be true.
i was number 220 then if that 3 digit thing proves to be true.
Which digits are we talking about? The web order number or the sales order.
Just remembered (well thunderbird did when I typed in gameplay to the search box) I cancelled my inital order for the 360 from the 18th and reordered it on the 19th so I could use the affiliate link (didn't realist stock would be so bad at the time).
Update for those who ordered from woolies in the last couple of days.
Hi. Unfortunatley we are not able to guarantee that you will recieve this on the release date. However once it is released it will be delivered to you within 7 working days of despatch.
Is the 7 days because its the holiday period?
Not too sure, but it's a pretty negative sign for those who want it for launch day.
Sheesh! ... They got a cheek to charge over £6 for delivery & can only guarantee 7 working days? ... That's pathetic! ... Quite surprising as various DVDs that i've purchased from them in the past have arrived swiftly.
Aint too bothered if I dont get it via Woolies for launch-date. It was just an impulse buy when they appeared online this week. Will probably cancel & await news of hopefully better game releases in the new year.
hookbeak
17-11-2005, 15:04
This is all turning into a suitable massive PR disaster for Microsoft.
******* off the early adopters = a bad idea
Deltatri3
17-11-2005, 15:04
when exactly did woolies open pre orders? I thought they did ages ago- i ordered one from there and they closed pre orders on the premium package seconds later.
Update for those who ordered from woolies in the last couple of days.
Thats wierd...I got the following message:
We are not able to guarantee delivery dates for any of our products. However, we will always do our best to despatch items in time for delivery on the day of release. Please be aware that there are a number of areas outside our control that may mean items are despatched in time but do not arrive on the specified day (stock not available from the manufactures / local postal / transport issues etc). Please do not ‘wait in’ or take time off work, unless you accept that these delivery times are estimated only and that there is a possibility that your item may not be with on that date. As I mentioned, we will certainly do our utmost to ensure that this item is delivered on the day of release. PLEASE NOTE: If we are unable to bill your credit card, there may be a delay in despatching, we will attempt to take payment around 5 days before the despatch is due (on this item), in order to give you time to respond any notification of failure. Will do our best to contact you if we are made aware of any issues with stock availability prior to launch. We are unable to provide any further information on availability at this time.
i ordered mine from play.com on 27th May when they were £400 and they still can't guarantee me one for christmas. I think they had it on their site for 1 minute when i placed the order!!
DarthPearce
17-11-2005, 15:18
I think Woolies are just covering their backsides - on the AVforums is a guy who sat with Woolworths manager while they checked stock levels. Their online system only allows orders for confirmed stock and the reason new units keep becoming available is when store allocation is returned. As most Woolworths stores didn't offer any pre-order then their allocation keeps coming back to become available online as and when the person in charge of stock releases it. If you keep refreshing the page on their website you may get lucky as some more were available about 15mins ago - but you have to be quick. They are pretty sure of getting it to you on launch day but they don't want to guarantee it (which I can understand...)
This is all turning into a suitable massive PR disaster for Microsoft.
******* off the early adopters = a bad idea
I think fortunately for them video gamers tend not to hold a grudge for long. If the launch lineup is as uninspiring as it seems outside the 3 games I was interested in then having people who don't read online reviews buying initial games may not be such a bad thing.
If I don't get one at launch or soon after I'll probably blow the 400 quid I'd have spent on 360 stuff on something else and buy as soon as the 1st price drop happens.
yeah woolworth.com seem to have them online at the minute - be quick
Thats wierd...I got the following message:
We are not able to guarantee delivery dates for any of our products. However, we will always do our best to despatch items in time for delivery on the day of release. Please be aware that there are a number of areas outside our control that may mean items are despatched in time but do not arrive on the specified day (stock not available from the manufactures / local postal / transport issues etc). Please do not ‘wait in’ or take time off work, unless you accept that these delivery times are estimated only and that there is a possibility that your item may not be with on that date. As I mentioned, we will certainly do our utmost to ensure that this item is delivered on the day of release. PLEASE NOTE: If we are unable to bill your credit card, there may be a delay in despatching, we will attempt to take payment around 5 days before the despatch is due (on this item), in order to give you time to respond any notification of failure. Will do our best to contact you if we are made aware of any issues with stock availability prior to launch. We are unable to provide any further information on availability at this time.
I got this one also but I think it's a generic email you get when using their contact us link at the bottom of the website.
If you actually contact them using the link next to your order, they will be more specific.
I think Woolies are just covering their backsides - on the AVforums is a guy who sat with Woolworths manager while they checked stock levels. Their online system only allows orders for confirmed stock and the reason new units keep becoming available is when store allocation is returned. As most Woolworths stores didn't offer any pre-order then their allocation keeps coming back to become available online as and when the person in charge of stock releases it. If you keep refreshing the page on their website you may get lucky as some more were available about 15mins ago - but you have to be quick. They are pretty sure of getting it to you on launch day but they don't want to guarantee it (which I can understand...)
Sounds promising. :)
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 15:38
I'm more irritated with Gameplay than I am Microsoft... They've been mealy mouthed and backtracked and changed their story which is really not on - if they'd said 'sorry, we screwed up' I would have said fair enough, but to have a cutoff date and try to claim now that they weren't saying people who ordered before it were guaranteed is weak IMO.
I mentioned my friend who'd been on the online help earlier - she sent me the transcript. Not gonna post the whole thing but this part amused me... (took the guy's name out).
#########
"Gameplay Goon: like i say we did not give guarantees on any orders, as we knew we have no solid info
Diane: I suggest Gameplay change their line of answers at the very least because this whole 'didn't guarantee anyone anything' line is making you look like liars. My son is going to be so upset…
Gameplay Goon: there is nothing we can do to affect microsofts decisions sorry
Diane: I don't care about Microsoft - I ordered from Gameplay before GAMEPLAY's cutoff date - which meant I didn't attempt to get a console from anywhere else
Gameplay Goon: i am very sorry and understand your frustration, but there is nothing we can practically do, because we simply aren't being given enough stock. when microsoft advised us to stop guaranteeing orders on that date, they did not give stock figures at the same time
Diane: Wait... So you WERE guaranteeing orders up to a certain date then?
Gameplay Goon: no, we never gave a guarantee
Diane: You just said "When Microsoft advised us to stop guaranteeing orders'?
Gameplay Goon: yes, i should have phrased that better. my apolgies.
Diane: I think that you phrased it truthfully that time and just forgot to stick to the new excuse that's just been dreamed up... Whatever way you look at it having a cutoff date is a guarantee for anyone who ordered before it in any reasonable person's eyes."
##########
:lol: Bunch of clowns.
Disgusted - looks like my chances of getting one range between slim to none :cry:
TigaSefi
17-11-2005, 15:56
Wow I'll be lucky to get mine then. I ain't counting on it very much at all.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 16:10
According to the Gameplay forums it says somewhere on Game.net's site that they allocated 400 to online orders for Game.net (so assume Gameplay got less, being the red-headed stepchild).
So that sounds like the Game group got the lion's share of the UK allocation (according to Retronana's spreadsheet) and stuck two fingers up to those who ordered online so that they could try and sell scart leads instore...
John316, why not place an order with wollies now? They have some on there for order with the 2nd Dec as the delivery date
Only interested in the Premium Pack TBH - a Core pack with the Wireless Pad, Component Cable and Hard Drive pushes it over £300 and I ain't paying that. I'm a little stuck for ideas now - its like PSP Jap Launch 'Deja Vu' again :brickwall
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 16:26
Agree 100% - not gonna weaken and order the Core...
You never know, some people with multiple preorders might grow a heart and cancel their Gameplay orders once they have another confirmed, but I doubt it. Not with eBay calling :brickwall
What can you do but :shrug:
Xenomorph
17-11-2005, 16:27
I'm a little stuck for ideas now - its like PSP Jap Launch 'Deja Vu' again :brickwall
Well for that money you could buy 27 Gamecubes. Then make some kind of super Gamecube and unleash it on Toyko.
*hopes no one saw the original number :) *
Im very much now considering canceling gameplay order now and wait till the new year. i wont shop with them again to me if you preorder something thats should pretty guarentee you your machine.
Even hitting places like Tesco/Asda at 12am are out of the question as I don't have a car - will just have to see if Microsoft will be so kind as to actually bother to supply more Xbox 360s before Chrimbo :(
Even hitting places like Tesco/Asda at 12am are out of the question as I don't have a car - will just have to see if Microsoft will be so kind as to actually bother to supply more Xbox 360s before Chrimbo :(
My suspicion is that Game will think like an ebay seller and send them to shops to be used in 700 quid bundles.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 16:38
Im very much now considering canceling gameplay order now and wait till the new year. i wont shop with them again to me if you preorder something thats should pretty guarentee you your machine.
Make sure you go on the online help and tell them what you think of them mate... I just did that - serves no real purpose but it doesn't half make you feel better :lol:
Poor old 'Bobby Peru' must be sick of this day :clap:
I might keep an eye on the Comet website - no preordering yet so I might have a chance there still with a Premium pack. Anywhere else that hasn't started preordering yet?
You might want to check the blue asterix and text above that on your account... ;)
Nope - that's nothing to worry about. Is just the warm and fuzzy message that will apply to ANY order they guarantee arriving before Christmas. Thanks for your concern though! ;)
I just cancelled eveything bobby was nearley crying by the time i had finished with him bunch of muppets
I just wish that retailers would just open preorders when they have definitive numbers in the future - even if it meant waiting till this week in the case of the X360. Just makes it so much easier for us consumers. I've wasted now many other opportunities to preorder else where cos I made an assumption that a 3 month old preorder would be more than adequate :(
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 16:49
I just cancelled eveything bobby was nearley crying by the time i had finished with him bunch of muppets
:lol: :notworthy
In the immortal words of Stefan Dennis, 'Don't it make you feel good?' (well, better).
Who's next? John316? ;)
I just wish that retailers would just open preorders when they have definitive numbers in the future - even if it meant waiting till this week in the case of the X360. Just makes it so much easier for us consumers. I've wasted now many other opportunities to preorder else where cos I made an assumption that a 3 month old preorder would be more than adequate :(
Same here :( would make far more sense.....
mikegray
17-11-2005, 17:02
My face now looks like this: :mad:
Why couldn't Game have told me this back on the 17th of August when I ordered online? I would've gladly walked into a branch of Game and put £20 down if they'd said it would give me precedence over online orders. What's worse is that they sent me an email a few months back saying that, "if you placed your order on the 17th you'll definitely get a machine". I could've pre-ordered from a number of other places, such as Woolworths recently, if I'd have known my pre-order was no good.
Once again: :mad:
This is precisely it, and their customer service has been appalling. My local Game was closed for a re-fit when they went on pre-order, so I ordered online instead of in store. Should have just gone in when they re-opened and I'd have been fine.
:oh-hum:
Well...keep yo0ur eye on woolworths...the way that they keep on opening pre-orders pretty much backs up what was reported on the avforums. So heres hoping. They keep on putting the premium packs up sporadically....so you may be able to nab one.
On with Bobby Peru at the moment, about to go absolutely mental at him. I got told for months that because I was days ahead of the cut off, I would get one fine. Now it's MS fault for cutting allocation.
Sure, Gameplay can't help MS not giving them stock. But they CAN help telling me I will get one when they knew damn well it wasn't confirmed. Glad I put a Woolies order in now although only part-glad as they've been dodgy in the past with the handle on the truth.
Anyway, some titbits:
Matt: How many did you get then?
Bobby Peru: under a thousand
Matt: But on my order account it says estimate delivery is the launch day
Bobby Peru: yes, al;l of them say that because the launch date is set. soon as microsoft have a date for more sotck taht will change
Matt: Surely it is better to put it as unconfirmed then?
Bobby Peru: we can't set it to that sorry
Matt: That's **** isn't it. Can you at least tell me whereabouts I am in the queue? As it says that I will remain in the queue if I keep my preorder.
Bobby Peru: i can't tell you an exact place sorry, and we're not sure how many will be in the next batch anyhow
Matt: Why, is it a magic queue?
Not happy. It's not Gameplay's fault (much :mad: ) but MS will be getting a phone call tomorrow.
Not happy. It's not Gameplay's fault (much :mad: ) but MS will be getting a phone call tomorrow.
Why is its MS's fault, they've been honest and stated that there would be shortages from the offset. In all honesty this was probably expected...
NC+CH+WWR=FAILURE
WHERE
NC = New Console Release
CH = Christmas Release
WWR = World Wide Release
does anyones woolworths order now say "awaiting stock from supplier"?
It's their fault because I don't have one :p
I did write a longer reply but I'm trying not to get worked up over a machine.
All of the Gameplay fanboys on their forums don't exactly help - zero sympathy and its all Microsoft's fault for the entire farce :nuts:
It's their fault because I don't have one :p
I did write a longer reply but I'm trying not to get worked up over a machine.
matt, nobody has one yet :) the planes havent arrived yet, im sure it will get worse :)
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 17:55
I have no problem with there being a shortage really, and I can deal with not getting one at launch - like I said, my nark is with Gameplay trying to dissolve themselves of any responsibility.
I hate companies that apologise swiftly followed by 'but it's not our fault, honest! It was them! It was them! Burn them! Love us!'.
Screw that.
Microsoft didn't make them come up with that cutoff date, and now to deny that having that date didn't mean anyone in before it should assume they were safe is manouevering that would make Alistair Campbell blush.
'We cannot guarantee orders after a certain date' MUST mean that orders before it can be guaranteed? Surely? Otherwise the whole English language falls apart :lol:
And to repeatedly deny the meaning of that phrase says to me that they view their (ex) customers as idiots who can just be fobbed off.
PS - John, don't take too much notice of the Gameplay forums - they delete almost everything negative about the company on there. I was reading it when the news broke and they were deleting posts faster than Harsin with PMS ;)
does anyones woolworths order now say "awaiting stock from supplier"?
Yeah. Not had any email from them since the original order so I don't know what to think.
As bad as i feel to say it i checked with the new Game in glasgow and my preorder has transfered to there. It appears they are just taking the old buchanan streets stores allocation so im definatly going to get one.
I was also told that there would be bundle deal for preorders and that the £700 deal was just for those who had hadnt preordered. Looks like they have kept a few back to sell as rip off bundles. He was quick to note that i was under no obligation to buy anything else.
He didnt know about midnight opening though but given the stores location that will be the one that will open in Glasgow if they do it! Just hope i finish work in time to get it and catch the bus home :)
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 18:13
As bad as i feel to say it i checked with the new Game in glasgow and my preorder has transfered to there.
No need to feel bad being happy that you're one of the lucky ones mate! More power to you :)
I just got a reply from Woolies via their online messaging, telling me my order is still on "hold" because I was emailed yesterday, regarding a random security-check on my credit-card, which I replied to within 2 minutes of receiving it, giving them the info. they asked for ..... and of course, they haven't processed it for some unknown reason .... Muppets!
so when do the ps3 pre orders open? ;)
I just want to know one way or another, ordered instore with game, I'm 20th on their list it's a fortnight till release and still they cant tell me wether I'll get one on release or not.
Apparently all £20 preorders instore with Game are guaranteed "before christmas". I guess it's only a few weeks more but I've had this thing ordered for months. :brickwall :brickwall :brickwall
mikegray
17-11-2005, 18:33
so when do the ps3 pre orders open? ;)
I just want to know one way or another, ordered instore with game, I'm 20th on their list it's a fortnight till release and still they cant tell me wether I'll get one on release or not.
Apparently all £20 preorders instore with Game are guaranteed "before christmas". I guess it's only a few weeks more but I've had this thing ordered for months. :brickwall :brickwall :brickwall
At least you've got "before christmas"! The online people have got nada!
yeah i think it's fair to say there'll be a great many people never preordering off the web again.
DarthPearce
17-11-2005, 18:54
Only interested in the Premium Pack TBH - a Core pack with the Wireless Pad, Component Cable and Hard Drive pushes it over £300 and I ain't paying that. I'm a little stuck for ideas now - its like PSP Jap Launch 'Deja Vu' again :brickwall
There are Premium packs still being made available on the Woolies website, it's just a matter of catching them....
Ive just been on there you cant add them to your cart only the core units you can
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 19:17
There are Premium packs still being made available on the Woolies website, it's just a matter of catching them....
I'm not sure I want to do it all again... I (and not wishing to **** on anyone's chips) don't personally think Woolworths will send any of these late in the day orders - I really hope they do for all you lot who are hanging your hat on them, but I can't be arsed going back into 'will I, won't I get one' mode again.
I've not cancelled my Gameplay console order so I'll wait for that (satisfied that they won't make much profit on it) - I've cancelled my games preorders though, and told them in no uncertain terms that they can go **** themselves for my custom in the future :lol:
I did read (before the Gameplay letdown) that this shortage is being in part stage managed by Microsoft to create a buzz (which, let's face it, is working!) - they want it to be sold out through Christmas, but also want people buying it for obvious reasons, so they're drip feeding the stock through at levels that won't satisfy demand. Be stunned if a 19th August order with Gameplay isn't fulfilled well before Chrimbo. They want it to be hard to find but they still want everyone to be able to find it if they try I think.
Could be wrong though, but if I am then at least I still have my self respect ;)
I'm buying my games from Amazon in future. And even better, renting them through Lovefilm (who are planning to start Xbox rentals soon).
Retronana
17-11-2005, 19:17
Crikey the crap has hit the fan.....
Lets put this into perspective, nobody has a 360 yet....there are some here who think they are getting one...and they wont, and some who think they aren't getting one....and they may.
Some posters have more than 1 preorder...and some have a Gameplay hope that just disapeared :(
Could we create a buddy system for forumites to match someone who has more that one good preorder with one who has just got blown out ?
I'm happy to coordinate it, although I wouldn't want the pairing to be public just in case it gets a little fraught...
What do you think ?
BTW I currently only have a number 34 preorder at Game with a £600 deposit, although I did get an offer to purchase a machine via a Games publisher yesterday....so I may have an option on a 2nd.
Well if someone has a preorder that they want to sell on im all ears after gameplay screwed me after ordering on the 19th of august ps will be prepared to offer a bit more for the troulble with in reason :thumbs:
Retronana
17-11-2005, 19:23
Well if someone has a preorder that they want to sell on im all ears after gameplay screwed me after ordering on the 19th of august :thumbs:
I think it should be a "not for profit" business model...although P&P should be included...
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 19:27
Good idea mate!
I'm not gonna opt-in (all this uncertainty is too stressful for me ;) ), but I think it's a smart idea - if it helps out just one person then I think it's a worthwhile endeavour.
Think you may find the lure of eBay is even stronger than your good intentions... :oh-hum:
Hope not! A top gesture trying to get something like that going.
Can I suggest if you do it that you work in the date of preorder somehow? So the most deserving cases go top of the list?
Crikey the crap has hit the fan.....
Lets put this into perspective, nobody has a 360 yet....there are some here who think they are getting one...and they wont, and some who think they aren't getting one....and they may.
Some posters have more than 1 preorder...and some have a Gameplay hope that just disapeared :(
Could we create a buddy system for forumites to match someone who has more that one good preorder with one who has just got blown out ?
I'm happy to coordinate it, although I wouldn't want the pairing to be public just in case it gets a little fraught...
What do you think ?
BTW I currently only have a number 34 preorder at Game with a £600 deposit, although I did get an offer to purchase a machine via a Games publisher yesterday....so I may have an option on a 2nd.
That sounds like a good idea.
3.30pm on Friday 19th August was my Gameplay preorder if we want to do a 'ranking' system
19.30pm 19th of august gameplay my rank for list :)
mikegray
17-11-2005, 19:37
17th at 17:12
Retronana
17-11-2005, 19:43
Last 3 logged :)
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 19:59
Ooh, my (part of the) idea has caught on. I rule ;)
Retronana - hope you're demanding proof of preorder! Otherwise...
I preordered on the 13th January 1986.
Just kidding. Sure everyone on here is trustworthy!
Be interested to see how many log their interest in selling rather than buying :lol:
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 20:00
17th at 17:12
And you got rejected? :eek:
That's just wrong. You must be gutted.
dogmanstar
17-11-2005, 20:10
19th at 14:05
Ordered on the 20th at 14.40. Miles behind everyone.
Mike on the 17th getting rejected makes me think they're telling lies about me definitely being in the next batch they get.
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 20:27
Ordered on the 20th at 14.40. Miles behind everyone.
Mike on the 17th getting rejected makes me think they're telling lies about me definitely being in the next batch they get.
Not necessarily mate - they will have had a rush in the first day or two then it will have thinned out a lot I'm sure...
Anyway, you might get a Woolies one, you sneaky little double preorderer you ;) Hope you get lucky!
SpaceCoyote
17-11-2005, 20:30
BTW I currently only have a number 34 preorder at Game with a £600 deposit, although I did get an offer to purchase a machine via a Games publisher yesterday....so I may have an option on a 2nd.
£600 deposit???? What did you preorder? A gold 360 signed by the devil in blood and hand delivered by Bill Gates himself?
Anyone got an order with ASDA?
Mine now shows
Status Qty Description Total
Processing 1 XBox 360 Console - Fully Loaded System £ 279.97
Order Received 1 10% Off Your Purchase With Our Compliments £ -28.00
Total £ 251.97
Sure it didn't sy that last week????
steviep922
17-11-2005, 20:46
17th at 17:12
Theres something dodgy going on!! My order was 21:05 on the 17th and has been accepted!
Anyone got an order with ASDA?
Mine now shows
Status Qty Description Total
Processing 1 XBox 360 Console - Fully Loaded System £ 279.97
Order Received 1 10% Off Your Purchase With Our Compliments £ -28.00
Total £ 251.97
Sure it didn't sy that last week????
The orders say processing as soon as you place them. I have orders for Oblivion and Dead Rising (both out next yr) that say "processing".
Despite the £28 odd saving,I cancelled my order with Asda for the machine as I haven't got any faith in a launch day delivery from them.
scottwilson82
17-11-2005, 21:04
Theres something dodgy going on!! My order was 21:05 on the 17th and has been accepted!
They must have made a mistake :shrug: Maybe Mike's email bounced like Sheepking's.
mikegray
17-11-2005, 21:07
They must have made a mistake :shrug: Maybe Mike's email bounced like Sheepking's.
Nope, I've had other e-mails from them and there's no filtering on the address at all. They also won't answer me in terms of whether it's first come, first served. I'm not a happy puppy.
Man, this thread is going to be fun come next weekend... :D
...he says with 17th August Amazon pre-order and fingers crossed.
DarthPearce
17-11-2005, 21:13
I ordered from Game online at 23:42 on the 17th Aug - confirmation over the phone that I'm not getting one but I have put an order in with Woolworths since....
mrwriter
17-11-2005, 21:20
Sounds like the onliners have well and truly been screwed over.
Internet age my arse.
Hope the whole Game Group goes bankrupt (apologies to anyone who works there :lol: )
Well ive pre-ordered from Simply and getting information out of them is like getting blood from a stone.
They refuse to tell me where i am in the que because they dont understand the question :mad:
I am going Asdas @ 12 on launch night - lets hope im not dissapointed :)
Steven Lewis
17-11-2005, 21:49
Theres something dodgy going on!! My order was 21:05 on the 17th and has been accepted!
That's exactly 3 hours after I ordered and I'm not getting one :( :mad:
I do hope that everyone that ordered online remembered to order via our affiliate links :suspect:
mikegray
17-11-2005, 22:05
I do hope that everyone that ordered online remembered to order via our affiliate links :suspect:
Don't you only get the money if they actually ship something? :razz:
I do hope that everyone that ordered online remembered to order via our affiliate links :suspect:
:lol: It's a bit late for that.
Come on people for those of you that didn't - why not cancel your orders and then re-order them! :D
Ive orded a core system from woolworths plus hardrive and other bits from another place. quick question do woolworths bill you before they dispatch or do they bill you when they dispatch the order?
Stevie Simkin
17-11-2005, 22:53
[QUOTE=jonpeat]
2. Dixons (Pro Bundle) ordered 24th Oct. Used a £25 off voucher. No indication of when I will get this. However, a previous message on the website said any orders after the 27th were not guranteed on launch day.
QUOTE]
I chased up my pre-order with Dixons on-line today and the reply was that "We are able to confirm that orders placed before 27 October will be delivered for the launch date."
Stevie
[QUOTE=jonpeat]
2. Dixons (Pro Bundle) ordered 24th Oct. Used a £25 off voucher. No indication of when I will get this. However, a previous message on the website said any orders after the 27th were not guranteed on launch day.
QUOTE]
I chased up my pre-order with Dixons on-line today and the reply was that "We are able to confirm that orders placed before 27 October will be delivered for the launch date."
Stevie
Excellent, I can assume that this will apply if you ordered through Currys website too?
Managed to order 2 with £25 off each + 10% instant cashback via egg. :)
game website has updated its instore / online availability details
Game (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump.php?url=http://tracker.tradedoubler.com/pan/TrackerServlet^QS^p=12813^QA^a=60823^QA^g=80187^QA^url=http%3A//shop.game.net/lowdown.aspx%3Flid%3D5538)
:lol: It's a bit late for that.
Come on people for those of you that didn't - why not cancel your orders and then re-order them! :D
As I said in my post I did that, moving my Gameplay order from the 18th to the 19th of August.
game website has updated its instore / online availability details
Game (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump.php?url=http://tracker.tradedoubler.com/pan/TrackerServlet^QS^p=12813^QA^a=60823^QA^g=80187^QA^url=http%3A//shop.game.net/lowdown.aspx%3Flid%3D5538)
Sounds like people who ordered in August online may be waiting well after Christmas.
[QUOTE=jonpeat]
2. Dixons (Pro Bundle) ordered 24th Oct. Used a £25 off voucher. No indication of when I will get this. However, a previous message on the website said any orders after the 27th were not guranteed on launch day.
QUOTE]
I chased up my pre-order with Dixons on-line today and the reply was that "We are able to confirm that orders placed before 27 October will be delivered for the launch date."
Stevie
You have just made me a very, very happy man :)
As I said in my post I did that, moving my Gameplay order from the 18th to the 19th of August
Ouch :(
mikegray
18-11-2005, 06:53
What a bunch of lying weasels Game are.
Retronana
18-11-2005, 06:55
Ordered on the 20th at 14.40. Miles behind everyone.
Mike on the 17th getting rejected makes me think they're telling lies about me definitely being in the next batch they get.
I asume you placed this order just after you got up ;)
DarthPearce
18-11-2005, 08:28
game website has updated its instore / online availability details
Game (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump.php?url=http://tracker.tradedoubler.com/pan/TrackerServlet^QS^p=12813^QA^a=60823^QA^g=80187^QA^url=http%3A//shop.game.net/lowdown.aspx%3Flid%3D5538)
Is it only me or is the Game website down?
I asume you placed this order just after you got up ;)
:p Nah I was at a wedding. Ordered soon as I got home.
Ive orded a core system from woolworths plus hardrive and other bits from another place. quick question do woolworths bill you before they dispatch or do they bill you when they dispatch the order?
They don't bill until a few days before dispatch.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 09:00
Sounds like people who ordered in August online may be waiting well after Christmas.
Unless they've changed it again, it doesn't sound anything of the sort!
"We hope to be able to fulfil all preorders before Christmas" & "there may be small deliveries of stock across December." backs up the stories that MS plan to dripfeed stock to retail on a weekly basis surely?
After reading that I'm even more confident we'll all be sorted before Chrimbo.
Unless they've changed it again, it doesn't sound anything of the sort!
"We hope to be able to fulfil all preorders before Christmas" & "there may be small deliveries of stock across December." backs up the stories that MS plan to dripfeed stock to retail on a weekly basis surely?
After reading that I'm even more confident we'll all be sorted before Chrimbo.
The pre-xmas "hope" is only for instore pre-orders though.
Says this for online:
Online: Stock will be very limited and only a proportion of online preorders will receive their console at launch. We can no longer accept new preorders. We will do our best to secure more stock and these will be offered to preorder customers first.
infestedsicness
18-11-2005, 10:14
Just been on to Game CS to cancel everything I'd pre-ordered except the console, so I won't get games I can't play if I don't get one at launch.
The woman on the other end said they were still waiting for info, and that e-mails would be sent out in the next 2 or 3 days to inform people of whats going on. She may have been lying, or she may actually be telling the truth, as when I rang a few days ago to cancel my RGB Scart I was told they didn't have info etc., even though people had started getting confirmation emails.
She also mentioned that someone had rang yesterday, mentioned what other people had said on some forums, and got a bit irate over it. She blamed this for a lot of the confusion etc.
We can only wait and see I guess, personally there are only two games I want now, as they've destroyed FIFA by cutting out....most of it, and so I'm not as bothered about getting one early, but there may still be hope yet.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 10:48
The pre-xmas "hope" is only for instore pre-orders though.
I know, I can read ;) My point was they're not gonna fulfil all their in-store orders and leave the remainder on the shelves while online orders sit and twiddle their thumbs are they? So unless they get the exact amount...
Besides, they'll just be wording each paragraph differently so it doesn't look like copy and paste.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 10:53
Was trying to go on Gameplay's live help thing (no particular reason other than to give them a hard time :lol: ) and it doesn't seem to be working...
Anyone laying odds that Bobby Peru phoned in sick today? ;)
Unless my enthusiasm wanes I plan on going on at least once a day to ask where my Xbox is, to accuse them of lying about guarantees and to tell them I won't be using them again after this... I may even continue to do that after they fill my order :D
neilalford
18-11-2005, 10:55
does anyones woolworths order now say "awaiting stock from supplier"?
Nope, mine is still saying "Backorder", I would guess that "Awaiting Stock" is better than "Backorder" but not really sure.
When did you (or anyone else with this message) order? My order for the PGR premium pack went in 15th of November at 13:25.
Deltatri3
18-11-2005, 10:56
mine has just changed from processing to backorder- is this normal?
NicolaUK
18-11-2005, 11:01
Looks like retailers are getting their allocation info now, I'm not getting mine for launch day.
I am writing regarding the above item, which you have pre-ordered with
us here
at sendit.com.
We have received information regarding our allocation for launch day
(2nd
December). Sadly, it seems unlikely that we will be able to fulfill
your order
to reach you on this date. However, we will be receiving three further
allocations from Microsoft before Christmas. Whilst we do not want to
100 per
cent guarantee delivery before Christmas, due to the nature of the
distribution of this item, the chances are still good that this will be
with
you during the course of December.
We will take no payment from you until just before the goods ship. You
can
cancel at any point until your order status changes to "being packed"
(as the
item will be bagged up ready to go at this stage) but do be aware that
if you
cancel and reorder, you would go to the back of the queue.
It should be stressed that we are doing all we can to fulfill the
product for
launch day, but we wanted you to be aware that this may not now happen.
We
are sorry for any disappointment caused, but would advise that (from
previous
experience with similar products) the best thing is to stay in the
queue
unless you have managed to obtain the item elsewhere.
If you need any further help or information, let me know.
mikegray
18-11-2005, 11:06
I know, I can read ;) My point was they're not gonna fulfil all their in-store orders and leave the remainder on the shelves while online orders sit and twiddle their thumbs are they? So unless they get the exact amount...
Oh no, they're going to stick them on shelves in a ludicrously priced bundle while the online orders sit and twiddle their thumbs, because it's not like we're going to turn up in person and make someone's life miserable.
Unless someone fancies a Christmas DVDF outing to Game's head office. :p
Deltatri3
18-11-2005, 11:06
well at least it was more of an apologetic responce than gameplay.com sent out.
NicolaUK
18-11-2005, 11:10
well at least it was more of an apologetic responce than gameplay.com sent out.
I agree, not knocking them at all, they've been excellent in their updating emails :thumbs:
I'm not desperate to receive one on launch day, will be happy if it's here for Christmas :)
Can totally understand why some of you feel so ****** though :(
Just spoke to simplygames, they still don't know how many they are getting, they said I was one of the first to order one so they are 75% sure I will get one.
I thought above all else......that was an odd percentage to give me.
:shrug: still in the dark really.
SpaceCoyote
18-11-2005, 11:28
Just spoke to simplygames, they still don't know how many they are getting, they said I was one of the first to order one so they are 75% sure I will get one.
I thought above all else......that was an odd percentage to give me.
:shrug: still in the dark really.
That's hardly sure at all.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 11:33
I went on Gameplay's help after Nicola's post - was reasonable this time cos I wanted info :lol:
Basically the guy there seemed taken aback by Sendit's info. At first he accused them of making it up but then when I copied and pasted the first paragraph he seemed to take it more seriously and actually emailed it on to someone to get them to check what was going on. He said they'll be contacting MS about it to find out why they haven't had any info :eek:
Bad news (kind of - he, and indeed Gameplay, don't seem too clued up still about what's happening) is that he said he didn't think there would be anymore stock until after Christmas. Although he did stress that he was just guessing.
Annoying that they're STILL refusing to accept any responsibility - I did get him to admit the wording of the whole 'cutoff date' thing was poor and misleading though.
Oh, one other thing. I started off by asking him when I would get my Xbox and he took my postcode and checked the list. He said I was down as '2nd allocation', so assuming he's right then orders up to 4pm on the 19th August at Gameplay (which is the time on my email) should be good for the next batch... Whenever that may be :?:
Edit: Oh, and he did say Gameplay 'will be top of the list once the allocations are made' so he couldn't see why Sendit will know before them. Personally I think Gameplay are coming off as pretty unprofessional over this. I always thought they were a good company before...
Do gameplay even talk directly to Microsoft or will it be through their parent company?
I miss the good old days when I could order from an independent Gameplay in confidence. So far all the fiasco has shown is that you are better off preordering from a generic online store than a dedicated games one.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 11:45
Do gameplay even talk directly to Microsoft or will it be through their parent company?
Dunno mate - hopefully Retronana will clarify when he sees this, he seems to be the most clued up when it comes to how all this works...
Retronana
18-11-2005, 11:55
I agree, not knocking them at all, they've been excellent in their updating emails :thumbs:
I'm not desperate to receive one on launch day, will be happy if it's here for Christmas :)
Can totally understand why some of you feel so ****** though :(
Do you want me to put you on the buddy list ?
NicolaUK
18-11-2005, 11:59
Do you want me to put you on the buddy list ?
Ok, thanks :)
Retronana
18-11-2005, 12:02
Ok, thanks :)
Is that a yes...? :thinking:
Deltatri3
18-11-2005, 12:11
this might be stating the obvious, but went into asda this afternoon- they are getting some for launch, god knows how many tho- but each big store is getting some, and wont be taking orders, its first come first serve.
Retronana
18-11-2005, 12:12
Dunno mate - hopefully Retronana will clarify when he sees this, he seems to be the most clued up when it comes to how all this works...
Well I'm a bit suppriesed how this has panned out on the Gameplay pre order issues, it is part of Game Group PLC and therefore I did think the allocation would be part of the overall Game figure...
I begining to think this is maybe not the case....
There maybe some internal wranglings that I'm not aware of, but I recently supplied some UMD's that were sold via Gameplay but the buying was done by Game....
Now without wishing to start a bun fight, If I was Game I'd be starting to look at the 360 allocation issues with slight worry and therefore look to minimise the PR damage to the group.
If Game get loads of crap PR due to lack of stock for sale day 1 [picture disapointed child of Chav standing outside local Game store on front page of the local paper] it will do untold damage PR wise, although is you P off a couple of hundred customers on a website its less likely to be much of an uproar in the press...
Only my thoughts....
NicolaUK
18-11-2005, 12:15
Is that a yes...? :thinking:
:lol: Am I sending out a mixed signal? :nuts:
Yes please :thumbs:
Retronana
18-11-2005, 12:27
:lol: Am I sending out a mixed signal? :nuts:
Yes please :thumbs:
Understood, loud and clear[ :)
mikegray
18-11-2005, 12:28
If Game get loads of crap PR due to lack of stock for sale day 1 [picture disapointed child of Chav standing outside local Game store on front page of the local paper] it will do untold damage PR wise, although is you P off a couple of hundred customers on a website its less likely to be much of an uproar in the press...
Only my thoughts....
This is exactly my reading of it, coupled with the £20 factor...
Now without wishing to start a bun fight, If I was Game I'd be starting to look at the 360 allocation issues with slight worry and therefore look to minimise the PR damage to the group.
If Game get loads of crap PR due to lack of stock for sale day 1 [picture disapointed child of Chav standing outside local Game store on front page of the local paper] it will do untold damage PR wise, although is you P off a couple of hundred customers on a website its less likely to be much of an uproar in the press...
Only my thoughts....
I'd agree. The press would make much more of a fuss if it turned out that a lot of game stores never even saw a 360 on launch day than a couple of thousand internet users not getting theirs.
I'm still not convinced casual gamers buy that many games though (However, I imagine they are the primary consumer of most average games). After the trouble with the preorders how many people will just stick to ordering from people like Amazon and Play instead.
Professor Abronsius
18-11-2005, 12:28
I just got a reply from Woolies via their online messaging, telling me my order is still on "hold" because I was emailed yesterday, regarding a random security-check on my credit-card, which I replied to within 2 minutes of receiving it, giving them the info. they asked for ..... and of course, they haven't processed it for some unknown reason .... Muppets!
Tony if you get any updates on this could you let us know mate... ?
I got the same email from them as i am having it (hopefully) delivered to my work address. Replied quickly to it as well.
Cheers. :)
Tony if you get any updates on this could you let us know mate... ?
I got the same email from them as i am having it (hopefully) delivered to my work address. Replied quickly to it as well.
Cheers. :)
I got an email this morning @ 10:38am saying that the security-check had passed & that my order had been "re-processed". :thinking: ... Doesn't sound too good so sent a message asking if I was now further down the queue, but all I got back was the usual cut & paste reply stating my order was being processed & they couldn't guarantee delivery for launch-day ..blah, blah, blaaaah. The drama continues.... :doh:
SpaceCoyote
18-11-2005, 12:39
this might be stating the obvious, but went into asda this afternoon- they are getting some for launch, god knows how many tho- but each big store is getting some, and wont be taking orders, its first come first serve.
This may be a stupid question, but visiting the ASDA website and choosing the store locator, which store is likely to have Xbox 360's in?
The ones that list "Music and Video" or the ones that list "Electrical Department"?
Professor Abronsius
18-11-2005, 12:39
Have just checked my email Tony and got that 're-processed' reply also.
Been trying to check status online but the Account Page seems to be up the chuffer!
Will keep trying.
Cheers. :)
Professor Abronsius
18-11-2005, 12:41
Oh and the Game in Suchiehall Street has not got a Pod. Gamestation next to BHS further down has though... :thumbs:
http://www.memtechsolutions.com/
Didn't take long for dodgy shops to start pushing the price up :oh-hum:
Oh and the Game in Suchiehall Street has not got a Pod. Gamestation next to BHS further down has though... :thumbs:
dixons on argyle st has one too, right at the front next the 50" plasma that had stepps in concert blasting out on it. if only they combined the two, Stepps on the 360!!
On a side note, if you have an instore preorder check your reciept, ive found mine almost blank due to games crat reciept printer and the text being worn off!
im going to have a hard time trying to show at Game! ill have to try and get the light right and hope i dont get a dunce :p
http://www.memtechsolutions.com/
Didn't take long for dodgy shops to start pushing the price up :oh-hum:
Do MS allow that? At least game would have the decency to make you buy overpriced 3rd party peripherals rather than go above RRP.
Oh and the Game in Suchiehall Street has not got a Pod. Gamestation next to BHS further down has though... :thumbs:
They have sofas but no Pods? :shrug: .... Thanx for that, will pop into the Gamestation instead & watch the neds abuse their Pod. :nuts:
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 12:57
I know I said I wouldn't but I think I might pop to the two Asda's (Asdii?) near me around 11.30pm on the 1st :lol:
One of them is huge, open 24 hours but also a bit out of the way so I think I may get lucky there...
Edit: Actually there are three 24 hour Asda stores within three miles it seems...
neilalford
18-11-2005, 13:17
I'm still not convinced casual gamers buy that many games though (However, I imagine they are the primary consumer of most average games). After the trouble with the preorders how many people will just stick to ordering from people like Amazon and Play instead.
Not sure about Play, comments so far have suggested they're expecting hardly any 360's at all, got a pre-order with them on 18th of August but not expecting it to be filled to be honest.
Not sure about Play, comments so far have suggested they're expecting hardly any 360's at all, got a pre-order with them on 18th of August but not expecting it to be filled to be honest.
Play don't have shops that seem to have been given precedence over the online store though. It would be nice if companies were more open about preorder status since I doubt it would really effect profits to be honest with people.
billyblockhead
18-11-2005, 13:36
Anyone know how to cancel a pre-order through Game? I'm not interested in hanging on until after launch for one, Id rather take my chances at my 24 hour Tesco.
Anyone know how to cancel a pre-order through Game? I'm not interested in hanging on until after launch for one, Id rather take my chances at my 24 hour Tesco.
Just noticed I can't actually cancel via the website (not obviously anyway). Guess you phone them up and give them abuse for both the preorder fiasco and having a poorly designed website (not that the person you speak to has anything to do with it).
Going to have to do this at some point since there are game preorders attached to my account that they helpfully split off from the inital order of 360 + games.
DarthPearce
18-11-2005, 13:45
I may let Game deliver my 360 before xmas and then see the ebay value of them - you can return it to you local Game store for a full refund if there's no profit in them....
Retro - Have your spies not heard anything new in relation to launch day quantities then? I was sort of hoping that the nearer we get to launch, the more accurate the figures would be, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Has anyone seen a confirmed figure for the number of machines the US will have on Tuesday? (I did read that PD0 has had a 1:1 production ratio with hardware, with a figure of 700k quoted).
Hmm....Hopefully Amazon pull therr finger out. I've managed to wangle 2nd December off.
Bah my Woolies order has also changed to "Back Order". I asked the guy what this meant and he said it was standard for preorders but couldn't confirm if I would get one as they don't even know the launch date yet.
That fills me with confidence then. Asda opens at 8.30am round here, I'll be there from 6 it seems then.
Professor Abronsius
18-11-2005, 14:51
Yeah mine is showing as 'Back Order' also.
If you click on it you get this...
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT - Our suppliers do not have this item in stock but have placed an order, as soon as we have been notified that the item is available to fulfil we will charge your credit card. If you do not wish to wait, please use the cancel order button to cancel the item. We will be unable to give you a definite delivery date so please do not contact us to request this information. We will however, do order best to update your account if and when we have any updated information. Thank you for your patience. We will aim to despatch items in time for delivery on or before the EXPECTED DATE but please be aware this date IS NOT GUARANTEED.
Asda it is then... ;)
bravestar2000
18-11-2005, 15:05
the whole situation is a joke, ive just got back from my shop as i had to go in on my day off to ring everyone who had a preorder to let them now that anyone who preordered before 1st september may get one before christmas (note not release day, but before christmas, suggests a second batch delivered before christmas?) but anyone who preordered after then has more chance of being caled up for the brazil team for the next world cup
thank god im the manager, mine wil be safe ;-)
now wheres my ebay account..................lol
i thik ill go back to pc gaming for a while
Asda is going to be absolutely brutal at opening time.
On that Woolies thing - mine doesn't even have an expected date. At all.
I know I said I wouldn't but I think I might pop to the two Asda's (Asdii?) near me around 11.30pm on the 1st :lol:
One of them is huge, open 24 hours but also a bit out of the way so I think I may get lucky there...
Edit: Actually there are three 24 hour Asda stores within three miles it seems...
You so better steer clear of ASDA near the trafford center!!! :razz:
you can chance it at the others
and remember there is always middlebrook :D
Gillsfan
18-11-2005, 16:12
Sorry, I may be a bit slow here but why is everyone sticking to Asda? Wont the usual Tesco's & Sainsbury be allocated as many?
Ive pre-ordered from Amazon and am itching to find out their stock situation.. I'd be gutted if I missed out.
Going to keep an eye on Ebuyer around launch time as well - reckon they might have some stock as well.
mrwriter
18-11-2005, 16:53
You so better steer clear of ASDA near the trafford center!!! :razz:
you can chance it at the others
and remember there is always middlebrook :D
No, I'm not going to the Trafford Centre... I called them and they said they weren't getting any stock at all so there's no point...
;)
Gillsfan
18-11-2005, 18:06
Mate of min ordered in-store at Game on the 19/8 with a £20 deposit. Is he guaranteed one??
His serial number on the ticket is 1006.
Sorry, I may be a bit slow here but why is everyone sticking to Asda? Wont the usual Tesco's & Sainsbury be allocated as many?
I think because Asda = Wal-Mart :)
mikegray
18-11-2005, 18:08
Mate of min ordered in-store at Game on the 19/8 with a £20 deposit. Is he guaranteed one??
His serial number on the ticket is 1006.
Yes, apparently. Certainly before Christmas.
SpaceCoyote
18-11-2005, 18:23
Bah my Woolies order has also changed to "Back Order". I asked the guy what this meant and he said it was standard for preorders but couldn't confirm if I would get one as they don't even know the launch date yet.
That fills me with confidence then. Asda opens at 8.30am round here, I'll be there from 6 it seems then.
How do we know that "Back Order" is a bad thing?
Mine went from "Processing" to "Back Order" and hasn't moved since.
It's sounds right to me. They aren't shipping yet and should surely stay on Back Order until they are ready to ship.
We don't, the fact that he said that they can't guarantee anythin because they don't know the launch date is a bad thing.
I can't believe I am feeling so dissapointed at not being guaranteed a machine. It's a games device for christ sake :thinking: I am so lame :(
I orded a core unit and the hardrive and all the extras but still isent definate i will be getting the core unit before christmas :shrug:
alphatyrant
18-11-2005, 19:32
I know that we were supposed to be receiving updated info. on store allocations for 360 hardware today (and software tomorrow). I was off today so not sure how many we're getting...hopefully enough for me and my co-worker (4th and 1st respectively to pre-order).
Retronana
18-11-2005, 20:06
OK, spoke to a few buyers today and ran my figures passed both of them, both wouldn't confirm there allocations, but were prepared to pass on comments on a competitors allocation...bless em !
Both agreed the pencentage shares are about right, the HMV was slightly too low and the Virgin was slightly too high...but overall my figures were pretty good.
Remember with market share, the only figures that are made public is the overall 100% sales and therefore retail chain A knows how many they have sold and they get the percentage from there...they can work out what the rest of the market sold and they may get a breakdown of what type of store group the sales broke down to, Specialist, Specialist Chain, Generalist, Supermakets, and Web.
If MS have loads of stock waiting to be dumped into the UK market, then they are not telling retailers about it....the "Hype" rumour is just BS to be honest...its a real shortage IMHO
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Retronana/50K18-11-2005.jpg
UPDATE 18th November 2005
I understand that the split on the different 360 hardware SKU's at manufacture is 70-30, the 30 being the core packs, currently the retailers I have polled tell me that Core pack reservations are around 1-2% of the total preorder figure.
On a 50K ship, based on these figures, they would need to have only allocated 1000 Core units for the UK day one as opposed to the 15K we are likely to get :help:
The 360's should start shipping out to retail from Monday [based on a standard entertaiment distribution model], bulk drops like EUK,Virgin,Toys R Us, DSG, Game, Gamestation, HMV Merlin Park should start to show stock at their DC's by mid week.
Store front accounts like HMV, Indie Game store should be later in the week.
So its fairly likely then that Core 360s will be available for all on release date if wanted?
internetuser
18-11-2005, 20:56
just gone for the core pack, with extra controller and PD0 from currys due to the voucher doing the rounds and a cash back deal off 5% via my CC and an extra 2% cashback as it was a master card from said CC company.
Should work out @ £251
Still need to buy a HD and VGA lead, but its better than full rrp. (come on play voucher. . .)
They had the full packs in at 3pm today, when i was messing about looking for stuff, added it to cart, and it all went through, had no cc got home and it had gone again. . .
wollies have a new core pack in, game mem card for 277
If I do not get it on launch day i can wait, and if i do find a better deal i cancel it. ..
I hope so, I don't care about a chrome disc thingy or even a wireless pad, but I do want the system and HDD.
internetuser
18-11-2005, 20:58
nearly 70 notes for the HD ! just for live and saves. ouch
I bought a core unit with a Perfect dark zero and memory unit. i also bought the hardrive the headset a rgb scart lead and the universal remote controll and condemned call of duty 2 and pgr 3 also the joytech wired pad i will go wirless later on :)
nearly 70 notes for the HD ! just for live and saves. ouch
I am desperate. I might walk round town with a sandwich board on or something. :D
PREMIUM PACK ORDER
Console £280
2nd Wireless Pad £33
PGR3 £40
Madden 06 £40
3rd Game £40
TOTAL £433
CORE PACK ORDER
Console with 2nd pad/PGR3 £265
Madden 06 £40
3rd Game £40
Hard Drive £70
HD Cable £18
TOTAL £433
Now that is what my sums tell me if I order the Core Pack from Currys now with the £20 off voucher compared to my old plans. Now all I miss out on is the Remote and 2nd Wireless Pad (1 wired and 1 wireless instead), correct?
I'm very tempted now - its that annoying message of Due to short supply we are now unable to guarantee pre-Christmas delivery of new orders for this item. that is bothering me. Have they been told that or is it a staple message for all X360s on the site cos they haven't had confirmation as of yet?
mikegray
19-11-2005, 11:07
To add to the whole general mish-mash of (mis)information, my local Gamestation manager says he's been told he's getting a second batch of Xbox Premium in on the 15th of December and has been told they're getting far more copies of each game than they are consoles.
My local GAME says I can have one on launch if I get the £700 bundle. Ouch!
Just sent another email to Amazon to see if they are going to send confirmation emails out.
Bet I get a standard response :(
mrwriter
19-11-2005, 11:28
I'm very tempted now
Give in to the dark side mate. I already have. Was just thinking how tacky that chrome DVD drive looks ;)
I'm not ordering online though. No way. I think the cores should be easier to find on launch day so I'm gonna try and pick one up in-store - if that doesn't work out then it's not meant to be... I don't really want the core, but I'll take it reluctantly - no way I'm chasing around after one though. Not cancelling my Gameplay order until after the 2nd.
Popped into my local GAME, I'm 16th in the queue and I've been told I'll get one before Christmas. Sod Christmas, I want one at launch. I've got the day booked off.
I've got a load of games to trade in, they have quoted me £62 at Game and £70 at Gamestation, should I trade in at Game and hope that they will put together a decent bundle with the Console, or do I trade in at Gamestation and hope that they discount some of the games or accessories. What do you think?
Cheers
Ian
I want one at launch. I've got the day booked off.
I've got a load of games to trade in, they have quoted me £62 at Game and £70 at Gamestation, should I trade in at Game and hope that they will put together a decent bundle with the Console, or do I trade in at Gamestation and hope that they discount some of the games or accessories. What do you think?
Cheers
Ian
The way game have shafted me (and most online preorderers), I'd recommend going the Gamestation route. Game wont be getting any of my money again! :razz:
Thanks to a poster on the AV Forums, this is the list of stores selling Xbox 360s on release day. And note that its only Super stores which are doing it:
Basildon - 01268 884000
Bridge Of Dee - 01224 319319
Cardiff - 02920 613213
Derby - 01332 661 751
Eastlands (Manchester) - 0161 230 3500
Edinburgh - 0131 669 9151
Great Bridge - 0121 557 7822
Havant - 02392 445 800
Huyton - 0151 449 4600
Livingston - 01506 835 980
Minworth - 0121 313 7100
Patchway - 0117 317 2400
Pudsey - 0113 236 1222
Sheffield - 0114 263 5000
Swindon - 01793 707 770
Tamworth - 01827 302 180
Trafford Park - 0161 748 5841
Watford - 01923 250 380
Wigan - 01942 243 522[/i]
Zero near me so another option struck off :D
Need to give us a clue to which company this is mate. :thinking:
Hmm the one in Cardiff Bay is open 24 hours a day, I wonder if it's worth going down there for about 11pm ish.
Thanks to a poster on the AV Forums, this is the list of stores selling Xbox 360s on release day. And note that its only Super stores which are doing it:
Basildon - 01268 884000
Bridge Of Dee - 01224 319319
Cardiff - 02920 613213
Derby - 01332 661 751
Eastlands (Manchester) - 0161 230 3500
Edinburgh - 0131 669 9151
Great Bridge - 0121 557 7822
Havant - 02392 445 800
Huyton - 0151 449 4600
Livingston - 01506 835 980
Minworth - 0121 313 7100
Patchway - 0117 317 2400
Pudsey - 0113 236 1222
Sheffield - 0114 263 5000
Swindon - 01793 707 770
Tamworth - 01827 302 180
Trafford Park - 0161 748 5841
Watford - 01923 250 380
Wigan - 01942 243 522[/i]
Zero near me so another option struck off :D
The second one down is in Aberdeen, I may wander over on the off chance. :)
anephric
19-11-2005, 22:00
anephric fully intends to be at Derby Asda that night.
I'll fight any fool who doesn't come tooled up. Where's your tool!
I'll be at my local at midnight :)
mikegray
19-11-2005, 22:12
Might be worth a trip to Chavsda in Wigan for once then... we were in there tonight on the way to the cinema and there were no signs of anything indicating they'd be getting 360s, just a standard Xbox pod, and they don't seem to have the entertainment desk they used to have.
Need to give us a clue to which company this is mate. :thinking:
Doh! :brickwall :D
Hmm might have to pop to ASDA in cardiff towards midnight :)
How big are you Dan? Got a bad leg or dodgy limb I can take advantage of to beat you to the front of the queue ;)
Hmm might have to pop to ASDA in cardiff towards midnight :)
How big are you Dan? Got a bad leg or dodgy limb I can take advantage of to beat you to the front of the queue ;)
:lol:
The Cardiff store will not be getting more 360's than they did PSP's according to the manager - therefore we are scrapping over 10 consoles!
anephric fully intends to be at Derby Asda that night.
I'll fight any fool who doesn't come tooled up. Where's your tool!
see you there, with a very big tool :)
derthballs
20-11-2005, 12:33
I thought id chance my arm while in pc world yesterday and asked if they were taking pre orders. Amazingly i was told there wasnt a pre order list, first come first served when they come in, they did however say that PC World only were allocated 1000 xbox's for all its stores in the UK, so i cant see me battering down their door to be first there somehow :)
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