Best Buy Pre-Orders

infoghost · Post by **infoghost** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 12:29 pm

I've never done one of these before (buy one of the 10$ boxes BB sells as pre-orders) but I grabbed the Guild Wars one today.

How does the 'pre-order' part work at BB? Do I get 10$ off the retail game when it's released? I guess I'd just bring in the reciept? There was nothing in the box or anything regarding this. Or is it just a way for them to get 10 extra bucks off me?

Charlatan · Post by **Charlatan** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:06 pm

infoghost wrote:I've never done one of these before (buy one of the 10$ boxes BB sells as pre-orders) but I grabbed the Guild Wars one today.

How does the 'pre-order' part work at BB? Do I get 10$ off the retail game when it's released? I guess I'd just bring in the reciept? There was nothing in the box or anything regarding this. Or is it just a way for them to get 10 extra bucks off me?

From what I've seen, you bring in your receipt that shows you pre-paid, and you get a discount of the same amount when purchasing the game. I'm not sure if they hold back any copies or anything like that.

Dramatist · Post by **Dramatist** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 2:04 pm

I've never pre-ordered anything from Best Buy. The one near me usually doesn't get games on release day anyway, unless it's a huge title. I couldn't even get Sims 2 on release day at my Best Buy.

dangerballs · Post by **dangerballs** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:15 pm

I preorder the Frozen Throne there in order to get the free figure. All you get is $10 off the price of the game. They don't hold onto the games for you, so you still need to show up early for some games. If you have a rewards card, you can sometimes get bonus points for reservations, but other than that, its just putting $10 toward the payment.

D.A.Lewis · Post by **D.A.Lewis** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 3:38 pm

Just Say No

Last year I preordered Armed and Dangerous. When I finally got around to buyin and paying for the game and got up to the check stand to pay for the game, they said I had to go to the customer service desk to get my money back.

It was during the holidays and the customer service desk at Best Buy is always a mess. It's a huge hassle and not worth it.

Because bottom line, games are not a limited commodity. They will always be there at some future date. So unless you are getting a tremedous goodie I would just say no to Best Buy pre orders.

wankerjr · Post by **wankerjr** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 5:17 pm

dangerballs wrote:I preorder the Frozen Throne there in order to get the free figure. All you get is $10 off the price of the game. They don't hold onto the games for you, so you still need to show up early for some games. If you have a rewards card, you can sometimes get bonus points for reservations, but other than that, its just putting $10 toward the payment.

Exactly. I "pre-ordered" Max Payne 2 and they were sold out when I went in to get it. I did the same thing for Deus Ex: IW (though they were not sold out) and returned it unopened. I was only credited the price - $10 since I did not return the pre-order item - pretty expensive shirt. I will never "pre-order" from Best Buy, CompUSA, or Fry's.

infoghost · Post by **infoghost** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 7:23 pm

Thanks. To be clear, I didn't buy it to RESERVE it - I just wanted the beta access and whatnt, and since I am buying it anyhow, I figured what harm could it do. I've never reserved a game to 'make sure I have a copy' as there are always plenty to be found.

I just wanted the extra stuff.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:06 pm

I never pre-order. When was the last time a game actually sold out?

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:12 pm

Dirt wrote:I never pre-order. When was the last time a game actually sold out?

I almost never do either. I made an exception when Amazon was pre-selling Battle for Middle Earth for $15 a couple of months ago (the game will sell for $50 when it comes out in December).

Hansey · Post by **Hansey** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:02 pm

I rarely pre-order either, however, the hubby and I recentky pre-ordered the World of Warcraft Collectors Edition (a copy each). I know there won't be any problem getting our hands on a copy of World of Warcraft come release day, but we weren't entirely certain about the availability of the CE... remember what happened with the UT2K4 DVD edition?

Anyway, we *didn't* pre-order from Best Buy... they didn't even have it available for pre-order, and I guess I'm glad because I didn't realize the hassle involved.

Zathras · Post by **Zathras** » Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:55 pm

Once I noticed that the local Best Buy got a good portion of their PC games in close to a week after the regular game stores (i.e. Software Etc.) I decided to pass on their "pre-order" deals. Hey, at least with the other guys, they reserved a copy for me and the game was there the day it was released...

Greggy_D · Post by **Greggy_D** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 5:02 pm

Dirt wrote:I never pre-order. When was the last time a game actually sold out?

Madden 2005 Xbox at my local EB. They only had pre-order copies in on release day. I was out of luck walking in off the street.

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