[General Discussion] Forced Pre-Order Picks '07

Originally Posted by SouthJag

And I work at a GameStop -- after having worked at EB Games pre-merger. Anyway, it's not like we're (well, not all of us, anyway) trying to force it down your throats, but yeah we get in seriously deep shit if we don't sell.

It's not like it'd hurt you guys to put $5 on a game you're interested in, anyway.

It does when it comes to launch day and every shop has the game $10-$20 cheaper than EB. Then you ask them to price match and they laugh and pour acid on your face!

"HAW HAW HAW NAAWWWW YOU PRE-ORDERED MAN, CAN'T BACK OUT NOW, PAY $100 NOW! ALL TROOPS GO GO GO"
"Then I'd like to cancel thanks!"
"NO! MY BULLETPROOF PLAN IS RUINED! WOULD YOU LIKE TO PRE-ORDER MY NEXT PLAN?"
"I will seriously consider it!"

I've noticed they don't tend to do it much over here now. Probably not worth it considering the only games Australia buys are Sims, Eye-Toy, Nintendogs, Singstar and V8 Supercars.

"Wanna pre-order Final Fantasy XII?"
"Does it have fully sick V8 Supercars burnin' up the track?"
".. No? But it does have an epic storyline and all sorts of characters"
"Are any of them puppies?"
"I don't.. I don't think so"
"I'm going home then!"

Jam it back in, in the dark.