XBOX 360 - Pricing madness begins!

kinster_2

daveboy wrote:

I went into Game today, in Leamington, it opened at 11am.

I went into Leamington thinking it would be open from 10am til 4pm.

As soon as the shutters went up to let the punters in, what I would call a 'typical British' thing happened.

Some dopey tw*t asked if they had any X-Box 360 consoles.

I couldn't believe my ears.

This country really is full of uneducated, brain dead people, many of which have too much time on their hands.

It may be sad, but when mine arrived I had a good laugh. Knowing that there would be many thickos driving around looking for one, when mine had been couriered to me (for free, too, via a discount code gained from viewing a thread on MSE).

We might be one of the better nations in the world, but we sure as hell haven't got the most intelligent people.

Well I did the same as you and ordered online with a discount code. But I wouldn't go around calling others unintelligent and/or thickos. Whuppeedoo, you got an XBOX 360 before some others. How intelligent!!!

daveboy

Well, sorry, but I would.

How long have people had to pre-order this console?

They then go into a shop 2 days after release asking for one. Despite the many things in the news about how they sold out within hours.

That is stupidity to me - and as I said, they have too much time on their hands. Must have been a dead end Sunday for them if they had time to chase something they must surely have known they wouldn't get.

I have sympathy for those let down who went to Amazon, and indeed Game, with pre-orders. But for those that go looking two days after release, that is just plain stupid.

kinster_2

daveboy wrote:

Well, sorry, but I would.

How long have people had to pre-order this console?

They then go into a shop 2 days after release asking for one. Despite the many things in the news about how they sold out within hours.

That is stupidity to me - and as I said, they have too much time on their hands. Must have been a dead end Sunday for them if they had time to chase something they must surely have known they wouldn't get.

I have sympathy for those let down who went to Amazon, and indeed Game, with pre-orders. But for those that go looking two days after release, that is just plain stupid.

Well, for all we know, he could be a millionaire who just got back from holiday and by the off-chance see if he could get one? So I wouldn't call someone (if they were) in this catergory unintelligent.

motorguy

daveboy wrote:

Well, sorry, but I would.

How long have people had to pre-order this console?

They then go into a shop 2 days after release asking for one. Despite the many things in the news about how they sold out within hours.

That is stupidity to me - and as I said, they have too much time on their hands. Must have been a dead end Sunday for them if they had time to chase something they must surely have known they wouldn't get.

I have sympathy for those let down who went to Amazon, and indeed Game, with pre-orders. But for those that go looking two days after release, that is just plain stupid.

Yup. Having said that there have been cases of people getting that one last machine that wasn't preordered - some game stores were like that for example...

kinster_2

agreed, I know someone who picked up a core package with games at the weekend from GAME without a pre-order

TeamMCS

daveboy wrote:

I went into Game today, in Leamington, it opened at 11am.

I went into Leamington thinking it would be open from 10am til 4pm.

As soon as the shutters went up to let the punters in, what I would call a 'typical British' thing happened.

Some dopey tw*t asked if they had any X-Box 360 consoles.

I couldn't believe my ears.

This country really is full of uneducated, brain dead people, many of which have too much time on their hands.

It may be sad, but when mine arrived I had a good laugh. Knowing that there would be many thickos driving around looking for one, when mine had been couriered to me (for free, too, via a discount code gained from viewing a thread on MSE).

We might be one of the better nations in the world, but we sure as hell haven't got the most intelligent people.

Yeah I know what you mean, as consumers this contry sucks..

Some of the stuff I've seen, I now work as a sales man.. We buy in playstation 2s at around 20 quid.. we sell them at 80..

... You know how we value a lot of stuff? Ebay.... Wouldn't take two seconds at home to realize you were being screwed.

*rolls eyes*

tjsmangina

daveboy wrote:

I went into Game today, in Leamington, it opened at 11am.

I went into Leamington thinking it would be open from 10am til 4pm.

As soon as the shutters went up to let the punters in, what I would call a 'typical British' thing happened.

Some dopey tw*t asked if they had any X-Box 360 consoles.

I couldn't believe my ears.

This country really is full of uneducated, brain dead people, many of which have too much time on their hands.

It may be sad, but when mine arrived I had a good laugh. Knowing that there would be many thickos driving around looking for one, when mine had been couriered to me (for free, too, via a discount code gained from viewing a thread on MSE).

We might be one of the better nations in the world, but we sure as hell haven't got the most intelligent people.

check out the big brain on dave :rotfl:


cant see the prolem myself,what if they did have one spare ? i know two people who got one on the off chance.ok they where only the core pack but who cares.14 million to one are the odds of winning the lottery but it doesnt stop people buying tickets ;)you dont ask you dont get.

burbs_2

daveboy wrote:

I went into Game today, in Leamington, it opened at 11am.

I went into Leamington thinking it would be open from 10am til 4pm.

As soon as the shutters went up to let the punters in, what I would call a 'typical British' thing happened.

Some dopey tw*t asked if they had any X-Box 360 consoles.

I couldn't believe my ears.

This country really is full of uneducated, brain dead people, many of which have too much time on their hands.

It may be sad, but when mine arrived I had a good laugh. Knowing that there would be many thickos driving around looking for one, when mine had been couriered to me (for free, too, via a discount code gained from viewing a thread on MSE).

We might be one of the better nations in the world, but we sure as hell haven't got the most intelligent people.

As long as it brightened up your day mate!!!

No doubt he wont be able to get one for a while, he will probably even leave it now for a few months when they are as common as dog shi!. Then he will get 1 for half the price as you paid, then whose the tw*t?

RevOnline

Here's something fun for you all. Especially if you are in Livingstone:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8239781361&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

It apparently seems to be the manager of the Livingstone game selling 8 of the stores 10 premium packs on Ebay. Hmmm.

Might be worth emailing Game to mention it - apparently one person that did got a £1 voucher for the online store for doing so. I didn't though.

Worth a try though.

W1zz

This could also be someone getting revenge on their local Game manager thats' let them down.

Check out the sellers name 'RobinWiliamson' ? As if the store manager would use his full name, that's if it is his name.

Also the feedback rating of (0) ?

I'm betting it's a fake / joke auction.