PS3 - Argos taking pre-orders now

felix65

even if u buy to sell at not much more than actual price its worth it , just get the points from the credit card

executiverocker

yeah im staying out of this one since they messed up big time with the wii

masterwai

just purchased one of these!

what happened with the wii?

thanks

llol_slim

Idiophreak wrote:

has anyone else been slightly put off preordering with argos after the has they made of the wii?

to be fair, that was not argos' fault, but they didn't help the situation.
The problems with the Wii was that not everyone who pre-ordered got a wii delivered on release day (8th Dec).

People didn't like the way Argos dealth with letting people know whether they got one or not, it came down to waiting on the 7th dec to see if you got the automated phone call saying you got one. If you rang CS they couldn't tell you (even AFTER you had the auto phone call - i tried!)
It was all up in the air until the very last minute.

I was one of the luckys who managed to bag myself one, and no, I wasn't first in queue to pre-order, in fact I pre-ordered late November.

Basically, some consoles were help up and the way it was decided whether you got one was down to where you were in relation to the delivery depots that were assigned a shipment.
I live within 20 mile radius hence getting one. Some people who ordered really early on thought they would be safe as they could apply the "first come, first served" rule which most shops use, unfortunately, in the case it came down to location.

So after my little story, the only reason to be worried about argos is their (then) lame communication. But if they learned anything from the Wii experience, then they won't be making the communication error again.

If i had the money (and the HD TV) I would pre-order from argos (or mebbe somewhere where I could collect.. I HATE waiting for deliveries!!!!)
Just to massive 2 cents

deddogblues

thegingerbreads wrote:

PS3's are exempt from the 30 day money back guarantee, in effect you can't take it back because you don't want it, unless it's faulty !!

Unless you order online for home delivery then you can return it within seven days under the distance selling regulations.

C00kie_2

See my post here, it doesn't have the symbol excluding it from returns.

pavlovs_dog

it not being listed as exempt from the moneyback guarantee is a glitch yet to be picked up on. it will be exempt from the moneyback guarantee because all consoles/hardware is exempt from the moneyback guarantee.

also, do not be fooled into thinking that the distance selling regulations offer a cop out. if you order for home delivery but break the security seal on the box which the console comes in, it is almost certain that refund will be refused.

applehead_3

Don,t break the seal then!

poopscoop

Bigmonty69 wrote:

They take payment now.

Don't think they can do that.

llol_slim

poopscoop wrote:

Don't think they can do that.

they can, and they do