MATtheHAT Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 ShopTo have started processing the PS4 preorders, just got my email. Also looks like they are combining them with the game preorders which is nice, usually they just do everything separately.
Jamba Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Hmmm, the plot thickens. Could be all bullshit, but it's pretty interesting nonetheless:http://kotaku.com/rumor-foxconn-interns-and-alleged-ps4-sabotage-claims-1466539573?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow Wasn't aware that the manufacturer had changed. It would explain a few things, if not simply that Sony is not in direct control of their quality control and working conditions. I still think all of this squawking about the release hardware is a massive over reaction as it will be with the Xbox One when it inevitably happens with that just as it did with the Wii U.
S.C.G Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 So this is the e-mail that ShopTo are sending out to everyone... Dear Customer, The wait for PlayStation 4 is almost over! We are now just a couple of weeks away from the launch of Sony's next generation console. To ensure your pre-order is dispatched as smoothly as possible please take the time to read the key payment and delivery information below. Payment: Due to the enormous demand for PlayStation 4 we will start processing pre-orders from Saturday 16th November 2013 to allow us time to prepare. There are three payment options available to you: 1. Wait until the 16th of November and we will attempt to charge your card then. Please ensure your card details with us are up-to-date and that you have sufficient funds available on the 16th as if your card is rejected we will not attempt to charge it again for a couple of days, causing a delay in your pre-order being processed and packed. 2. Pay now. You can log into your ShopTo account any point up until the 16th and pay for your PlayStation 4 and any other games or accessories you may have up front. By paying now you can relax safe in the knowledge everything is paid for without risk of payment failing. You can pay in advance by visiting the pre-orders section of your account and clicking either the "Pay with PayPal" or "Pay with card" button. 3. Finance. You can apply for finance now on your PlayStation 4 console. If you have other PlayStation 4 launch games and accessories on pre-order you can also use our 'Finance Basket' to finance them all together! With flexible deposits and adjustable monthly payments finance is a great way to pay for your PlayStation 4, plus you could pre-order additional PlayStation 4 products for just a few extra pounds a month. For more details on PlayStation 4 finance click here. Dispatch & Delivery: - We will be dispatching all PlayStation 4 launch products you have pre-ordered together in the same box. As we will begin processing pre-orders from the 16th please ensure you have pre-ordered all the PlayStation 4 items you want to arrive with your console before this time. If you pre-order additional PlayStation 4 products after the 16th they will be dispatched separately. - You PlayStation 4 will be dispatched via DPD courier. With DPD you get the convenience of a one hour delivery window, provided to you on the morning of delivery. DPD send this information via e-mail and text message so please ensure you have your mobile number on file with us. DPD also provide a "Follow My Parcel" service that will allow you to track your delivery in real time. A link provided via e-mail and text message will let you track the delivery vehicle's live position and place in the queue, plus will narrow your delivery window down to 15 minutes! - All pre-orders will be dispatched on Thursday 28th November for delivery on Friday 29th November (mainland UK only), the official release date of PlayStation 4. While we may mark your pre-order as dispatched prior to this time this will only be to confirm your order has been packed and is ready for delivery on the 29th. We hope this answers any questions you may have regarding your PlayStation 4 pre-order. The most important immediate information is to note that we will start charging pre-orders from Saturday 16th November (this weekend!), so if you've still yet to make a final decision on the games and accessories you'd like for launch please ensure you do so as soon as possible. Please remember to update your account if necessary with your mobile number! Kind Regards, The ShopTo Team I only received this e-mail today - four times over no less! - and I don't appear to have actually been charged yet... there hasn't been a problem with my card that I use to pay for my orders on ShopTo so I'm wondering if they have tried to charge it yet or if they just have so many orders to get through, I think it's the latter. Probably just reading too much into the exact wording, I am curious though have anyone else's cards been charged? Also which bundle did you go for? I'm just curious as they might be processing them in batches - standard PS4/Killzone pack/Mega Bundle - after all it's a huge operation so surely they have to make it a bit easier to process so it probably won't all be processed based on pre-order date - in case it's relevant I pre-ordered on June 11th 2013 - but anyway, should be interesting to see how they process it all. : peace:
liger05 Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Shopto are charging already. That seems way too early. I dont expect Amazon to charge me until next Monday at the earliest.
CoolFunkMan Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Wasn't aware that the manufacturer had changed. It would explain a few things, if not simply that Sony is not in direct control of their quality control and working conditions. I still think all of this squawking about the release hardware is a massive over reaction as it will be with the Xbox One when it inevitably happens with that just as it did with the Wii U. There's no doubt that these claims of "massive" hardware failures are always overblown. A few units go wrong, and the consumers that bought them are up in arms over it, then it's fueled by the mass-media and fanboys of the opposition. It always happens every console generation. We'll just have to wait and see how the PS4's hold out, and for the majority, I don't see there being issues. However, the whole Foxconn situation is definitely an interesting one. If the rumor is true, then I can sort of see why the workers have gone and done that. If the horror stories of their working conditions is as bad as reported, then who can blame them. That said, it's the company that should take the slack, not the gamers who buy their consoles on release. Either way, there's a whole moral grey area here, who really is at fault, who should take the slack? Hopefully, people open their eyes to the whole Foxconn situation in the future. Although I don't see that being the case, considering people are just going to moan about how their consoles don't work, then blame Sony.
Cookyman Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 So this is the e-mail that ShopTo are sending out to everyone... I only received this e-mail today - four times over no less! - and I don't appear to have actually been charged yet... there hasn't been a problem with my card that I use to pay for my orders on ShopTo so I'm wondering if they have tried to charge it yet or if they just have so many orders to get through, I think it's the latter. Probably just reading too much into the exact wording, I am curious though have anyone else's cards been charged? Also which bundle did you go for? I'm just curious as they might be processing them in batches - standard PS4/Killzone pack/Mega Bundle - after all it's a huge operation so surely they have to make it a bit easier to process so it probably won't all be processed based on pre-order date - in case it's relevant I pre-ordered on June 11th 2013 - but anyway, should be interesting to see how they process it all. : peace: I'm the same as you and received an email (twice) today. It says they started processing on the 16th I'm assuming we've just received emails as we are the next lot to be processed. I wouldn't worry as long you have enough cash in your bank and your cards valid you'll be fine. If your really worried just pay for it now.
S.C.G Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I'm not really worried as such, just interested to see if anyone here had been charged yet. Ten days to go!
MATtheHAT Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 My status changed to 'processing' sometime yesterday. Although they do state that they are not shipping until the 28th. I just have the basic console bundle, and I'm really indecisive of what game to get. I'm only getting one boxed retail game at launch, but can't decide between KZ: SF or BF4.
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I never got the email warning me that they'd be processing early and had my receipt email Sunday. Not very good at all from ShopTo.
ReZourceman Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I never got the email warning me that they'd be processing early and had my receipt email Sunday. Not very good at all from ShopTo. You paid already though?
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 You paid already though? Yeah but what if I hadn't?
Cube Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 What if they didn't send the processing early email because it was already paid?
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 What if they didn't send the processing early email because it was already paid? I've hears from other people who haven't paid yet that either got the email late or not at all
Shorty Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I only received this e-mail today - four times over no less! I heard that you're going to get charged once for each email you received
S.C.G Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 I heard that you're going to get charged once for each email you received Haha, imagine the chaos that would cause if it were to happen. I do find it funny though that ShopTo nearly always without exception end up sending an e-mail twice to tell you that your game/console has been shipped, they tend to do the same with texts as well. But they seem to deliver most of the time so I suppose the inadvertent spam is excusable.
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Here we go http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-11-18-shopto-apologises-to-ps4-pre-order-customers-after-taking-money-without-warning
Ashley Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Surely when you pre-order you know you'll be charged when its shipped and you have a rough idea when it's to be shipped. It would be nice to have a warning, but if you've not got the money in your account 11 days before the console launch...well...
S.C.G Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 So people who pre-ordered are now complaining that ShopTo are taking the money for it in advance? I know it's a little early plus the late e-mail thing could be inconvenient for some but still, you'd think that if you pre-order a console or anything for that matter; if you intend on keeping that order then it's reasonable to assume that you have the money to pay for it a week or two in advance/will be able to in a month thanks to credit card.
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Surely when you pre-order you know you'll be charged when its shipped and you have a rough idea when it's to be shipped. It would be nice to have a warning, but if you've not got the money in your account 11 days before the console launch...well... ShopTo have a release date posted, people would budget around that date not just assume that it would be processed 2 weeks early. This is ShopTos problem.
Ashley Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 ShopTo have a release date posted, people would budget around that date not just assume that it would be processed 2 weeks early. This is ShopTos problem. Genuine question (as I don't know) but is this release date the 29th or a date they have posted saying "payments will be taken on this date"?
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Genuine question (as I don't know) but is this release date the 29th or a date they have posted saying "payments will be taken on this date"? Release date. I just think that 2 weeks, while understandable if they want to get things started because there are a lot of orders is a long enough time that not everyone will have the money ready and ShopTo messed up by not getting the warning email out. Im not sure I believe them as well that they claim they did send it out and it just didnt make it to everyone. Last weekend when they did the same thing I saw Facebook posts and Tweets warning people before hand.
Sheikah Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Surely when you pre-order you know you'll be charged when its shipped and you have a rough idea when it's to be shipped. It would be nice to have a warning, but if you've not got the money in your account 11 days before the console launch...well... I 100% agree with this and was going to post similar. There's a guy mentioned in that Eurogamer article (Findus? Neigh...) that is complaining that he doesn't have enough money in his account until he gets paid in a week or something and will be pushed into his overdraft. Unbelievable that his fault is with ShopTo and not his living on the edge spending lifestyle. Some people are bloody dense.
Ashley Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Release date. I just think that 2 weeks, while understandable if they want to get things started because there are a lot of orders is a long enough time that not everyone will have the money ready and ShopTo messed up by not getting the warning email out. Im not sure I believe them as well that they claim they did send it out and it just didnt make it to everyone. Last weekend when they did the same thing I saw Facebook posts and Tweets warning people before hand. Fault lies on both sides a little bit then; ShopTo could have made it clearer and people could have been more financially prepared. And regarding the emails they could obviously be lying, but mass-emailing is a bitch. We always have problems with it at work as different providers block, bounce etc our emails, even important ones like offering places. It's a bit of a 'mare.
Happenstance Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 Only found out during the GB livestream but I think its pretty cool that you can now plug headphones directly into the controller to get game audio if you want to listen that way instead of having to run a cable however far.
Cookyman Posted November 18, 2013 Posted November 18, 2013 1tb drive is on it's way. Turtle Beach headset is on it's way. PS4 will soon be on it's way! Excited? Me? .....................Fuck Yeah!
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