McPhee Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 There seems to be a thread on this every week... Nintendo havent confirmed stock allocation yet but they will do so soon. The only company that might know is GAME, and thats only because they control 60% of the market. It is much more likely though that GAME are unsing a drastic underestimate to confirm preorders. If you dont get a successful preorder theres still Sainsbury's/Tesco/Asda/countless other retailers that dont do preorders. As for the whole beating on HMV thing, they're prices aint that bad. Some cheap stuff in there at the moment (a lot of decent albums from years ago are only £5-£8). Charging £17 for old albums was a bit off but not really that suprising. They held a monopoly on anything that couldnt be bought in a supermarket. The only reason they're so cheap now is because the 'net was stealing a lot of their business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Got an email from HMV website saying I won't get mine on launch. Going to see if I can pick one up in store without pre-ordering (not on launch day...), then if I can, cancel from HMV, since it sounds like I might not even get one by Christmas from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabookerman Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I cancelled mine ever since i found out that my student discount wont work. What gayness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blender Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I got the email a while back confirming that hmv.co.uk would supply me one on launch. They said they would take my money yesterday but have not as far as i can tell. Anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 I got the email a while back confirming that hmv.co.uk would supply me one on launch. They said they would take my money yesterday but have not as far as i can tell. Anyone else? I'm surprised they intended to take it that early. Usually they don't charge you until it's despatched. Definitely read it right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakequaza Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Want my advice? Cancel and Pre-order at Argos if you're so agitated. They told me they still guarantee launch delivery on the phone today, and that way you have safe bet! Plus when you buy a Wii with a Wii game, the game only costs £29.99! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zechs Merquise Posted November 17, 2006 Share Posted November 17, 2006 Nah, HMV are no way as bad as the evil that is GAME!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannbrownn Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Well seeing as how this has turned into a free for all of attacking retailers: Most Game shops i have been in might as well just change there name to 'Sony Official Shop' Yes that is game as in GAME the retailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonmike04 Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Nah, HMV are no way as bad as the evil that is GAME!!! I'l have you know GAME have confirmed to people if their getting one they have saved alot of hassle eh? Also, on a further note, GAME have only confirmed the first 10-15 people I believe, as there is small print staying Units stocked may change, hinting towards NOE still not having a definite ammount of units yet. Its not the retailers, its Nintendo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Want my advice? Cancel and Pre-order at Argos if you're so agitated. They told me they still guarantee launch delivery on the phone today, and that way you have safe bet! Plus when you buy a Wii with a Wii game, the game only costs £29.99! Just done that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian DX Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 Its not the retailers fault that they don't know how many Wii's their getting. The store I work in doesn't have this information yet either. Neither does any of the other stores in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emasher Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 you think your hmv sucks the hmvs where i live only sell music and dvds not games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 18, 2006 Share Posted November 18, 2006 BIG NEWS HERE!!!! Was at work today at HMV, and as luck would have it one of the top bods from our central warehouse came in shopping, he said we are going to get 8000 Wii's (im not sure if it was at launch, or in the launch window), so this roughly works out at 30-40 per shop. However I expect Oxford Circus and Oxford Street to get more, and then the store I work at had 50 preorders so far and are 3rd in the company for games sales, and we expect to get ours for launch day. So if you ordered early you should be ok. Please note this does not count online, thats 8000 to the central warehouse for stores, the online service have their own warehouse in guernsey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Aonuma Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 i pre orderd my wii in HMV ( n.ireland ) on the 20th of OCT. i was 14th on the list. so ill get one on launch? its all payed for also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 i pre orderd my wii in HMV ( n.ireland ) on the 20th of OCT. i was 14th on the list. so ill get one on launch? its all payed for also. hmmm would have thought so, but like i said stores allocations could change depending on preorders, found out at work today that more info will be with us soon, as soon as i find out ill let you all know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4q2 Posted November 19, 2006 Share Posted November 19, 2006 Gamestation seem to be certain they will fill pre-orders....walking past the shop I ordered mine from have stuck a A4 sized notice in the window saying a pre-order now will guarantee Wii at launch. I'm certain they will have 50+ spoken for by now. (They were up to 46 on the list a few weeks ago when I enquired on behalf of my g/f) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 Gamestation seem to be certain they will fill pre-orders....walking past the shop I ordered mine from have stuck a A4 sized notice in the window saying a pre-order now will guarantee Wii at launch. I'm certain they will have 50+ spoken for by now. (They were up to 46 on the list a few weeks ago when I enquired on behalf of my g/f) Yeah i noticed that too, guess theyre getting a lot more Wiis than they thought. Was only a few weeks ago when the guy in there was telling people they'd taken double the preorders they should have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted November 20, 2006 Share Posted November 20, 2006 yeah think maybe some retailers are getting more than they thought, the bloke at work said they were getting 1600 more than expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthbane2k Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 These bastards continue to infurate me. ALL WHO HAVE PRE-ORDERED AT A HMV STORE, BEWARE! I SAID BEWARE!!! 1) An HMV employee at the Oxford St store telephone line said that their computers have no record of the ORDER of pre orders, its not first come first served. There have been 279 pre orders at this store (and they continue to accept pre orders!) they do NOT know what they have been allocated and as there is no record of the order of pre-orders, they will require pre-order customers to queue for their console on launch day. i.e, if you pre ordered first, yet show up late on 8th december, you may not get a Wii. 2) A HMV customer services staff member told a diffent story. HMV refuse to reveal allocations at this stage HMV continue to accept pre orders HMV know the order of pre-order customers (1st come 1st served) but REFUSE to disclose infomation to the customer about where they are in the queue, because they consider it "irrelevant" I MADE A GRAVE MISTAKE PRE ORDERING WITH HMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitanze Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Indeed you have. Use the power of negative grapevine to hamper their sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Negative grapevine? What's that David Brent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitanze Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Negative grapevine? What's that David Brent? Grapevine is a business term for unofficial word of mouth, attach negative to it and you have verbal communication via human mouths that is bad. So in this case it would involve Darth doing what hes doing now going to every single possible forum he can go to and complaining about HMVs business practices, making a video and posting on Youtube like some people are doing, talking to family/friends about it, telling random people on the streets and shouting them lunch, even getting random women and maybe men and give them sexual favours in exchange for listening to his story to STAND UP TO THE EVILS OF A PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE CORPORATE WORLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintendork Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 Liek taht? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthbane2k Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Grapevine is a business term for unofficial word of mouth, attach negative to it and you have verbal communication via human mouths that is bad. So in this case it would involve Darth doing what hes doing now going to every single possible forum he can go to and complaining about HMVs business practices, making a video and posting on Youtube like some people are doing, talking to family/friends about it, telling random people on the streets and shouting them lunch, even getting random women and maybe men and give them sexual favours in exchange for listening to his story to STAND UP TO THE EVILS OF A PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE CORPORATE WORLD. Oh brother... I have a RIGHT to be angry - HMV are making a total mess out of this Wii launch before its even happened. Any reasonable person would agree with me. Furthermore, other people who have preordered with HMV deserve to know that 1) HMV claim to have no idea about stock allocation 2) HMV are refusing to verify the order of customers who made preorders All in all, if you really wanted a Wii at launch and pre-ordered with HMV, you should be very very concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaight Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I think I can understand the frustration. Nintendo tightly controlling the supply is one thing, HMV blindly taking preorders at £30 is something else. The likes of Amazon and GAME are managing this much better in a way that is more considerate to their customers. My local GAME store turned away my friend the other day saying GAME couldn't guarantee him a unit. I don't think HMV is alone in it though, and wii alone will not make HMV a bad store either because it has other positives, but nontheless darth's criticism of HMV is perfectly understandable and rational (OTT the phraseology may be). There is a possible scenario that those who shop at a highstreet on the 8th get Wii before those who pre-ordered at a dodgy outlet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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