guess what i just saw at my local blockbuster : V - Skyrim

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:01 pm

How does a chain store make that kinda mistake? Usually if you scan a shipment it says when the game is supposed to release.

Same way they make the mistake of checking in product that releases on let's say Nov 11, 2011 but don't put it out on the shelf for a couple weeks, or until one of two things happen...

1. Some irate customer comes into the store demanding to know where their copy of "insert title name here" is since they called and were told they had 15 copies in the store, OR
2. One of the stock boys is an avid fan of the game and notices it sitting on a shelf in the stock room.

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:01 pm

just rang the local blockbuster

its NOT on the shelves there or any other store,as she checked...

i therefore declare this thread a blatent attention seeker and total bullshot pile of self indulgent tripe.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:27 am

http://memegenerator.net/cache/instances/400x/10/11017/11281867.jpg OP. You have good spirits.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/good-guy-greg#.TrmvvkOa9tk

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:57 am

yep skyrim. along with all the other releases that are supposed to come out tuesday, they assumed skyrim was too. it pained me more than you know to pass up skyrim early, and i hated being "that guy" but i told them it doesn't come out till friday and the manager was really grateful.

If true you took the moral high ground. I'm glad :tops:

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:44 pm

There are still Blockbusters?? For real??

yes very good of you :goodjob:

, i know people with weaker willpower (like me :banghead:

) would have bought the game and then may or may not have bragged about it :evil:

» Mon May 07, 2012 11:33 am

If I had the full money on me, I'd buy it.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:57 am

yep skyrim. along with all the other releases that are supposed to come out tuesday, they assumed skyrim was too. it pained me more than you know to pass up skyrim early, and i hated being "that guy" but i told them it doesn't come out till friday and the manager was really grateful.

Well done. I can fully understand not wanting to play before release day but you know what you should have done? You should have rented it and only created your character, then once you'd finished save, eject and return the game the same day. This way you could put however much time you wanted into char creation and when you get the game upon release you could just load and jump straight in.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:18 am

I wonder why they're going out of business

Because of Netflix. Nothing to do with their professionalism/business practice.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:45 am

And why would you not just buy it? :confused:

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:09 pm

Boggles me why you wouldn't buy it. What boggles me even more is people thanking you for "being that guy". I guess I like not being that guy. svcks for the people after you.

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:47 pm

That's exactly what I thought! What's next, Skyrim in Redbox? (Yes, I know it's just for DVDs but still, you never know....)

Redbox has rented games for sometime now.. $2 a night, might wanna get outside sometimes..

» Mon May 07, 2012 1:49 pm

Might as well have just had it brosus, there would have been no repurcussions and no one would have lost out, win, win (unless you care that a masive corporation may or may not, most likely not get sued). All your moral highground has gained you is a slower road to skyrim. I know i would have had it, but then again, im a bit of a cynical bastard.

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:08 pm

Beep you. Just kidding you did the right thing.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:21 pm

Why does everybody seem to care if somebody gets the game early? :facepalm:

Personally I'd like to wait just because the anticipation will add to the game to me, but I'm not going to get pissed if somebody else lucks up and finds it early... especially when we're 2 days and 6 hours away from launch.

» Mon May 07, 2012 6:19 am

just rang the local blockbuster

its NOT on the shelves there or any other store,as she checked...

i therefore declare this thread a blatent attention seeker and total bullshot pile of self indulgent tripe.

Thanks for raising the alarm.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:47 pm

This means that all (or most) stores already have their shipments, as one would expect.

» Mon May 07, 2012 2:58 pm

Why are people praising the OP? Is it for showering us with his sense of righteousness? Is it for being the unpaid Bethesda contract police? Is Todd Howard going to personally stop by his house and congratulate him? Something else?

Seriously, all you're praising is an astonishing irrational decision.

» Mon May 07, 2012 7:34 am

Odd how did they make that kind of mistake.

» Mon May 07, 2012 10:06 am

I call BS.

» Mon May 07, 2012 5:06 pm

yep skyrim. along with all the other releases that are supposed to come out tuesday, they assumed skyrim was too. it pained me more than you know to pass up skyrim early, and i hated being "that guy" but i told them it doesn't come out till friday and the manager was really grateful.

What is wrong with you?

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:01 pm

Why are people praising the OP? Is it for showering us with his sense of righteousness? Is it for being the unpaid Bethesda contract police? Is Todd Howard going to personally stop by his house and congratulate him? Something else?

Seriously, all you're praising is an astonishing irrational decision.

Cause it was the right thing to do.

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:06 pm

I think i will make a phonecall to the local game store..
Maybe they have skyrim :whistling:

» Mon May 07, 2012 9:04 pm

LOL; no true gamer would have passed on that opportunity :facepalm:

. You should not question the gifts of the gods, only accept them :tongue:

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:06 pm

I would have done the same thing. I just wouldn't have felt right exploiting the ignorance of an honest store to satisfy my impatience. Not hatin' or anything...

Maybe a little.

» Mon May 07, 2012 3:06 pm

....there are still actual Blockbuster stores? Wow. :tongue:

Why shouldn't there be? It's a very nice game retailer.