just checked your links, the local one has an instore pick up option but its not on the site. :/
now I just gotta weigh the bonuses from the caravan/classic pack.
Hate to derail the topic but which one looks better to you guys from an RP point of view, and a buyers point of view?
They all show not sold in stores under the availability column for me, but it does show my local store address at the top of the page. I guess my local store doesn't do ship to store for pre-orders. That's fine with me since it will be delivered to me on release day, and I won't have to get dressed and go pick it up. I'll just have to patiently await the UPS, FedEX or whoever it will be sent through.
Which pack you end up getting really depends on what kind of character you want to RP. I liked the caravan pack since you play the role of a messenger, it's possible you might have traveled with a caravan. In F3, I always boosted my repair skill because I liked to be able to field repair my own weapons, so the repair kits are a plus. But a messenger is kind of generic, so a wasteland messenger can be any type of character that could be believable with any pre-order pack. I thought of going for the classic pack for the canteen since I plan to play on hardcoe mode, and from a post from one of the devs. here, the canteen from the classic pack will be the only canteen in the game. Since I'm playing on PC, I'm sure someone will make a canteen mod.
I'm curious as to how walmart can be sold out of a pre-order? I just want the game I don't need all the extra junk that comes in the collectors edition, but it looks like I'm gonna have to order that since they are sold out of just the game for ps3
I can understand selling out of the CE, since I think there's a limited number of them. Maybe they're showing sold out on the regular version because the promotion with the gift card was limited quantity. Keep checking, it might come back in stock in a day or two without the gift card promo.