EB Store Update

Gamestop in midtown Manhattan: they tell me they'll get it the 26th. I'm glad I wussed out and didn't cancel my Amazon order, I think... it hasn't shipped yet.
 
For Canadians:

I called EB in Southcentre in Calgary last night and they said the 27th. I'm going to call them back today and see what they say. I don't know if it should be here a whole 2 days later than the states. I mean, it's only a couple more hours on a plane. I guess if maybe there are a lot of transfers, but we'll see.
 
Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody could give me an estimate of when to expect the game. I received an e-mail yesterday around 2:00 pm EST notifying me of a change in ship date, but the ship dat was 10/24... I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean...

My status still says Open however. I called the guy at the store and he said it would probably be in tommorow, but maybe today...

I've never pre-ordered a game for in-store pickup... Any thoughts on what to expect?

Sorry... I'm having serious problems being patient... I can't focus on my other work at all... Did you all receive this e-mail yesterday as well.. ?

Clip from the e-mail:

Dear EBgames Customer,

Thanks for pre-ordering from EBgames.com! As an added benefit to
placing an in-store pickup order through EBgames.com, we'll keep you
informed of ship date changes. We are writing to let you know that the
publisher has set a new ship date for Civilization IV COLL ED PC of 10/24/05.
 
Well, a bunch of us received this same email. Yet, it stills remains a mystery as to when the game will arrive at the store. I am optimistic that the email message was sent after the game was shipped and that it will be at the store today.

But that i me being very optimistic me thinks:D
 
alancsilver said:
Well, a bunch of us received this same email. Yet, it stills remains a mystery as to when the game will arrive at the store. I am optimistic that the email message was sent after the game was shipped and that it will be at the store today.

But that i me being very optimistic me thinks:D
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Yeah, I was optimistic too until I called Ebgames and Gamestop this morning and they both said tommorrow... and then I checked EBGames website and it's been changed back to ships 10/25/05... grrr.... :mad:
 
oxonian2001 said:
Rayanth: you are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray.

If this works, you must be much better looking than I am. Somehow, the line "Hey, baby, I'm just waiting for my computer game" has never been very effective for me...
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LOL... maybe that's it... or maybe I don't tell them I'm waiting for a video game... Something more creative like... I work for the company that runs the mall and I am surveying some of our customers to find out what we can do to make their shopping experiences better. If you are really ugly you may have to throw in some chance to win a mall gift certificate... lol... :goodjob:
 
Methos said:
Out of curiosity, which company is the dominant one? I worked for a company that merged with another and everything was supposed to be equal between the two. :lol: Yeah, right.

Sorry for the off topic.
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GameStop.

Fwiw, I will confirm a shipping delay - the game will be in stores WEDNESDAY after all :mad:
 
I live in New Orleans and the EBGames by me got looted during Katrina and is closed. If I want to get my mail I have to wait at the post office for 2-3 hours in line. UPS is running but slow. I pre-ordered online and hope to get it tommorrow. I think FEMA should airlift some copies in from Texas to help us with the boredom of no cable, high speed internet, and nightly curfews.
 
Now is the time to weep.
 
So does this mean that I shouldn't bother stopping by the Target, EBGames, and Office Depot on my way home this evening? Not that I'm obsessed or anything-- I need, umm, a new toothbrush... and some mechanical pencils... Yeah, that's it.

Oh well, I guess I have an extra night to actually get some work done on one of my 2 projects due at the start of November.
 
Hey Rayanth, any word for us Canucks? I called my local Ebay on Ottawa, Ontario and the guy said it was thursday, is there hoipe that it might be tomorrow?
 
Nooooooo,..... I work 12:00 to 8:30 tomarrow, so I WONT be able to pick it up! I was counting on today because I get off at 6:00 :(
 
I don't know how many times you guys have anticipated a realease of a game but anyways, here is how it works...Anytime you hear a "release date" it is really a shipping date. I have heard of people getting a game that day but it is very, very rare. So when the "release date" was placed on 10/25 it means most places will have it on the next day 10/26, like ebgames or gamespot. If you are really unlucky it won't get there until 10/27. I don't know why they tell people like last week telling us civ IV will be out 10/25. Really they should say 10/26. But watch any forum of a new game that has hit its "release date" and you see everyone saying they won't get thier copy till the next day....Anyways, just thought I 'd put this out there if it has not been said. They do it to torture game addicts
 
jameslacy3509 said:
I don't know how many times you guys have anticipated a realease of a game but anyways, here is how it works...Anytime you hear a "release date" it is really a shipping date. I have heard of people getting a game that day but it is very, very rare. So when the "release date" was placed on 10/25 it means most places will have it on the next day 10/26, like ebgames or gamespot. If you are really unlucky it won't get there until 10/27. I don't know why they tell people like last week telling us civ IV will be out 10/25. Really they should say 10/26. But watch any forum of a new game that has hit its "release date" and you see everyone saying they won't get thier copy till the next day....Anyways, just thought I 'd put this out there if it has not been said. They do it to torture game addicts
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james, I've been working very hard to try and tell everyone just this. However things were confused a little when EB and GameStop computers were changed to reflect an in-store date of 10/25 (our computers show the day we get it, not the day it ships, like online)

However, now that it's 10/25, our computers were changed back to an in-store date of 10/26, hence all the confusion.
 
Gamestop and EBgames have merged/got bought out, Gamestop bought them out for those that didnt know :)

So now they got basically a monopoly on the games market (in the U.S) :p

So anyway.......i wish i had Civ 4 :(
 
One EB Games store in Mannhattan i called a just now told me they'd have it on Wednesday.
 
"Thank you for contacting EBgames.com.
Thank you for contacting us regarding your order status. Currently, our
warehouse is in the process of packaging and shipping your order. It
will be in transit to you very soon."

What a bunch of crap...
 
I just called a gamestop and asked if there was any chance of them getting the game in before closing tonight. He told me to call back after 2pm.

Not sure what I will have to do to get it though:nono:
 
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