Ziggy Stardust
Absolutely Sane
In may I had a little luck with some cash. Now since there's only one particular game on the PlayStation 3 I like, I never considered buying one. But now since I had some cash, I thought: sod it.
Walked into the shops, got myself a PlayStation 3 and asked for the NHL 2012 game. The PlayStation they could do, the game had to be ordered. Not wanting to walk out gameless I took Red Dead Redemption as a temporary substitute.
After a couple of weeks of waiting, I decided to check with the guys at the shop. They told me they ordered the game, but nothing had come in yet. So I cancelled the order, and thought I'd order it online on bol.com. a 3 to 7 day waiting period. Great! After 8 days, nothing. Checked the order: it said expected to come in yesterday. Mailed them, they told me it could be another 3 to 4 weeks. 1 week later, I got mail. Can't be ordered, here's your money back.
I tried 3 online shops so far. Hampered by not having a credit card (deliberately) I have to do with Dutch shops. Online and offline, game is nowhere to be found. Not even second-hand. A mate of mine does have a credit card, and he was willing to order the game on Amazon for me. By now it's July and NHL 2013 is coming out in September, so I'm not willing to pay 50 dollar for a game I'll only play for 2 months. No worries, they've got 30 dollar second hand ones.
But of course, they won't ship second hand games across the ocean
I've been trying to buy a game for close to 3 months now. And they just won't sell it to me. No wonder the world is in crisis with this attitude.
So now I have a PS3 and 1 game. But it's not the game I want.
edit: For a more accurate title, add "By Ziggy" to it.
Walked into the shops, got myself a PlayStation 3 and asked for the NHL 2012 game. The PlayStation they could do, the game had to be ordered. Not wanting to walk out gameless I took Red Dead Redemption as a temporary substitute.
After a couple of weeks of waiting, I decided to check with the guys at the shop. They told me they ordered the game, but nothing had come in yet. So I cancelled the order, and thought I'd order it online on bol.com. a 3 to 7 day waiting period. Great! After 8 days, nothing. Checked the order: it said expected to come in yesterday. Mailed them, they told me it could be another 3 to 4 weeks. 1 week later, I got mail. Can't be ordered, here's your money back.
I tried 3 online shops so far. Hampered by not having a credit card (deliberately) I have to do with Dutch shops. Online and offline, game is nowhere to be found. Not even second-hand. A mate of mine does have a credit card, and he was willing to order the game on Amazon for me. By now it's July and NHL 2013 is coming out in September, so I'm not willing to pay 50 dollar for a game I'll only play for 2 months. No worries, they've got 30 dollar second hand ones.
But of course, they won't ship second hand games across the ocean
I've been trying to buy a game for close to 3 months now. And they just won't sell it to me. No wonder the world is in crisis with this attitude.
So now I have a PS3 and 1 game. But it's not the game I want.
edit: For a more accurate title, add "By Ziggy" to it.