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The Official GTA IV Thread of Drunk Driving! (pg. 9)
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by sweds00
Dude, I think its time to go a little deeper than talking with the manager. It sounds like you royaly got screwed by these people. |
http://kotaku.com/385487/your-games...-be-meaningless
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We really hope that if you were one of the bazillions who threw down a tenner on a reserved copy of Grand Theft Auto IV at your local GameStop or EBGames, that you've already acquired your prize. If not, we wish you good luck and godspeed! An employee writes to us today about what he calls "some disturbing marching orders from corporate" that basically say that your pre-order doesn't guarantee your copy won't be sold to the next walk-in customer. In fact, "we are being told to specifically disregard our reservation customers, who have payed a deposit on this game in exchange for a guarantee of availability, for walk-in customers."
As you read, remember this is business, it's nothing personal. The alleged "marching orders" are after this.
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GTA Walk-in Goals
Attention District Managers:
As you are aware, GTA IV is going to be a huge seller for all retailers. We expect that this is going to be advertised in all the major Sunday circulars, and this is going to bring an influx of new customers to all stores.
Hosting midnight events gives us a huge advantage over our competitors ONLY if we commit to taking care of these new customers during this launch. In order to reward you and your stores for committing to selling to walk-in customers, we will be providing a walk-in goal for each store and DM on the regular editions only for GTA IV.
Your walk-in goals are calculated by multiplying your anticipated reservations by your historical Reservation Pick-up % on like titles. This amount is subtracted from your launch allocation to yield the amount of product that you can have set aside for walk-in customers. See below for the walk-in goals that have been set for your market. The number one district manager in each region in actual walk-in sales vs. goal will receive a $500 cash prize. The number one store in each region in walk-in sales vs. goal will be rewarded with a free copy of GTA IV regular edition for every associate on that store team.
Happy Selling! |
Happy selling? I'm sure they're just beaming with joy! Hey, to some degree, we can understand. What the hell's taking you so long? Get over to GameStop already? On the other hand, aren't you going to burn bridges with your repeat customers, GameStop?
We hope that if you did put your money down for a pre-order that you've already picked up your copy. We also hope that you'll remember this the next time your pushed to pre-order from your lovable GameStop wage-slave. Thanks to our friends at GameStop for the heads up. |
In somewhat relevant news, I did manage to get a copy (though it also came with plenty of attitude).
Totally worth the hassle, one of the most amazing games I've ever played and I've barely scratched the surface.
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| CyclonesWorld |
lol see that's what I was talking about :P
It happens a lot at Gamestop with big releases it seems.
I walked into Target yesterday around noon and had no problem scoring my copy of GTAIV :) |
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| CGRumler |
Can anyone point me to a tracklist of the "Electro" radio station or maybe even have somebody whip one up?
I noticed a Deadmau5 and Justice track on there while I was playing, yesterday; as well as another track that I couldn't ID. |
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| AirPole |
| quote: | Originally posted by CGRumler
Can anyone point me to a tracklist of the "Electro" radio station or maybe even have somebody whip one up?
I noticed a Deadmau5 and Justice track on there while I was playing, yesterday; as well as another track that I couldn't ID. |
* Padded Cell - "Signal Failure"
* Black Devil Disco Club - "The Devil in Us (Dub)"
* One + One - "No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix)"
* Alex Gopher - "Brain Leech(Bugged mind remix)"
* K.I.M. - "B.T.T.T.T.R.Y. (Bag Raiders Remix)"
* Simian Mobile Disco - " and Acid"
* Nitzer Ebb - "Let Your Body Learn"
* Kavinsky - "Testarossa (Sebastian Remix)"
* Chris Lake vs. Deadmau5 - "I Thought Inside Out (Original Mix)"
* Boys Noize - "& Down"
* Justice - "Waters of Nazareth"
* Killing Joke - "Turn to Red"
* Playgroup - "Make it Happen"
* Liquid Liquid – "Optimo"
By the way, this is the best game ever. I can't stop playing it. It's so immersive. |
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| Vitek06 |
| quote: | | By the way, this is the best game ever. I can't stop playing it. It's so immersive. |
+1 |
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| KiNeTiC ENeRgY |
| I haven't pre-ordered anything game related since the day Dreamcast was released, and I got mine with no problems. I'm not surprised to see pre-orders being sold to walk-ins. However, if u did pre-order and u don't pick it up that day, I don't see why they should hold it any longer, IMO. |
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| CyclonesWorld |
| quote: | Originally posted by CGRumler
Can anyone point me to a tracklist of the "Electro" radio station or maybe even have somebody whip one up?
I noticed a Deadmau5 and Justice track on there while I was playing, yesterday; as well as another track that I couldn't ID. |
The DJ on The Journey radio station is hillarious |
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| TigerClaw |
| My copy of GTA4 arrived in the mail today. :) |
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| Ted Promo |
| Finally up to my third hideout. I almost refuse to do Brucie's racing mission because of the driving in this one, and I haven't found it to be pivotal at all. I finally got online and played a bit of free mode, epic. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ted Promo
Finally up to my third hideout. I almost refuse to do Brucie's racing mission because of the driving in this one, and I haven't found it to be pivotal at all. I finally got online and played a bit of free mode, epic. |
I won't do any more of Brucie's missions - he's obnoxious, and racing is ing pants.
I have, however, warmed up to the driving mechanics significantly.
I'm on my first safe house of my own, the third of Roman's. |
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