MLB 17: When and where

[aholbert32]

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I've always wondered how anyone even gets this early. Number one it's illegal number two there are measures in place to prevent it from happening. I mean guess I know "how" it happens but maybe I'm more so amazed that so many actually do get away with it.

There is NOTHING illegal about buying or selling a game before the street date. The only thing that could be illegal is if someone stole the game from a store or a warehouse before release.

[CujoMatty]

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There is NOTHING illegal about buying or selling a game before the street date. The only thing that could be illegal is if someone stole the game from a store or a warehouse before release.

Ya I was gonna say "illegal"? slow down Al Capone lol. Nothing illegal about it. You just don't do it because if you break street dates companies aren't going to send you games early. Walmart and Gamestop have no benefit in selling games early because people are going to buy games from them regardless and also because of the ill effects it would cause the relationships they have with gaming companies. The mom and pop stores are the best bet because they have so much more to gain with honestly little to lose. They are the underdog against those big companies and really need your business. Margins for a mom and pop store are quite simply brutal and I would hazzard a guess that they are the worst in all of retail. Alot of those stores are going to take any chance to get more money out of you. So basically a mom and pop store will either sell you the game early to gain you as a loyal customer or sell it to you early for more money. Mom and pop stores also usually deal with a wholesaler not companies directly and when I had my store they really couldn't care less what I did from what I could tell.

[Caulfield]

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There's a cream AND a clear, but we dont speak of such things in baseball circles

Pretty sure they have a cream for this.

As for ''breaking street dates'' I dont thinks its illegal as much as it is against policy.
I assume any store thats not a momNpop are big box stores and they want street dates as a professional courtesy to each other. As for the angle of why the companies that actually make the product agree to street date policy, I dont know.

There are several momNpops near me and I always check anyway, but they never seem to get it early. Sometimes they dont get the game for a couple weeks, or a month, and sometimes they never get it.

[Bullit]

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While it is not "illegal" to break street date, it usually does violate a contractual agreement and can lead to fines or a company not getting early shipments of popular games early to sell in the future.

The seriousness of this has seemed to fall to the wayside a bit in the last couple of years but it can have pretty hefty fines or issues with future distribution.

As an example I am a partner in a local Comic Book store. We pay to get our books on Tuesday for new comic day, which is every Wednesday. This allows us to do inventory and have the books ready to go when we open. Other stores nearby have used the same opportunity but have broken street date and been caught doing it. They have been fined and have now lost the privilege to get books a day early. So they usually don't get books until late afternoon/evening on Wednesday, while we have all new releases when we open our doors.

While this may not seem like a big deal. Think about it this way. You have two identical stores, selling the exact same product. One store has this product available at 9am and the other store does not have the product available until 6-9pm the same day and never at the same time. This difference can lead to success or failure of a smaller non chain store. We are starting our 25th year in business and 4 other stores, within 5 mile of us, have opened and closed in the last 10 years or so.

[SilverBullet1929]

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Thanks for the clarifications. Illegal was definitely the wrong word there.

[The JareBear]

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If anybody has a lead in Colorado, let me know. Normally I never find anything in-state buy maybe one day

[MDgolf]

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Thought this would be the best place to ask this. I purchased the digital version. Anyone know when it will start to download? I dk t have the fastest internet connection. Thanks


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[mrCPUgeek]

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Thought this would be the best place to ask this. I purchased the digital version. Anyone know when it will start to download? I dk t have the fastest internet connection. Thanks


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Ramone said Saturday. Playable at midnight EST Tuesday Morning.


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[Armor and Sword]

MLB 17: When and where

Doubtful, but anyone in South Florida see's any opportunity hit me up!

I don't have the itch....it is a full on freaking rash.

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[franch1se]

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SO. CAL!!!! The hunt begins!!

I'm sure our normal LA stores will be getting them around FRI would be my guess, Thursday would be amazing! Good luck all.

[kehlis]

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All of these posts and not one that is a when or where. Why not make the thread when someone has a copy?

Or why not make it before someone gets the first copy?

[countryboy]

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Or why not make it before someone gets the first copy?

Yeah the best thing about this thread is OS'ers helping fellow OS'ers snag the game early. And now is the time to start sharing that information.


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[aguero90]

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I'm sure you all know this, but if not, here's my secret! On ebay, I set a search alert for, "mlb the show in hand ready to ship." I got 15 by doing that on the Tuesday before release!

[countryboy]

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I would expect copies to start showing up any day now


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[CujoMatty]

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I would expect copies to start showing up any day now


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My guy told me possibly thursday but most likely friday for me.