For those with "the hookup"

[fishepa]

I JUST FOUND MADDEN AT COMPUSA!!! WOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

[racerx]

NCAA 06 will hold me over until Aug 9. I was one of those maniacs who went looking for NCAA before July 12, found it the Friday before but I refuse to do this again!!!!!!!

Racerx

[HMcCoy]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackceasar

They are going to get the game in that monday morning via UPS, the 8th and they will sell them at midnight to the people who pre-payed, thats that. No getting it two weeks prior, etc etc. Worked for Gamestop for 3 years (i dont anymore though) but I know what they do and thier pattern. Furthermore if Gamestop is getting thiers on one day, EB and EBX will have it to on that day. As far as the 2nd rate game sellers (Target, Wal Mart, Best Buy, etc) who knows when they will get it.

Managed an EB (Randall Mall) for 3 years...Publishers will sometimes stagger the shipping on major titles like Madden.

Don't get me wrong fellas, I'm not saying it will be for sale, but if they do ship next week, every Gamestop manager in the country will be playing it for a week (via the perfectly legit employee loan-out policy), and then re-shrink wrap it on release day if the DM pops up.

[Gilateen]

Quote: Originally Posted by HMcCoy

Managed an EB (Randall Mall) for 3 years... ...every Gamestop manager in the country will be playing it for a week and then re-shrink wrap it on release day...

So THAT'S how it works, that's how we receive bogus copies?

A pre-played game before its new release...

[HMcCoy]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gilateen

So THAT'S how it works, that's how we receive bogus copies? A pre-played game before its new release...

Lol..yep. All game retailers have a shrink wrap machine in the back for re-packaging like-new returns (if somone brings it back for a refund, it has to be in flawless condition so it can be re-sold as new...a dirty gamestore secret heh, heh)

Bogus copies are manufacturing errors, though...playing a game doesn't destroy the disk. If you want to make sure your purchase has never been touched by human hands, always look at the type of plastic that is on the game. Returned copies will have a slightly different type of plastic. The normal manufacturing process folds and glues the game's wrapping at the bottom and its a more thin, glossy type of plastic. Re-wrapped games have a thicker, less shiny plastic with a heat-sealed seam along the edges, and usually has wrinkles on the corners.

Keep in mind, I've been out of the games business for about 4 years now, so this may all be obsolete by now...

[marzeial]

Nope its still the same, if you ever look at a game. A new out of the factory game has folded edges on the top and bottom. If you get one that doesn't have these folds then it is a re-packaged product. You do have the right to ask for another one, even though it does annoy us. But nope in 4 years it hasn't changed. All the shrink wrap machines are the same, they do it at places like Best Buy and Circuit City for movies and cd's as well. The wrapping on the new and re-packed ones feel really different...

[BTG]

Well, EA's shipping the game early, but the actual release date is the 8th?

This could get ugly. My anniversary is the 6th. Uh oh...

[coogrfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by fishepa

I JUST FOUND MADDEN AT COMPUSA!!! WOOOOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!LOL

(coogrfan gets a rolled up newspaper) THAT'S A BAD FISHEPA!! BAD!!