I Want My PS3!

[brutusbuck45]

I traded in my XBox 360 and games and received a $235 credit from Gamestop to apply to my PS3 that was guaranteed to be in store by this week. Of course, I took their offer and their credit so I could have a PS3 hooked up and ready to go for MLB release day. So now its Saturday and still no PS3. I am hoping and praying that Monday is the day I get a call.

Anyone else get stymied by the promise of a guaranteed system this week?

Incidentally, I called and they said they did get a shipment, but just not one for me... overextend their promises? Nice, Gamestop!

[sportdan30]

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Use that credit at a different Game Stop that has a PS3 in stock.

[brutusbuck45]

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Thought of that already... called all three in the area and they are all on a wait list. If I jumped now I would go to the end of the line elsewhere.

[Pistolero]

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When I first was looking into buying my PS3 I checked gamespot and they told me it can be ordered and would take 2-3 days. But im the kind of person who wants it right now cant wait. So I bought it wally world. Sucks dude,hope you get it before Tuesday.

[countryboy]

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brutus...where are you located?

[Spanky]

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Seems to me you're dealing with a conspiracy. Are you gonna just sit there and take it?

[zrowe]

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From my experience here in Michigan, both Gamestop and Best Buy have been sold out of PS3's for a while now.

My advice would be to call around looking for a used PS3 system. I got lucky two days ago at gamestop, someone traded in a 250 gig PS3 for cash. So i traded in a couple games and my fat body 40 gig PS3 for the 250 gig slim.

PS3's are going to be extremely hard to find in stores because of The Show (march 2), FF13 (march 9), GoW3 (march 16), etc. Plus the recent release of Heavy Rain too.

[brutusbuck45]

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Yea... all good points. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I suppose calling and harassing them isnt going to make one magically appear.

BTW... I am in North Florida. Gator Country.

[viking12344]

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I just bought my brother a ps3 for his birthday, 2 weeks ago, and had to call every gamestop in the area. That is around 10 stores and found 1 new ps3. It seems that folks are getting ps3 fever at least in upstate ny. That being said my xbox 360 died this same month, it was my original that I picked up about 2 and a half years ago. There were stacks of them lol.

They may have started off slow but ps3 is coming on strong in the second half of the next gen cycles.

[skeem]

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Ive mentioned before on another thread, PS3 120gb slims are nearly out of stock everywhere. It seems the 120gb's are going to be phased out and the 250s will be the only slim available.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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There is a shortage going around. It is reported everywhere. They sold almost 2 million over the holidays so that didn't help.

With the price drop, and the games coming out, everyone is jumping on board.

Sony warned of this last September.

http://kotaku.com/5366266/tretton-ps...ge-is-possible

[carooster]

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I had a hard time finding a PS3 this week but found it at a store that many may not think of shopping at: BJ's Wholesale Club.

BJ's is only open on the east coast but those of you looking for a PS3 can try other wholesale clubs (Costo, Sam's, etc.) in your area.

[EnigmaNemesis]

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I would say try online, but even they are starting to nickel and dime.

Look at the Amazon third party sellers, since Amazon is sold out themselves...

http://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-3-...7289391&sr=8-1

$370 for a 120 gig.

[skeem]

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you can get it from Sony Style for 299 (120gb)

http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665967739

It is in stock as well.

[Yanksrock08]

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I decided in late november i wanted a ps3. Convinced my parents to buy me one for the holiday. since i was up at school, i couldnt pick it up.. I called costco and kept calling everday to see if they had. I got several different answers. Then the day my mom was calling, i called, they had a bunch and i got it. I got it from costco because it comes with a 2 year warrenty and costco tends to take anything back.

my dad bought a grill 5 years ago, it broke down this past summer. he went to costco and they took it back and gave him a brand new one... after 5 years!!!