GameStop - Ripping off poor Nintendo Fan-boys...
Can GameStop be any more greedy? I think that this should be ILLEGAL!!! Now, before I get all mad and focus on the negative points of GameStop, I want you to know, that is the ONLY place I will buy games. In our city, the people there are nicer, not to say the people at EB Games aren't, it's just that the GameStop employees seem more geeky, they know about Star Wars and video games, and I think they have a better selection of games. None of this will matter, since GameStop is buying EB Games, but just so you all don't think I am bias towards EB or against GameStop, because I'm not. Back to my rant. Online at gamestop.com, you can get a pre-order for The Legend of Zelda: Revolution. A Zelda game for the new Nintendo system, it is selling for $59.99. I highly doubt that a new Zelda game will be out on the date for it, spring of 2006, or that the Zelda game for GameCube will be ported. I also doubt the subtitle would be Revolution. Gamestop, why are you doing this to fans of the series? Taking their money for a game that might never be released! Should legal action be taken against you? I hope not, yet I hope so. Just give them their money back, heck, even in GameStop store credit, they will take it...
If you are reading this, do not buy the pre-order....just DON"T!!!
If you are reading this, do not buy the pre-order....just DON"T!!!
posted by AC-91 at 3:12 PM
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If you add that item to your cart you will see this at the bottom of your cart page:
"Pre-Release
Make sure you're the first to play the newest games! Your pre-orders go in the same cart as your regular orders, but will be billed and shipped separately. All pre-orders require no money down and are charged to you just before they ship.
Note: Multiple pre-order items delivered on different dates will be individually charged for shipping. Release Dates are set by the game manufacturers. We are not responsible for changes in release dates.
Billing Your Credit Card
We only charge your credit card for items which we ship to you. If you order items which are on "Back Order" or are "Pre-release", we will not charge you until they ship."
Neither GameStop nor any other retailer is allowed to charge your card for merchandise that is shipping more than X days in the future (the actual number of days depends on the type of card - Visa, MasterCard, etc.). In many cases it's 30 days. Doing so would violate credit card association rules and they wouldn't be allowed to accept credit cards anymore.
OK, so there is a notice...I guess it makes sense, but is it one of those fine-print things below everything else?
AC-91
It's right below the listing of your cart's contents in text that is (in my browser, anyway) several sizes larger than the cart contents itself.
You can see it for yourself - just add the item to the cart at GS.com. You don't have to login or register or anything to do so.
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