Whats up with the bonus pack and pre ordering - Guild Wars Guru archive powered by Guild Wars Legacy

Rizwan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

London

The Imperial Guards of Cavalon [TIGC]

Mo/

14 Aug 2007 at 14:08 - 1

I hate game stores in london

I got to the shopping center and i go to the GAME store. THEY DONT HAVE GW:EN PRE-RELEASE PACK!
I then go to HMV and i find it. i take it to the counter and then i find out i can't buy it because i need to pre order. I got angry like hell.

at the end my uncle got it for me from the in game store.
I wish I can sue

This happen to anyone else?

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

E/Me

14 Aug 2007 at 14:17 - 2

Wait, what? That doesn't make sense. Two of my friends in England got it no problem. Although they're just outside London. GAME here sells it for me no problem. No questions asked. Although some GAME stores here do advise you that it isn't an actual game and just a pre-release pack. They don't want people to get ripped off and have a big fight on their hands. No idea why, though, when it clearly says it on the box.

Etta

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

Mancland, British Empire

14 Aug 2007 at 14:44 - 3

I got 2 copies of the pre box for £1.50 each from GAME, about 3-4 weeks ago. I don't know about that london's GAME, maybe they operated differently. Anyway you got it in the end, so be happy. The preorder stuff on the dvd aint that good anyway.

Cebe

The 5th Celestial Boss

Join Date: Jul 2006

Inverness, Scotland

The Cult of Scaro [WHO]

E/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:01 - 4

LOL - and they say "Inverness is in the middle of nowhere"....both GAME and HMV up here have the pre-order packs instore now for you to take away whenever you decide to pre-order.

captain_carter

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

England

The X Viles [TXV]

R/

14 Aug 2007 at 15:34 - 5

London is a busy city, perhaps they sold out.
Retailers can do whatever they want with it, give it free when you pre-order, sell it as a separate product, sell it and then give you a discount later if you show the receipt when you buy the full expansion.
Obviously HMV chose the give it when you preorder option.

TBH I'm not surprised if they are hard to come by 3 weeks after release, I doubt stores will have got many in the first place.

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

15 Aug 2007 at 00:07 - 6

They were really slow in Spain, but we finally got it.

Rizwan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

London

The Imperial Guards of Cavalon [TIGC]

Mo/

15 Aug 2007 at 11:25 - 7

But in GAME they didnt bother checking. They gave weird faces at me! Maybe because i am a asian boy that can say a long word

by the way can i tell anet about this to tell stores that customers can buy the bonus pack?

CyberMesh0

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2005

Charter Vanguard [CV]

N/Me

15 Aug 2007 at 11:35 - 8

Stores don't all do it the same way, however it is something you get for pre-ordering, so if you don't pre-order, you can't really get the pre-order pack.

Thunder79

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2006

Chaos Rising

15 Aug 2007 at 11:40 - 9

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rizwan

But in GAME they didnt bother checking. They gave weird faces at me! Maybe because i am a asian boy that can say a long word

by the way can i tell anet about this to tell stores that customers can buy the bonus pack? like in the online store...brick and mortar stores are supposed to give away the pre-order pack with a pre-order of the game...you're not supposed to be able to buy the pre-ordrer pack without placing a pre-order...that way the store and anet know how many they need to ship. The Online store is a little different though...you initially purchase the preorder pack but the price of the preorder pack is taken off the total of the game when you buy it after it's released.

It's a bad idea to convince the retailers to sell the preorder pack because those of us who actually want to buy the game end up getting double charged instead of getting the preorder pack for free. I had that happen with 1 of the 2 Nightfall pre-order packs I bought. The first I got free...the second they made me pay an extra $5 for.

If anything Anet needs to allow people to place a pre-order for the game so that we don't have to wade through the lag that will no doubt exist on Release day.

Clord

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

Finland

Victory Via Valour

15 Aug 2007 at 11:51 - 10

I got my pre-release pack when it became available, because I pre-ordered GW:EN. They shipped it FREE for me while I pay from GW:EN shipping normally.

jesusrunz

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

You blow

Mo/

19 Aug 2007 at 18:45 - 11

I don't know what is up with the bonus pack and pre ordering.