Why I Hate EB games.
Posted Aug 29, 2007 9:04 am
1. they are out of every single game you want 75% of the time
2. they tell you lies
3. wal-mart has everything you need, for about 25 cents cheaper too!
Let me elaborate. I don’t like to shop at wal-mart. Especially for games, and I will admit, wal-mart only holds new games. After a game is a few months old, don’t expect to find it. But like I said, I don’t like shopping there, so I go to EB games. Now, ive tried to support EB games by buying stuff there, but im not anymore b/c they are pissing me off. They never have the games I want, whenever they say a shipment is coming in, they are usually wrong. And they try to make you preorder everything. You cant go look at the coming soon shelf without a employee coming over every 5 min telling you how awesome these games are and asking you then if you want to preorder it. But these are only general reasons why I will never go there again. Here are 3 prime examples of how they fucked me up the ass this year.
1. I went to EB to look for Twilight Princess after I got my Wii. They were sold out, of course… So, I asked the guy when they would be getting new ones in. He said on Black Friday they were getting about 20 copies. I was like sweet. Having nothing better to do that day. Me and 2 friends who also wanted the game, joined me at 4AM black Friday morning, waiting outside the mall in the cold for it to open. We were first in line and psyched. Finally, the store opened and we marched to the desk and asked for TP. The guy was like, oh… we have been sold out of that for weeks. Im like “umm, the guy here the other day said you were getting about 20 copies in for black Friday” the guy is like “haha (me: wtf) we wont get any TP copies in for about another 2 weeks. Whoever told you that was very mistaken” So me and my friends were like wtf, they (my friends) got pissed and left. So then I went to walmart. And there was like 20 copies of TP… I called my friends and told them to come down and get a copy. But I was still pissed at EB.
2. I thought Super Paper Mario was coming out on a Monday, and I went to EB to look for it. The guy was like “no, its coming here tomorrow morning early, do you want to pre-order it.” I’m like, “no, ill just come in early and get it” the guy looks at me odd and goes “buddy, you better preorder it, or else your not going to get it, trust me” I’m all like… ok…. But finally I’m like why not, its not coming out till tom. Anyway, might as well. So, I paid my $5 bucks down, and took my slip home.
The next day came and I got to the store at about 12PM. I go up, show the guy my slip, and ask for the game. The guy looks at me odd, then goes “oh, super paper mario… our shipment didn’t come in yet.” I’m all like wtf. I go, “ well, I was here yesterday, and the guy said it was coming on a early truck” the employee goes, “oh, well, we don’t really know when they ever come, we just know the day. So I’m like, “well, is it coming today?” the guy goes, “yea, come back at about 5”
So in the meantime, I went to work and then had to go to walmart. There is super paper Mario, sitting there…. At this point I realize its 6PM, and I head back to EB. I go in, the same guy is there, he sees me coming, and goes to me “the truck didn’t come today, I don’t know why.” IM LIKE WTF!!!, he’s like, “I’m very sorry, it will be here tomorrow.” I’m all pissed off, so I ask, “can I just return my preorder and get my 5 dollars back… I found it elsewhere” he goes “no” so basically I had to wait till wendesday to get it.
3. Oh, and the last thing that pisses me off is simple. I went there looking for resident evil 4 for wii. I ask the guy if they have it. He says that the game isn’t made for wii. I’m like, yea it is. He’s like, no it isn’t…. finally after I proved to him the game existed, by showing them the box on display…. LoL.. he finally looks for it and they don’t have it. So I went to walmart and bought it. Just his stupidity as to how he was so certain the game didn’t exist pissed me off.
Basically, wal-mart has every game I wanted. They even have like 5 of the $500 ps3’s left and EB doesn’t have any ps3’s AT ALL, nor any 360’s premium or higher…. It’s a sad sad thing
So, my next game buy is metroid prime 3. will I be going to EB? HELL NO!!
WALMART, HERE I COME!
Lol, ill laugh they don’t have it after this huge rant.
