(Sears selling) Brawl (Released Early) >.<?

[Yojimbo]

Just called my local Sears, directed to Electronics...

Yoji: "Hi, I was wondering if you had any copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii?"
Employee: "Oh, that item's pretty hot, let me check for you..."
Yoji: On Hold for a bit...
Employee: I'm sorry sir, we're all out.
Yoji: Do you know when you'll be getting another shipment?
Employee: I don't personally, but let me direct you to Video Games and they can tell you."
Yoji: Great, thank you!

Yojimbo waits a bit more...
Employee: Hi, this is the electonics department in Sears, how may I assist you?
Yoji: Yes, I was wondering when you would be receiving another shipment of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Employee: Uh... sir, we haven't gotten a shipment yet. Not until the 9th of March.

Quit jerking me around, Sears! Yargh!

 

[the656]

I called a nearby Sears they said they didn't have the game in stock (and I was the second person to call) and if they did have the game instock the person would get triminated for selling someone the game.

 

[Doc Chronic]

I called a nearby Sears they said they didn't have the game in stock (and I was the second person to call) and if they did have the game instock the person would get triminated for selling someone the game.

well he is right, any employee caught selling the game will lose his/her job

 

[JSnake]

You guys are tards. I said this before but apparently no one noticed, the screenshots were stolen from neogaf and a fake story was sent to RMC on go nintendo since he never checks his sources. Gullible people (like those in this thread) fall for it and hilarity ensues.

The person who posted the screenshots on NeoGAF is from Singapore. There is no Sears in Singapore.

since you guys are silly I'll even link the posts:

these were about 12 hours before the story was falsely sent to gonintendo

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9960778&postcount=11605

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9961484&postcount=11616

and here's the one where he says his location and gonintendo was wrong

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9973894&postcount=11712

Listen to this man, please.

 

[DraginHikari]

Just called my local Sears, directed to Electronics...

Yoji: "Hi, I was wondering if you had any copies of Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii?"
Employee: "Oh, that item's pretty hot, let me check for you..."
Yoji: On Hold for a bit...
Employee: I'm sorry sir, we're all out.
Yoji: Do you know when you'll be getting another shipment?
Employee: I don't personally, but let me direct you to Video Games and they can tell you."
Yoji: Great, thank you!

Yojimbo waits a bit more...
Employee: Hi, this is the electonics department in Sears, how may I assist you?
Yoji: Yes, I was wondering when you would be receiving another shipment of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Employee: Uh... sir, we haven't gotten a shipment yet. Not until the 9th of March.

Quit jerking me around, Sears! Yargh!

That tends to happen quite alot in large retail chains, if release dates and shipments information is not commuicated well, misunderstanding happen.

 

[Bobhuffman]

My Sears doesn't sell video games ><

 

[Eddy 650]

Blah, I'm stuck at my desk at work. This is torture! Anyone from the Bay Area pick up any copies from Sears?

 

[Antinegative]

You guys are tards. I said this before but apparently no one noticed, the screenshots were stolen from neogaf and a fake story was sent to RMC on go nintendo since he never checks his sources. Gullible people (like those in this thread) fall for it and hilarity ensues.

The person who posted the screenshots on NeoGAF is from Singapore. There is no Sears in Singapore.

sugarpoultry got off the phone moments ago with the Sears in Idaho Falls. The worker there said they did have Brawl, and she witnessed the game flying off shelves in a matter of seconds. They are now out of stock here and will not restock until March 9.

This is no rumor. It is 100% true. Check your local Sears, everyone.

I tend to believe the latter. Just face it, there are people playing Brawl right now. Maybe the original picture was a hoax...but its pretty clear Sears sold copies early.

 

[Spyda]

I tend to believe the latter. Just face it, there are people playing Brawl right now. Maybe the original picture was a hoax...but its pretty clear Sears sold copies early.

I called my Sear's as well and they said they had them in stock earlier, but now they are all out.

 

[IceDrake]

Kind of related:

My friend preordered Brawl at Blockbuster and he's claiming they are selling it next Friday (3/7) to everyone who preodered it.

Anyone hear something similar?

 

[Eddy 650]

If thats true Im gonna go preorder brawl at blockbuster.

 

[Nightcloud]

Kind of related:

My friend preordered Brawl at Blockbuster and he's claiming they are selling it next Friday (3/7) to everyone who preodered it.

Anyone hear something similar?

wow really? next friday would be awsome..gives us like a day or so to practice for that gamestop tourny.

 

[Chaosblade77]

Amazon:

Mar 4, 2008
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Platform: Nintendo Wii)
* God of War Chains of Olympus (Platform: Sony PSP)
* Army of Two (Platform: Xbox 360)
* Major League Baseball 2K8 (Platform: Xbox 360)

But on the Brawl page it says release is March 9th... maybe they are shipping it out on the 4th. Regardless, Amazon is the worst place to preorder since they don't give preorders priority over normal orders. Heck, they will tell you that your copy is on hold and you will have to wait two weeks even though you preordered while the site says it's "In Stock."

 

[gnuf]

i just signed up for the tourney at gamestop and canceled my pre-order bc i got the game earlier today at sears. seems like there isnt much people in the tourney at the gamestop i went to preorder. there is basiclly 3 gamestop in a 3-5mile radius. and all 3 are hosting a tourney.

 

[AquaTech]

Hey where do you guys get those little pixel-pictures of the brawl characters that I've seen in your signatures?

 

[KingKraken]

This isn't locked yet?

 

[Byron X]

i just signed up for the tourney at gamestop and canceled my pre-order bc i got the game earlier today at sears. seems like there isnt much people in the tourney at the gamestop i went to preorder. there is basiclly 3 gamestop in a 3-5mile radius. and all 3 are hosting a tourney.

Cool, did you see your friend code yet? I wish I didn't preorder brawl two weeks ago at Gamestop, I guess I'll have to wait.

 

[IceDrake]

If thats true Im gonna go preorder brawl at blockbuster.

wow really? next friday would be awsome..gives us like a day or so to practice for that gamestop tourny.

Judging by these responses, I take it that this is new info. Which makes me believe my friend is either lying or just misheard what he was told. Could be they're getting it IN stores on that Friday. Either way I hope I can somehow invite myself over his house to play.

 

[Bakuryu]

I work at Blockbuster and I asked when they would get them in he told me Friday so thats probably what you heard. In as we have them in the back, but you may not touch, although I will beg them to let me stare at it for hours.

 

[brawlmaniac]

My Sears doesn't sell video games ><

lol I'm surprised any Sears is selling Brawl.

 

[S2]

What I think is interesting is that while the initial rumor may have been fake, getting the game early is probably not a lie... due to the hundreds of players harassing stores.

Some store, somewhere is probably going to sell it early. Street Dates get broken all the time, but its usually by isolated stores.

 

[bowz10190]

My Sears had Brawl again today.. sold out in seven minutes.

I could have had Brawl!!!!

 

[Drclaw411]

maybe sears is only putting out some of their stock out per day for the lulz

 

[C Dawg009]

I think this is all a conspiracy, and everyone of you are a part of it... *shifty eyes*

 

[IceDrake]

I work at Blockbuster and I asked when they would get them in he told me Friday so thats probably what you heard. In as we have them in the back, but you may not touch, although I will beg them to let me stare at it for hours.

I think my friend said they're selling it for $35. I'm guessing that means it requires a $15 up-front payment to pre-order it.

 

[Slice]

**** Socal Sears. I called all of the locations within 30 miles of me and none of them had any idea what I was talking about.

 

[Chaosblade77]

I think this is all a conspiracy, and everyone of you are a part of it... *shifty eyes*

Darn, you figured it out..... We have a smart one, and we all know what we do to the smart ones...

 

[Azzizaz]

Here's a quick question:

What if I somehow manage to find a place selling Brawl early, and I want to cancel my GameStop pre order, is it possible that I can cancel it and get my money back, or am I stuck with buying it?

 

[pwnzorz]

Here's a quick question:

What if I somehow manage to find a place selling Brawl early, and I want to cancel my GameStop pre order, is it possible that I can cancel it and get my money back, or am I stuck with buying it?

Yeah, you can drop the pre order but the money you reserved it with, can only go to getting gamestop items, i believe. I dropped my reservation of Sonic Heroes a while back when i reserved it and they gave me gamestop cash or something, they may have actually handed me the 50 or so bucks i reserved it with, but yeah, you could drop your reservation.

 

[Nightcloud]

My Sears had Brawl again today.. sold out in seven minutes.

I could have had Brawl!!!!

idk dude for some reason i think ur sears is bsing..

 

[X Megadragon]

Hmm... I didn't bother trying to call Sears. I already paid for Brawl in full at Gamestop.

Though it really aggravates me to see others getting the game early when the shouldn't be having it yet.

 

[Iboid]

Guys it's only avaible online

And it's not even there anymore.

 

[Grodus5]

This topic is very depressing. I smell some people could consider this "cheating" at the Gamestop tournament. And I hate cheaters. Or people that get the game before me

 

[Azzizaz]

Yeah, you can drop the pre order but the money you reserved it with, can only go to getting gamestop items, i believe. I dropped my reservation of Sonic Heroes a while back when i reserved it and they gave me gamestop cash or something, they may have actually handed me the 50 or so bucks i reserved it with, but yeah, you could drop your reservation.

That's good to hear =]

And about "cheaters", there's already a bunch of people with Japanese copies of Brawl. I'd worry about them before worrying about the people who got theirs from Sears.

 

[hypernova]

I checked my locals, and it's a no go.

Well, for everyone who does score an early copy, please note that I and everyone else hates you. We absolutely abhor you with a passion. It is nigh indescribable our contempt for you.

But that's only because we envy you so.

But we hate you more.

 

[smash_fo_life]

well is it true or not?

 

[S2]

I called my Sears... they haven't even gotten the game in at all.

Given out disorganized that store can be, as Sears start to get more copies in, it wouldn't surprise me if some sold the game early.

 

[Bakuryu]

I think my friend said they're selling it for $35. I'm guessing that means it requires a $15 up-front payment to pre-order it.

No you can put as low as 5$ down, dunno where you saw it as 35$ unless he found some way to get more of a discount then employees do.

 

[NitrousFlare]

My Sears said that they were sold out..

:monkey:

 

[DeuceBlade]

The brady bunch shop at sears... thats why brawl is out of stock.