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Xbbjf9s on 17 September 2010
flagstaad said:
leo-j said:

um no im not lying.. the guy said "did you pre order it" and im like "no" ....

 

then he said let me check if we have any, and he said "We have one of each, a navigator, the bundle and the wii motion plus thing"

So they had very few to begging with? there were a lot of preorders?, this anecdotical evidence its driving me insane, we need more data.

call around and ask..I just called a store in Oakland, CA. All they have left are reserved bundles, stand alone move contoller is sold out..they started with 10 and i forgot to ask about the number of bundles.  510-653-4705



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Xbbjf9s on 17 September 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:

Bu Bu Kotaku picture?

That gamestop one? Everything in the window was Reach related so I'm not to sure about that.



M.U.G.E.N on 17 September 2010
Xbbjf9s said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

Bu Bu Kotaku picture?

That gamestop one? Everything in the window was Reach related so I'm not to sure about that.


I just assumed they slowed down the picture taking process, long enough for everyone but the Ninjas to leave



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Xbbjf9s on 17 September 2010
M.U.G.E.N said:
Xbbjf9s said:
M.U.G.E.N said:

Bu Bu Kotaku picture?

That gamestop one? Everything in the window was Reach related so I'm not to sure about that.


I just assumed they slowed down the picture taking process, long enough for everyone but the Ninjas to leave

heh



Grimes on 17 September 2010
twesterm said:
Jordahn said:
hatmoza said:

I called the 1st 2 Gamestops! This man speaks the truth.

They said they will have some more bundles next tuesday O_O


And if they had some in stock when you called, why lie to say they are out when trying to sell them?


If they tell you they're out, they really are out but only because they order pretty much the bare minimum for anything.  They want you to preorder stuff.

If they tell you they only have 1-2 left, they have a minimum 10 left and just keep them in the back.  They then tell you that you should have preordered it to guarantee you get it next time.

(and this goes for anything from Gamestop, not just Move)

I can confirm this happens quite frequently. I don't bother asking anymore because it's always the same answer no matter how well or poorly something sells.



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Icyedge on 17 September 2010

You really think a minimum wages employee will go through the trouble of lying in order to get sales that doesnt give him a cents? It may happen, but saying its likely and common tactic...Now, if it can comfort you, it seems like Sony first Move shipment is limited.



kaneada on 17 September 2010
NiKKoM said:
Euphoria14 said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Euphoria14 said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Gamestop is trying to sell them, who knows how honest they are?

Speculating is pointless.


Says who?

 

If you don't like the point of this thread just leave. It's really that simple.

I'm so lonely... I don't wanna leave.

Lets all call Gamestop. I'm sure we'll be the only people on message boards bugging them today.

We should. Gamestop gains nothing by lying about having or not having stock on an item. Telling the OP that they are sold out of a bundle when they really aren't is incredibly counter productive.

Pug is right... Gamestop isn't saying we are out of stock but we have a few left... that's basic marketing 1.1

Say that you have only a few left so people much act fast to get the last one..

Like pug said: Speculating is pointless.


Normally I would agree that this is marketing 101, but let's add some context here. This is Halo Reach launch week, why would any store at this point in time care about Move when they could move copies of a AAA like Reach? Didn't it sell like 3 mil day one? At this point in time if I called up and asked about Move I would expect a sigh of relief for not being some angry need that my local Game Stop is sold out of Reach?



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greenmedic88 on 17 September 2010

Amazon sold out of their initial shipment of Move controllers; they'll be back in stock on the 19th.

So that's not anecdotal. The biggest online retailer basically didn't order enough controllers to cover the initial demand.

I suppose the naysayers will claim that means Amazon only had about a dozen in stock for all of NA.

 



Xbbjf9s on 17 September 2010
greenmedic88 said:

Amazon sold out of their initial shipment of Move controllers; they'll be back in stock on the 19th.

So that's not anecdotal. The biggest online retailer basically didn't order enough controllers to cover the initial demand.

I suppose the naysayers will claim that means Amazon only had about a dozen in stock for all of NA.

 

lol



thismeintiel on 17 September 2010
greenmedic88 said:

Amazon sold out of their initial shipment of Move controllers; they'll be back in stock on the 19th.

So that's not anecdotal. The biggest online retailer basically didn't order enough controllers to cover the initial demand.

I suppose the naysayers will claim that means Amazon only had about a dozen in stock for all of NA.

 

Wal-mart and Target are also sold out of the Move controllers.

Edit: I meant online, of course.