Yeah, gamestop is so nice, guaranteeing people who payed five dollars years ago are going to buy the game at a Gamestop instead of another store or online.... .>_>
GameStop Honoring Ancient Duke Nukem Forever Pre-orders
- Thread starter Tom Goldman
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I was promised my father's deposit in his will. He told me that if he can't get DNF, then his son should. Excuse me while I talk to a guy I know in an italian restaurant.
Afterthought:
If someone decided to instead invest that five dollars into Gearbox Software back then, they would have enough money now to buy their own GameStop.
Food for thought.
Afterthought:
If someone decided to instead invest that five dollars into Gearbox Software back then, they would have enough money now to buy their own GameStop.
Food for thought.
So every game at Gamestop has a code number. They're usually six digits that you can see on the label with the price. As long as that code didn't change over the years, the pre-order should be in the systems.
How/why would it change? Well, I suppose that's up to the developers. If they announced a Duke Nukem game years ago, the game probably got a code. If the developers didn't ask to pull the game off the system while they dealt with all the stuff that the game has gone through, then yeah, it should be in the system. if not...well, then it's not.
But as far as I know, even if the code was pulled out of the system, the system should recognize that so and so made a pre-order of a game that's no longer in the system and your money should STILL be there. They can usually pull it out with the receipt or phone number you gave for the reservation. But remember that the money stays in the store you pre-ordered the game. So don't expect to go to your local Gamestop demanding the money from that pre-order you made at that one Gamestop from your childhood.
How/why would it change? Well, I suppose that's up to the developers. If they announced a Duke Nukem game years ago, the game probably got a code. If the developers didn't ask to pull the game off the system while they dealt with all the stuff that the game has gone through, then yeah, it should be in the system. if not...well, then it's not.
But as far as I know, even if the code was pulled out of the system, the system should recognize that so and so made a pre-order of a game that's no longer in the system and your money should STILL be there. They can usually pull it out with the receipt or phone number you gave for the reservation. But remember that the money stays in the store you pre-ordered the game. So don't expect to go to your local Gamestop demanding the money from that pre-order you made at that one Gamestop from your childhood.
In their place, what I would have done (for the advertising and publicity stunt) is offer the game free to anyone who has a pre-order for the game from anywhere from before the game was announced by Gearbox. Like other people have said, there are very few people who have kept the receipt, so it wouldn't cost all that much, but what about the advertising and PR potential? I think someone missed a big opportunity.
Got any evidence for point #3? What's different about Gamestop's receipts as compared to any other store?mjc0961 said:
they actually use heated paper receipts. It isn't ink perse, well it is but it's a special kind that's already in the paper. It gets hit by a tiny laser printer that heats the ink making it appear.mjc0961 said:
Your argument is still valid though. The ink cools and disappears again after about a week at room temperature. so regardless any receipts from more than a month ago are just gonna be blank sheets of paper.
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oh wait i already was...
Kinda sad that we consider something that is logical and ethical such a positive change that it demands a headline...
Cool, though, anyways.
Cool, though, anyways.
Not necessarily. They were just getting around to making a database accessible via computer just before I quit...the day after I worked the Halo 3 midnight release. Since then, the system's been up and down and upgraded. Data is lost all the time.Teiraa said:
It would be terrible if they didn't honor the money that was deposited. However, I'm sure not many people still have their receipts.
Hey.. I have my preorder receipt still yet. Only problem is that after 12 friggen years the Ink on the receipt is basically unreadable. You can tell its from gamestop, you can see the date, but serial numbers, Item names, amount paid, receipt numbers are faded in and out to the point of being illegible.
I guess I wont get my 40$ worth of credit. Its kinda of funny, I totally forgot about having the preorder for roughly the last decade and didnt ever think about it till I read this. Then I remembered where I stashed the preorder receipt and sure enough there it was in all its ancient unreadable glory.
What a waste.
I guess I wont get my 40$ worth of credit. Its kinda of funny, I totally forgot about having the preorder for roughly the last decade and didnt ever think about it till I read this. Then I remembered where I stashed the preorder receipt and sure enough there it was in all its ancient unreadable glory.
What a waste.