Curse

Sheol · Sep 15, 2006, 07:43 AM // 07:43

<--- has no eb's even close to him

argh, ill get nightfall but wont be able to get the pack.

ozbrat · Sep 15, 2006, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Went into EB in Canberra City today. They did not have pre release pack, and they are giving them to those who preordered for starters, and they will be arriving next week.
EB Australias supplies of the pre release pack went to the city stores in Brisbane, Sydney and melbourne only. Why is this so, hey who knows it is EB

maelkann · Sep 15, 2006, 08:02 AM // 08:02

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Originally Posted by Queen Christie

Secret!

Ah, tease. :P Just tell me if it's in WA or not and I"ll be happy.

Bowman Artemis · Sep 15, 2006, 08:04 AM // 08:04

The fellas at Robina on the Gold Coast said they'd have it in, I'll be going in tomorrow so I'll report back when I get home.

Brother Redmund · Sep 15, 2006, 08:10 AM // 08:10

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Originally Posted by Roshi_ikkyu

Thats not what Alex said, we have thread evidence.
And if its late again.... you can bet I'll be posting about it!

Alex not saying anything nasty just reminding you

Dont mind me, just being a tad sarcastic...

Seems there are conflicting reports from various EB outlets across the country, some stores are giving a fair idea, and others (including my local store) seem to be vague and uninformed. *crosses fingers*

lg5000 · Sep 15, 2006, 09:08 AM // 09:08

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Originally Posted by ozbrat

Went into EB in Canberra City today. They did not have pre release pack, and they are giving them to those who preordered for starters, and they will be arriving next week.
EB Australias supplies of the pre release pack went to the city stores in Brisbane, Sydney and melbourne only. Why is this so, hey who knows it is EB

You did better than me... Belconnen simply said they couldn't be sure when it got there. But.. last time Civic didn't get any pre orders.

-Loki- · Sep 15, 2006, 09:44 AM // 09:44

NCSoft seem confident Australia will be getting them, but it's EB, take it with a pinch of salt. Likely, you'll be lucky to find an EB that actually knows what Guild Wars is.

Lady Lozza · Sep 15, 2006, 09:46 AM // 09:46

Wow, seems like a lot of people are jumping the same hoops as they put us through last time. I know for a fact that teh Brisbane store has the packs, and NOT just for display purposes this time. They've had them for two days, so why other city stores haven't got them is beyond me.

Paperfly · Sep 15, 2006, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Sydney city EBs (the larger of the two, in The Galleries Victoria) told me yesterday that they hadn't been told when the packages would arrive.

I carefully avoided mentioning that the street date wasn't until today. 'cause, you know...

BeXoR · Sep 16, 2006, 08:20 PM // 20:20

Has anyone got theirs yet? We went to EB and pre-ordered out games but they said they had none in stock yet and that they would call when they came in. Problem is EB has always stuffed up this sort of thing so we don't really trust them (my boyf preordered Fear Directors Edition for the bonus stuff and they gave them out to people who bought the ordinary edition so he didn't get one). Plus they didn't have any idea what we were talking about, so that's a confidence builder!

So any Aussies got theirs? Or any advice/stories etc.

Edit: sorry I didn't see the thread about this already! It's 6am and I'm not completely with it.

Lady Lozza · Sep 16, 2006, 10:30 PM // 22:30

I think there is already a thread in here somewhere on this, but to answer your question as soon as possible, SOME Aussie stores already have the pre-order packs. I don't know why some do and some don't, but apparently anything outside Brisbane/Sydney/Melborne has to "order them in", that includes those who are using suburban stores.

My advice: If you live close enough to a city store with them, order it there. Otherwise, due to my normal internet retail Gameplay.co.uk changing their policy on overseas shipping, you will have no choice but to wait till it is released because there are no other stores that will ship games here, that I am aware of.

If someone knows of another online store that happily ships games to Australia, please share.

Roshi_ikkyu · Sep 17, 2006, 02:54 AM // 02:54

Come Monday I'll be making phone calls to all my local and surrounding EB's looking for the packs, May even call a few across the state. Or try the states head office.

And then I'll post either my Anger or extreme Joy here!

Lady Lozza · Sep 17, 2006, 03:05 AM // 03:05

I've taken the plunge and placed a pre-order for the CE with my local EB store. For the record I do not trust them. My last order (over 3 years ago now) went horribly wrong. As my local store is not a city store, they do not have the pre-order packs yet, but apparently they will call me when they get them. As a side note, the guy who served me was the store manager and had NO IDEA how to use their pre-order system... Watch this space to see how monumentally they screw my order up this time...

Claudia Starlight · Sep 17, 2006, 03:16 AM // 03:16

Just went to the EB store in Queens Plaza...
Lady there said "We'll be getting them next week"

Soooooo i'm waiting...

Mr.Deflok · Sep 17, 2006, 03:32 AM // 03:32

I honestly don't think I'll get my pre-order package, EB NZ is run by a bunch of idiots, and I say that from experience having worked for them for 2 years. I inquired at another store RE the pack and the STORE MANAGER said he didn't know that pre-order customers get them, he thought the poster detailing the fact was just a simple Nightfall promo poster.

Idiot.

Lady Lozza · Sep 17, 2006, 03:51 AM // 03:51

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Originally Posted by Mr.Deflok

I honestly don't think I'll get my pre-order package, EB NZ is run by a bunch of idiots, and I say that from experience having worked for them for 2 years. I inquired at another store RE the pack and the STORE MANAGER said he didn't know that pre-order customers get them, he thought the poster detailing the fact was just a simple Nightfall promo poster.

Idiot.

QFT. Ain't much better in Australia.

Here's to the Oceania region who can't seem to find a competent supplier for their gaming addictions!

Roshi_ikkyu · Sep 17, 2006, 04:32 AM // 04:32

And I know we shouldn't really blame all of this back on Anet,

But some level has to fall back on them.

But hey its only Australia and New Zealand, the two missing nation of the EU alliance :'(

Sooty · Sep 17, 2006, 05:03 AM // 05:03

Just went down to my local EB store in Sydney. They had the posters advertising the prerelease bonus packs on the shelf but when I asked about it they said they had no idea when they'd be getting them.

De Frozen · Sep 17, 2006, 05:12 AM // 05:12

We Aussies get these things weeks after countries.

Wait a few weeks, it'll come.

Or, if your impaitent: order it from outta the country.

skretth · Sep 17, 2006, 07:55 AM // 07:55

perth carousel
had the boxes on shelves, when asked when they get them, told me to ask perth - harbortown

asked them, directed me to syndey, who put me onto brisbane, who told me to contact their uk head office.

finally got an answer.. should be within the next 2 weeks