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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Ethan_Hunt on May 02, 2001, 05:10:21 AM
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Ok i went into EB in the uk to pre-order GT3,so i asked when it is out,he said"MId July" i said ok.
So i then said but it can still be delayed right,he said "we will know when it is out in japan",i said it is out in japan,he then said "no it isnt" he then said"GT2000 has been released in japan and it is ****" and "GT3 a-spec will be released there soon" i couldnt beleieve what i was hearing,so i didnt bother to pre-order from there i am going to going to i am going somewhere else to pre-order GT3 now ,why do they take people on like this,that dont know what they are talking about.
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hehehhehe, everybody point and laugh!!!! LOL
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lol !! that guy wa san idiot !! :)
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Hahahaha. As Bugs Bunny would say, "What an ultra-maroon".:D
Go to http://ps2.ign.com They have a write up on the supposed delay.:)
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Thats hilarious man, but I have a even more interesting story on "Clerk Stupidity".
A couple of months ago I went to my local Funcoland, and the clerk asked me If I was getting a PS2. I told yes, and he says: "You do now that Xbox will be better", Im standing there going "here we go again". He told me that MGSX will be coming out Xbox and it will be a million times better. Then! His Candy Ass says that MGS2 to for the PS2 has been placed on halt by Konami because it is so much easier to develop on the Xbox, then he goes "So if you want to buy a PS2, you won\'t be playing MGS2 on it for a long time, and they might not release it at all". He told me to buy an xbox.
What a moron.
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lol !!!!! you should have kicked him in the balls ! :)
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I would have done more then kicked him in the balls.
I have heard things like that so much about the Xbox,mine was in Blockbusters,two guys were standing there with 3 ps2 to rent,and the clerk goes,once the Xbox get here say bye bye to the ps2,i started laughing as hard as i could,just to make sure he heard me.
One thing that makes me laugh about your story is these guys are ment to be selling stuff,not making people change there minds,and put there products back,how stupid is that.
Also i think i am going to go back in there and make him feel a fool,start throwing all the gt3 sold on the first day,stuff like that.
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this man sounds like a complete twat. you should of laughed in his face.
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Sounds just like Sega vs Sony...
Only Sega was in Sony\'s place and Sony was in MS\'s place...
Sound familiar???
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Never EVER trust a video game store employee. Surprisingly enough they know very very little about a wide variety of stuff.
And oddly enough, most think they are smarter and cooler than you.
I once thought it would be fun or cool to work in a video game store, until I heard about what the people actually talk about out loud. Holy crap, no offense to people who work in VG Stores, but, do you ever think before talking?
These people, if they read ONE stinking magazine, just one, would be infinitely more informed about games and gaming. I have helped more people in a VG Store than most clerks.
Sad... :(
PS- no offense intended towards VideoGame Store clerks in this forum. If you are one of the few informed clerks, then I apologize. If not...GET A CLUE! :D j/k
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When employees are stupid like that, just ask them if you can talk to their manager. You can get them in so much trouble with their manager for them saying stuff like that. You could even get them fired. :D
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Where I work, some customer asked for the differences between the PS2 and PSX and my fellow staff member said that the PS2 is 128 bit and the PSX is only 16 Bit. I went to correct him on this but he said he knew what he was talking about.
He then went on to saying you have to buy an add on to play dvd movies, but it isnt out yet. He then said that when you play PSX games on your PS2 the graphics improve to the quality of the actual PS2 games.
I just let him finish then I said to the customer:
\'I\'m very sorry sir, but my misinformed fellow employee hasnt got a clue what he is talking about so just totally ignore anything he says\'
I then went on to correct all these wrongs.
I then educated the dumb ass all about the PS2.
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Heh, I will be working the rest of this summer at one of my local EBs, so I guess I should diversify a little more, and start reading about all the things I tend to ignore right now. At least I won\'t be making glaring mistakes, after all, I can usually just admit that I don\'t know or that I was wrong.....
*ahem.. well... usually*
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The thing is ,is they know that people are going to ask about games,and hardware,so why the hell dont they read a little bit of info on it.It makes me so angry,when you get served by people like this,i think i am going to go and talk to his manager,about him,get him in some trouble,i mean how dare he say that GT3 is crap!!!
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I know exactly what you\'re saying there Ethan... at my local EB, a brand new one and considered a flagship store for those here in Brisbane, asking what time a game will be out is less likely to get you a correct answer than asking a hobo.... i tell you....
I got, as DEFINITE arrival times for certain games, ie. they said they were 100% confirmed, and no changes would be made, they\'ve already signed away for them... they said
GT3 would be available February
MGS2 would be available January 21
FFIX would be available January 2nd (it ended up coming out a month and 2 days later)
and Timesplitters would be there on release day
Of course delays in the industry itself can be blamed for delays, nothing more. But the fact that they confirmed 100% to me that these games would be at their store when it was really a blatant lie annoyed me.
Oh yeah, we pre ordered AND prepaid for a multitap a few months before PS2 release when we ordered. The multitaps were delayed, so they told us they\'d ring when they were in. They called us.... i went, no multitap....
Finally they called us.... I went in. "sorry..... we sold your multitap"
Demanded the money back (in front of many people), and went and bought it at K-mart... for cheaper too.
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LOL !! nahhh people i talk about videogames normaly know what they talk about ! exept one !! i asked him if he was ever gonna sell PS2 games ! and he said ! nahh its not worth it , i am waithing for the Xbox , its gonna be alot better ! i was like ( store clerk got fingered )
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Quote: (asking what time a game will be out is less likely to get you a correct answer than asking a hobo....)
LOL
Hobo: "Hey mistah, I\'ll tell ya when GT3 comes out for some crack!"
Me: "He\'ll be more correct than the idiots at EB, they just told me GT3 has been out for months, it just ain\'t worth selling!"
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Jebus, I feel sorry for you guys. From what you\'ve said the guy who works at the electronics department of my local Target knows more about video games than these guys. :laughing:
And thats just sad...
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I\'ve had probs with EB a month ago.... I called them to ask if they had ZOE and he said they have it and it was 60 dollars...... I told my mom afterward (she was gonna buy the game) and she said, "no way I\'m buying that." then when we got there I looked at the price to expect to see sixty but it said fifty and wa-la I have the game! :D Me a happy fool!
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that doesnt mean EB the store sucks..you should have put "the WORKER at EB sucks"
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EB, Fry\'s..... all these stores are mostly filled with retardsas employees!
i think that preordering stuff online is much better... pay the extra bit and get 2nd day shpping and have it two days after its realsed... heck, it might even be cheaper!
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Yeah true, EB the store is good.... and the employees are friendly enough.... but damn they need to do their research..
STILL though, a shop formerly in the city but it got closed down, Games\'R\'us is the LORD of shoddy dealing. Absolute tools over there.
And this time, not only did the employees suck (one in particular), but the store sucked too. Firstly, they ordered what they wanted based on the worker\'s opinions. I\'ll mever forget going into there, to ask about their psx merchandise. I quickly received this as an answer "playstation??? We don\'t stock playstation, it\'s just a quick fad... a load of rubbish. The sega saturn will bury it, there\'s absolutely no point whatsoever in stocking playstation.....we support the saturn fully, it will dominated for years to come".
Cawww... so anyway, psx is riding it\'s success, and a few years have passed. I think saturn had already been off the market at this stage, and the N64 was due to come out soon, and was receiving plenty of hype. I asked about their N64 merchandise..
"No way will we stock N64.... it\'s a load of rubbish, Nintendo have never done well, and predict never will. So we\'re just going to stick to playstation". (btw, this was the same employee as last time)
he obviously fell asleep during nintendo\'s decade of dominance.... the fewl. Well, the store closed down... as you might expect.... and I don\'t know what happened to the employees
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Originally posted by bandit
that doesn\'t mean EB the store sucks..you should have put "the WORKER at EB sucks"
Yeah I have to agree. The EB that I frequent has very knowledgeable and objective staff. From my experience with this particular EB, I have found the staff to be very up-to-date on the latest gaming info, and quick to dispel common misconceptions that some of their customers bring with them.
It is guaranteed that inept boobs are peppered through all walks of life, and often times are employed to interact with the general public. No surprise there.
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Well i never really liked EB but thats not because of the store i just think of them as a good PC place not really for consoles - but that may be because of the set up they have here
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I actually prefer to shop there over Babbages (Software Etc.), its just that the employees are all dunderpaits. EVERY LAST ONE OF \'EM.
But then again, this is the case in all game stores.
To quote Seymore Skinner, "Prove me wrong, children... prove me wrong!"
BTW, I\'m just kidding about the dunderpaits thing.
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to talk about idiot employees at neborhod videogame stores i had an incident around november 2000, well here it goes :D
my brothers and i walked into the local funcoland to look at some new info on the ps2 that just launched and was selling like hotcakes. i wanted to look at ratings for some of the games i would want to put on my x mas list :D the store manager, with a go-te came over and said,
"Hey youre looking at ps2 stuff?"
"yeah."
"why?"
"um, because it is the most powerful system ever released and they are selling so fast they cant make enough of them. im interested "
"the dreamcast is so much better.why look at the ps2 when the dreamcast is out? i mean look at this game!!"
he points to the dreamcast\'s screen.
"look at those graphics. its a faster and better looking fighter than TTT is."
"oh really."(without enthusiasm)
"look kid, if youre gonna get a ps2 there is no point, dreamcast is online already and has a huge userbase. their library of games is amazing!!! there is no point in getting the ps2 unless you want it for a DVD player. and if you want a dvd player, you could get a better one for 1/2 the price down at that best buy down the road"
dreamcast is soo much more powerful and better than that ps2 youre looking at.
i looked up from the magazine i was holding.
"oh really, then why has the ps2 sold the most amount of units at launch of any console to date? why is it can the ps2 pump out 6+ times the number of polygons in game as the dreamcast? And, why is the ps2\'s hardware archatecture of a radical new design which utalises the use of vector units?and why did the ps2 have the biggest number of titles at launch?"
"wtf is a polygon? who cares about them anyways. ur just a big ****ing @$$hole you dont understand do you?"
"hahahahaha.....(i walk out the door laughing, didnt want to talk to him anymore)"
after that incedent i told my brother no to repeat those words at home.
i had many incounters with idots at videogame stores. that one was the worst with the language, he mustve gotten pretty pissed at me.
i wanted to go back to that store a couple of days to tell him the # of gt3 sales in 48 hrs.
but i couldnt, i dont have a car :D
that was one of my incidents not a very funny one, but one where the employee was an idiot :smokin:
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LOL is all i can say !
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I don\'t mean to poke fun, but that is the funniest thing I have ever read in my life.