So who else is in the 'haven't pre-ordered,gonna run around town at midnight" club

lemonfighter

I am confused as what to do.I have taken the day off college to ring up various places.Its getting ridiculous,i would steal a preorder slip off a child at this stage.Just wondering is anyone else in this position.Gamestop Henry street told me on Tuesday that coming in thursday midnight should be ok,i rang up about an hour ago...they only have enough for preorders he said.God i'm such a fool...any suggestions?

whitetrash

As far as I know GAME at least are only selling preodered ones at midnight, you might be better off waiting till sunday morning to collect the no-shows wiis...

lemonfighter

i never thought of that...i mean surely not EVERYONE would pick theirs up on time.hmmm...i was thinking like one of those stupid stores like Currys or Dixons.I remember when Ocarina of Time came out,i was like young.and my dad went everywhere,and he got it in Currys.God i hate not knowing i'm getting one.

bk

My sister had a Wii pre-ordered at Currys in Cork, she got a call from them today saying that they won't be getting and Wii's now, so pre-order is useless.

She also had a pre-order in HMV Cork, called her also and said that they won't have enough for her.

lemonfighter

i am still considering going into town and just ya know checking all the stores that open at midnight (ie gamestop and game) i'm probably just naive,but i still kinda think that they will have them..:( <

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my face in 11 hours time.

mikeruurds

bk wrote:

My sister had a Wii pre-ordered at Currys in Cork, she got a call from them today saying that they won't be getting and Wii's now, so pre-order is useless.

She also had a pre-order in HMV Cork, called her also and said that they won't have enough for her.

That's really rough.

Absolam

GAME Dawson St have 'limited' free stock to sell on first come first served basis at midnight..

lemonfighter

Absolam wrote:

GAME Dawson St have 'limited' free stock to sell on first come first served basis at midnight..

i'm gonna ring them now..cause i will qeue(sp?) at like 10 if i have to.:o

jv2000

lemonfighter wrote:

i'm gonna ring them now..cause i will qeue(sp?) at like 10 if i have to.:o

Hmm.... not the best weather today! Me and my friends all have our pre-orders confirmed but we're still going to do a run to tesco 24 hour at midnight just in case any go on sale there. If they do, there will be a few left unclaimed at half 7 tomorrow morning which will be great for the sunday morning scrambles.;)

lemonfighter

yeah i'm totally gonna check out Tesco at midnight as well..i couldn't be bothered ringing them..cause lets be honest...the staff probably don't have a clue,and i'm getting sick of the conversation
Me: Hi i was just wondering if you's have any Nintendo Wii's on sale
Shop: NO!
Me: *sigh

Crash

Shhhh! damn you! that was my plan. go for drinks in the duke and pop out and check for a queue at any given time.

lemonfighter

just out of curiosity..has anyone ACTUALLY contacted Tesco to see if they will be selling them...?my nearest one is in Clarehall...i think..unless there is a closer one to portmarnock.sooooo..anyone actually rang them?

Tusky

24 hour Tesco might be worth a shot. Do they normally sell consoles ?

lemonfighter

for some reason..i don't know why..i just don't see them having them...i'm being so close-minded here..but the tesco in clarehall..just doesn't seem like it would actually bother especially at midnight on a thursday..hopefully i have underestimated them.

Tank Top Fever!

lads as of half ten this morning there were people queueing outside Game Dawson St

monkeyfudge

Best of luck with it anyway. You'll enjoy it all the more when you finally get your hands on one.

lemonfighter

i just got through to GAME Dawson St...:(..he said they have about 3 that are available without pre-order..and there are people outside already...so good bye GAME......that is so depressing.

Dr4gul4

Tusky wrote:

24 hour Tesco might be worth a shot. Do they normally sell consoles ?

Called tesco's in nutgrove, they have none, however the dude told me Smiths are gettn in another batch nxt thursday

L5

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

lads as of half ten this morning there were people queueing outside Game Dawson St

in this weather?? they deserve a free one!

whitetrash

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

lads as of half ten this morning there were people queueing outside Game Dawson St

Um, I walked by that GAME about an hour ago and there was no one outside... and very few inside, nothing that looked like a queue anyway.

Riesen_Meal

Me, thinking of touring Dublin with me cuz in the car!!!!

I tried gettin a 360 in Clare Hall @ 12 last year, not a fookin hope, they werent sellin them til a month or so later!

Zombrex

whitetrash wrote:

Um, I walked by that GAME about an hour ago and there was no one outside... and very few inside, nothing that looked like a queue anyway.

Same here, passed it at lunch. Maybe it was just people standing around. There is a coffee shop or something beside it

monkeyfudge

I know if I'd have made the effort to line up in this weather from first thing this morning that I would also have made the effort to dress up as Princess Zelda for the occasion.

mcgarnicle

If you were willing to que up from now to get one you were probably also willing to slap a pre-order down 2 months and not need to.

Linku

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

lads as of half ten this morning there were people queueing outside Game Dawson St

This is not true, I've been around the area all day.

portach king

Anyone know what the situation is there at the moment?

whitetrash

Probably the same, I walk by it on my way home so I'll see then. I'm not planning on going down there till about 11:45. I have my preorder ticket, don't see any reason to queue up. Plus the GAME guy who rang me specifically asked me if I was going tonight to put my name down and I said yeah.

If I see anything on the way home I'll post about it.

Hugh Hefner

I'm going to the midnight launch on Dawson St. with two friends tonight. None of us have pre-orders but we figure there might be free t-shirts, a demo-pod or at least a cool DS wireless match to hook-up to. Then it's back to my house, stay up all night and podcast. Then I'll get my pre-order in Smyths at 9 a.m., back to my house again to play some cottonpicking Wii.

lemonfighter

i just rang them up..he said there was about 4-5 people outside...so should be ok...
we'll see what its like soon.

RobertFoster

lemonfighter wrote:

just out of curiosity..has anyone ACTUALLY contacted Tesco to see if they will be selling them...?my nearest one is in Clarehall...i think..unless there is a closer one to portmarnock.sooooo..anyone actually rang them?

Tesco in Ashbourne said they won't be doing them, ring ClearWater. ClearWater won't have any until after Christmas.

Jonakin

So are there any people lining up yet. My brother went out now to try and get 1 and he didnt pre order and im gonna be soo pissed if we didnt get one.

Star Lord

I'm just glad I pre-ordered mine back on September 29th. I knew the demand was gonna be massive!!! So I'm working nights at the minute, so when I finish at 7:30am it's straight to the Square Tallaght for me!

tw0nk

so anyone know anywhere sellin them at mid-night ie tesco or somewhere?

the corpo

very pleased for nintendo that demand is so high!

Fuzzballs

I think Gamestop on Liffey St are doing a midnight launch.
Smyths open at 8 in the morning, safer and warmer option