Umm early shipment with walmart?

[Blenjar]

I know i saw a topic reguarding this but I couldn't find it.

This is the first time I buy something from Walmart..not that I hate them or love them but..I just dont go there.

Anyway
Walmart Link (http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=5013083&sourceid=0100000030910868702498)
I just ordered mine with 1 day shipment to the 17th..which is a week from now...
$80 bux if u want it sometimes on the 17th.
I got class that day but I think I'll skip my school day...and I hope my new job doesn't start that week.,..well wait I do want to work..the $$$!!

$; second
PSU; third

Question:
Walmart delivers with UPS or FEDEX?
Just wondering so I can maybe drive to the warehouse and pick it up myself..



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[Blenjar]

Im sure someone here ordered something from walmart..UPS? FEDEX? Just wanna know and put it in my schedule.

-- Blen

[zofia]

I realize Wal*Mart is like the Evil Empire and all-powerful and stuff, but how the hell could they possibly have PSU on-shelf and ready to ship via Fed Ex ONE WEEK before the street date of October 24th?

I'm not being sarcastic, I'd actually like to know.

[Blenjar]

o okay fedex it is..they usually get at my house around 10-noon so im just wait home. probably going online right away.
Any1 here ordered from there? hit me up on xbox live so we can start getting rares and leveling up.

-- Blen

[Alpha-Hunter]

hopefully you won't get burnt if the 360 version gets mailed the same date as the PC/PS2 versions. Good luck!

[SaviorSe1f]

I already ordered my 360 version, because they also sent me Saint's Row a full week ahead of release...Here's to hoping it gets here on the 17th http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Blenjar]

o okay. Hey SaviorSe1f I just added you in my friend list...hope we get together and play online..wat will u be?

-- Blen

[SaviorSe1f]

I'm either gonna be a Force/Hunter Human, or a Hunter/Force Beast, depending on my experience with the Beta.

[SaviorSe1f]

One thing I'm not sure of, is if the servers will be up before the 24th, even more so now that they are running the Beta until the 18th. They may not open the official servers til release date (10/24) which means we'll be stuck playing Offline/Extra Mode...which isn't a bad thing, I guess. I can put away the offline story mode before the servers are even up. No wasting precious online time!

[Blenjar]

True...but wtf..at least we can maybe finish the game before online..lol

[Bleemo]

This should be incorrect. The beta is like-a kinda goin' on durin' the 16th.

Though, if it's correct, yay for Wal-Mart hax!

[Veneratius]

So is it really possible to get it a week early from walmart?? that would be insane

[AquaFlare7]

I personally doubt the validity of the suggested date, because I used to work in the industry. If a game is given a "street date" by the developers, then retailers cannot legally release it until that date under penalty of law.

Now does this mean Wal-Mart could have paid the big guys at Sega for an exclusive early release? Possibly, but not very probable. I will, however, admit that stranger things have happened.

[SaviorSe1f]

yea, it's definitely "possible". Walmart has a reputation for getting an early shipment and saying "screw the release date". Like I said they shipped Saint's Row out from their website almost 10 days before the official release date.

[SaviorSe1f]

^exaxtly...

[Veneratius]

I wonder if it would be worth it to cancel my order from Gamestop and go with Wal-mart. I mean the worst case scenario is I get it on the 24/25th instead of the 17th tight?

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 07:41, Veneratius wrote:
I wonder if it would be worth it to cancel my order from Gamestop and go with Wal-mart. I mean the worst case scenario is I get it on the 24/25th instead of the 17th tight?



Correct. I know if you pre-order from EB Game's website you get a sound track with it but then you have to wait on the extra shipping times. Sucks that you guys are going to be on the 360 version though /cry

[Sammy]

Gamestop has that OST bonus with it if you really wanted it. :
I can't preorder. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[Blenjar]

If I dont get it on the 17th, I'll just get a refund or something..no big deal.

-- Blen

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 07:44, Sammy wrote:
Gamestop has that OST bonus with it if you really wanted it. :
I can't preorder. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif



Bah, the Gamestops here in Jacksonville, Florida aren't honoring that promotion. No biggie though, I'll get enough of the music from playing it and if I wanted an OST that bad I would just record them myself.

[Veneratius]

I'm glad I found this thread, It would be great to have a headstart on the Offline, so that I have some experience with the new system when we can go online. Are we going to be able to play our offline characters Online at all like in PSO?

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 07:50, Veneratius wrote:
I'm glad I found this thread, It would be great to have a headstart on the Offline, so that I have some experience with the new system when we can go online. Are we going to be able to play our offline characters Online at all like in PSO?



No. This time around the offline mode is a completely separate game with a rich story. You play as a main character, and nothing offline interacts with online. Hopefully this prolongs the time in which the game is immune to hacking?

[Veneratius]

Ok, thanks AquaFlare7, and yes I totally agree, I hope that there is little to no hacking with the 360version seeing as how much more difficult it is to hack a 360 compared to the original Xbox. But for the PC users, I wish you the best with the hackers http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif

[zofia]

Hmm... this topic is making me want to cancel my Gamestop preorder and place a preorder with Walmart... >_>

[zofia]

I just don't understand this... the OFFICIAL PSU site says on the top page "The Battle Begins October 24th."

How could Wal Mart possibly be shipping a full week earlier than that?

I went to that Walmart link and i see what you mean, but HOW?!?!?!

[SephYuyX]

It could be a missprint.

Considering walmart has in the past screwed up and released a game earlly, they have and anyone who does release a game earlly, can get fined up to $250k per game sold.

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 08:00, Veneratius wrote:
OK, thanks AquaFlare7, and yes I totally agree, I hope that there is little to no hacking with the 360version seeing as how much more difficult it is to hack a 360 compared to the original Xbox. But for the PC users, I wish you the best with the hackers http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif



PC Will be fine. I am more concerned with the limitations of the PS2 memory card storage security for patches and updates. The first cheats to be released will be done on the PS2 with a gameshark/codebreaker type of device, guaranteed.

[CherryLunar]

Whomever goes through with this, let me know.

I'll be playing on PC, but if this is true I may get both PC and PS2. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[physic]

when you click on estimated date, they have a range for like 7 days, estimated time of shipping is 17-24, i also think they can ship early in teh interest of competing with stores, i rem my ffxi shipped early, although it basically arrived the same day or maybe 1 day earlier than stores. so basically they could do it, other could as well, but they may be more concerned with matching the dates

[mitchm]

walmart has gotten a lot of things ahead of schedule, saints row and the vision camera for the 360 were out before they were supposed to be... i pre ordered it off walmart so we will see what happens... i should have it the 18th or 19th according to them ( could of had it the 17th but dont want to pay 16 bucks for shipping, probably so much because its coming from the warehouse). as for the est. shippng from the 17-24th thats only standard shipping basically, theres 2-3 day and next day.... we will see what happens next week.

[IceBeam]

well i called walmart HQ and they said it ships on the 16th.... but i wonder can you pick it up on the 17th and the walmart stores... or pre-o's only....

[Bleemo]

You fools are actually making me pre-order from Wal-Mart to check this out.

SHAME on you all. SHAME

[Blenjar]

Were just hardcore PSO/PSU fans.

-- Blen

[physic]

xbox only meh

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 08:51, IceBeam wrote:
well i called walmart HQ and they said it ships on the 16th.... but i wonder can you pick it up on the 17th and the walmart stores... or pre-o's only....



It's good to hear people can get a jump start from Wal-Mart (I swear I didn't mean for that to rhyme). I will be waiting for the arrival at EB Games personally http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[IceBeam]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dont know what to dooooooooooooo i think i might jus pay the xtra 15 for next day.... PS Series is a drug.... trust me ive done it

[Soulvayne]

I preordered through walmart as well with the 3 day shipping. So Hopefully I'll get it by the 19th. Here is the thing though walmart says preorder this item and it SHOULD ship on the 16th, thats not really a guaranteed thing. The receipt you receive after preordering says it WILL arrive at such and such date. Also if you look at their website they have the PS2 and PC versions listed as shipping on the 24th it could all be a mistake, and if anything if it doesn't arrive by the specified date I'll be contacting them about their fraudulent advertisement and complain til I get free Overnight http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_smile.gif

[Jarel]

Don't get your hopes up...it may be possible but highly unlikely. I work at Wal-Mart, and I have also been burned on their "early" release dates.

I am going with Walmart so heres to hoping it is true.

[afcakey]

i wasn't really surprised at this. i've gotten a few games before there release date. Saints Row, Ninety Nine Nights, Metal Gear Subsistance.

But i'm pretty sure the server wont be up until release. But hey at least you can clear the story before then right.

[Ryudo]

On 2006-10-10 07:40, AquaFlare7 wrote:
I personally doubt the validity of the suggested date, because I used to work in the industry. If a game is given a "street date" by the developers, then retailers cannot legally release it until that date under penalty of law.

Now does this mean Wal-Mart could have paid the big guys at Sega for an exclusive early release? Possibly, but not very probable. I will, however, admit that stranger things have happened.



I work in the industry too, and I can tell you, no-one is going to say anything to walmart, they dont want walmart to stop selling their games

[IceBeam]

well i will pre-o it by friday if i am up to da challenge.....but i tell you i will

[Kyuu]

One, I highly doubt Wal-mart will be releasing this game early.

Two, even if they do, you won't be able to get online, because the servers won't be up until the official release date. They may even have something similar to the Japanese release, where anyone who tries to get online before the official release has their account permanently banned.

[Blenjar]

dont hate...offline then.

-- Blen

[Diablohead]

*edit* sorry, lack of thought, wrong topic http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif



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[Zanac]

OhHhH Preordered from walmart with 1 day shipping wooot

[TheStoicOne]

WOW! Where do you live that Wal-MArt lets you pre-order. When I went tothe electronics section the guy told me that they didin't

[Turbulance]

Patients Must not be PSU players virtue, come on guys we've waited this long whats another 2 weeks...lets pretend like you cant DL the beta...or the CC generator or what have you...and as for the online servers guy was right the the servers wont be up until the official date I would almost put money on it

[kazuma56]

hmm, although the 360 version has an early release date the PC and PS2 versions don't.... i'm still going to check my walmart the day of the supposed release and the day after to see if its for the other 2 platforms as well.

[Hikara]

It could very easily be a possibility from Wal-Mart. You do remember the Nintendo DS Lite release? They released it early. WAY early. The same could definitely happen with PSU... =<_<=

[Hemorrhage]

Even IF they did ship PSU out early (which can happen, games are usually done and printed (and sometimes shipped) way before the release date) the online servers will not be up before the 24th. So if you happen to get it, Offline only for yas.

But I doubt it, Wal-mart would get in trouble for selling it early.

[Kyunji]

October 24th is the ship date. In other words, no stores will even have the game until then. Chances are that this is a just a mistake on Wal-Mart's part, like 1UP.com changing PSU's release date to April 20th, 2007.

[Numnuttz]

thats not always true on games. at times stores are able to get them in advance. its just that they dont sell them till the date that is set for teh game.

[AquaFlare7]

On 2006-10-10 16:06, Numnuttz wrote:
thats not always true on games. at times stores are able to get them in advance. its just that they dont sell them till the date that is set for teh game.



Very true. Stores recieve them a day or two before shipping usually.

[Souppy]

Japenese titles are generally the exceptions for that statement.

[Kyunji]

Estimated Arrival Date
Phantasy Star Universe Xbox 360
Preorder this item today and it should ship on 10/16/2006
Estimated arrival date
Standard Shipping
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02
2- to 3-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Thu, Oct 26 – Fri, Oct 27
1-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Wed, Oct 25
Store Pickup
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02

That's an early release date, all right - for fifteen extra dollars, you can even get it negative one days early!



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[thadarkman78]

Yea, I did notice their "estimated arrival dates" when I was choosing shipping. But like the other said, I can either just refund, or complain to Wal-Mart and get like free shipping or something http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif. Might as well try and get it early.

[CpwninOBrien]

um i dont think u can even play it offline didnt importers not be able to paly offline when server maintanece was goin on????

[SaviorSe1f]

On 2006-10-10 16:40, Kyunji wrote:

Estimated Arrival Date
Phantasy Star Universe Xbox 360
Preorder this item today and it should ship on 10/16/2006
Estimated arrival date
Standard Shipping
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02
2- to 3-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Thu, Oct 26 – Fri, Oct 27
1-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Wed, Oct 25
Store Pickup
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02

That's an early release date, all right - for fifteen extra dollars, you can even get it negative one days early!



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My receipt doesn't say anything about an october 25th processing time.





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[Kyunji]

On 2006-10-10 18:31, SaviorSe1f wrote:


On 2006-10-10 16:40, Kyunji wrote:

Estimated Arrival Date
Phantasy Star Universe Xbox 360
Preorder this item today and it should ship on 10/16/2006
Estimated arrival date
Standard Shipping
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02
2- to 3-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Thu, Oct 26 – Fri, Oct 27
1-Day Shipping
(plus processing time) Wed, Oct 25
Store Pickup
(plus processing time) Fri, Oct 27 – Thu, Nov 02

That's an early release date, all right - for fifteen extra dollars, you can even get it negative one days early!



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My receipt doesn't say anything about an october 25th processing time.


Try clicking on "See estimated arrival date".

[SaviorSe1f]

Hmm, it's says Will Arrive by the 17th

[Shye]

Mine says the 17th too.

[Soulvayne]

and mine says 18-19th still. I know what your saying though about the estimated delivery date. Earlier today that was actually reflecting the 17, 18-19th and such. They might be trying to "fix" the error they made.

[PrinceBrightstar]

Sega may impose it's "if you try to log on before the street date at such time, your account will be perma banned"...just a warning.

[Blenjar]

Yea..thats gay now teh date changes..fcuking assholes. im just wait untill the 17th to cancel my order and see if anything is going on.

[kassy]

If I was an online store I know what I'd do, set an early 'false' ship date, in the hopes of getting people to pre-order the product from me, and then turn around and say "stock won't arrive till actual "offical" shipping date", haha.

While I'm not saying walmart did this, as they've been known to get pre-releases, you gotta admit it'd be a good move! while you'd have a number of people cancelling their order as soon as they were informed and going with their regular games store, there would bound to be a number of people who wouldn't bother cancelling.



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[toadwaker]

I just registered to post this email I got after I read this post:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Ivan,

Thank you for contacting us at Walmart.com. Your comments and questions
are very important to us as we strive to meet your needs.

We are writing to let you know that, as specified on the Walmart.com
item page, Phantasy Star Universe Xbox 360, is being sold as a
prerelease. The release date for this item is October 16, 2006. Should
you order this item, we will ship it to you as soon as the item is
released.

If we may be of further assistance, please email us at [email protected],
or call us at 1-800-966-6546. We are here to serve you from 7:00 AM EST
to 2:00 AM EST, 7 days a week!

Sincerely,

Maria
Customer Service at Walmart.com

Original Message Follows:
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The following message was received on October 10,2006 12:18 PM, by the
Walmart.com Help Desk:

Customer ID : 100
First Name : Ivan
Last Name : ----------------
Phone : ---------------
e-mail : ------------------
Order Number :
Comments : How can you be shipping this item on Oct 16, when the
OFFICIAL stree release date is Oct 24?


http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?dest=9999999997&product_id=501
3083&sourceid=0100000030910868702498

Please answer me asap.

Thank you.

[EC_Subbie]

They changed it. It ships the 24th

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5013083



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[mitchm]

its funny the date on that page has changed but where it says on my reciept( well not the actual receipt its under my purchase summary) at the bottom it still says should arrive the 18th or 19th. maybe it was a limited thing where they let a few people pre order it early on first come first serve basis.... so until those days go by and i dont get it i will cancel the order, but until then we will see...



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[Katrina]

Walmart is pure evil. Walmart is the true power behind global warming, Clay Aiken, and fetta cheeze *shivers*

[Valkayree]

I went in to WalMart to get Ninety Nine Nights the day of release and they told me that they only get high profile games on the day of release. They wouldn't get Ninety Nine Nights until two days later. I discussed with the misinformed clerk on what exactly defines a high profile release and came to the conclusion that WalMart is run by idiots.

[Kyunji]

On 2006-10-11 06:01, mitchm wrote:
its funny the date on that page has changed but where it says on my reciept( well not the actual receipt its under my purchase summary) at the bottom it still says should arrive the 18th or 19th. maybe it was a limited thing where they let a few people pre order it early on first come first serve basis.... so until those days go by and i dont get it i will cancel the order, but until then we will see...


No. Like I said, Wal-Mart won't even be able to get the game until the 24th. There is absolutely no chance of anyone getting the game early from Wal-Mart.

End of discussion. Thank you.



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[Jarel]

I went in to WalMart to get Ninety Nine Nights the day of release and they told me that they only get high profile games on the day of release. They wouldn't get Ninety Nine Nights until two days later. I discussed with the misinformed clerk on what exactly defines a high profile release and came to the conclusion that WalMart is run by idiots.

Yeah sure...blame the poor clerk. Like they have any power over the situation.

Sorry to let you know that Corporations don't go by your "definition" of high profile games.

This is the problem with working for the public. You work your butt off for people running a store for the public and all you get is crap.

Sorry...you just touched a nerve. I try my damndest to help customers out, and EVERYDAY I get some moron who has some "oppinion" on how the buisness should work.
Be part of the solution and not the problem. Get a Job at Wal-Mart and make a difference.

Public worker rant......off.

[Valkayree]

On 2006-10-11 07:48, Jarel wrote:

I went in to WalMart to get Ninety Nine Nights the day of release and they told me that they only get high profile games on the day of release. They wouldn't get Ninety Nine Nights until two days later. I discussed with the misinformed clerk on what exactly defines a high profile release and came to the conclusion that WalMart is run by idiots.

Yeah sure...blame the poor clerk. Like they have any power over the situation.

Sorry to let you know that Corporations don't go by your "definition" of high profile games.

This is the problem with working for the public. You work your butt off for people running a store for the public and all you get is crap.

Sorry...you just touched a nerve. I try my damndest to help customers out, and EVERYDAY I get some moron who has some "oppinion" on how the buisness should work.
Be part of the solution and not the problem. Get a Job at Wal-Mart and make a difference.

Public worker rant......off.



Heheh, sorry I touched a nerve. I applied for a job once at Wal-Mart and they turned me down because I was overqualified, and all I did was graduate high school... But seriously, their corporate idea of high profile is something like Madden 07 or King Kong, go figure. Wal-Mart execs hate RPGs lately, they rarely focus on them as high profile, but they used to be pretty good about it from 1985-1990 with NES and SNES RPGs. I guess management shifted or the real owners are comatose while they have some guy in a chicken suit making the rules. Eh, public consumer anti corporate rant......off ^_^

And I'm not a moron, but I don't think you are either.

[Sexy_Raine]

Wal-mart is the most evil store ever made. They plan on world domination. I'm certainly not buying PSU from it

[Blenjar]

well at least I got it pre-ordered at gamestop..either way im getting that baby..wtf!

-- Blen

[tyler2zelda]

I posted this like 2 weeks ago...

>_>

[linkzone]

Why do you people hate walmart? Walmart is the greatest store ever. Preorder or no I still ordered it from them. Gimmie that good ol' capa-tol-ism baby.

[cobracommande]

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[CrazySwayzee]

On 2006-10-11 05:01, kassy wrote:
If I was an online store I know what I'd do, set an early 'false' ship date, in the hopes of getting people to pre-order the product from me, and then turn around and say "stock won't arrive till actual "offical" shipping date", haha.

While I'm not saying walmart did this, as they've been known to get pre-releases, you gotta admit it'd be a good move! while you'd have a number of people cancelling their order as soon as they were informed and going with their regular games store, there would bound to be a number of people who wouldn't bother cancelling.



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Now that's smart marketing

kinda reminds me of the !OPEN BETA! Sega accidently forgot to give us on the 11th of October.

[shidoshi]

On 2006-10-11 16:43, linkzone wrote:
Why do you people hate walmart? Walmart is the greatest store ever. Preorder or no I still ordered it from them. Gimmie that good ol' capa-tol-ism baby.


Because WalMart screws producers, product manufacturers, its workforce, and local businesses just so you can save a couple cents on shampoo and tube socks.

If this ends up being true, I'd love to have the game early, but not if it means ordering it from them.

[Shye]

Man, if I can't buy tube socks in PSU at one of the shops, I'm going to be SO mad at Walmart.

[Epy1221]

I'm a little confused about this topic, all Walmarts are getting PSU a full week ahead of schedule?

[EC_Subbie]

Look it up people... it says shipping 10/24..not the 17th.

[Blenjar]

It was the 16th..

-- Blen

[Jarel]

I guess management shifted or the real owners are comatose while they have some guy in a chicken suit making the rules. Eh, public consumer anti corporate rant......off ^_^


I'm with you there. But RPGs aren't true "money bringers" its the Dang sports series and racing games. *sigh*

Oh..and I wasn't calling "you" a moron. I just meant that I get plenty who are.
As for "overqualified"...yeah..they lied...badly. That's most places "nice" way of saying they arent hireing. Wal-Mart doesn't only hire simpletons. Well....mostly. http://www.pso-world.com/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wink.gif

Sigh....maybe I could work off this stress by playing PSU open Beta on LIVE on my days off today and tommorrow.
*Bangs head on keyboard* ujgftrju7hyhjyu76u7u7hjy6



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[Yachiru]

My mom works at Wal-Mart, I'll ask her about the whole PSU thing, so she can probably check to make sure for us all. xD The only thing I have doubt about are the servers, if they'll be up before the 24th. Otherwise, I'd rather just wait. Add me to your friendslist~ >>