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Anybody else just worn down over trying to get a PS5?
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Damn, I'm sorry it's been so tough for some people.
The day preorders opened my friend messaged me that Amazon orders were up. Opened the app, put it in the cart. Order confirmed. At the time I was happy to get one obviously but didn't think much of it. The months since I guess hammered home how lucky I actually got.
I feel for everyone having a tough time. Hopefully fortune smiles on everyone still looking soon.
The day preorders opened my friend messaged me that Amazon orders were up. Opened the app, put it in the cart. Order confirmed. At the time I was happy to get one obviously but didn't think much of it. The months since I guess hammered home how lucky I actually got.
I feel for everyone having a tough time. Hopefully fortune smiles on everyone still looking soon.
If you have enough money, I say still get it.. and sell the controller and camera.... and if possible the PS4 games.
How much do you think you'll end up sacrificing? $20-30 maybe?
I remember how hard it was to get a ps4 at launch. Took me until late march and I had to buy an overpriced bundle with things I didn't want to get it.
Hope you catch a break soon!
Stock X doesn't sell anything used. I have bought several sneakers from there. Everything is brand new unopened.
Pickup or delivery? If it was pickup I'm almost positive what happened, lol.
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Oh God, if I got an order placed and that happened after the hell I've put myself through...
Just, no. I'm very sorry that happened to you though.
No worries. Enjoy your backlog, and by the time it'll get available, you'll be rocking a ps5 pro slim.
Sad to hear this. I got mine within a week of being obsessive at spending all my time awake trying to get one.
You should take a break. Your behaviour isn't healthy.
I stopped trying OP. I am an impulse tech person with a long xbox and PC ecosystem history, but every time a new Playstation comes out I want it and usually get it. But this one has broken me and it was for the better I think. i My advice if I wasn't able to score either of the next gen systems, would be to just improve my PC or buy a new higher end PC and game there...unless you are looking for a 3090...
I actually just gave up. Ive been there the moment Target, Gamestop, and Walmart stock went live, had store apps, logged in, payment info ready to go... and have struck out each and every time.
Took my PS5 funds that I had stored away and bought a Nintendo Switch and a few games to go along with my XBox Series X - feel great about it actually!
Took my PS5 funds that I had stored away and bought a Nintendo Switch and a few games to go along with my XBox Series X - feel great about it actually!
I've posted before in another thread similar to this, but I highly recommend getting an "in stock" notification extension for your browser. It's the reason my brother and I was able to get a ps5 on 2 separate occasions. The extension will let you know the moment the system comes in stock at several online retailers (depending on which ones you choose). the extension I used is called OctoShop for the google browser. Also note, I've used it here in the U.S. so I'm not sure how it'll work/ if it'll work outside of the United States.
Target is only doing pick up! I imagine the store is managing individual inventory and which makes it easy for the system to sell units it doesn't have. But if you have deets I'm interested in knowing more!
Im ashamed to say if i didn't get extremely lucky with that amazon drop the first night pre-orders went live i prob would have shameless bought one of those bundles or worse scalper. I wouldn't have the patience
I still don't think you're missing too much right now unless you're a huge demon's souls fan or/and really want to play Returnal
I still don't think you're missing too much right now unless you're a huge demon's souls fan or/and really want to play Returnal
I know it's kind of me just being moody, but that thread here about "For those who have both a PS5 and Series X..." just twists the knife really deep cause I haven't been able to get either.
I was really hoping to get one for RE8. No way I'm going to play that on my OG PS4.
I've given up for now. However, the stories of stick drift and coil whine have me thinking I'm better off waiting in the hopes these things get fixed. I have plenty of other games to play in the meantime.
It's basically a raffle on the website NewEgg where you enter and get randomly selected to be able to buy the items you select, including PS5s and various computer parts (lol what a thing to "win"). I think it happens every day but they may not necessarily have the same items every day. Also the PS5s are usually bundles so they can be more expensive than just the base console by several hundo sometimes.
It's alright! It's been a little disheartening but gotta keep trying.
Right, wasn't sure if this was supposed to be recent story or not though!
But anyway, no, actually it would require a pretty big issue for them to oversell these. Asset protection is tasked with regularly auditing counts for the new consoles, as well as securing the units and prepping them for sale days, and there's a lot of collaboration from on high. A count issue would have a lot of people looking into it very quickly.
For a lot of stores though, that means systems are stored in AP offices or in the store manager's office, rather than main stock rooms. And fulfillment is an area like cashiering, where you get a lot of cross-trained team members coming in to support, who might not be in the loop… Soooo you occasionally get the situation of the clueless TM who says "I don't know where this is, and it's not in the sales floor location", marks it as "not found", and moves on to the next item without a second thought. You'd THINK people would think to just ask, buuuut it happens more than it should.
TLDR, your PS5 was probably there, but you got screwed by a clueless backup/new hire who wasn't given the memo, and then someone else got the chance to buy it.
It's honestly probably worth it to politely make a fuss. Just call, ask why your order was canceled, and see if they can make it right by helping you get one from the next batch. There's a very real chance the store knows about the fuck-up, because if they're looking into the reports they'd immediately see that and start figuring out who did what, and was probably anticipating a call once they discovered it. Very much YRMV, but it's something that is done in some cases.
I'm not actively looking for one since the only thing I'm interested in at the moment is DeS but if I could casually buy one right now, I would. I tried 2 separate times to get one. Both times was with Walmart's shit show. I'm over it, I'll buy when its readily available.
Oh yeah, it was literally this morning. Honestly, I assumed there was never a unit for me because got canceled so quickly after I purchased it, so I never bothered calling because I didn't want to bother some poor Target worker when I imagined it was the system that failed. Interesting background information, thank you!
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Yeah, I would definitely give it a shot then. Like I said, be polite about it, but just ask if there's a leader who can make it up to you. Worst case scenario, you get nothing, best case you snag a system, and if not there's a decent chance you get an apology gift card or something. There's a good chance "Hey, I bought this after trying for months and I'm just bummed it immediately got canceled, can you help me out?" will get you a long way. I think people think you can only ever go full passive or full Karen, but if something gets messed up it's not wrong to ask if it can be fixed, and a good attitude about it can do a lot. Again, no guarantees, every store is different, but it can't hurt.
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Me too.
I ignored it a bit, but then I got the hankering. 2 solid weeks of bullshit and 3 Walmart camp out and inventory tracking and blah blah blah.
Lucked out on online Walmart drop a couple of days before Xmas.
I'm sick of official retailers coming up with forced bundles and/or ludicrous reasons to increase the price.
I am not sure if it still works but there used to be a glitch on Microsoft's website in which you could get an order when they were out of stock by endlessly retrying after you got it in the cart. This may have just been the preorder page only so it may not work still. If you get it in the cart you are good to go with it. You'll need an auto clicker
mid you have it in your basket just use an auto clicker on the order until it takes you to checkout. May take a day or more but will prevent you from missing out assuming you near your pc.
A lottery Newegg does to give you the chance to purchase forced, expensive bundles
Funnily enough, I don't think I'd be interested in getting a PS5 now if it was readily available. There's no currently released PS5 game that I feel I need to play soon and moreover, I don't even have a 4K TV. I'd certainly find some use for it if I had one (mostly for some PS4 games I've saved up because I'd rather play them off an SSD at this point), but it's certainly not something I'd consider an essential gaming purchase for me at the moment.
But with how hard it is to get a hold of, and specifically with it remaining unclear when the situation will change exactly, I feel more compelled to get one sooner rather than later if I can manage it. Mostly because I'd prefer to have the system in hand once there are PS5 games releasing that I really want to play. Plus I think it's doubtful there's going to be a price drop or console revision by the time I'll really want one for a game I'm really interested in (like Horizon or God of War sequels), so there doesn't seem to be a financial incentive in waiting for my personal needs.
Curious how many others have been spurred into the rush of buying a PS5 mainly due to the unclear duration of the shortages, and just wanting to make sure they have the system 'ready to go' once their games of interest start releasing.
But with how hard it is to get a hold of, and specifically with it remaining unclear when the situation will change exactly, I feel more compelled to get one sooner rather than later if I can manage it. Mostly because I'd prefer to have the system in hand once there are PS5 games releasing that I really want to play. Plus I think it's doubtful there's going to be a price drop or console revision by the time I'll really want one for a game I'm really interested in (like Horizon or God of War sequels), so there doesn't seem to be a financial incentive in waiting for my personal needs.
Curious how many others have been spurred into the rush of buying a PS5 mainly due to the unclear duration of the shortages, and just wanting to make sure they have the system 'ready to go' once their games of interest start releasing.
I got a Series X at launch so I've been pretty content. With the Mass Effect remaster and Disco Elysium on the summer I'll still be fine. Eventually they're will be some PS5 exclusives I wavy to play but that time hasn't arrived yet. The trouble is the credit going towards my PS5 purchase is tied up at GameStop so I'm at their mercy. They're only doing bundles and none of the bundles are appealing right now.
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Feeling guilty AF that I've been able to find/buy 4, lol. (only bought two -- one for me and one for a colleague - but I had the opportunity for 4 total).
And a Series X within two hours of starting to look for that one. lol
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Feeling guilty AF that I've been able to find/buy 4, lol. (only bought two -- one for me and one for a colleague - but I had the opportunity for 4 total).
And a Series X within two hours of starting to look for that one. lol
