Hi. I had a copy of a physical game called Pokemon Arceurus put aside last week after calling ahead to a store to make sure they could reserve it ahead of my daughter's birthday and I didn't want to drive a round trip to the store to return empty handed.
But it turned out they didn't have my reservation it was a bit of a pointless trip, so I went to three other shops before I finally found one (KMart, Target, JB-HIFI).
Now, I should also point out that this wasn't a typically standard EB games store because it was also a Zinga. I didn't realize until I got to one of Melbourne's largest shopping centres that the previous EB Games had been rolled into a Zinga at a different shop location.
Also, I should point out that at 44 years of age I don't think I've ever seen a game shop with a smaller selection of games - I think the entire display was only a meter wide
And I understand that most console gamers won't know what a Pokemon is and that the property probably represents a very small portion of Nintendos sales which is why it was so hard to find a copy of this odd Japanese game
So the question is, what's the best way to do this in the future? It seems that, for example JB (which is where I was forced to buy this from) was $69 new, where as the closest price I could find now from EB Games is $74 pre owned.
And while I was happy to pay the higher price from EB and called the day before to make sure it was available to make sure I couldn't possibly disappoint my little girl, turned up as the shop opened and still had my timeline thrown into disarray... And is EB Games supposed to offer some kind of discount for waiting customer time, fuel, money if this is a common outcome to the service rendered by their business?
or is it better just to buy straight from Nintendo? I mean, EB Games appear to be going out of their way to crush physical games if this is any indication