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Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23
define right away. I've pre-ordered a lot of things, and I've also kept in contact with the manufacturer about the official release date. same thing with Starcraft II, it was supposed to be released in december, then they bumped it to April. I've had a preorder for nearly a year now and they still push back the release date. granted, the price difference between a game and a car is extreme, but the process follows the same lines.
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I am a gamer so I will use your analogy.
So in your analogy take this perspective. You pre-ordered StarCraft. They push back the date.... it finally starts happening the game is finished and the server is launched and everyone is very excited.
The vendor (Blizzard) states that it is going to ship all of their initial copies of the game to Wal-Mart instead of fulfilling the pre-orders. Preorders will get their game after we have fullfilled our legal contract obligtions to Wal-mart.
Would you be pissed and just go buy it from Wal-Mart ?
Would you curse Blizzard?
Would you be pissed at the place you pre-ordered?
This is a video game compared to a car. But to be honest the video game industry is doing much better then the automotive industry.
Not one person on this site has stated that they want their car first before any other person here. We are willing to wait for those in front of us. To sell to Dealer Stock and Rental Companies (another good analogy here ... game is out but you have to rent it to play cause you can't get your copy yet) is absurd. We PRE-ORDERED in good faith, make those cars first is all we ask.
Cars on the street is better advertising then cars on a lot.
If I find a car at MSRP on a dealer lot I will cancel my pre-order and buy that one on the spot regardless of dealer.