Borderlands 2 Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition & Deluxe Vault Hunter's Collector's Edition announced

[Matrix6]

Originally Posted by Idiotekque

Well, looks like you have to pay up front with them. $150 for a game you'll get in September?... Yeah, I think I'll put $5 down at GameStop. >_>

Are you saying amazon demands payment up front?
I just placed and order and I haven't been charged for it, I haven't even heard of any changes to their policy towards pre-orders and payments for it. As far as I know, of all the years I've been shopping there, they only take payment upon despatch for your pre-orders, unless that particular order contains items that are readily in-stock, then they just take money for what can/will be shipped shortly.

Btw, amazon did not have the Loot Chest available for preorder until this week, Australia was the very first to take preorders a few days after announcement and none of the US had offered it yet, I've been checking on a daily routine

[Idiotekque]

Ah, I thought Amazon took payment first. Either way, I'd rather pick it up in person rather than risk shipment damage on a large item like this. That's odd that you say that though, because it was 4 days or so ago that I looked at the Amazon preorder page for Borderlands 2 and it was active.

GameStop does take $25, yeah. I preordered today.

[foreverflash]

Originally Posted by Idiotekque

Ah, I thought Amazon took payment first. Either way, I'd rather pick it up in person rather than risk shipment damage on a large item like this. That's odd that you say that though, because it was 4 days or so ago that I looked at the Amazon preorder page for Borderlands 2 and it was active.

GameStop does take $25, yeah. I preordered today.

Just so you realize, when you pickup a game from a physical store, like Gamestop, remember that that game had to be shipped first to Gamestop warehouses, then to Gamestop individual stores. Two shipping experiences for that game already. It's the same for amazon. It has to come from the manufacturer, to amazon, then to customer. 2x shipping. Often times, I find the employees at Gamestop stores care very little for how the handle games; be it a small book style limited edition or a huge edition like this upcoming BL2 Chest.

If we are talking amazon and gamestop only here, the best source to get your games, where they will least likely be damaged is from gamestop.com (delivered NOT local store pickup).

I say this from personal experience of which I have a lot of. Just never forget that even though your picking up an item in a store, that item had to go through several shipping experiences already which means it's just as likely to have been damaged, if not more so because the empoyees are usually NOT collectors themselves, just gamers. The only real benefit to picking up in store is you get the item faster than delivery. That's it.

[Idiotekque]

Well, I usually find that the first batch of collector's editions you'll send in a store are in really good shape. When things are shipped from the manufacturer in bigger batches they know how to package stuff right, because if they send their stuff out damaged they're not going to make any money of it.

When something is sent individually to the customer... that's when I see corners cut on shipping. I'd rather see the item in person before paying for it; and I'm not afraid to ask for one in better shape if I don't like what I see.

To each his own though.

[foreverflash]

Originally Posted by Idiotekque

Well, I usually find that the first batch of collector's editions you'll send in a store are in really good shape. When things are shipped from the manufacturer in bigger batches they know how to package stuff right, because if they send their stuff out damaged they're not going to make any money of it.

When something is sent individually to the customer... that's when I see corners cut on shipping. I'd rather see the item in person before paying for it; and I'm not afraid to ask for one in better shape if I don't like what I see.

To each his own though.

Sure. To each his own preference. However, amazon is fool proof (so far) because anytime you get a damaged item they ALWAYS replace it no matter what as long as they have stock (and they usually have stock or always get extra for replacements). So, it's a hassle to return and receive a lot but it still works and amazon is one of the few retailers who offer release date delivery for many video game, movie and print releases. Also, often times for large game editions (like this one) amazon gets the edition from the manufacturer in a special shipping box already set to ship (and protected). This is excellent and greatly reduces damages when amazon ships to customer. Gamestop.com I find ships items with better protection inside the box (more padding) and often uses double or even triple thick boxes (which is awesome) to protect the merchandise.

I think for what you desire (with in store) it strictly depends on location, size of store and quality of staff. If you got a great gamestop near you then awesome! My local gamestops are small and the employees don't care about handling their merchandise carefully for collectors.

[themidlandmaster]

Originally Posted by foreverflash

Sure. To each his own preference. However, amazon is fool proof (so far) because anytime you get a damaged item they ALWAYS replace it no matter what as long as they have stock (and they usually have stock or always get extra for replacements). So, it's a hassle to return and receive a lot but it still works and amazon is one of the few retailers who offer release date delivery for many video game, movie and print releases. Also, often times for large game editions (like this one) amazon gets the edition from the manufacturer in a special shipping box already set to ship (and protected). This is excellent and greatly reduces damages when amazon ships to customer. Gamestop.com I find ships items with better protection inside the box (more padding) and often uses double or even triple thick boxes (which is awesome) to protect the merchandise.

I think for what you desire (with in store) it strictly depends on location, size of store and quality of staff. If you got a great gamestop near you then awesome! My local gamestops are small and the employees don't care about handling their merchandise carefully for collectors.

But when a game is sold out they ant really replace it

Still, I know what you mean. Here in Australia eb imported final antsy Xilinx 2 and took off the seal to put new ratings stickers on

[Idiotekque]

Well, I live on an island so everything is pretty small. I love my GameStop staff though except for the managers (two nasty looking gals who always seem to be in a bad mood).

[Letrico]

Holy moly sold out already in Australia. Bad luck to those that did not pre order.

[Xmo]

Originally Posted by Letrico

Holy moly sold out already in Australia. Bad luck to those that did not pre order.

wow it made people crazy in less than a week

[Viridius]

Really? That was quick. I wonder if they will do a late release of "found" stock closer to the release date?