Best Buy and Future Shop don't even HAVE it!

[Pezzers]

So I go to Best Buy for store opening, and they had one copy of the special edition bundle for Xbox in stock. That was all they got. No games by themselves, no value bundles, no Rickenbacker or Gretsch. Everyone got rain checks, which means $10 off, but still, WTF??? I took a sick day so I could rock out all day

I then walked to Future Shop which was about a 10 minute walk from there, and the girl informed me all they got were Value bundles, and no stores in the Toronto area got anything else but the value bundle. Again, WTF?

Anyone else having trouble/grumpy?

[folkeye]

There is another thread from Canada with the same problem... that really stinks considering the time they had to get stock.

[Moiread]

Are you really that surprised, especially after what happened with RB1 in Canada? I started anticipating this after I read about everyone running out of pre-orders.

[grubextrapolate]

yeah, i went into best buy promptly at 10am to pick up a copy, and no dice. fortunately, since i didn't pre-order i just walked downstairs to HMV and grabbed one of the many copies they had there.

edit: this was at markville mall in markham, ON for any locals looking for a copy.

[BarnesyJr48]

Well, its not as bad over here in England, though I managed to get the game only for 360, they didnt have any of the Gretsch or Rickenbacker controllers in either the two big game retailers on the high street.
Which makes me wonder, if you make a big PR thing about bringing out all these different ways for customers to access the Beatles: Rock Band experience, surely its a good idea to acutally have the product available to sell in the first place?
I'm sure its not HMX's fault on this one, its probably the middlemen between the manufacturers and the retailers, but its clear someone's dropped the ball somewhere down the line, on both sides of the pond...

[Pezzers]

They didn't even have stock to fill preorders, Moiread. They got nothing at all. They had a big full page ad in the flyer boasting the game and all the accessories, only to not have a single thing on the day of release? If I had placed a preorder I'd be pissed @_@

[Northern_Blitz]

I originally pre-ordered with Futureshop. I was hoping to get the game last night or today. The order status moved from "Pre-Order" to "Out of Stock" this morning. It wasn't even shipped yet, and they didn't have any stock on hand or in store.

So, I cancelled my order and drove to the closest Walmart, where the shelves were stocked with glorious Beatle goodness.

I don't think I'll be pre-ordering from FS again.

[Moiread]

And again, I say I'm not surprised. The exact same thing happened with the first release.

I remember there was even a brand new store opening in southern Ontario and they received a skid of bundles for RB1 as part of the opening stock which they were then instructed to ship back to the states.

[BayouBengal032]

You should specify you live in Canada in the title. I work at Best Buy down in Louisiana and we have so many of the real bundles and those "special value" bundles along with both guitars for each system and boxes of games.

I feel bad for the merch team that has to get the rest of those heavy ass boxes down today that we didn't get last night for our midnight release.

[Neogoglu]

With my RB1 and RB2 experience in Quebec,
i learned something good in the past months,
so that's why i pre-ordered my copy at my
local GameStop, and they called me yesterday
and my copy is waiting, i leave the job in 15 minutes.

Guess what i'm doing this afternoon ...