Hearing reports of Grand Theft Auto IV sitting on shelves in Best Buy, and not having it reserved, I ran off to look. On the way, I passed GameStop, so I thought I’d check if they had it first. The boxes were lining the display case behind the counter when I walked in. After all, every time I’d called them in the past three months, it’s been “Thank you for calling Gamestop where you can now reserve Grand Theft Auto IV, this is Brian, how may I help you?”
I was very politely told that if I didn’t have it reserved, they couldn’t sell me a copy. I quickly said, “Okay, I’ll go to Best Buy, then, they have it sitting on the shelf,” and turned to leave.
“Uh, well, we’re going to get more copies in tomorrow.” I paused.
“That’s okay,” I started, “Best Buy is right over there, and they have tons of them in stock. You can’t just sell me one that you have?”
“No, I’m sorry, we only have as many as were reserved, but we will get them in first thing tomorrow morning.” I couldn’t believe it.
“Well, they’re just sitting on the shelves over at Best Buy, so I don’t see why I should wait. Thanks.”
So I went to Best Buy and you bet there they were. They had a special table set up and everything. It took me five seconds to find and five minutes to check out. “Would you like a free subscription to some crappy newspaper?” “Can I see your ID?” (I’m 31) “Would you like to something something bestbuy.com something something something?” Give me my damn game.
Installing now on the Playstation 3. Finally a non-Japanese game that kicks ass.
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