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I went into town - Witney, Oxfordshire - from work this lunchtime
(thursday 27th), and visited various shops in the hope of maybe
picking a copy of GP3 up...

1st Stop - Dixons. Look on display - it's not there. Walk up to
counter - "do you have the computer game 'Grand Prix 3' in stock yet?"
- "I believe we have about ten or twenty of them out the back". "Can
you sell me one?".... woman manager leans over counter, grinning, and
whispers - "It's more than our life's worth." "Thankyou..." and I walk
out.

2nd Stop - W H Smiths. Look on display - nothing. Walk up to counter -
"have you got the computer game 'Grand Prix 3' in stock?" - "yes sir".
"Can I buy a copy?" - "No sir", (grinning), "it's not released until
tomorrow at 9am - you can reserve a copy though". "Nah - it's okay,
Thankyou..." and I walk out.

3rd Stop - Woolworths. Look on display - nothing. Walk up to counter -
"have you got the computer game 'Grand Prix 3' in stock?" -
"uuuuhhh.... Michelle - have we got Grand Prix 3 in ?" - "Not until
tomorrow - you can reserve one though." - "No thanks - thanks for your
help though..." and I walk out, and trudge back to work.

Why do I live somewhere where the staff are so ***y correct and
proper?  aaaarrgghh!!!

Jonathan Beckett

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AAAARRRGGG!!!

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I had the same experience here today. They told me it would cost them 250000
(!) Deutschmarks if they were cought selling GP3 today...  Of course this is
PER COPY!  :-(

I would almost say: if Hasbro doesn't want our money today, why should we
want GP3 tomorrow? I wouldn't buy it after this disappointment (having the
box in my hands but weren't allowed to buy it) but I am an F1 ***... I'm
sure I will buy it tomorrow.

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Markus

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Monday at the earliest I'm afraid, but more likely Tuesday before
they're in the shops.....

Tsk tsk tsk, shows what happens when you let Swedes handle it :-)

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Same goes for Bromley, Kent unfortunately :-(

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I'm going to say this only once in this newsgroup...

I am a professional software developer. People who copy software,
music and so forth are biting the hand that feeds them.

I won't go into the semantics of it, but if it carries on as it is,
you would be looking at eventual government control of the internet,
and client side software dying out entirely.

It will be your own fault too.

End of lecture.

Sorry about this posting to all those people who own their own copy of
their operating system, and of the software they have installed. This
posting isn't directed towards you - please ignore it.

JB

So will I. Tomorrow afternoon is going to seem awfully long...

I have a date on Saturday too - half my head tells me I really do need
to still have some semblance of a real life, and the other half says
"sod it - tell her you've got a headache and play GP3 - you know it
makes sense"....

I suppose this would lead on to the inevitable "10 reasons why GP3 is
better than a woman"  :-)  If somebody can think some up....

Jonathan Beckett

p.s. if anybody thinks I'm going to play a computer game instead of
going out on a date with somebody rather special, they need their head
examining.

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 I agree with you. However, the only reason the government would
attempt to "choke" the internet is for one reason only; "cold, hard,
cash".