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1) Tell them they are morons.. GPL is shipping in the next three weeks
(possibly week and a half if things don't change)...
2) Insist that GPL is in their computers. When they tell you "Sorry Sir, but
I can tell you that it ISN'T .. I just checked again..", you can tell them
(once again) they are clueless (see point #1)
3) Tell them to try a lookup for "SS: Grand Prix Legends" - the SS is for
SierraSports - at which point the clerk will surely say "Oh.. yeah....
Sierra's putting all their games under that now.. I forgot (but they will
offer NO apologies). At which point, two seconds later, they will see on
their screens the following (or something very similar):

SS:GRAND PRIX LEGENDS WCD          (US)$49.99
   MANUFACTURER: SIERRA
   SYSTEM: PC Games
AVAILABILITY DATE: 09/30/1998

Please note: the "availability date" is the SHIPPING DATE..
E.B. (and other stores) will not receive the game for 1-3 days after this
date.. (count on it being 2 days later.. so Friday, October 2nd it should be
in the stores - as long as the shipping date is not changed - this info was
correct AFAIK as of 09.25.98).

That's all there is to it..
Oh.. I forgot the last point:
4) Laugh, tell them "I told you so!", thank them for the info, and walk out
of the store uttering what a complete bunch of jackasses they are.
5) Laugh some more!

I've done this in THREE (yes.. "3") E.B. stores .. and every time
encountered the same thing you heard "It's not in our computers"..

Just follow my five easy steps, and the answer is yours!!
Good luck!

doktorB
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: 1) Tell them they are morons.. GPL is shipping in the next three weeks
: (possibly week and a half if things don't change)...
: 2) Insist that GPL is in their computers. When they tell you "Sorry Sir, but
: I can tell you that it ISN'T .. I just checked again..", you can tell them
: (once again) they are clueless (see point #1)
: 3) Tell them to try a lookup for "SS: Grand Prix Legends" - the SS is for
: SierraSports - at which point the clerk will surely say "Oh.. yeah....
: Sierra's putting all their games under that now.. I forgot (but they will
: offer NO apologies). At which point, two seconds later, they will see on
: their screens the following (or something very similar):

: SS:GRAND PRIX LEGENDS WCD          (US)$49.99
:    MANUFACTURER: SIERRA
:    SYSTEM: PC Games
: AVAILABILITY DATE: 09/30/1998

: Please note: the "availability date" is the SHIPPING DATE..
: E.B. (and other stores) will not receive the game for 1-3 days after this
: date.. (count on it being 2 days later.. so Friday, October 2nd it should be
: in the stores - as long as the shipping date is not changed - this info was
: correct AFAIK as of 09.25.98).

: That's all there is to it..
: Oh.. I forgot the last point:
: 4) Laugh, tell them "I told you so!", thank them for the info, and walk out
: of the store uttering what a complete bunch of jackasses they are.

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Dok,

I went to EB (as I said in my previous posts) and they looked for SS:GPL.
It wasn't there!  I watched him look through all Sierra Sports games, and
it simply was not present.  There may have been some funky filtering on or
something but when I went over the weekend to the same store with the same
clerk, it was there.  It may have recently been added to their lists.  The
same was true of Stop-n-Save (EB store).  They looked under GPL, Grand
Prix Legends, SS: Grand Prix Legends, Sierra Sports Grand Prix Legends and
it just wasnt there.  I went back on Sunday and sure enough, it was
there!

Anyway, who cares.  It is shipping soon and that is all that matters...

Now I just hope that it is available in stores on the 30th, like my clerk
at S-n-S said.   If not, THEN I will call him a pinhead, moron plus all of
the other stuff you said!

J.