Re: Unable to buy GP3.... aarrgghhh!

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Beckett <[email hidden]> writes

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>Regardless of the early (somewhat biased) comments being made about >GP3, I'm buying it because I don't have a decent F1 game at the >moment. > >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 bloody correct and >proper? aaaarrgghh!!! > > >

Tell me about it, same in Milton Keynes. -- Sean Black

>Warez :) 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

>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 addict... I'm >sure I will buy it tomorrow. 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 [email hidden] 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.

Hi Jon! > 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. 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 addict... I'm sure I will buy it tomorrow. Greetings, Markus

>Why do I live somewhere where the staff are so bloody correct and >proper? aaaarrgghh!!! Same goes for Bromley, Kent unfortunately :-( -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

Regardless of the early (somewhat biased) comments being made about GP3, I'm buying it because I don't have a decent F1 game at the moment. 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 bloody correct and proper? aaaarrgghh!!! Jonathan Beckett [email hidden] www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

Did you get a look at her tits? -- Nigel Swan

Warez :)

[email hidden] (Jon Beckett) writes: > Why do I live somewhere where the staff are so bloody correct and > proper? aaaarrgghh!!! Talked to my local gameshop yesterday. "Will you have GP3 on friday ?". Answer : "The national distibutor MAY send it out tomorrow, so saturday if you are lucky, expect it somewhere between monday and friday". "But it is released tomorrow!" (note: i know the guy very well, so proper language is not necessary) "Well, tough luck" AAAARRRGGG!!! -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

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"Olav K. Malmin" wrote: > > Talked to my local gameshop yesterday. "Will you have GP3 on friday > ?". Answer : "The national distibutor MAY send it out tomorrow, so > saturday if you are lucky, expect it somewhere between monday and > friday". "But it is released tomorrow!" (note: i know the guy very > well, so proper language is not necessary) "Well, tough luck" If they're getting it from the same place as I do, you're out of luck, I phoned them 3 times today, and at 4 o'clock I was told that the Swedish distributor who holds the rights for both Norway and Sweden hadn't shipped them yet 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 :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

In article <[email hidden]>, Jon Beckett <[email hidden]> writes >... woman manager leans over counter, grinning, and >whispers - "It's more than our life's worth." "Thankyou..." and I walk >out. Did you get a look at her tits? -- Nigel Swan

Warez :)

In article <8lplpu$qdu$[email hidden]>, "Markus Woitzik" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Hi Jon! > >> 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. > >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 addict... I'm >sure I will buy it tomorrow.

I don't understand this. What's the difference if everyone sells a day early? Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +69.01 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

They have it in stock on the warez site. Everyone there are not bloody correct and proper. They will gladly give you a copy. Jon Beckett wrote:

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> Regardless of the early (somewhat biased) comments being made about > GP3, I'm buying it because I don't have a decent F1 game at the > moment. > > 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 bloody correct and > proper? aaaarrgghh!!! > > Jonathan Beckett > [email hidden] > www.btinternet.com/~jonbeckett

Good post Jonathan, and while I am no software developer, I agree totally. -- Don Burnette Dburn in N3 and Legends ICQ# 74084566 "Jonathan Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >Warez :) > > 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

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 19:53:16 GMT, [email hidden] (Jonathan Beckett) wrote: -snip- >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. I agree with you. However, the only reason the government would attempt to "choke" the internet is for one reason only; "cold, hard, cash".

On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:42:09 GMT, teehole <holysmokes!@spammy.net> thus spoke: > I agree with you. However, the only reason the government would >attempt to "choke" the internet is for one reason only; "cold, hard, >cash". How can the government have total control over the internet? It is not owned by any one government or country so they can never completely control it. Your government may pass a law saying you can't do this or that, but that doens't mean it applies to the rest of us. -- Nos