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Don't buy SMAC at Future Shop!!!
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| Author | Topic: Don't buy SMAC at Future Shop!!! |
| Gregory Stegeman |
posted 11-27-98 03:03 AM ET  
I went to Futue shop in September and asked if they knew if when SMAC was coming out. They said in 10-15 days. Bull@#$%. Those losers don't know what they're doing. Help me boycot Future shop by buying SMAC else where. Thank you. 
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| tOFfGI |
posted 11-27-98 06:17 AM ET
Release Dates Change constantly in the game world. Often from one day to the next the release date, due to a company descition, can jump in time months forward and backward. Last year, there was info everywhere that SMAC was a September/October release. So, I say, Don't blame your game shop for not finding info quickly. You really can never know. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-27-98 06:48 AM ET
Greg ... to say Future Shop sucks is the understatement of the year, their level of customer service is patheticaly dreadful ... they are also very uninformed, and the worst, if they don't know the answer to a quwstion, they guess !!! They cheat people out of their money back rebates (happened to me for $100) ... it's simple a bunch of chickens running around with no heads !!! |
| DCA |
posted 11-27-98 09:46 AM ET
i would if i could but i don't so i won't |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-27-98 01:57 PM ET
Geez, good thing I shop at large chains in the area for games. I don't need help in finding games, I usually find 'em before the idiots who work there ask me if I need help! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-27-98 02:04 PM ET
I hate big chains !!! But they are normally cheaper, so I go there till they really p!ss me off !!! Future shop ripped me off $100 on my cash back for my scanner !!! So depending on the outcome of their decision, I might not ever set foot in there again !!! |
| AUH20 |
posted 11-27-98 07:18 PM ET
Future Shop-if I were Canadian I'd help you, but sorry, I live in a warm part of my country. Long live California! |
| Gord McLeod |
posted 11-27-98 08:08 PM ET
I get most of my games at Futureshop, but that's only because for some reason the computer and stereo people in the ones I frequent are actually pretty good. (I have noticed that other locations are not so well-staffed, and even other departments in the stores I visit have some really lousy people in them...) |
| NotLikeTea |
posted 11-27-98 10:51 PM ET
How odd... I never got my money back rebate on my scanner either... Though, this was buisness depot, not futureshop... same idea. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-28-98 10:59 AM ET
IT took them 3� months to tell me I wasn't eligible for the discount !!! As for sales staff, I find most sales staff in most electronics stores patheticaly unknowledgable of their products !!! |
| Gord McLeod |
posted 11-28-98 05:30 PM ET
I suppose part of my tolerance comes from the fact that I rarely ever deal with the sales people except to say, 'No thanks, I'm just looking around right now...' and then I wander off...  Since I probably know more about computers than any random 10 Future Shop people put together, I don't really need much in the way of their input... |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-29-98 11:04 AM ET
It just sickens me to see them lie to other customers just to make a sale !!! It's a funny thing you ever even see a sales person, I sometimes had to wait over 20 miutes to be served !!! (I can recall at least 4 occations !!!) |
| Gord McLeod |
posted 11-29-98 06:48 PM ET
I don't buy much other than games there, so I've never (well, rarely) had that problem. I mostly hit FS cause they have the best selection in my immediate area... |
| Kurn |
posted 11-30-98 01:16 AM ET
Go to staples guys! It romps big time on FS! |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 11-30-98 04:00 PM ET
There aren't any staples that I'm aware of here in Montreal, we just have Bureau en Gros (I think would be the equiv) and they really suck big time !!! Worse than FS !!! |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-30-98 04:06 PM ET
We have a Staples down here! But I wanna know why it's called Staples exactly. I doesn't just sell staples! Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| The Thomas A Stobie |
posted 11-30-98 04:16 PM ET
YYYH, you are thinking of the only one definition (derivation) of staple. Here is another - In particular 4b seems to apply. Main Entry: 3staple |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 11-30-98 04:17 PM ET
What about Electronics Boutique or Babbages?!! Imran Siddiqui |
| Yo_Yo_Yo_Hey |
posted 11-30-98 04:24 PM ET
Errr, thanks Thomas. Once again my posts are interpreted to literally. <SIGH> Your faithful & hell-bent NIMadier general, |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-01-98 05:05 AM ET
hmmmn .. I'm just anti every store as of lately !!! In this downsized world, customer service has been thrown out the window !!! |
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 12-01-98 11:48 AM ET
Better yet, don`t buy ABYTHING at Future Shop. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-01-98 11:56 AM ET
How could I buy an ABYTHING when I don't even know what an ABYTHING is !!! lol  |
| Roland |
posted 12-01-98 12:00 PM ET
What ? You don't know what an ABYTHING is ? What kind of NIMmer are you ? |
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 12-01-98 03:04 PM ET
DJ RRebel: Sorry for the mental anguish, it was ANYTHING i meant. If you see N and B are aside from each other on a keyboard. Roland: What is an abything, since you seem to know it SOOOOOOO well... TOAODS |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-01-98 04:08 PM ET
Darkstar ... what happened to you at Futureshop ??? Roland ... where have you been lately ?? |
| CClark |
posted 12-01-98 04:43 PM ET
Around here in the often-maligned Toronto I'm lucky enough to have my choice: Business Depot (english version of Bureau en Gros, DJ) Future Shop Electronics Boutique Compucenter I usually go to the Compucenter or EB out in Pickering. Even though they are chains they are usually $5 cheaper than the stores downtown. FS is a pain to get to so I usually don't bother. Knowledge of computer products is NOT a prerequisite for working in a computer store. I managed to scare several Compucenter employees by asking them "Do you have the STB Velocity 4400 in stock? You know, the one with the RivaTNT chip?" One guy actually started to immediately walk backwards as he stammered out "Uh...I don't think so." One thing that is kind of amusing is to watch people look at games, and then offer them advice based on reviews that I've read on-line. I saw one guy looking at Tresspasser and I asked him what kind of machine he had. Had said that it was a P233 so I said that based on several reviews I had seen, his machine wouldn't be fast enough to run it. The store clerk gave me a nasty glare, but was actually smart enough to keep his mouth shut. |
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 12-01-98 06:39 PM ET
DJ RRebel: What is between me and Future shop is indescriptible. Weel, not really, it is. It is their adds in Quebec that are so lame, plus it is known that you MUST NOT buy a computer there, cause itll take them 2 weeks just to send it to the person that will repair it if you have a problem. They have a "We dont care for our clients attitude..."Just like Club Price... TOAODS...the bane of FS |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-02-98 04:58 AM ET
You want to get together one night and nuke a Future Shop ??? |
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 12-02-98 04:36 PM ET
Yeah, it would be a dream come true. Blast the bastards... But they are not worthy to be nuked, i think. Just let them attract unaware people, and the good comp stores will be less crowded, good for us!!! TOAODS |
| Heckler |
posted 12-02-98 09:17 PM ET
Best time I ever had in a comp store was with my best friend we made like we were interested in this VERY expensive POS by I forget who think Packard Bell, got the salesman all happy cause he is getting a fat commission and then walked out because he couldnt tell us how many LRF's it had. We almost fell down the subway stairs laughing. Heckler YYYH did you look all over the entire store? Check for a basement or perhaps behind the counter I am sure you will find a staple somwhere. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-03-98 01:25 AM ET
LMAO .. what is a LRF ??? Or was that the point ??? ROTF Darkstar, where abouts are you in Montreal anyways ??? |
| Mortis |
posted 12-03-98 02:11 AM ET
Future Shop = MicroSoft!!!!!!!! Boycot them too. <Mumbles to himself> |
| Roland |
posted 12-03-98 05:33 AM ET
DJ, I've been always around. Just did not have the time to post too much. BTW, next week I won't be here, so I count on you tu uphold the canadian ideals, like: humanitarian believes anything else ? PS: abything is part of the great NIM. You can't comprehend it, but it helps you to build your own little space station. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-03-98 05:40 AM ET
Roland ??? Where are you going to be ??? When you getting back ??? |
| Roland |
posted 12-03-98 07:28 AM ET
Well, I'm here in my good ol' Salzburg, but I'll attend a seminar on "The international impact of european monetary union", and AFAIK, I won't have net access there. I hope to bring back some info to tick off Imran... Will last until dec 12th. |
| Tapiolan poika |
posted 12-03-98 07:51 AM ET
Sounds like interesting, Roland, and you'll be back just in time to cheer us "Swedes", when we start our traditional 'lussefirande' by imbibing unwise amounts of 'gl�gg'!!! (Interesting to see what you make of it, in light of your "Gl�hkindlmarkt" posts...) |
| Roland |
posted 12-03-98 08:32 AM ET
Gl�gg is gl�hwein, according to http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-13897/glogg.html But the recipe sounds more like what we call Feuerzangenbowle. Especially the flamb� and the melted lumb sugar. I remember getting drunk on that stuff as well... Lussefirande ? Hmmm.... Some event/season starting mid december... hmmm... something to do with light ? With the "Wintersonnenwende", dec 21st/22nd or so ? Ok, I quit, what is it ? |
| The One And Only DarkStar |
posted 12-03-98 02:54 PM ET
DJ: Im in Cotes-Des-Neiges, but you wouldnt catch me in a Future Shop. I never shopped there, and I NEVER WILL!!! I want to stay pure of spirit and of body. TOAODS...bane of FS |
| Titan |
posted 12-03-98 04:51 PM ET
If you ever went in a Bureau en Gros for a computer game, you'll find Future Shop wonderful. Once, I went there. It was my last resort. I could not find the game I wanted, I think it was Dune 2. Evidently they didn't have it. I asked the guy about when he would have more, and about FF7 would come to the PC ( It was one week prior to FF7 PC release). He never heard of neither of the two games. How can a so-called software expert, in a shop where they sale game can not have heard about Dune 2 nor FF7. Did he lived on Mars or what. |
| Spoe |
posted 12-03-98 05:23 PM ET
On the slightly more maliscious side, I remember going into a Walmart and doing a low level format on one of their display models. It was still unusable a week later. Apparently, no one there knew how to partition a drive. (IIRC, this was back in about '90 on a model with an RLL, so you could do a low level format from debug in DOS) |
| Marian |
posted 12-05-98 12:27 PM ET
We have to stores like Walmart or K-Mart in Germany. They sell games for an unbeatable price. But in "Media Markt" they don't even know that game is released if they already have it on stock. I rather pay an additional 5 bucks and this way have some service. Ciao Marian |
| osric |
posted 12-06-98 03:07 AM ET
Unsubstantiated Rumor: I seem to recall seeing on (American) TV that Walmart contracts for special versions of games which meet their on political correctness (violence, mature content, religeous content, etc.) OTOH: Since that is the most well stocked store near my inlaws, it's worth the hour's drive there when I absolutely positively must have something computer related now. |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-06-98 10:50 AM ET
Actually, I've heard of a few games having bonuses in the Walmart version ... I've never been to a walmart though, so I woudn't know for sure !!! DarkStar >>> Cool, I'm in the Plateau area, north of the mountain !!! Anyways, it looks like we're about 4 or 5 Montrealers in the forum now !!! I guess have Garland from our home town helped a bit didn't it ??? |
| Imran Siddiqui |
posted 12-06-98 02:21 PM ET
Actually DJ, Garland is from outside Toronto, haven't you read the Chronicles of Pre-Unity FIXED yet? Imran Siddiqui |
| DJ RRebel |
posted 12-07-98 06:22 PM ET
You fixed it ??? Great !!! |
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