PreOrders from PLAY.COM

[dazzybee]

Hi, ive preordered Mario Kart DS on play.com and wondered what peoples experiences were from them on preordering, theyre pretty quick normally, but I want to play Mario Kart on the day of release and hear about people having the game delivered on the day and wondered if these were one of them that did that!?!

Cheers.

[YenRug]

It varies, to be honest; sometimes they'll get them out early enough for you to get it on the day, if not before, other times it will be sent on the day of release.

[Locky]

I've preordered Nintendogs from them so I'll let you know when it arrives!

[Johelian]

Im my experience, the item will usually either arrive on the Friday or the Saturday of release. About two of my orders (both DVDs) actually arrived 2 days before release, which was quite neat.

I would expect it to turn up on the Friday, but as YenRug has already said, theres just as much chance that it wont really.
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[dazzybee]

Ok, ill risk it and keep the order. Though I wouldnt mind it turning up 2 days earlier :)
Ive also preorreder Simpson Series 6. Not relevant, but exciting nonetheless!

[Johelian]

Ok, ill risk it and keep the order. Though I wouldnt mind it turning up 2 days earlier :)
Ive also preorreder Simpson Series 6. Not relevant, but exciting nonetheless!

So have I :D I ordered the one thats not shaped like Homers head though; it wont coordinate with the others ;)
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[dazzybee]

I was really annoyed that they did the heads because I like my boxes to be unifored too, but then I realised they did the normal ones too and the heads were limited edition.

Getting both. Sad I know. Too much money clearly....

[Bowser57]

Gameplay.com are good for sometimes getting games to you on the day before release, and at the very latest on the day of release.

[Domstercool]

Same as GAME as well. They usually post the games out on a weds to me. ^_^

[Platty]

from my experience of pre ordering, play.com is very random... sometimes the day before, sometimes on the day sometimes on the monday when the game was released on the friday...

i like gameplay for pre-ordering of games they usually do get it to you on release or the day before sometimes 2 days before, ive never had a late one from them. but mind you, you do have to pay for delivery where as play.com is free.

[Nintenchris]

i like gameplay for pre-ordering of games they usually do get it to you on release or the day before sometimes 2 days before, ive never had a late one from them. but mind you, you do have to pay for delivery where as play.com is free.

Yeah my copy of Nintendogs is being picked and packed now at gameplay.. and as its gonna be sent first class, so it should be here tomorow!!!!!!!!

Oh and i know you have to pay @ gameplay for first class postage but because i buy loadsa games with them i get discount so i end up paying no postage and get a little off the game!!! all in all Nintendogs cost me £24.73

[Hero-of-Time]

Play in my experience are risky if you want it for release day. For games that I want release day or earlier I always go with Gameplay. Needless to say I have Mario Kart pre-ordered with Gameplay.

[c0Zm1c]

because i buy loadsa games with them i get discount so i end up paying no postage and get a little off the game!!!
I buy loads of games from Gameplay too, but I've never been treated to any discount. :sad:

[dazzybee]

Cancelled play and ordered through gameplay, couple of quid extra but they sound quick and id pay a couple of quid extra to get the game earlier.

[blacklight]

I've never pre-ordered from play but I did order something and got sent the wrong item. I think, because the item I had ordered was out of stock they sent me another in the hope I'd keep that and buy what I really wanted from them!

Anyway, I told them I didn't want anything a went somewhere else and I've never ordered from them again!

(It might have been a genuine mistake but I'm not sure it was!)

[Johelian]

Thats a shame - Ive used Play for virtually all my DVD orders (and the occasional game thats been uber cheap) and never had a single problem to my knowledge :( Im more inclined to think it was a genuine mistake to be honest, but its up to you where you shop :)
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[|Laguna|]

Does anyone know that if I currently preorder the Nintedno WiFi adpator for 15 pounds do PLAY have the right to increase the price as Ninty has revealed the RRP is gonna be around 30.
Thanks :)

[Johelian]

Im pretty sure that (generally) the price you preordered it for is the price you pay; if theres a vast difference though Im sure they would rather refuse you for whatever reason than let it go at that price.
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[dazzybee]

They do Im afraid.

Ive ordered hnudereds and hundreds of stuff from PLAY and find them cheap, quick and brilliant.

Though getting Mario Kart a day late is a risk ainta willing to make-a!!!

[Hero-of-Time]

Yeah I use Play ALOT for my dvds or games that I aint in a rush for but like you said I wouldnt risk it.

[Sooj]

For me

Play.com = DVDS

gameplay.com = games

nuff said :-P

[Locky]

Woohoo, my copy of Nintendogs from Play is being packed at the minute. Dunno if it will arrive by tomorrow though. :hmm:

I preordered mine for £24.99 but I noticed that it's gone up to £27.99 on the website now.

EDIT: It's just been sent (4pm, 6 Oct) - it will be interesting to see when it arrives!

[YenRug]

Woohoo, my copy of Nintendogs from Play is being packed at the minute. Dunno if it will arrive by tomorrow though. :hmm:

Extremely unrealistic, Saturday if you're lucky and Monday is more likely. You have to remember, they're based on Jersey, so it has to get to the UK mainland before it even enters the postal system proper.

[Stefkov]

i preorded mine off gameplay, for 24.99, got a free dog mascot with it, i got an email saying it had left there warehouse in leeds last night so it should be here today or tomorow. Gameplay are good for there ordering, i got another code a day before release when i orded it.

[Maxi678]

I tend to pre-order all my games on Gameplay. Free postage on all games as well. The last game i pre-ordered was Prime 2 back in November last. I'm pre-ordering Mario Kart DS next week sometime

[Stefkov]

ill preorder mario kart off gameplay when i get some money, i hope gameplay will do the USB dongle £5 cheaper or even £10, id get it then.

[Towers]

gameplay are better if you want to get the game on release day but I use play normally because I always have

[Locky]

Woohoo, my copy of Nintendogs from Play is being packed at the minute. Dunno if it will arrive by Friday though.
Extremely unrealistic, Saturday if you're lucky and Monday is more likely.

Surprisingly enough it turned up Saturday morning so I was pretty happy with that!

[Girly hiyaz!~ Gamer]

I doubt I will ever pre-order off play.com again. I preordered 2 things months before release and they came on the monday after, which was annoying.

[JonSt]

ive used both in the past, nad cant look past gameplay. Brilliiant service everytime, id also recomend amazon ive used them a few times and they've always been very reliable.

[RedShell]

To anyone else that has the USB Access Point pre-ordered from Play:

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=stts4&page=title&r=DS&title=731691

Well I just had a look and noticed that its availability status has changed from "Due for release on 11/11/2005" to "Not currently available".

I reckon they're changing the date to the 25th, but do you think they will also change the price?

The date for Mario Kart on their site was changed a while back around the time of the announcement:

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=stcs2&page=title&r=DS&title=587401

[Stefkov]

i noticed that, so i wasnt sure whether to order it or not

[RedShell]

i noticed that, so i wasnt sure whether to order it or notYou can't order it anyway because the buy button has been removed.

My guess is they've realized the price is supposed to be £30 and so they took it off the site before any more people could order it at that price. However I still reckon anyone that did pre order beforehand will be e-mailed and informed about the new price, hope not though. :wink: