10-14-2011 03:42 PM
Bah, that's a shame, as now I expect my Dell pre-order to be cancelled as well. I don't see it listed on their website anymore either. Oh well.
10-14-2011 03:58 PM
10-14-2011 04:01 PM
10-14-2011 08:19 PM
Ryan,
No matter how sympathic you can be, until you're the one that is getting screwed you should never say you understand how they feel. I suggest a better apology is that Best Buy works out a deal with EA and Microsoft to release a second edition of Forza 4 LE specific to Best Buy only, and available only to customers whose pre order was canceled. I realize this would take a great deal of financial dealing, but in the end 1 negative feedback could eventually bring an entire company down. In this case Best Buy has done a fair share of screwing over their customer, and potential customer. Your sign says that you are Best Buy Corporate so this is why I'm responding to your post. Best Buy screwed up, mistakes happen and I "understand", but the remedy Best Buy are offering as compensation is subpar, just the shear quasi automated apology responds shows that Best Buy customer support has lots of room for improvement.
10-14-2011 08:45 PM
10-14-2011 09:26 PM
Once again I'll state that the best way to show Best Buy that this is unacceptable behavior is by not shopping with them anymore. Yeah, I know, two months from now you'll be driving past the big yellow sign in the local strip mall and think what's the big deal, I'll just stop by and pick up the latest game or DVD. I for one won't give into that temptation, just because it's on my way home or it's convienent to me. I'll instead drive the extra mile or wait the extra day and get my products from a retailer that treats me better. I'll also relay my story to my friends and family and convince them to behave the same way. Chatting up our frustrations on this forum makes us feel better, but in the end, the only thing that will have any chance of making a difference is using your wallet to walk the talk.
While the response from the Corporate Representative is frustrating, to me it very plainly illustrates why I don't want to do business with Best Buy any longer. Like I tell my kids, an apology only means something if it effects your future behavior, and from reading other posts on this forum, this type of practice has been happening at Best Buy for other products, for a much longer time period.
10-14-2011 11:14 PM
10-15-2011 04:12 AM
I forgot to add this to my previous post, but for me, the appropriate email I should have received from Best Buy should have gone something like this:
"Dear Customer, we've had some sort of problem with your Forza 4 LCE preorder. We understand that this preorder is a limited edition version of the game, and sadly we can't guarantee that it will ever be in stock again. We are working hard with our supplier to obtain additional copies of this LCE. We're scouring our retail store locations for copies of this LCE game that somehow made it to the shelves, which shouldn't be hard to locate because we're an organized company and we have a tracking system for every product in our warehosue and every product sitting on the shelves. When we locate those leftover copies, we'll immediately take them off the shelves and ship them to the people who pre-ordered the copies in the order that the preorders were received.
In the meantime, we're shipping you a regular copy of the game for same-day delivery at no additional shipping cost. In addition, we've done our homework and we realize that the LCE version contains the $30 Season Pass DLC code. We are providing you that code in case we can't ever find the LCE version to ship to you. In addition, we're offering you a $20 Best Buy gift card for being a valued customer.
If we locate the a copy of the LCE, we will contact you immediately and offer you a hassle free, no hold-on-the-phone-for-50-minutes method for buying this copy, provided you pay the price difference, and it will be processed and shipped to you in the fastest possible method at no additional charge. The Season Pass code and Best Buy gift card are yours to keep regardless of the outcome, as our way of apologizing for this fiasco and in an effort to keep you as a customer."
10-15-2011
11:03 AM
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10-17-2011
01:19 PM
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Dorothy-BBY
Just a heads up guys. I actually got a copy at my local Frys last night. Was at Disneyland all week and was unable to try and look for a copy after Best Buy canceled me. I have read all the comments and know the frustration with best buy. With this particular case though I think they were not completely at fault.
I placed several pre orders after Best Buy informed me of the canceled pre order, Deepdiscount, Kmart, Dell, Circuit City and some place called FTI Computers. Everyone one of them couldn't fulfill my order. Not only did none of them inform me that i wont get the item, none tried to compensate me for the mixup. I did however email a Kmart corporate employee who communicates with the gaming community. Here is what he said.
Hey there Bradley,
"Unfortunately we will not be getting any in due to Microsoft cutting our allocations on this item, which we were not prepared for. However, you will be receiving a full refund plus some compensation for the troubles that have been caused by this event, likely in the form of a gift card. Please stay tuned as we are still working out this unfortunate issue. We deeply apologize for any headaches that this has caused but please be assured that this was above and beyond our control.
Sincerely, Mark {removed per forum guidelines}
Of course I'm not holding my breath with any compensation. Only Best Buy tried to offer something. Although it wasn't something I wanted i took them up on it. My regular edition is waiting to be picked up but I am going to let it get cancelled and try and keep the gift card and points card for my trouble.
I also called gamestop and they said they were shorted by microsoft too, and some of there pre orders were not fulfilled as well.
So its really a case were microsoft screwed over the retailers. Best buy has made many mistakes in the past but I think this time they aren't fully to blame. I wish they would have tried to do what was mentioned in the post above and tried to locate copies at retail, which I am assuming they must have received some? Anyways, try your FRYS now if you have one!
10-15-2011 03:21 PM
