Alright, let’s talk about this Limited Run Games thing, the one where you gotta pay upfront. You know, like when you want something real bad from the Sears catalog back in the day, you gotta send that money order first. Same kinda deal, but with these here video games.
So, you see a game you like, shiny and new, gotta have it, right? They tell you it’s a “preorder,” means you gotta pay for it now, even if the game ain’t comin’ out for months. Months! Can you believe it? They take your money right then and there. Not like the old days when you paid at the store when you picked it up. Nope, they get their money first.
- First, you gotta give ’em your email, where you live, and your card number.
- Then, they charge you like you’re buyin’ somethin’ regular online.
It’s like buyin’ a pig in a poke, if you ask me. You’re hopin’ that pig’s gonna be fat and juicy, but you don’t really know till you get it. Same with these games. You pay now, and then you wait. And wait. And wait some more.
Now, some folks say it’s okay ’cause you get special stuff. Like, extra armor for your knight in the game, or a fancy gun that shoots faster. Or maybe the game’s gonna sell out real quick, and if you don’t pay now, you ain’t gettin’ it at all. Like them Tickle Me Elmo dolls, remember those? Everyone wanted one, and they were gone faster than a jackrabbit in a dog show.
They used to just make a few copies, like a hundred or somethin’. But now, they make as many as folks order. So, if a thousand people want it, they make a thousand. Makes sense, I guess. Don’t want nobody missin’ out, ‘specially after they already paid.
And get this, if you buy two games at once, the shippin’ is cheaper. Seventeen dollars and forty-nine cents, they say, and they even pay that customs stuff. Sounds like a good deal, if you ask me. I always try to get two, if I can find two I want. Kill two birds with one stone, like they say.
They got a website, fancy lookin’ thing, built by some company called Dekriu. They even got a thing called “Purple Dot” that tells you when your game is gonna ship. Supposed to be more accurate, they say. But I don’t know, sometimes things still get delayed. Like waitin’ for the Sears man to deliver your new icebox, sometimes it takes longer than they say.
And if you gotta change where they send the game, you gotta go to your account and do some fiddlin’ around. It’s all on the computer now, not like the old days when you could just call up Miz Johnson at the store and tell her you moved down the road. Now you gotta click this and type that, it’s enough to make your head spin.
Some places, like if you order a game from the store down the street, they don’t charge you till the game comes out. They just hold one for ya. That seems more fair, if you ask me. But these Limited Run folks, they want their money upfront. Seven days before the game even comes out, they charge you the full amount. Guess they gotta make sure they got enough money to make all them games.
So, that’s the long and short of it. You pay now, you wait a while, and then you get your game. Just like orderin’ from the catalog, only now it’s on this here internet thing. And you better hope that game is as good as it looks, ’cause you already paid for it!
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