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>october 10th
>been up my store's ass the whole week about them breaking the street date (Fnac stores, spain)
>one of spain's biggest retailer, france-based Carrefour starts breaking the stret date like nuts, selling out every single one of ther copies
>mfw i've got only for my and my girlfriend's copy of the game with 25% discount each and pic related exclusive 3DS XL awesome as fuck sleeves as the preorder gifts from fnac. (pick related)
>finally caving in, only going to buy my Y copy from a carrefour
>last minute effort, call in Fnac, ask them if they are breaking the date
>clerk's all like HELL YEAH, COME RIGHT HERE ANON, I'VE GOT YOUR SHIT
>grab my shit, storm out my operative systems 101 class along with my friend, who has 2 more copies for him and his GF preordered at the same store
>drive 30 mins from college to the store
>get there
>clerk's all like "sorry anon, but we stopped, nintendo is up our wazoos
>I demand to see the manager
>mfw the manager is my in-store friend
>manager tells me since he made me drive all the way there, he's selling us everything
>we are checking out 2 X copies, 2 Y copies and a cosmos black 3DS (normal size)
>random guy strolls by
>"hey, you selling X/Y now?"
>clerk's all like "n-n-n-no"
>"but you selling it to them mate"
>"they've got a preorder"
>"yeah, but now I saw, sell me my copy, you can't sell it to them and not to me"
>"well, then, none of you gets your copy
>I almost literally have a seizure then and there
>tell the manager
>manager goes in to talk to his higher up, I go along with him
>my friend is all like "hey, theres this issue..."
>store manager tells him "well, dont sell them anything then"
>my friend tells him "yeah, but these guys are buying 4 copies of the game and a 3DS"
>store manager's eyes almost comically widen up
>"shit anon, you should have started with that. bring me the articles, i'll sell it to them myself"
>get 4 copies of the game 2 days before release date.
