agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
Posts: 21,975
|
Post by agent817 on May 12, 2017 22:00:21 GMT -5
Has this happened to anybody else? Today I got my Blu Ray copy of "xXx: Return of Xander Cage" in the mail. It was a Best Buy-exclusive steelbook copy and I couldn't pass it up. The movie won't officially be released until this coming Tuesday, yet I got my copy today. This isn't the first that this has happened as nearly two years ago, I pre-ordered "Furious 7" on Blu Ray, also a Best Buy steelbook, and got it the day before it hit stores.
Not that I am complaining. I just am a little bit surprised that some services do this.
|
|
|
|
Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on May 12, 2017 22:37:41 GMT -5
I don't know if this counts, but when I was a teen and worked at Walmart, we would always sell CDs and movies prior to the release date if we knew the customer...
We had Metallica's Load in the back for a week and a half prior to its release, and half the inventory was sold before it was officially released
|
|
cackles
Trap-Jaw
I'm a killer bee, raid the streets. Fresh like sugar iced tea.
Posts: 430 
|
Post by cackles on May 12, 2017 22:39:47 GMT -5
The only time it's happened to me is when I preordered Wii Party. I bought it from Amazon and got it like two days before the actual release date. I think it was an accident rather than intentional.
It hasn't happened since then, but every time I preorder a game, I keep hoping it'll get here sooner than the release date.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ryback on a Pole! on May 12, 2017 22:59:55 GMT -5
I got one of the PS2 Final Fantasy games a few days before the official release. It's a while ago but I think it was FF-X2.
|
|
The Sam
El Dandy
The Brainiest Sam of all
Posts: 8,423 
|
Post by The Sam on May 12, 2017 23:05:04 GMT -5
I remember getting The White Stripes "Get Behind Me Satan" a couple of days before release.
|
|
|
|
Post by DiBiase is Good on May 12, 2017 23:28:44 GMT -5
When play.com used to be good (before it was bought out by Rakuten) it was common to get DVDs at least a couple of days before their release date.
Recently, I got Breath of the Wild for WiiU a day before release.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Legend of Groose on May 13, 2017 1:53:00 GMT -5
Happened to me with Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast. Ended up getting it like 4 days early.
|
|
Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
Peace Love and Nothing But
Posts: 42,471
|
Post by Cranjis McBasketball on May 13, 2017 2:15:12 GMT -5
I don't know if this counts, but when I was a teen and worked at Walmart, we would always sell CDs and movies prior to the release date if we knew the customer... We had Metallica's Load in the back for a week and a half prior to its release, and half the inventory was sold before it was officially released How did your store manage to avoid all the fines? |
|
Dragonfly
Unicron
...is no Barry Windham.
Posts: 2,503
|
Post by Dragonfly on May 13, 2017 2:20:33 GMT -5
Pre-ordered? No. But my family did get to try peanut butter M&Ms six months before they were announced. My dad found them in a giant bin at Big Lots - the only bag in a sea of peanuts. He used them as a conversation starter. "Want to try peanut butter M&Ms? I don't think we're supposed to have these yet."
|
|
ToyfareMark
Vegeta
A WINNER IS YOU!
Get well soon Hutch!
Posts: 9,674
Member is Online
|
Post by ToyfareMark on May 13, 2017 4:28:29 GMT -5
I got my Wrestlemania 33 steelbook a day early.
|
|
Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
Posts: 24,254
|
Post by Bo Rida on May 13, 2017 5:49:38 GMT -5
When play.com used to be good (before it was bought out by Rakuten) it was common to get DVDs at least a couple of days before their release date. Recently, I got Breath of the Wild for WiiU a day before release. Yeah back then pre-ordered videogames usually arrived a day or two early, IIRC Mario Galaxy arrived the Monday or Tuesday before it's Friday release. Well I say back then, I haven't pre-ordered a game in ages. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 13, 2017 5:59:08 GMT -5
Used to be quite common to get games a day or two before release if you pre-ordered online. I think the earliest I ever got something was 3D Dot Game Heroes that was like 8 days early.
|
|
|
|
Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on May 13, 2017 7:06:10 GMT -5
I don't know if this counts, but when I was a teen and worked at Walmart, we would always sell CDs and movies prior to the release date if we knew the customer... We had Metallica's Load in the back for a week and a half prior to its release, and half the inventory was sold before it was officially released How did your store manage to avoid all the fines? From what I remember, we typed in the price under "electronics" instead of scanning the actual item. |
|
|
|
Post by The 1Watcher Experience on May 14, 2017 8:40:25 GMT -5
Not through the mail but I did end up getting the very first Eddie Guerrero WWE DVD over two months before it was officially released. Walmart had a big display of DVDs up and my friend and I were going through it and happened to find a few of them sitting there. We were stunned. We'd found stuff a week early before but never over two months early. That was an awesome score. I watched the whole thing a few times over before it made it to other stores.
|
|
agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
Posts: 21,975
|
Post by agent817 on May 14, 2017 11:02:41 GMT -5
Not through the mail but I did end up getting the very first Eddie Guerrero WWE DVD over two months before it was officially released. Walmart had a big display of DVDs up and my friend and I were going through it and happened to find a few of them sitting there. We were stunned. We'd found stuff a week early before but never over two months early. That was an awesome score. I watched the whole thing a few times over before it made it to other stores. Now that you mention it, I remembered that when I was in 4th grade, someone brought in a VHS of Pocahontas and this was a month before its release. Looking back, I wasn't sure if it was an official release, a promotional copy or a bootlegged version. It had trailers on there and the quality didn't look shoddy. I think the girl's parent had the hookup through a connection and had gotten a VHS a little early. One thing that I will note is that the clamshell case had different artwork than when Disney officially released it. |
|
Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
Posts: 35,163
|
Post by Jiren on May 14, 2017 11:04:12 GMT -5
I remember getting Dragonball Z season 2 (Namek saga) a few days before release and a few games from Play/Shopto
|
|
|
|
Post by The 1Watcher Experience on May 14, 2017 12:53:55 GMT -5
Not through the mail but I did end up getting the very first Eddie Guerrero WWE DVD over two months before it was officially released. Walmart had a big display of DVDs up and my friend and I were going through it and happened to find a few of them sitting there. We were stunned. We'd found stuff a week early before but never over two months early. That was an awesome score. I watched the whole thing a few times over before it made it to other stores. Now that you mention it, I remembered that when I was in 4th grade, someone brought in a VHS of Pocahontas and this was a month before its release. Looking back, I wasn't sure if it was an official release, a promotional copy or a bootlegged version. It had trailers on there and the quality didn't look shoddy. I think the girl's parent had the hookup through a connection and had gotten a VHS a little early. One thing that I will note is that the clamshell case had different artwork than when Disney officially released it. Sounds like a bootleg. I remember being in New York when I was a kid and there were VHS tapes on tables out in the street. There were all kinds of new movies on them. Some were even currently in the theaters. I couldn't tell you the quality of the tapes themselves because we didn't stop to buy any. The covers did look good from what I saw of them. Obviously you won't see stuff like that out in public anymore since there was such a huge crackdown on that stuff. You don't even see early releases in stores too often anymore. Things have gotten a lot more strict. I'm surprised it took so long. |
|
StuntGranny®
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Not Actually a Granny
Posts: 16,099
|
Post by StuntGranny® on May 14, 2017 17:39:57 GMT -5
Not really. Circuit City sold me St. Anger about 5 days before its release, so that was neat.
Speaking of Metallica, I want to say that I got the deluxe vinyl box-set of "Hardwired...To Self-Destruct" about 3 days or so before the release date.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 14, 2017 20:00:05 GMT -5
I used to live near a mom and pop video rental shop, and they would always put movies out for rent as soon as they received their shipment instead of release date. It was such a hole in the wall type place off the beaten path that no one noticed or cared.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on May 15, 2017 7:27:09 GMT -5
In some cases, it'd be retailer(s) selling items before they're supposed to. If you got it a few days early at a Best Buy - which is probably when they actually get it, it's not like it shows up early Tuesday a.m. before the store opens, that'd be the case.
But this sounds different - direct from their distribution center - and in this case I'd reckon there's a prior agreement with Best Buy and the DVD/Blu-Ray manufacturers. I mean, you pre-ordered it and that seems like it'd probably be a perk for doing so; maybe they always do that, maybe every so often.
Back around 1999-2000 my local comic store I had a pull list at would sell new comics a few days early - big no-no, and soon after they started this they got caught and IIRC penalized for it by the distributor.
|
|
