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While it sucks for the kid, the store should have had more in stock.

No. The store should of had more stuff or the Kids parents should have ordered online. I've been anoyed at not being able to get what I want even on my birthday , got a Ringwraith with only half the components. Turned out all the Ringwraiths of that type lacked the specific piece and I had wait to get another. It won't be hard for the people wanting the stuff to order online.

Melissia wrote:While it sucks for the kid, the store should have had more in stock.

They did. The OP even said later on that "most people who bought bulk, preordered".

You know, like he should have. That earmarked stock is compensated for by them adding more to the order.

Kanluwen wrote:

Melissia wrote:While it sucks for the kid, the store should have had more in stock.

They did. The OP even said later on that "most people who bought bulk, preordered".

You know, like he should have. That earmarked stock is compensated for by them adding more to the order.

I think he is well within his rights to do so, he is a customer and bought the product, not everyone preorders, because maybe he just prefers buying it instore, on release. Would you say the same to a game store when you have people queuing outside for a new release game? It's the same base reasoning. Tje GW employee was unproffessional for pointing him out because wouldn't you be? And before you say no, you would, if you went into a shop and 5 of a product you like and then they were out of stock, and someone pointed out that you bought it all, and someone starts to have a go at you?

And yet they still didn't have enough for the people who came in on day one.

Melissia wrote:And yet they still didn't have enough for the people who came in on day one.

I agree with this. They should overbuy to ensure that they will have enough for their first day of business. You never under buy.

And you don't anticipate someone buying six boxes when most customers who would be doing huge purchases like that preordered.

Laughing God wrote:It saddens me to see Americas youth becoming more and more addicted to immediate gratification in this new generation. I don’t know if kids are becoming the same in Europe, but I don’t see what’s wrong with teaching your child he can wait a week for the store to get restocked. Honestly if the mother cared that much she would have planned ahead, but the ultimate blame falls of the store for many things most of all not be fully stocked for a major release.

I kind of agree about the instant gratification. However, the mother may not have been as sussed as you to think it would be necessary to plan ahead.
I am not meaning to point my finger and single the Cgage out, not being a GW store manager, but instant 2000 point army?
Like there isn't enough there to keep going until the next order comes in? There is an element of instant gratification there also.

To be honest we live in a culture of instant gratification and it isn't just kids that need to learn to wait sometimes.

Cgage TBH not many people would have behaved differently in the circumstances and at least you have had the grace to reflect.
It is just a series of unfortunate events.
Of course I would have behaved like a perfect gentleman and given a box of soldiers to the waif

ow! ow! my bum's on fire and my nose is as long as a telephone wire!

Kanluwen wrote:And you don't anticipate someone buying six boxes when most customers who would be doing huge purchases like that preordered.

My local GW has that many boxes of most products even if they aren't predordered. If it's a highly anticipated new release, then yes, you do anticipate someone buying six boxes.

And yet, not everyone who does it will preorder.

The automobile sales industry has long since learned not to make too broad of assumptions... I recall a story about one such industry who had two customers one day... a hispanic man in dirty jeans, boots, and a tee, and a guy in a suit and tie. He catered to the guy with suit and tie... who only wanted to buy a cheap used car for his daughter. And in doing so, he almost lost the business of the hispanic, who was looking to buy several vehicles for his business, new ones rather than cheap used ones.

Melissia wrote:And yet, not everyone who does it will preorder.

The automobile sales industry has long since learned not to make too broad of assumptions... I recall a story about one such industry who had two customers one day... a hispanic man in dirty jeans, boots, and a tee, and a guy in a suit and tie. He catered to the guy with suit and tie... who only wanted to buy a cheap used car for his daughter. And in doing so, he almost lost the business of the hispanic, who was looking to buy several vehicles for his business, new ones rather than cheap used ones.

You're right. The employee should have browbeat Cgage into selling some of the stock back, ensuring that the parents would have come back with their business later.

Don't feel like a jerk. I mean, it's pretty harsh that the kid didn't get what he wanted on his birthday. But it wouldn't be the first time a kid was disappointed on his birthday.

Being a huge softee, I probably would've taken one of the boxes and given it to the kid.

My local gaming store didn't sell any of the new grey knights models on the first day. Absolutely none. I came in the store looking for my tankbustas, no dice, GW probably has them on back order, and I saw a huge amount of strike squads and terminators just sitting on the shelves. The dude was very surprised, it was near closing and almost no one had come by period.

Eh, what can ya do?

winnertakesall wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:And you don't anticipate someone buying six boxes when most customers who would be doing huge purchases like that preordered.

My local GW has that many boxes of most products even if they aren't predordered. If it's a highly anticipated new release, then yes, you do anticipate someone buying six boxes.

They didn't just have six boxes.

They had 8. One customer bought 3/4 of the stock, and only informed the employee at the store of his intent to do so when the order would have been en route to the shop from GW.

So yeah. I have no fault with the employee. The OP was kind of jerky about the way he informed the shop that he was intending to buy most of their stock.

I would feel bad. Because i am realy generous to people and just give out free stuff i would of given him one box. But then again you ahd no idea it was his birthday. Then again you don't realy need 6 boxes of them...

Detonator wrote:I would feel bad. Because i am realy generous to people and just give out free stuff i would of given him one box. But then again you ahd no idea it was his birthday. Then again you don't realy need 6 boxes of them...

How do you know that? That only really adds up to three troops choices, which depending on his army, isn't even enough? He paid the money, he got there first. Who cares?

Personally I think you did those folks a service... thanks to you they won't suffer having to play Shiny Marines... now they can play something worth while like Kroot Mercenaries or Squats.

djphranq wrote: now they can play something worth while like Kroot Mercenaries or Squats.

or skitaari

Devastator wrote:

djphranq wrote: now they can play something worth while like Kroot Mercenaries or Squats.

or skitaari

I concur... skitaari are the kind of xenos you can take home to mama.

if they are going to be late for release day, too bad. check out the other store around.

i did pretty much the same on dark eldar release. went to store 1 - bought them out of all plastic kits, then went to store 2 and did the same. dont know if anyone did the whole "birthday awwww sold out thing" but i could care less. what matters is I had the money and now I have the models. I also had the good sense to be there before anyone else.

tough cookies to them slow suckas.

djphranq wrote:

Devastator wrote:

djphranq wrote: now they can play something worth while like Kroot Mercenaries or Squats.

or skitaari

I concur... skitaari are the kind of xenos you can take home to mama.

Skitaari aren't xenos, they are the robots used by the Ad Mech.

Uh...they're not even robots for the most part.

They're, more often than not, living soldiers with cybernetic implants grafted on.

Id give a box or 2 to the kid, outside of pre-ordering when you can, I am with everyone else ... your clear .... No worries!

Wait! Real quick, the employee said, "He bought them all???"
WTF?

lol those people are Newbs for buying GW retail prices

Also this isn't the 90's or the 80's, you always but stuff online for cheaper and better service

Also the kid almost cried LOL

Well, they should have got there first. I mean it's sad that you did that on the kid's birthday, but it's not your fault! You didn't know any better, because no one else was there. Now if you hadn't paid for them, I would've suggested giving ONE BOX to the dad or the kid that came in later, but if you had already paid for them, thats just fine.

Threads like this let me think that compassion is a major crime in USA.

Compassion isn't a crime. One can show compassion without giving away everything they own.

These aren't exactly cheap purchases for me-- if I had saved up enough money to get six boxes, that would probably be all I could afford to spend on luxuries for almost a year. And I'd be expected to give one of those away just because a child happened to have his birthday and was only able to get two boxes because of a store's decision not to stock many of them? A child I don't know, from a family I've never met before-- a complete stranger.

That's not compassion, that's just naivety.

Fair's fair, it's nice OP feels bad for the kid - hell, I would have, poor little chap - but you didn't actually do anything wrong. Think of it this way; if you hadn't bought them, some other GK-crazy dude would have done the exact same.

Melissia wrote:Compassion isn't a crime. One can show compassion without giving away everything they own.

These aren't exactly cheap purchases for me-- if I had saved up enough money to get six boxes, that would probably be all I could afford to spend on luxuries for almost a year. And I'd be expected to give one of those away just because a child happened to have his birthday and was only able to get two boxes because of a store's decision not to stock many of them?

Sigged! Or whenever I get around to copying and pasting it

I personally blame the victim, the kid. His parents should have bought them online anyway, or at least reserved them. Who doesn't do that? I've reserved every pokemon game I've ever bought, just so I don't have to deal with the exact same thing that happened to that kid. Hurrdurr." I really want this mom" "Okay, we can go get it when it comes out, when everyone else wants to buy it""Cool, I'll get my hopes up"

Yes. You should feel like a jerk. Why?

Because you ran out and bought a GK army...