Walmart cancels Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii orders; Claims requests for cancellation were made by customers

After reading on Kotaku that Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii was available for pre-order from Walmart for $19.82, I quickly jumped on the site and placed my pre-order.

I, along with a few other people who also ordered this morning, just received the following email from Walmart:

Walmart.com Request for Order Cancellation
from: orderfulfillment@walmart.com
to: [censored]@gmail.com,
date: Jan 11, 2008 9:44 PM
subject: Walmart.com Request for Order Cancellation
mailed-by: ndc-fulmail3.walmart.com

Dear [censored],

We have received your request to cancel the item(s) listed
below from your order (#267730xxxxxxx).

We will attempt to cancel this order, however, we may
already have processed your order for shipping. If you need
to contact us about this order, please call us at 1-800-966-6456
between 6 a.m. and 1 a.m (CT), seven days a week.

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ITEM(S) REQUESTED TO BE CANCELED
-----------------------------------------------------------
Order Date: 11 JAN 2008 08:41
Order Number: 267730xxxxxxx

ITEM QTY PRICE TOTAL
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii 1 19.82 19.82

===========================================================
Returns
If we are unable to cancel your order because it already has been
processed, then you can return any unwanted items to us after you receive
them. You will have the option of returning the item(s) to us via mail or
directly to a Wal-Mart store, whichever is more convenient for you.
Instructions on how to return items will arrive with your order.

Help
If you have any questions, please visit our Help section:

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=5436

Sincerely,

Customer Service at Walmart.com
http://www.walmart.com

Hey Walmart, wtf? I can definitely understand that you probably made a huge pricing error and don’t want to ship out these games for under $20, but it really pisses me off that you are not owning up to your mistake. Sending customers an email indicating they have requested to cancel their order is bullshit — WHY would anyone want to cancel their $20 SSBB order?

This isn’t going to fly to well, how about an apology?

Nintendo Wii Pre-Orders selling out at GameStop & EB Games

Some people started lining up as early as 9PM last night. Accord to reports, the Nintendo Wii per-order turnout has been bigger than that of the Sony PS3. People are reporting crowds of as many as 40-50 people lining up and waiting for GameStop and EB Games to open their doors and announce how many systems they have available for pre-order. Some stores had as little as 8, while others up to 36.

Read more on NeoGAF

Nintendo World Store NYC taking Wii Pre-Orders

Last week we were able to head out to NYC and place a pre-order for a couple of Wii consoles at the Nintendo World store in NYC.

It looks like they are still taking pre-orders as of today, so if you are in the NY area head to Rockefeller Plaza to place your guaranteed launch day Wii. The Nintendo store is also offering pre-orders on Zelda and Excite Truck.

The minimum required deposit is $50 for the Wii and $10 for each game. There is a maximum of 2 console pre-orders per household.

As of right now, the Nintendo store does not know if they will be doing a midnight launch.

No PS3 or Wii Pre-Orders from Best Buy

It has been confirmed that Best Buy will not be offering pre-orders for the Sony PS3 or the Nintendo Wii.

Best Buy confirmed this week that they will not be taking pre-orders for the PlayStation 3 or the Wii. A company spokesman told me earlier this week that Best Buy has decided they would rather just sell both consoles on launch day because it’s more exciting that way. The Best Buy spokesman added he could not tell me how many of either console they would be receiving for launch day.

Source: Kotaku

With this news and GameStop/EB selling out of PS3 pre-orders nation wide in just hours, it looks like there will be high demand for camping gear this November.

No Nintendo Wii or Sony PS3 Pre-Orders from GameStop?

If you want to get your hands on a Nintendo Wii or a Sony PS3 you might have to start thinking about camping out overnight at your local electronics and gaming hardware retailer. It seems that GameStop which owns EB Games and Babbages, is considering not offering pre-sales for the PS3 and the Wii, after what happened with shipping shortages with last years release of the XBOX 360.

While some sources have said that pre-orders are going to start on October 10th, others have said that it will be up to each individual GameStop retailer whether to take pre-orders or not.

The PS3 hits store shelves on Nov. 17, and Sony has promised between 1 million and 1.2 million PS3s in the U.S. by the end of the year.

The Nintendo Wii follows two days later and is expected to be in greater supply than the PS3.

But sellouts of both consoles this year are virtually guaranteed.

As a result, GameStop has not yet decided when, or even if, it will offer pre-orders for the new systems.

Source

Get your camping gear ready!