The Preorder Fiasco + Deals!

So, for the second time in a row, my preorder of a videogame on Amazon Prime was suddenly requiring to accept a delay of just over two weeks for my Forza Motorsport 2.  Thanks for the warning, Amazon.  I new something was wrong when they didn't ship it yesterday.  So I took my silly butt to Best Buy, where they had NO copies.  I even found out someone who preordered FM2 at Best Buy was told on the phone that his was in stock.  Then he gets there and ZILCH!

There is a happy ending, though.  I jumped over to Circuit City and it was in stock for anyone to buy.  Plus, I got a free Arcade Unplugged game.  I didn't want Arcade Unplugged, but now I'll have Wik and the Fable of Souls, Hardwood Backgammon, and Outpost Kaloki.  I didn't want to buy them, but they're not too bad.  Space Lemonade, yum!

The Circuit City trip got me that free game deal, and then I went looking for Memory Stik Pro Duo for the PSP.  I found SanDisk 4G for $95 and Sony 4G for $99.99.  I thought the $5 difference was worth the Sony card.  Turns out, there is a special at Circuit City that ends on June 18th.  You get $15 dollars off any purchase of $100 or more.  So I ended up paying $85, a full $10 cheaper.  I should warn you that the usual video game hardware restriction is in place, so you can't buy an Elite and get the discount.

I cancelled my Amazon order, consequently.  Still, when a store grossly underbuys for it's reserves, they either have a bad algorithm for estimating cancellations, or they are having money problems.  I'm pretty sure it's just bad management of the video games department.