Do you already have your game pre-ordered from a random retail store other than Walmart? Do you love getting the most out of your money? ManagerJosh of Worldsims has pointed out that Walmart is now offering an exclusive pre-order item, a Sims 3 USB powered lava lamp! That’s right! Ditch the lame car download that comes with the Collector’s Set and go for the good stuff that comes with the standard version of the Sims 3 game! This actually has me in a state of confusion in what to do… I really want this item, but I HATE ordering games online. I never get them in time and they are always on the store shelves first.
What to do, what to do? Hmmm…I wonder if I could order a copy online with the lamp online and if the game doesn’t make it here in time, I can purchase another at Walmart and return the online copy back to the store…I don’t suppose that would work, would it? 😛 More than likely it’s probably a cheap lavalamp that has a sticker plastered on it…But the Sims geek inside of me is freakin’ excited…even if I already am using all of my USB peripheral slots!
I would never pre-order anything from Walmart. They never get things out on time. I’ve made the mistake of pre-ordering two items from them and neither got here near the release date even with next day shipping. I always pre-order from GameStop with next day so it usually arrives by 10am which is when GameStop opens around here anyways.
It’s defiantly worth that extra $10 not to have to go hunting for games at GameStop. Especially, considering the days I actually walk out there to get stuff always has to have the worst weather possible. For Bon Voyage I ended up going out in the pouring rain because I missed the bus and started walking figuring I could be half way there before the next one, finally caught the bus and as soon as I got on that bus I swear the rain stopped. Got to the mall and realized I left too early so I ended out sitting an hour outside of GameStop. Saw them get their delivery and knew the game was in that box. 10am comes around and the guy turns on the lights and they go out. Seems the power is out in GameStop because they’re doing construction in the mall. To make matters worst GameStop is the only store in the mall that is without power. Our mall is in the process of going out of business or it’s supposed to be anyways so the amount of stores in there gets smaller and smaller. There used to be an EB in there too, wish it still was since I could have just gone there. But no. Only GameStop. KayBee doesn’t get new games in regularly, Bozcovs stopped selling them due to GameStop and EB being in the mall. Sears doesn’t seem to carry any video games whatsoever in our mall. So I got to sit for another 2 hours while they restored power or walk across town in the rain to the other GameStop. Funny, thing is I was the only person waiting outside but when they opened the gate a mob of people just flooded into the store before me. They all wanted Wii and he sold out before I got up there. I joked I guess it’s a good thing I don’t want a Wii today after sitting outside the store for so long.
But that lava lamp looks pretty cool though. If I had an extra $50 I’d preorder the collectors edition from GameStop so I know my game will be here the day it hits stores and order that from Walmart and end up with an extra game which could easily be used as a contest prize or sold on Ebay.
No. I agree with you. It probably is just a sticker.
If this item was in the shops, I would consider buy it.
I haven’t got this on pre-order. I’m going to buy it once released.
Looking at the Wal-Mart site, it seems they did a similar offer with a Spore Liquid Mouse pad: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10283432
Hmm.. thats a tough one. It probably wont be that good. I’m sure u will be able to find it on eBay within a couple days