Mom and Pop Shops..........

[GoGetta408]

So, i'm gonna try and see if i can get this game early from a mom and pop shop. the thing is though, how do y'all find them? i live near a city with a population of nearly 1 million people, so it shouldn't be too hard, right?

[2k10Fonzarelli]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoGetta408

So, i'm gonna try and see if i can get this game early from a mom and pop shop. the thing is though, how do y'all find them? i live near a city with a population of nearly 1 million people, so it shouldn't be too hard, right?

Yellow pages? I live in a city of approx 1m people and there's only one "mom n pop shop"
Its really a small franchise of video stores known as jumbo video/microplay. You can find their listing in the yellow pages.

Don't forget about google. Good Luck

[almostbobsaget]

I feel like lots of local stores have become more knowledgeable of street dates and the fines associated with them.

Basically, what I'm saying is if you get it early, good for you, but for the sake of the uniformed local store that didn't necessarily sell you the copy when they were supposed to (and can face hefty fines), I wouldn't advertise where you purchased it on social media sites.

[GoGetta408]

Quote: Originally Posted by 2k10Fonzarelli

Yellow pages? I live in a city of approx 1m people and there's only one "mom n pop shop" Its really a small franchise of video stores known as jumbo video/microplay. You can find their listing in the yellow pages. Don't forget about google. Good Luck

thanks for the advise. have you had any luck from that shop?

[2k10Fonzarelli]

It's nothing a savvy store clerk has to worry about. If one were to take payment before hand and keep it aside without processing it through the system until Tuesday, no one knows any different.

Plus, bribes usually help too if the clerk is slightly reserved about the whole thing.

[2k10Fonzarelli]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoGetta408

thanks for the advise. have you had any luck from that shop?

I used to work there so I'm Microplay alumni, I get along with everyone who still works there quite well. I currently have one of the clerks planning to call me ASA it comes in. I expect to hear from her on the30th of the month, but possibly as soon as the 25th.

Fingers crossed. I spend a lot of time convincing the boss that 2k basketball is as important to stock as madden and NHL.


On a related note, in Ottawa mom n pop shops do not last long at all. In the Halo2 days there were maybe a half dozen, now there's nearly none.

Check ice cream stores and convenience stores that stock DVDs. There was an ice cream shop that had a brief lifespan who sold video games with no regard for street date

[Shumpert21]

i dont think the games have even been shipped out yet for stores to hold.

[Sinner]

There aren't any small gaming stores around my area anymore and it sucks....had a friend that owned one close to me and he used to let me get the games a week or 2 ahead of time, I never told anyone but loved getting games a little early.He closed his store about 6 years ago and went to Gamestop.