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Offline Maglorius

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Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« on: May 02, 2016, 01:19:40 pm »
"A small number of Rifts will be available for purchase at select Best Buy stores starting May 7 and online from Microsoft and Amazon, starting May 6 at 9 a.m. PST," Oculus' blog post states. "Quantities will be extremely limited while we catch up on Rift pre-orders."

You can, in fact, perhaps wait in line, buy the hardware at retail, and then cancel your pre-order. Oculus is planning on some customers doing exactly that.

"We know that many pre-order customers are still waiting for their Rifts, so we're offering those customers a chance to purchase Rift from retail instead — while keeping their pre-order benefits, like the EVE: Valkyrie Founder’s Pack and priority status for Touch pre-orders," the company explains. "If you’re interested, simply go to your order status and let us know you’ve purchased a Rift at retail, and we’ll cancel your pre-order. Your EVE: Valkyrie entitlement will appear in your order history."


That's BS!

http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/2/11565954/oculus-rift-best-buy-amazon-pre-order

Looks like there might be a chance for Broin to get his before ours ships, lol!
« Last Edit: May 02, 2016, 01:22:12 pm by Maglorius »

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2016, 03:32:56 pm »
That's wonderful. Better off trying to get one to resell for probably twice the retail price.

Don't believe everything you think.

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2016, 10:24:20 pm »
There's one in Falls Church near me that is doing the demos. Does this mean they will have stock as well? I have work at 10:30, so maybe I can run by at 10 a.m. when they open and buy one IF they have it. It's the only one in the area, though, so I imagine there may be a freaking line just waiting to get in. And I'm afraid I'll be late to work.

Hopefully there's a way to get one from Amazon on Friday, but I have work, so I'm not holding my breath. I really need someone to try to get one for me and I'll pay you back.

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2016, 11:52:13 am »
Hmm... Maybe I'll have one this weekend.

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2016, 10:15:43 pm »
I called the one near me. They said they won't have any available to purchase. Hopefully they don't know what they are talking about. I have work anyway, so I'm pretty much screwed for all of these.

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2016, 03:02:53 pm »
No luck with Amazon today.  I didn't set a reminder for 12:00, and by the time I got on at 12:05, they were gone!

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2016, 10:07:13 pm »
I set a reminder, but I was at work. Tried from my phone with absolutely no luck.

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Re: Oculus - Best Buy May 7th and others.
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2016, 03:28:08 pm »
Sadly as a manager, I'm unable to buy one.


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