They do nintendo preorder deals all the time, they're just not usually as GOOD as the other preorder deals

I can't really say I've had any really bad experiences with Gamestop, as the people at the one I usually go to are really good. About the worst experience I had was when I had to pre-order MHTri to get the demo disc there, but when I decided to cancel my pre-order (I didn't own any CCs at the time), they made it easy for me to transfer my $5 pre-order down payment to Picross 3D. Other times, they made sure I knew that Layton & the Last Specter was for the DS and SM3DL for the 3DS when I pre-ordered both at the same time, and one time when I got my car stuck on the curb outside the store the two employees there at the time (and two kids from my high school there hanging out) helped me & my mom get our car unstuck. So, I don't have that much to complain about, do I?

Not all GameStops are bad, but I would've hated that experience.

Pffffft, noob. Try buying fully working Earthbound or Crono Trigger DS cheaper than $60.

As for the topic I've usually had good experiences with Gamestop. Sure the employees are annoying when they try to get me to preorder games but whatever. They're usually nice. Sucks that happens to you. Wish you could get some apology gift or something from the Gamestop.

I got Chrono Trigger DS in pretty great condition (used) about 2 years ago from a Gamestop. On topic the Gamestop in my area is actually pretty decent . Sure most of the space is dedicated to the Xbox 360 and PS3, they still have a fine selection of Nintendo games.

You're kidding, right? The moment something is discontinued it's value skyrockets.

Same. And for $18.

Yeah never mind. I just remembered hard to find=/=high price.
My Gamestop never carried it and other stores in my area and even ones way out of my way never had it. Hm, oh well.
I still stand by the earthbound thing though! >:[

I had a similar bad experience at the midnight launch party. I arrived at 11:51 and there's some Kirby fan in front of me. I'd been in line for 30 minutes when the cashier and this fan started some big brouhaha over Kirbys Dreamworld Rehash or something. After what felt like forever, this person left and I finally got my copy of Battlefield 3--but not before complaining to the manager about the wait. They only gave me a minor discount, but hey, money is money.

What people have to understand is that businesses like Gamestop are run by suits that don't care about their employees and try and screw them any chance they get. I'm pretty sure that Gamestop employee are required to get a certain number of preorders for their games, if not they get written up and/or fired. If the Gamestop employee flat out lied to you, then he should be fired. It's possible that the company told people the game would be available and then changed it's mind. I seriously doubt that the person needed to check to see if the game was in the back room, he already would have known. So he either flat out lied to you or the company told them not to sell the game at the midnight launch. It still boggles my mind that anyone would show up at midnight for Battlefield 3.

That still doesnt give them the right to lie. They can get just as many preorder by being truthful than not. I mean yeah that lie might get them a preorder but than when the person goes to pick up the game like the OP did it gets the customer mad. Mad customer = complaint and customer taking business elsewhere. And trust me a manager or company receives enough complaints about that person that person is outta a job anyways.

That's why I would never go to a midnight launch lol
I'm afraid the people will laugh at the game I pick up XD

Errr, do you really think the guys behind the counter "lie" because they are evil and want to snatch your purse so to make a brilliant carreer in the videogame industry or it's just because they have very little information about the products they are selling and these information are not enough to manage an assault of videogamers that would stab them in the back if the game they pre-ordered shows up 24 hours later?!
If they do so it's probably because they are instructed to do so, or no one instructs them to do another way so they do the most intuitive thing (get the pre-order) — asking for them to be fired is just moronic.

Well guys, I've got an update. Sorry for the late reply; I haven't been on the computer the past couple of days. On Wednesday, I went into the good Gamestop and put down preorders on Mario 3D Land and Mariokart 7. I asked if they still had Kirby in stock, and they were all out. So, I reluctantly went to the "bad" Gamestop to pick up Kirby and cancel the other preorders. I got an additional $10 off for the cancelled preorders. As it turns out, the guy that was rude to me and gave the misinformation just happened to be the store manager. The associate told me they had orders from headquarters that they were only doing midnight release on Battlefield 3, so there were a few other people who did not get the launch games they wanted either. But I still feel like the manager was rude to me, so I won't be going back to the west-side Gamestop any time soon. The other two Gamestops on the southeast side of town, I've had no problems with.

Did he actually walk out of the store with Kirby in hand, or did he leave empty-handed? Either way, that's the last time I try to attend a midnight launch party at Gamestop. I'll just reserve preorder and pick it up next day like usual. And like I said, I'm taking my money back to the old location where they are actually nice and friendly there.

So you had the exact opposite situation of StarDust...?