Robot Carnival
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all OOS again. why I even bother? 
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PlayStation 5 Pre-Orders Starting TOMORROW (Sep 17) (Some may be TODAY)
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Gonpachiro Kamaboko
Member
Finally got to my cart and as I’m checking out get OOS. Yeah I’m done trying I’ll just wait until they’re in stores
I mean there are two more tries on Walmart today. Only takes about 5 minutes each time to see if you can get lucky.
Then the page stops responding until all the bots get them all. This was the worst way to do this for the consumer.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Theres at least an Add Cart button and then........"The Product has recently gone out of stock. Availability may vary in the future"
Now they're just fking trolling us....they probably put some out right at 3 knowing Walmart was doing theirs and while we all waited 6 hrs for the walmart site to quit loading and finally crash, all the bots snagged the ones at the sony direct site. This is beyond disappointing
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BlackOlivesMatter
Banned
Happened to me first go last night, 15 min later I was able to complete the order. Sony is the best bet at this point.Theres at least an Add Cart button and then........"The Product has recently gone out of stock. Availability may vary in the future"
Now they're just fking trolling us....they probably put some out right at 3 knowing Walmart was doing theirs and while we all waited 6 hrs for the walmart site to quit loading and finally crash, all the bots snagged the ones at the sony direct site. This is beyond disappointing
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Well i kept refreshing and eventually it says out of stock again and "Check back on 11/13 for more availability" so theyre done for today. What a fking joke this whole thing is.
.hacked
Member
just like xbox, get in cart can't check out then they are gone.
Man wish Sony and MS would just handle this like Apple, let me place my order and just give me a shipping window when they are ready to ship.
Meanwhile if I want to drop $900-$1600 ebay is flooded with them. Makes me sick
Man wish Sony and MS would just handle this like Apple, let me place my order and just give me a shipping window when they are ready to ship.
Meanwhile if I want to drop $900-$1600 ebay is flooded with them. Makes me sick
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MiguelItUp
Member
The second Walmart go was even worse for me than the first. The first time I got it in my cart and everything. Clicked checkout and it crashed. Did it all in like 10-15 seconds at drop time on the dot, still wasn't good enough lol.
I had the Sony page up all day, so when I saw Wario post about it I refreshed and had an hour wait, lol. Someone on Twitter said they left the page up all morning and refreshed and were at the beginning of the line, not sure how or why. They recommended I keep it up, which I did, but there was an error and HTML spill, so I think they might be purging the queues now or something.
The second Walmart go was worst than the first one, I couldn't even add at right at the drop time. I'll continue trying tonight, but man, really about to just give up entirely, lol.
I had the Sony page up all day, so when I saw Wario post about it I refreshed and had an hour wait, lol. Someone on Twitter said they left the page up all morning and refreshed and were at the beginning of the line, not sure how or why. They recommended I keep it up, which I did, but there was an error and HTML spill, so I think they might be purging the queues now or something.
The second Walmart go was worst than the first one, I couldn't even add at right at the drop time. I'll continue trying tonight, but man, really about to just give up entirely, lol.
Neofire
Member
I feel you on that. Sony definitely could have done a back log and shipped the orders out as they made more units.
Madflavor
Member
Alright it's 6:00pm, time to order a PS5 off Walmart.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Alright cool, page refreshed. Not let's click Add to Cart.
Loading....loading....loading...
"An error has occurred"
Ok I see where this is going, but fuck it, nothing else to do. Let's try again.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Alright cool, page refreshed. Not let's click Add to Cart.
Loading....loading....loading...
Holy shit it worked. PS5 in my cart. Let's checkout.
"An error has occurred."
Shocking. But ok, let's refresh. PS5 still listed in my cart anyway.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Ok let's click on checkout again.
"Sorry, we are out of stock."
Cool. Looking forward to getting my PS5 sometime next year then.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Alright cool, page refreshed. Not let's click Add to Cart.
Loading....loading....loading...
"An error has occurred"
Ok I see where this is going, but fuck it, nothing else to do. Let's try again.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Alright cool, page refreshed. Not let's click Add to Cart.
Loading....loading....loading...
Holy shit it worked. PS5 in my cart. Let's checkout.
"An error has occurred."
Shocking. But ok, let's refresh. PS5 still listed in my cart anyway.
Refreshing....refreshing...refreshing...
Ok let's click on checkout again.
"Sorry, we are out of stock."
Cool. Looking forward to getting my PS5 sometime next year then.
Grinchy
Banned
I just don't understand how I can be on the walmart site clicking on check out within 1 second of the stock going back up, have the entire site crash, and then when everything is running again it just says out of stock.
How do all of them get bought if the site is completely crashed for everyone? At this point I have 4 tabs open with my cart in each one so that I can keep trying multiple times on each one before they time out.
How do all of them get bought if the site is completely crashed for everyone? At this point I have 4 tabs open with my cart in each one so that I can keep trying multiple times on each one before they time out.
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Slaylock
Member
Bots
PSYGN
Member
The bots get in before the crash.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Got the furthest yet so far at the 6:00pm Walmart clusterfuck. Got all the way to the end past entering my card info and to where the 'Place Order' button came up. Thought i was in the clear. Hit the button, spin, spin, spin, site crashed. When it came back up i was back at the same page with it being out of stock again.
This is heartbreaking....im done. Three times fucked by walmart today, twice by bestbuy this morning. These retailers need to get their shit together. There is absolutely ZERO excuse for these fucking problems in the year 2020. I think im done trying until after the new year. I don't have the patience for this fucking nonsense.
This is heartbreaking....im done. Three times fucked by walmart today, twice by bestbuy this morning. These retailers need to get their shit together. There is absolutely ZERO excuse for these fucking problems in the year 2020. I think im done trying until after the new year. I don't have the patience for this fucking nonsense.
Gonpachiro Kamaboko
Member
Where exactly is that?I remember being in queue but can’t remember how I got there
Chromium.Wings
Member
Playstation.com -> shop systems and bundles -> Shop [PS5] -> Out of Stock.
I got one on amazon in the middle of the last walmart drop, totally random.
Keep an eye on this discussion here https://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/sonyps5/ when the last walmart drop happens today, amazon is now the second source to open their inventory at the same time as the walmart release (psdirect did it for the previous one) and I found out from someone commenting there as it happened. It seems like they're trying to do it without announcing when the bots are all pointed at walmart to maybe help normal consumers grab one?
Keep an eye on this discussion here https://www.nowinstock.net/videogaming/consoles/sonyps5/ when the last walmart drop happens today, amazon is now the second source to open their inventory at the same time as the walmart release (psdirect did it for the previous one) and I found out from someone commenting there as it happened. It seems like they're trying to do it without announcing when the bots are all pointed at walmart to maybe help normal consumers grab one?
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MiguelItUp
Member
Yeah, this is insane. Again, within just a few seconds from when they dropped I was checking out on both Walmart and Amazon. Both crashed at check out.
All of this is helping scalpers, and only scalpers
Futurematic
Member
I woke up at the exact magical time Best Buy had them, got it in my cart, typed in security code, all the way to the payment processing screen… where it crashed.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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Texas Pride
Banned
Fuck Sony for the way they've handled this launch. Only winners are the bots & scalpers.
Chromium.Wings
Member
Well, hopefully I can get one sooner rather than later, but I absolutely refuse to pay above MSRP for a PS5. Fuck scalpers.
MiguelItUp
Member
If I'm not successful this week I give up, haha. It's not worth chasing something that has abysmally small amounts of success that are drowned out by waves of bots.
HTK
Banned
Last night I was up until 5 AM with no luck, today I'm an owner of a Digital Edition and the Costco Bundle. I have ascended to become a SCALPER.
Honestly, I was desperate for any kind of PS5/DE/Bundles and happen to snatch the Costco Bundle. But I really wanted a Digital Edition since I've been Digital for over a decade now. So I left my tab from the PlayStation Direct queue open and got lucky today to snag that DE.
Best of luck to everyone.
Honestly, I was desperate for any kind of PS5/DE/Bundles and happen to snatch the Costco Bundle. But I really wanted a Digital Edition since I've been Digital for over a decade now. So I left my tab from the PlayStation Direct queue open and got lucky today to snag that DE.
Best of luck to everyone.
Isn't that every gen? Honestly the only wait to avoid bots is to not announce the time it seems.
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Chromium.Wings
Member
Having actual stock in stores that you can physically go and grab is much easier to beat scalpers for than online inventory.
That said, you are correct. I remember I didn't get my first PS4 until March of 2014, and even then I got it used for $375.
Ten_Fold
Member
True if your an online shopper, your fucked, and due to covid you HAVE to buy online for now at least because normally you would just go up to whatever retail store an either pre-order or just stand outside till midnight.
Texas Pride
Banned
The fact they put no consoles in stores made this especially harsh for your average Joe. It's disgusting that Sony is okay with scalpers fucking their consumers over like this.
Robot Carnival
Member
welp, that's all from Walmart I guess. I'll try my luck some other time.
Neofire
Member
The ones that are probably low key running a bot program.
Texas Pride
Banned
Waste of a day fucking with this. You shouldn't have to beg a motherfucker to take $500.00. No excuse for no stock in stores other than Sony not allowing it.
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