PlayStation 5 stock alerts

[Ry]

i got in currys instantly. There are no actual PS5s on the website. Nothing

 

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

I'm just gonna sharpie mine.

[bridger]

Are those numbers real or just like the ones that tell you x number of people are looking at this item right now?

[marsh]

Currys Queue Simulator Edge 7/10 - this one does appear to actually work.

[Popo]

On 02/03/2021 at 11:08, MattyP said:

Interesting take and makes sense. If the scalpers are selling them sealed then they just become Sony's problem if the break further down the line. Guessing the contract is between the supplier and the original customer at the point of sale? Although most suppliers will just try and send you to Sony anyway and try and distance themselves from any sense of responsibility or obligation. 

 

 

That's an interesting thought. If you bought one from a scalper, for say £700 or £800... didn't get the receipt from the original shop... and it broke... who are you going to return it to?  The scalper is long gone, and surely Sony will want to see them receipts?

 

I appreciate every PS5 has been on sale for less than a year, so every PS5 in existence is liable for manufacturer's warranty, but it's a problem someone is going to face eventually. 

[SeanR]

My position halved!

[Parappa]

2 minutes ago, Ry said:

i got in currys instantly. There are no actual PS5s on the website. Nothing

 

Oh great... Now we have to piss about with people having a 'joke' saying they are available on whatever website.  

[Parappa]

Just now, SeanR said:

My position halved!

same here - suspect nothing there then. 

 

[Ry]

Currys have none. I dont think they had any to begin with and seems like an error as i got in instantly. Maybe later they will add some?

 

"Manoj: Yes, currently we do no have any stock."

[DeciderVT]

Queue numbers are halving every time I check. They've clearly sold out. 

[SeanR]

Quartered!

[Opinionated Ham Scarecrow]

They're gone guys. Like tears in the rain.

[SeanR]

Lol, it went 14000, 344, you’re in as I watched it

[Ry]

They never had any. This has happened with Currys 4 days in a row supposedly. Stock gets triggered but nothing is there. 

 

 

[Monkeyspill]

My game queue has crashed I think. It’s had an error message for the last 20 minutes.

[SeanR]

[DeciderVT]

I'm in! 

 

[Dudley]

On 02/03/2021 at 11:08, MattyP said:

Interesting take and makes sense. If the scalpers are selling them sealed then they just become Sony's problem if the break further down the line. Guessing the contract is between the supplier and the original customer at the point of sale? Although most suppliers will just try and send you to Sony anyway and try and distance themselves from any sense of responsibility or obligation. 

 

Yeah, it's a bit conspiracy but the last hour tells you that putting stock out when nice well behaved bots who buy bundles, don't return goods and won't crash the website has got to be really tempting for them.

 

Especially as Argos will be selling a fuck load of things that aren't PS5s right now and have better profit margins.

[DeciderVT]

I probably wouldn't care about selling to bots either if I were a retailer with brick and mortar stores to support right now.

[Dudley]

Yeah I'm not actually blaming them, EXCEPT when they say they try to stop bots.

 

If you're putting out stock, unannounced, on random days at 3am, you are not trying to do that.

[omus]

This morning I was on game moments before the bots started pinging. Then Game crapped the bed, 500 errors, intermittent queues, kept logging me out, couldn't view basket, too many items in basket etc. 

 

As a hail Mary I cleared my browser cache, refreshed the page. It was in the basket and processed!!! 

 

Now to wait for the order to be cancelled for some reason 

[Monkeyspill]

I’m somehow still in the Game queue with more than an hour to go. 
 

It hasn’t changed since 9.46 or whenever.

[imp]

Just now, Monkeyspill said:

I’m somehow still in the Game queue with more than an hour to go. 
 

It hasn’t changed since 9.46 or whenever.

Mine started counting down again about 20 minutes ago, seems like the line is moving, people are reporting actually being able to buy one this time!

[Jolly]

Yeah, I'm in the same boat. My little man is moving (matron) even if the wait time is still listed as more than a hour. 

[Monkeyspill]

Mine has hardly moved at all and hasn’t walked a single pixel in the last few hours.

Fuck it. I’m going to hit refresh and see what happens.

 

[Don Wiskerando]

*Monkeyspill was moved to the back of the queue.

[Don Wiskerando]

I've been in the queue since around 10am

[b00dles]

37 minutes ago, Don Wiskerando said:

I've been in the queue since around 10am

I like that there's a hyperlink which seems like it must link to the Wikipedia for patience.

[Monkeyspill]

51 minutes ago, Don Wiskerando said:

*Monkeyspill was moved to the back of the queue.

Dunno but the progress bar jumped back to where it was previously so I don’t think it sent me to the back.

 

”58 minutes” now.

[imp]

Managed to get one, after a bit of confusion at checkout!

 

First of all, it wouldn't let me add the base console to basket. I refreshed and went back to the various bundles, and opted for Miles Morales +2 controllers, which it allowed. Then it got stuck halfway through checkout, on the delivery options page. The order was split in two shipments. one being the second extra controller. It wouldn't let me select options for both as choosing a delivery option for one would cancel the other, leaving the "continue to payment" button greyed out! Had to refresh again, return to basket and remove the extra controller before it all went through! Done now though, huge sigh of relief!