Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
Yeah... the last time we had an Australian pre-order at a major retailer that was several months away was the JP MP Shadowpanther last year at ToysRUs... which required full payment at time of pre-order in March (before there was any sign of them being in trouble financially, or ending up shutting down later in the year).
I was one of those who lost all of that pre-order money when TRU collapsed, so am a bit gun-shy to giving another retailer money months out of its release, even if it is only a 25% deposit this time.
Good point. Gamestop (the parent company of EB Games and Zing) has been desperately seeking a buyer as they are low on money. They have stopped look for now, but things don't look good.

Hopefully, if they do find a buyer it won't be a predatory buyer like what happened to Toys R Us.