Soooo....Mass Effect 3

[Chesspiece_face]

As Quark said, you don't have to pay when you preorder. If they want you to do so, it shouldn't be a problem to find a different store that does not demand the money up front.

I'm not sure what stores you have in your area, but around here if you want to preorder a game it's a minimum $5.00 deposit. I went into gamestop around Christmas to grab a League of Legends point card for a friend and I even overheard the employee trying to manipulate the customer into paying the full price for a preorder claiming that "We are only going to get small supply for these games and people that have paid the full price are guaranteed to get it release day. If you only put down the minimum you may have to wait for later shipments." After hearing that I walked out and got my point card at Best Buy.

It's all one giant scam.