Many gamers are now happily playing their new Spirit Tracks game, but not so for those who ordered from Gamestop. Try taking your pre-ordered game from there and you will encounter a problem, in the form of them not giving you the game.
Apparently, many stores are refusing to sell Spirit Tracks on its release date, with such reasoning as "because most games come out on Tuesdays", even though they already have the game in stock.
Before you ask, the given release date of the 7th is perfectly correct. Even the official Spirit Tracks site claims the release date as the 7th, as do all of the promotional posters for the game that you will find at the shops themselves.
A cinema worker refusing to sell tickets to a movie because they like Tuesdays better would never be accepted, so why is this situation accepted in the sale of video games?