That depends: if three stores offers one free DLC package each that is available to everyone else at a price, then yes, it's good, because you can get the otehr 2 packages normally. If the packages are store-exclusive and not available else even online, then no, it's a major rip-off.

Otherwise known as "Getting you by the short and curlies"

There was a time when pre-order bonuses were of the physical nature and I'm not talking about a t-shirt or CD. I'm talking about keychains, plushies, and in some cases, life-sized props. I'm actually kinda irritated that all it takes to raise up pre-orders these days is the video game equivalent of saying "FIRST". :(

Sure, pay $60 to get a gun that's either overpowered for the whole game or obsolete after playing the game for an hour.

I have to agree. I had to pre-order Borderlands 2 as there was the incentive :).

The problem I have with this is I'm usually a completionist. I don't want to buy 3 copies of a game I love to get the full experience.

True, very true. More than once I've had to think about where to get a game based off of what preorder DLC came from a particular store.