ShinRPGamer
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Maybe the listing is from eBay itself!
Amiibo Thread 5 | Because we didn't preorder thread 4
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Maybe the listing is from eBay itself!
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Almost had a Captain Falcon. Popped up for $24 on Ebay, from a Japanese shop with 3 available. Snagged it instantly and paid. Got an email today canceling the order; they had dozens of completed purchases within moments.
This is disgusting in ways I cannot verbally express.
shanafan
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Nice, thanks for looking into this. Mine went down from $46 to $38 since I preordered too.
I agree, but in the same token, it seems like most people were preordering two from Wal-Mart. I think every single retailer should only limit 1. Imagine there were 100 available, and everyone ordered two. So, only 50 people were able to get one. Does that seem legit?
At this point I feel like that is what it has to be for people to actually get the ones they want. It sucks that you can't get as many as you want, but with how screwed up supply has been that seems like the only way. I just wanted a MK and now I've gotta either pray to some diety that there is a restock or tear my arm and leg off to give to some scalper. It is ridiculous that it has to be this way, but I guess Nintendo revels in it, just like the Wii.
I'm also feeling frustrated...yeah I suppose Wave 1 and 2 are long gone, so it's my fault for not catching amiibo fever until after Wave 3 was already out, but I'm a paying customer...it doesn't make sense that there are so many of us who want the amiibo, its supposed to be this big new pillar for Nintendo to make some easy cash on, and yet we can't buy them because Nintendo won't make enough.
It's ridiculous. I want a Meta Knight, there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to order a fucking Meta Knight!
It's ridiculous. I want a Meta Knight, there is no reason why I shouldn't be able to order a fucking Meta Knight!
That link one, I NEEDS it.
Preach it.
bluepolicebox
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It doesn't seem like Nintendo's winning a lot of points with retailers either. At least not their employees. The people I've spoken to at places like Target and Best Buy have been kind and courteous but patience is wearing thin all around.
Blue Namagem
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Absolutely horrible that eBay would even encourage this. Unbelievable. They're NOT EVEN OUT YET. What does Nintendo have to say about this?? Anything? Any press release to address the rampant scalping and enabling of such?
How us this even possible?! So aggravating and disgusting.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Welp, F-U too Ebay!
Blue Namagem
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So ridiculous, right? Really can't believe this crap.
Lol I didn't expect ebay to publically support this but from a Business perspective you gotta understand why they do.Ebay thrives from this stuff , can you imagine how much they aquired from fees of the Majoras Mask XL and amiibo sales?an absolute truck load , they are trying to capitalize from a bad situation and have no qualms with announcing it.
Fox Mulder
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It sucks, but has to be tolerated as a Nintendo fan these days. They wont change low production on things like a gamecube adapter or niche games like pikmin any time soon. Would amiibos even be selling as well if they were easily available? I've bought 10, many are gone now.
Their core audience has been shrinking for generations and the wiiu has sold like shit. They're conservative in production to save money, but the frenzy for fewer products gets fans to buy more than they would have otherwise.
So far, if a wave or figure was a store exclusive, it was announced at the same time as the wave/figure. This was the case for both Wave 3 and the Gold Mario amiibo (remember, we only knew before that Gold Mario was Wal-Mart exclusive because of a leak, nothing was officially announced until last week). There's honestly no reason to suspect they are going to do store exclusives for Wave 4. Between this and the whole thing about them not bringing figures to NOA, all you're really doing is spreading paranoia without much warrant.
Don't get the wrong idea all i'm stating is my own personal prediction , people can agree or diagree with it I'm not trying to make anyone paranoid but from I witnessed from NoA I learned to not doubt the impossibilities.I just felt that a Charizard exclusive could be possible, Toys r us specifically because Nintendo and Toys us have had a history of having contractual pokemon exclusives and I assumed that TRU will continue the theme and will try to aquire each pokemon amiibo as their exclusive.
O.v.e.rlord
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I just don't understand the logic behind this? Is it aimed to piss people off(aka Troll) Ether way this is some scumy shenanigans
Considering how Pikachu wasn't a TRU exclusive, this already hasn't happened.
Lee Chaolan
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eBay wants those amiibo profits, and why wouldn't they? They get a solid 10 percent, plus a couple extra through paypal? Surprised they haven't sooner.
thegreatchamp
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I saw that eBay post being promoted on my Twitter app so I immediately reported it off.
Jawmuncher
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Finally back! Stopped at the post office and GameStop and was able to get my haul! Everything US aside from the Fire Emblem characters. Thanks again Ozium for the rosalina.
Hero Prinny
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let me hold that majoras mask statue.
EroticSushi
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Picked up Zelda, Pikachu, Kirby, Diddy and Lugie yesterday. I'm honestly already feeling burned out from all of this. Bums me out that we can't pick up the rare amiibos with ease. I have Meta Night, Lucario and Rosalina on the way but it's gotten to the point where I'm not sure if they're worth opening.
Dammit Nintendo!
Dammit Nintendo!
Byron Bluth
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Iwata Believes Amiibo Sales Could be Stronger in Japan
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/0...be-stronger-in-japan-says-nintendo-president/
Just send them over to NA instead!
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/03/0...be-stronger-in-japan-says-nintendo-president/
Just send them over to NA instead!
SaviourMK2
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Iwata, if you have Villagers that need to be sold
What are the general price for amiibos in Japan? That's weird to me, I thought Japan was really into collectibles and the like.
SaviourMK2
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Amazon Japan typically has them in the neighborhood of 1113 yen, which is like... 9.80 I believe. But that a sale price for when they have too much. At maximum, they're retail prices are 1296 yen.
In terms of US money, they're much cheaper in Japan.
This is what happens when people buy 2+ when there's already supply issues.
It's probably because they are saturated in them. Slim pickins' here. Even for things like Pokemon goods, they JUST started opening up and selling at more locations in the past like, 2 years. Japan can stroll into a variety of stores for them. Same with figures. Jakks only JUST started putting those articulate figures out since last year. There's been others, but these seem more popular, and expand outside of just Mario that we've always seen. Oh and not to mention Japan Gatcha is amazing and have a HUGE variety with such a good $2 quality!
That's what I'm guessing, at least.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Apparently amiibo are "too large" for the Japanese market. I'm wondering just how small they'd rather them be, because they're like what, 3" on average? Honestly the size is what sold me on them. Big enough to have a decent amount of detail while still being sturdy, small enough that they don't take up an excessive amount of space.
They've actually sent them to NZ and Aussie lol.
Seriously, if Japan doesn't want them, bring them here!
O.v.e.rlord
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I'd take those off your hands!
They are about 10-11 us dollars. Roughly the same. I don't know what Iwata is talking about, they are sold out over there too at the big shops. I suspect sell thru may not be as high because of the smaller stores that often have their products and they don't market them well. Buts thats their fault for who they distributed product to. At first sales were a bit slower than here but that changed fast. Don't forget that Japan has been in a bit of an economic funk the last few years, spending money on toys is going to be a bit lower than usual.
friskykillface
Banned
i saw that on the reddit amiibo group, thought they were lying for some reason, mind blown
No, it was officially announced by Nintendo here and they've now started popping up in stores. We have a 90% sell through rate or something for Amiibo so Japan asked us if we wanted more stock, and the retailers said absolutely!
Not really 4sale and I'd have to find them first but here's a picture of them so it's not like i've drawn the tale from my ass
On the amiibo front:
Play Asia came through
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XKhf20V.jpg[/IMG]All done until Wave 5 (preordered wave 4 from GAME)
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[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/cb8kJ2E.jpg[/IMG]I have more than 2 problems
I used to have those Homestar figures. I miss them.
O.v.e.rlord
Banned
Hot dam!
holy guacamole
Yagami_Sama
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Now just need to wait for Lucina, Wario, Ness, Charizard and Robin.
Blue Namagem
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Sigh.Jesus making around $100 off these just for listing three on eBay. Some spare cash along with my job income so I can afford a laptop for college. Nothing personal, folks. Just business.
I only have on amiibo and that's the fire mario amiibo.
nintendork666
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Jesus making around $100 off these just for listing three on eBay. Some spare cash along with my job income so I can afford a laptop for college. Nothing personal, folks. Just business.
I only have on amiibo and that's the fire mario amiibo.
Good on you. I sold off a Pit, Wii Fit Trainer (x2), Villager, and Diddy Kong (x2) to pay off some bills. Feels good, man.
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Diggeh
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Jesus making around $100 off these just for listing three on eBay. Some spare cash along with my job income so I can afford a laptop for college. Nothing personal, folks. Just business.
I only have on amiibo and that's the fire mario amiibo.
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