fredrancour
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Welp. I think this wave broke me. No completionist drive left. I'll see who I get lucky with.
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TheSlySoul
Member
I actually would be ok with this. At least give us with a job a chance to go pre-order.
Um, I'm thinking they will be sold out by like... 3:05 EST...
spindashing
Banned
God bless your soul...
eudaemonic
Member
It's working. :|
The more reason for them to order more of them, since scalpers will also try to buy as many as they can, and those are sales for them.
Its guaranteed sales.
I have some possibly bad news...
Fox Mulder
Member
im not driving to a gamestop today. if I can't get one through online preorders then fuck amiibos.
ColonelSkills
Member
Ship to store is some bullshit.
If I'm a Canadian and order ship to store for an American friend to pick up, will there be issues?
Will he have some shit to deal with since my name is not his name? How does ship to store work in that regard? Can I specify he'll pick it up?
If I'm a Canadian and order ship to store for an American friend to pick up, will there be issues?
Will he have some shit to deal with since my name is not his name? How does ship to store work in that regard? Can I specify he'll pick it up?
iShouldGoPro
Member
Yeah I'm PT. I'm thinking about driving by and seeing if there's a line lol To be honest, getting a web in store pre order should be a lot easier than an online one though
Target already charged me and Walmart charged me when I preordered Gold Mario there.
Alright cool. That'll do!
lmao
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
No, fuck you. I can't drive to Gamestop today!
Fucking hell what's the point, no way I can do that today.
Going to have to be vigilant tonight and tomorrow for Ness and relying on Amazon for the others.
DeuceGamer
Member
Nintendo is seriously risking alienating their loyal customers. Once they go scalpers will follow suit.
Man, why does this keep spiraling worse? Like, of the last wave of exclusives, at least all of those but Rosalina had a decent lifespan on being able to preorder, but I feel like with these it's going to be "you have to be at the computer and ready to order right when it goes up." This crap is seriously draining.
TheSlySoul
Member
Yeah, that happened with Gamestop. They charged, uncharged, and then charged again. The final charge is the only one that sticks.
shanafan
Member
Yeah, no pre-orders till 2 CST, which is noon Pacific, which is where I'm guess you are.
ThisBeJason
Member
Time Amiibo Preorders were up:
Rosalina: 1-2 minutes about 3 or 4 times at 3:30AM for a total of 6-8 minutes
Jigglypuff: 6 minutes
Ness: probably 6 minutes or less.
Rosalina was also Target. I just think that Target is terrible at handling preorders. They probably only allocate a tiny bit for online and then the rest stores?
Usually that's not how it works. They usually have separate allocations for online and for stores. I seriously doubt what happens at stores will effect online ordering. But then we are talking about amiibo here so always expect the worse especially for store exclusives.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
I know, but it takes away the frustration of hunting.
TheSlySoul
Member
Woah, calm down buddy. I was just saying give me a chance to get a bundle before a scalper orders 10 bundles.
Somebody on reddit said that BB pre orders will be up within 20-60 minutes
get your gcu you bruhs. Ship to home only so beware. He also said that shipping will be approved.
http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/317mtu/best_buy_wave_4_preorder_info/
get your gcu you bruhs. Ship to home only so beware. He also said that shipping will be approved.
http://www.reddit.com/r/amiibo/comments/317mtu/best_buy_wave_4_preorder_info/
Rosalina was up for 30 minutes the second time, and for about an hour the day it released.
Velcro Fly
Member
Lucario was up for 30 minutes in the middle of the night and then randomly a few other times for a short amount of time.
I seriously woke up for work one morning and preorders were open and that's how I got one, otherwise I'd be in the same boat I am with Rosalina.
I seriously woke up for work one morning and preorders were open and that's how I got one, otherwise I'd be in the same boat I am with Rosalina.
Bog
Junior Ace
Completely untrue about Rosalina. Each time was roughly 20 minutes, including nearly an hour ON release day.
Target already charged me and Walmart charged me when I preordered Gold Mario there.
Alright cool. That'll do!
Just standard "pending" charges that happen everywhere you use a card.
TheSlySoul
Member
Alright, ready to order!
GCU is ready and willing.
Confirmed no bb exclusive this way (thank god).
iShouldGoPro
Member
THIS.
I need this! Hopefully I can get a Ness from GS and everything else from BB
Velcro Fly
Member
After cancelling my Ike I'm not sure if I should trust Best Buy.
Hope they put them up before I head out to Gamestop (not during)
xplicitone
Member
Ugh, I went to lunch and Jigglypuff went up. NOOOOOOOOO
bigDdestruction
Member
I love GCU at bestbuy but i'm not even gonna chance it with the online pre-order. If i can get a pre-order at gamestop in store, i'll take it.
Jailer of Hope
Member
So smart of them to open preorders around this time. Insures that every jobless scalper gets their fair chance at a few dozen.
theSlacker
Member
That has never stopped Nintendo from screwing over Mother fans before.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Ready and waiting. Had great experiences with my BB ship-to-home orders.
EroticSushi
Member
Same here. Going to head to Gamestop by 2:45 so hopefully BB goes up before then so I can secure them all but Ness with GCU.
iShouldGoPro
Member
Jigglypuff hasn't gone up yet
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