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Nintendo Switch Preorder Thread (U.S.)
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The Third Heat
Neo Member
I'm in San Diego and my BB Switch preorder is now coming Monday as well. Did something happen?? What did SoCal ever do to you, UPS??
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I've been up since 4am with 4.5hrs of sleep. System is hooked up and updated. Zelda is now updating and I've totally got my second wind!
batman2million
Member
Sigh. My Switch was supposed to arrive tomorrow (Friday) but UPS had some random delay and I won't get it till Monday now. I'm in Houston, Texas and it's in Alabama right now. I'm hoping they get it to Houston during the night somehow so I have a chance to get it tomorrow. I don't even mind picking it up from the local warehouse, which isn't that far from me.
I had this whole weekend plan to play Zelda.
Mine was from Amazon and they told me in the morning that it's been delayed. Don't these retailers guarantee release day shipping? Can't we hold them accountable for this, even if the delay is caused by the carrier?
I had this whole weekend plan to play Zelda.
Mine was from Amazon and they told me in the morning that it's been delayed. Don't these retailers guarantee release day shipping? Can't we hold them accountable for this, even if the delay is caused by the carrier?
Yeah, thankfully it's a warm night here in Portland. Looks like I should be able to avoid the rain too, though that's always a gamble. I have a 25ish minute bike ride home, but I have a waterproof backpack, so my goods will be fine. I'll just throw my clothes in the dryer when I get home and curl into bed and play some Zelda.
I went to pay off my Zelda Wii U version at GameStop Fairbanks earlier this evening and it was -35 outside and there were folks gonna line up at 9pm till midnight for the few extras. These people in Alaska are freaking crazy. I'm just picking my game up tomorrow after work.
Jaded Alyx
Member
Never seen anywhere other than in the eShop on the console itself.
Also, once you have eShop funds, you can't use them to buy digital from the Nintendo website. Only in the eShop, so yeh, I guess that means you can't redeem on the site.
That Damn Kid
Member
obijkenobi
Member
Damn, the line here at Best Buy in San Antonio is long.
Legacy?
Metal Khaos
Member
This is fine...
Ah gotcha. Will just have to wait for delivery of the system tomorrow then. Thank you!
The Third Heat
Neo Member
I sure hope so. My order said "Get it by March 2nd" since the moment I pre-ordered. Is that not some kind of guarantee? I'd have thought BB would have shipped my out sooner, but it only shipped today which made me nervous to begin with. Now I'll have Zelda all weekend with nothing to play it on. And to think I was more worried about my Amazon order...
Admiral Woofington
Member
I think I'll pop by the best buy near my home on the way back from getting my preorder. I have a coworker I got the switch pro controller for, went to 4 different stores and all were out of walk ins. He's a solid guy. I'll ask if they have any switches and Zeldas left. If so I can wait a bit longer and buy him one.
Mine too! Howell NJ!
Got my charging grip, bomberman, and case from GS at midnight instead. Guess I'll be going at noon tomorrow...
SgtFlowers
Neo Member
Switch and Guardian amiibo has shipped from Amazon, finally. Got the message around 9p pst.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
By boarded up I mean that the front has the gate down.
There are more people getting here... I think we all made the same mistake.
So my Walmart preorder for store pickup from this week hasn't budged yet. I went in to my store just now and they had already given out tickets for the remaining non-preorder stock. I was considering buying one tonight and trying to cancel the preorder, or seeing if they would give me one of the walk-in units, but oh well. Hopefully my unit will ship in the morning and I can pick it up after work. Zelda is on the way from Amazon, at least.
Pharaoh 117
Member
Amazon shipped all my items. Switch + 2 Master Editions + 2 Special Editions and even the Pro Controller that was expected to ship on Tuesday ended up shipping on time. Thanks Amazon.
The only thing that shipped today for me from Amazon was the Joycon charger. Everything thing else, the Switch itself, Zelda SE, and Pro controller has been in preparing for shipment all day :S
There is a distribution center close to here so maybe they will be shipping it same day tomorrow, I hope.
There is a distribution center close to here so maybe they will be shipping it same day tomorrow, I hope.
sleepnaught
Member
well, god damn, Just found out my BB isnt even open for the midnight release. This is crazy, because its usually open at midnight for all kinds of releases, even just popular game releases. Guess I'll have to wait til tomorrow evening after work to pickup my stuff
Arkam
Member
Surprised by the line at my local GS too. Line goes at least three stores down the way. I just want to go grab my Zelda... so I can wait patiently fir my Best Buy order to come tomorrow.
Price Drop
Member
Maybe? For some reason the Joy-Cons and Zelda are coming from Fresno via UPS Ground. Had no idea Ground could make it overnight but the estimate says 3/3 by end of the day.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
One final check and my Zelda still stuck at preparing from Amazon. I guess they are going to have some dude from the warehouse run it down to my house tomorrow morning or something?
ShiftaDeband
Member
Wal-Mart never seemed to have shipped.
PreyingShark
Member
Mine didn't go to On the Way or w/e until half an hour ago.
7DollarHagane
Banned
Fuck best buy for making people wait outside in the 20 degrees weather.
TheGreatLugia
Banned
NYC area here and Amazon still says "Preparing for Shipment." I know they have at least one warehouse relatively close to here and they've shipped releases overnight in the past, but I've never seen them ship a package after midnight and receive it the same day.
Literally the same exact thing happened to me in Mason, OH. The store wasn't listed but I called them twice and both times told me they were opening at midnight. Work all day tomorrow so hopefully I can sneak out at lunch time.
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Hmmm... if you go to UPS directly and register their website you can go to their My Chance and it will show an estimated delivery date... on there it has mine coming at Friday between 1-5 PM tomorrow. Still hope?
I'm sitting here praying that Amazon is just being really slow to update everyone's order status because of demand. Otherwise I don't see it getting here by tomorrow even if it says it will. I've had orders shipped late but not this late. It's been switching between shipping now and shipping today all day.
Same here. I'm wondering if maybe the Switches for NYC are actually at their 34th St warehouse. Seems like the only way they could do it. That said, I have actually seen it never update until the item was actually out on the truck for delivery already, so it could be a similar situation.
Of course there's also the issue of it still saying arriving "tomorrow" when tomorrow is now today here.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Yeah the part that makes me mad is that now I have to pick it up after work.
We order Prime Now from time to time and it's pretty great. I would love to see midnight Prime Now deliveries available for pre-orders in the future. I would have gladly paid the extra delivery fee to be playing tonight versus tomorrow.
BlackSalad
Member
my switch is literally sitting in a warehouse down the street (target online order, no expedited shipping btw)
Amazon shipments, Zelda, Hori case, Hori screen protector, are being delivered tomorrow by "8pm"
I have a feeling I'll be unboxing everything by the time I get off work =D
Amazon shipments, Zelda, Hori case, Hori screen protector, are being delivered tomorrow by "8pm"
I have a feeling I'll be unboxing everything by the time I get off work =D
Beastdrowski
Banned
Add me to the list of people whose BB Switch order got delayed to Monday. Pretty fucking frustrating considering it had said "Get it by 3/2" since I first pre-ordered. Bummer.
Why two copies?
TheGreatLugia
Banned
I forgot about that warehouse since all of my shipments arrive from New Jersey. Hopefully they're shipping from that location or the system hasn't been properly updated.
I want to say Amazon uses Pacific time so the order status should change from arriving "tomorrow" to "today" once it passes 3AM on the east coast.
The Wii U version and the Switch version. Plenty of people here are getting both versions as well.
FrenchMovieTheme
Member
my best buy order got delayed to monday but my amazon order arriving tomorrow but one of the two systems is for a family member so i'll give them the one that comes tomorrow. oh well!
Jzero
Member
Why tho?