Because both Target and Walmart have cancelled reserves post-confirmation on people in the past. Best Buy is also guilty of this.
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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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Because both Target and Walmart have cancelled reserves post-confirmation on people in the past. Best Buy is also guilty of this.
I'm in tears here.
Euphoria14
Member
Getting very nervous about my order.
3rd preorder didn't go through, and I'm guessing it's the decline my bank contacted me about right after ordering.
Issue however is that I have confirmation email and it's showing on my Target account, just not paid for yet.
Rep said it would likely try to reprocess again, but the lack of a guarantee has me iffy.
If it doesn't happen, oh well, but would have been a nice gift for my nephew and a SNES for my niece if she wants it.
3rd preorder didn't go through, and I'm guessing it's the decline my bank contacted me about right after ordering.
Issue however is that I have confirmation email and it's showing on my Target account, just not paid for yet.
Rep said it would likely try to reprocess again, but the lack of a guarantee has me iffy.
If it doesn't happen, oh well, but would have been a nice gift for my nephew and a SNES for my niece if she wants it.
The US design is superior.
Now that I'm thinking. I bought the Gamestop one from the credit I got doing the Gamestop trade-in exploit when I basically turned $20 cash into $390 in credit. If my PAL version arrives and sell it on ebay I could basically pay off a XBOX ONE X with the money from the SNES mini and the left over credit I still have in Gamestop. LMAO
zeioIIDX
Member
Thanks for the laugh, I needed that lol
Spauldingxx
Member
Why did the EU preorders last hours compared to the US ones?
Euphoria14
Member
Hell yeah!
Yeah but if the guy just cares about making a profit, it would be the one to sell.
SanguineShark
Member
Ah, not worth it.
Because they went up when the thing was announced, bot users didn't have months to prepare
HoodWinked
Member
it sort of doesn't matter to amazon since if they sell 10,000 to one person or one to 10,000 people they'll get the same revenue from the consumer since they are required to sell them at msrp. if anything its beneficial for them to sell it to fewer people since its more efficient and thus cheaper to ship. unless its to build good faith or repeat customers but that effect is overstated.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
It would be nice if that's the case. I finally managed to get a NES Classic at a store in the middle of nowhere across my state line when they told me they had some in the back that were going to be put up the following day but they let me purchase them regardless. I got lucky, but I was following that store for a while and even it would sell out almost instantly in the morning.
Hopefully the SNES Classic isn't as bad as that. I just have little faith as Nintendo already said there won't be any stock after this year. There'll be no post-Christmas break for these things.
Edit: Not sure why it shows up incorrectly, here's the link. https://m.imgur.com/LtVP6ee
OriginalPoe
Banned
Hmmm...
What if enough gaming websites covered the ridiculous 50+ unit purchases and put some pressure on Amazon to fix the sales?
zeioIIDX
Member
Just realized I'm kid-free on the 29th (my ex gets my daughter that day) so immediately after walking my daughter to school, I'm racing my ass over to Target to wait outside. Luckily it's next door to a Best Buy, just in case.
I know last year when I was waiting in line, some people got turned away (not enough tickets) and had to scamper over to Best Buy to try their luck. I hope waiting outside Target an hour and a half before they open will be sufficient this time around. If not, Best Buy opens an hour after Target does so that'll work too.
Edit: I live in Podunk, MS by the way so fortunately I don't exactly have to stand outside 12 hours prior.
I know last year when I was waiting in line, some people got turned away (not enough tickets) and had to scamper over to Best Buy to try their luck. I hope waiting outside Target an hour and a half before they open will be sufficient this time around. If not, Best Buy opens an hour after Target does so that'll work too.
Edit: I live in Podunk, MS by the way so fortunately I don't exactly have to stand outside 12 hours prior.
greenhadoken
Member
Are places like Gamestop and Walmart going to be selling them to people without pre-orders on launch day? I actually prefer just getting to the store and waiting in line at 3 AM haha
Probably not Gamestop as in-store preorders went today, but I'm sure Walmart will get some for in store on release day
molnizzle
Member
At least there will be some exciting Mario Kart sessions.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
My GameStop said they would be. I can't imagine they are selling the entire allotment. They'll have some to sell in stores, although I guess I can't say for sure.
Agent_Carnage
Member
Think Geek sent me the Confirm email for my order.
Euphoria14
Member
Now the struggle begins.
Granted I get to keep my (3) Target preorders.
(2) SNES Classics to give away for Christmas.
Then I have to decide if I want to keep the US SNES Classic or the EU SNES Classic I preordered from GAME way back.
Not sure what I would do with that left over one though. Probably sell it to my coworker who couldn't get one today. At cost obviously, the guy takes care of me when he gets me autographs at horror conventions he goes to.
Edit - Live in the US, grew up on US SNES obviously, but I like the look of the EU one. It really grew on me.
Granted I get to keep my (3) Target preorders.
(2) SNES Classics to give away for Christmas.
Then I have to decide if I want to keep the US SNES Classic or the EU SNES Classic I preordered from GAME way back.
Not sure what I would do with that left over one though. Probably sell it to my coworker who couldn't get one today. At cost obviously, the guy takes care of me when he gets me autographs at horror conventions he goes to.
Edit - Live in the US, grew up on US SNES obviously, but I like the look of the EU one. It really grew on me.
If it's anything like amiibo, it'll be like 1 or 2 to sell outside of pre-orders.
greatnorthern
Member
Just want one for me and my son. Here's hoping some of the ppl thinking of buying extras maybe hold off a little?
HoodWinked
Member
i guess that's a possibility but its a long shot for people to run that story and likely easily remedied by a bulk cancellation, a statement and another period of pre orders, which probably would put amazon in the win in the long run.
Earthbound64
Banned
Probably should have done that this morning then.
NeOak
Member
Lol at the people that do not have friends who to share things with
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Yeah. GameStop would not be my first choice for trying to get it without a pre-order. Toys R Us, Target, and Best Buy would be my three picks (in that order).
Seconded, if my amazon order doesn't go through I'm either going to do TRU or Target camping, seem like the best bets, especially with TRU not doing online preorders apparently
Earthbound64
Banned
Seriously, I get people being cynical, but the past day has been a whole new level of it.
Like people can't have friends or loved ones or something?
I preordered one for myself.
I preordered one for my sister and her husband.
If someone thinks "my sister and her husband" is a code term for "eBay and scalping," then that's on them.
lol when you put it like that it makes me think of pizzagate
greenhadoken
Member
Lol if I knew that pre-orders were going live, I would have!
Check your order status on Target.com. The cancellation email might be referencing one of your failed checkout attempts.
Exactly. One of my friends since elementary school is really excited to get one of these for SF2 and he had no luck. Going to sell one of mine to him at cost if I actually get more than 1 in. I don't really trust these pre-orders after the Walmart fiasco so I ordered 1 from as many stores as I could.
Nope no record of either. Oh well.
Yep I'm in the same boat.
Agent_Carnage
Member
The struggle is real.
I'd be up for that (have a friend who missed out on the NES). Can PM you.
Damn. I received the same email an hour ago but my order is still active on my Target account.
I did and that is tempting but might I recommend waiting until after launch to see how difficult these actually are to get? I mean they could be plentiful at launch and could result in a sticky trade situation as while I am sure the other person would still love the trade I am not sure you would want to still do a trade of a rare console to someone else for something you could walk into target and get.
Here it is.
Edit: Not surr why it shows up incorrectly, here's the link. https://m.imgur.com/LtVP6ee
Thanks!
@ShaoKhan, I'm sorry that I was a dick to you and tried to make you look like you were trolling people ITT.
poodaddy
Member
Hmm. That's weird. Perhaps it's different for various geographical regions? I'm Tacoma Seattle area, you?
Lucky! Still waiting for mine.
BeautifulMemory
Member
I refreshed Target minutes ago and i noticed a change from "out of stock" to "coming soon"