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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
- Thread starter NeOak
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I LOL's so hard, GAF never disappoints with thr gifs. Gotta just laugh it out on a very stressful day. Now everybody will have there autobots ready for the next wave of SNES bundles.You need to be on time!
Mr_Kuschels
Member
Nope, order says "Sold by: Amazon.com LLC". If it was a 3rd party seller, it would list its name.
Technosteve
Banned
this is trump's america, corporations can do this to us.
Merchandise
Member
This is a joke of course, right
SmiteOfHand
Member
That doesn't really say much unless they know how many restocks are planned. If they ship the exact same number of units per restock, but restock twice or three times as long or in higher frequency then the total would be more than NES mini.
Hustler
Member
Get out of here with this BS. Last year Nintendo did the same thing under Obama. Stupidest blanket tag line ever.
Thanks Obama.....
PowerThroughLov
Member
No info. I was just speculating. Appears I was wrong.
Weird for Amazon to sell it under a different page.
KneehighPark
Member
Yeah I just noticed this. So I'm assuming Gamestop is done with pre-orders?
Netherscourge
Banned
LOL
that title change
that title change
Damn, I would so want a GBA classic freaking badly lol.
outunderthestars
Banned
Why not blame Nintendo. They announced, in advance, that the system was going to be a limited time only product. People who would normally wait it out can't do so because Nintendo can't be fucking bothered to keep selling something that people want.
Just a shitty situation. Had it in my cart at 3 different stores and multiple times at some, yet nothing to show for it. Couldn't fucking pay for it anywhere. All those alerts I set up for text and email didn't help. What a waste of time. Nintendo are idiots. The retailers whibsold more than one are bigger idiots. Sucks.
All the ThinkGeek bundles sold out. So they might as well put the main site back up...
Scalpers will always exist. I blame Nintendo for this situation though. There is nothing stopping them for making enough to satisfy demand instead of treat this like one of Willy Wonka's golden tickets.
You need to be on time!
LMFAO this got me in trouble at work
On a call and burst out laughing while I wasn't on mute.Agreed. Blame needs to be 100% on Nintendo.
You should 100% blame Nintendo. Scalpers can only exist and thrive when there is not enough supply to meet demand. If Nintendo actually met demand nobody would pay ridiculous prices to scalpers. Remember how many of them screwed themselves with the Wii U when they oversupplied and the demand was weak.
Got one from target around 5:35 est thanks to this thread. Wasnt using bot and I had to make a account at target after i added to cart and it went through.
Nintendo is making these to advertise the brand name and build the IP of these games, they want people to buy a switch or 3ds, not this, thats why its limited. They never wanted to make a huge supply of them. I missed out on nes classic but got one of these.
Nintendo is making these to advertise the brand name and build the IP of these games, they want people to buy a switch or 3ds, not this, thats why its limited. They never wanted to make a huge supply of them. I missed out on nes classic but got one of these.
Pathfinder
Member
Ok but its still laughable that the first stock was the same amount as the NEs regardless and we have no idea if second or third will be done in higher frequency because nintendo hasn't said jack shit.
No. The ONLY reason scalpers have this much power is because of Nintendo. Again stop blaming the symptoms and blame the disease causing the symptoms.
JayBabay
Member
And do third party sellers have the ability to do preorders?
I dont feel as bad about my $140 pre-order now.
LMFAO this got me in trouble at work
The fact that someone had a Reggie gif queued up for such a perfect response is both amazing and hilarious.
Marty Chinn
Member
Let's all look at the bright side, at least they didn't sell the second controller separately this time.
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
Failed at trying to get them at any pre-order spots so I told my boss I had an emergency I had to take care of and drove my ass to the nearest gamestop for an in person pre-order. Barely made it..but I made it.
Now I just wonder if they will still do wait in line prior to release day orders. I had a friend that plans to do so..
Now I just wonder if they will still do wait in line prior to release day orders. I had a friend that plans to do so..
perfectchaos007
Member
Which bundle did you settle for?
probably to deter scalpers and bots.
Cannot wait to play these nintendo classics again. too bad the games are not available to switch
Most I mentioned this to today said some variation of Nah I don't want one, but I would flip it on fill in the blank. A few said Star Fox 2 will just be released on the internet so who cares.
Nintendo has a great model like Adidas shoes.. a whole market of people who don;t really want the product, but only care what they can resell it for. It looks like Nintendo COULD sell these for 150-200 ish and everyone that actually wanted one... could buy one. At 80 bucks.. some who actually want one get that price... but will have to end up paying 200+.
It is like Nintendo is selling 20 dollars for 10 bucks. I don;t have a fix for this. Nintendo either needs to sell them for more money OR produce more if they care about addressing this. Good press and good for them though. If they are hitting their target returns.. then nothing will change. Great for business bad for gamers. If I were nintendo.. I would just mark them up.
Nintendo has a great model like Adidas shoes.. a whole market of people who don;t really want the product, but only care what they can resell it for. It looks like Nintendo COULD sell these for 150-200 ish and everyone that actually wanted one... could buy one. At 80 bucks.. some who actually want one get that price... but will have to end up paying 200+.
It is like Nintendo is selling 20 dollars for 10 bucks. I don;t have a fix for this. Nintendo either needs to sell them for more money OR produce more if they care about addressing this. Good press and good for them though. If they are hitting their target returns.. then nothing will change. Great for business bad for gamers. If I were nintendo.. I would just mark them up.
brickarts295
Member
I guess the positive side to finding out I had a kidney stone amidst great pain last night was that I was actually awake for the best buy preorders. Still not sure I'd keep it were I offered the position to trade it for not having the kidney stone beforehand. I'll look on the bright side for now at least.
ST2K
Member
I got the one with the BotW shield backpack, since I kinda needed one.
Was thinking about the Tetris lamp one, but decided that it looked tacky af.
JimmyMarrow
Neo Member
Was able to secure 3 of them. 1 for hacking, 1 for normal vanilla, 1 to pay for the other 2.
SecondCitySaint
Member
oo7
Member
And to think, something as simple captcha could be the answer to our scalper woes.