Snkfanatic
Banned
It might have happened to me because I did it a couple weeks before release but either way I would play it extremely safe with something like this lol
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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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It might have happened to me because I did it a couple weeks before release but either way I would play it extremely safe with something like this lol
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Yaaaaas thanks for heads up! Its happening!
I do believe that those who ordered >2 systems on Amazon should have their total order decreased. Who knows though, this entire journey has been a roller coaster, Amazon might cancel all orders or leave it exactly how it is.
I was lucky to get a preorder in with Target, but there was no rhyme or reason for that success. Everything has been pure luck to secure any order.
I was lucky to get a preorder in with Target, but there was no rhyme or reason for that success. Everything has been pure luck to secure any order.
Toys R Us won't have pre-orders. So...get a lawn chair and a taser
CampbellzSoup
Member
Was the snes classic ONLY sold with bundles at GameStop if so what kind of shit is that?
ReyVGM
Member
Yeah, better not mess with the payment method. I had a Zelda Breath of the Wild Master Edition preordered back then, and I tried to change the shipping address and it asked to verify my payment info, twice. When I did, it canceled my order due to some error. That's how I lost one of my most important and anticipated releases in years.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
I think in store was legit. Other than that Gamestop was pretty much scalping on their own online. Did anyone research if that shit was even legal?
CampbellzSoup
Member
I mean I'm answering my own question assimingly but...they can do that?
reelbigtink
Member
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Wait, was there a second wave off Amazon preorders that came and went or are people finally getting confirmation of the orders that went up in wee hours of the morning?
Vyse The Legend
Member
100% confirmed via TRU's official Twitter.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Late edited my post.. i've been wondering the same thing actually. Assuming they sold a good deal of their allocated preorders to their other company-owned site to sell additional BS at a much higher price.
Someone chime in, but that whole ordeal didn't sound like it was legal. lol wya law-gaf
it was just official confirmation of the first wave from that morning.
SwordStruck
Member
Why would bundling be illegal?
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Well the gamestop site got "overloaded" enough for them to shut it down and slap a redirect button to their other site in which preorders are ONLY sold with bundles at a much higher price. I'm assuming Gamestop sold/transferred a good portion or all of their online preorders to ThinkGeek. That way they can tack on stuff ad sell it a much bigger price. For me, the gamestop site was pretty much down before preorder time was even up.
shady as hell.
did anyone here get an online preorder in from Gamestop.com?
I have a friend who tends to preorder as much of this shit as he can and scalp it during the holidays (I've bitched at him about this for years - nothing I can do at this point). He called me yesterday shocked at how things went down. He'd never seen anything like it. The mislabeled amazon listing. The in person or app only preorder at GameStop. The shitty bundles. The repeated losing out within seconds of putting an item in his cart. This is a guy who sold dozens of NES minis. I don't think Nintendo allocating more units would have done much of anything. Bots would've swallowed them up in 20 seconds instead of 10.
Edit:
They shut it down cause it was crashing their whole system. Again, bots.
Edit:
They shut it down cause it was crashing their whole system. Again, bots.
old manatee
Banned
It's exactly like when food and medicine gets air dropped into a third world country, but the warlords scoop it all up before the civilians can get any.
Thinkgeek was sold out by the time it was overloaded. Still, it was shitty of them to bundle.
TheSadRanger
Banned
I got my SNES classic pre-order through Gamestop in person, went on my lunch break at work. Was pretty painless actually, there was zero line and I was in and out of the store in less than 5 minutes.
But yeah in person it was just normal $79.99. The clerk was on the phone calling people on their call list saying they only had 5 left.
I didn't even expect to get one and was unable to get a pre-order online. I was pretty surprised to get it.
But yeah in person it was just normal $79.99. The clerk was on the phone calling people on their call list saying they only had 5 left.
I didn't even expect to get one and was unable to get a pre-order online. I was pretty surprised to get it.
Megatron
Member
Yes, cancel them so the scalpers who set up bots on the original link can get them. Won't someone please think of the scalpers???
CampbellzSoup
Member
Naked Snake
Member
If they don't do anything about it I'm gonna regret I didn't take more advantage of it... That's thousands of dollars work of profit easy $_$
katsubento
Member
Yeah, no it's a shit show but that's way worse than not being able to buy a Super Nintendo system.
Amazon Wishlist is a pure scalping tool. It's evil I tell ya!
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
IRRC It wasn't. Atleast the timeline in this thread was that the ThinkGeek bundles got posted long after the Gamestop site was messing up. When I checked half the bundles were still available. Gamestop's site was messing up hours before they even announced the preorders were up
If it has the picture of the box & links you to the actual page, you should be good. The actual name hasn't changed for me, but the pic & link changes seem to confirm that Amazon will fulfill your pre-order.
Amazon takes care of you when you buy straight from them
That's why I took a chance even though the listing looked kind of shady
Or just reduce the extreme quantities some purchased
Random question, but since I've now (hopefully, God) secured an SNES Classic I think I'm going to bite the bullet and try to get an NES Classic. Is counterfeiting a problem? I saw some Chinese listings on eBay that were obviously fake ("500 games!") but I'm scared of convincing fakes.
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
Yea a lot of fakes out there. Should be able tell by the high price and official box I'd imagine.
Lasthope106
Member
Does anyone else have a weird thing showing in the GameStop app pre-order? Mine no longer shows a SNES Classic and it says release date 12/31 and $919 balance.
Sorta Maximus
Member
That copy looks so good at first glance that I'd be too afraid to even try and buy a NES Classic.
Twilight Princess
Member
They look good but you cannot add games to it. The real ones have better hardware.
Merchandise
Member
Yeah I asked that yesterday. Seems we all have it. Others have said they probably just removed the listing from the website but it should be fine.
Twilight Princess
Member
Marty Chinn
Member
How do you tell it's fake?
Sorta Maximus
Member
Nevermind, same question as above.
Twilight Princess
Member
Colour of controller, boxart ( esrb rating is missing on the front), NES text on the console is slightly to the left, "brightness" of the text.
Because the fake ones are bringing the price down. And your average ebay buyer can't tell the difference between real and fake.
If you want to buy a fake one, they are available for like 50US. I have nothing against fakes, just don't pay these ebay scammers.
If you can see up-close pics, a lot of the knockoffs have the little gray squares around the A and B buttons actually raised up a little bit instead of flush with the rest of the controller face.
As far as the on-screen menu, I believe the fakes show an even # of full game covers on the screen at once, while the real ones I know, show 4 full covers with 2 half covers hanging off either side to show that you can keep scrolling
beanman25
Member
Super fortunate to have gotten one in the midnight bb wave. Was randomly up and my phone pinged from wario64. I was like oh sweet and 30 seconds later my order was through.
Phew. Haha. Hope all you guys can get one! I'm going to try to buy a few more to resell here/to friends for same price.
Phew. Haha. Hope all you guys can get one! I'm going to try to buy a few more to resell here/to friends for same price.
Naked Snake
Member
How "cheap" are we talking?