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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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Now Im excitedMy friend uploaded a picture of a shipment of snes minis. Apparently he "owns" a few right now.....
DudeWithNoName
Member
Agreed.
Dr_LucienSanchez
Banned
For those that ordered from AmazonUK to the US, what's your total (with AmazonGlobal Standard shipping)? In the range of £68? I feel like the price dropped at some point, but I haven't really been monitoring it too closely.
Naked Snake
Member
Your confirmation email should have the price as it was when you placed the order.
Mega Man X on the Classic looks better to me. Both sounded better on the Classic though.
Daffy Duck
Member
Just checked my amazon UK price (UK delivery) and its 69.99 now. Im sure it was £79.99 when I ordered, bonus.
Edit: Yep, it was, just found my confirmation email.
Edit: Yep, it was, just found my confirmation email.
Naked Snake
Member
Classic looks sharper. Colors on original look deeper, but that can probably be remedied by adjusting settings on your TV.
Naked Snake
Member
If you're not lining up before the store opens, you have no chance.
Probably depends where you live, but don't expect to walk into a store mid-day and find any left.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Walmart just charged me
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
Thanks, brother
LowParry
Member
That's where I'm sitting at too. A week later is fine by me.
JayBabay
Member
Walmart cancelled my cousins order altogether because it exceeded the limit. He had 3 on one order and they just outright cancelled the entire thing instead of reducing the quantity.
The unfortunate thing is, after he got the NES he had a couple friends that aren't familiar with trackers and we're impressed he was able to get one so they asked him if he could grab one an SNES for each. If he just got himself one he would have been fine. Now none of them get any and he's back to figuring out how to secure one.
The unfortunate thing is, after he got the NES he had a couple friends that aren't familiar with trackers and we're impressed he was able to get one so they asked him if he could grab one an SNES for each. If he just got himself one he would have been fine. Now none of them get any and he's back to figuring out how to secure one.
mine's been like that since it sold out.
Lakerchick4life
Member
Pre Ordered mine from Best Buy, says preparing for shipment..September 29th delivery
Vinegar Joe
Member
Yeah, I noticed that today too.
They messed up and released the first batch of pre-orders at £79.99 and the second (short lived) batch at £69.99. I think they're just keeping their lowest price pre-order promise based on that.
Good job too, because I was going to call them to complain...after it had arrived.
Naked Snake
Member
It seems that Amazon's pre-order guarantee/promise price adjustment happens automatically and just before the product is about to ship? Cause I have games pre-ordered on Amazon.com from months ago that have since been listed for lower on Amazon, but my pre-orders still show the old higher price. I'm wondering if I need to contact them, or cancel and reorder, or just wait for the automatic system to do its thing when it ships.
Lucent
Member
Last year we got 12 NES Classics at the Wal-Mart I work at. This year we got 45 SNES Classics. Nintendo wasn't lying.
matrixman92
Member
got an email from best buy with a 24 hour window to change my card because it was cancelled and was sent a new one from my bank. So that one should be good to go.
Now its just walmart to see if they do that too, but i dont really care anymore if it gets cancelled.
Now its just walmart to see if they do that too, but i dont really care anymore if it gets cancelled.
sotojuan
Member
45 is a lot better but I could definitely see ~50 people lining up at midnight/opening time in more populated areas. He's not going to be able to just walk into the store at 2pm and get one.
Lucent
Member
Oh yeah definitely. If you REALLY want one you need to do what you can. I know they're gonna produce these well into 2018 but I still rather get it out of the way. We don't get any special treatment here. Lol. I'm gonna stand in line just like everybody else.
StrangeRoboMemory
Member
I'm off from work on Friday morning, so might pop over to the Toys R Us near me and see if they've got anything at 10 AM. I'd be surprised if there's some mega line-up, but who knows.
Lucent
Member
We are doing what we did last time. Start handing out numbers around 10pm and then hand out the classics at midnight if you have a number. Think after so long, maybe a half hour, if any aren't claimed by then they're up for grabs.
sotojuan
Member
For those still holdig onto Thinkgeek bundle preorders:
I recommend going to your local store(s) early on Friday and if you are able to get one, cancel the Thinkgeek order. Thinkgeek gets their SNES Classics shortly after release date (I am assuming Gamestop sends them to be bundled), so don't expect them to charge and ship until 10/2 or 10/3. This gives us a chance to get one for normal price and be able to cancel the Thinkgeek order before you are charged for it.
I recommend going to your local store(s) early on Friday and if you are able to get one, cancel the Thinkgeek order. Thinkgeek gets their SNES Classics shortly after release date (I am assuming Gamestop sends them to be bundled), so don't expect them to charge and ship until 10/2 or 10/3. This gives us a chance to get one for normal price and be able to cancel the Thinkgeek order before you are charged for it.
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Banned
My Walmart order is still just "preparing" with no date listed. Guessing I'm screwed.
matrixman92
Member
exact same thing happened to me, same bank too. Ive seen walmart cs give people like 5 different answers so far. They told me it would be cancelled for sure. Then they told someone else that they will send out a link when the charge is attempted and let u change it that way
Yep, mine moved to preparing too.
CMojicaAce
Member
Still don't have a delivery estimate on my Amazon order. I may try to get one in store on the 29th and if I do, I'll cancel on Amazon.
Big Green Anus
Member
Same here regarding Amazon. I Don't know when they are to ship 
Vinegar Joe
Member
Honestly not sure what they normally do regarding this kind of thing since I've not had it happen to me before now. I know it did happen without any prompting from me though.
My plan was to let it arrive and then complain, because I didn't want anything to affect the delivery date. That's probably just me being paranoid though.
If you do contact them I'd get a guarantee that any price change won't result in a delayed delivery. Not that it should.
Diablohead
Member
Not had any info about my game order, they did notify people about billing yesterday morning but still nothing yet.
Naked Snake
Member
When is it |OT| going up?
Euphoria14
Member
I got an email from them yesterday.
Still considering contacting to cancel. While I wouldnt mind keeping it, $112 USD is a hard pill to swallow.
Martinski43
Member
wrong thread post.
I can post it now?
Well, that's not good. My card was only charged during the initial preorder (pending) and I don't have a pending charge still on there.