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[maxcriden]

I just noticed my WM closes at midnight and opens at 6 AM. Hopefully they won't sell till 6 AM.

 

[btrboyev]

Had anyone’s amazon order from the initial time it went up with the weird funky supplier that wario put up, actually ship?

 

[amnesiac]

Where do you typically wait at 24 hour Walmarts? Do you just hang around the electronics section?

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Had anyone’s amazon order from the initial time it went up with the weird funky supplier that wario put up, actually ship?

Nope

 

[beelzebozo]

Still on Preparing Order for my Walmart preorder. Spoke with "Live Assistance"



I guess well see in 10 days or so :/

i totally understand you, lionheart

 

[guyssorry]

One of my Wal Mart pre-orders has shipped (tracking-number is provided on the site, but I didn't receive an e-mail), but the other has not shipped. Both were placed on the same day, about 5 minutes apart (8/25/17)

 

[sotojuan]

Lineup poll:

Where are you lining up and how early are you planning on getting there?

I'll be at Target (in Central NJ) at 6AM.

6am? That's pretty extreme. Target opens at 8am.

 

[Stabby McSter]

6am? That's pretty extreme. Target opens at 8am.

its not that extreme, i went before work when the nes classic launched and people were there at 5am

i think they only had 15 to sell

 

[paragonpro]

Lineup poll:

Where are you lining up and how early are you planning on getting there?

I'll be at Target (in Central NJ) at 6AM.

I will likewise be at a target in central nj!

 

[Rebel Leader]

One of my Wal Mart pre-orders has shipped (tracking-number is provided on the site, but I didn't receive an e-mail), but the other has not shipped. Both were placed on the same day, about 5 minutes apart (8/25/17)

........

 

[Rad Shadow]

I'll be waking up early and heading to the super target in tampa. Look for the guy in the Luigi hat.

 

[TeeEffGee]

Where do you typically wait at 24 hour Walmarts? Do you just hang around the electronics section?

I'll be lurking, staring at my phone, floating around. Maybe take a really long poop.

 

[sotojuan]

its not that extreme, i went before work when the nes classic launched and people were there at 5am

i think they only had 15 to sell

Yeah that was for NES. My Target is getting ~160 SNES. Don't get me wrong, better safe than sorry, but it might be overkill.

I'll probably be at my Target at ~7am the earliest and see how big the line is.

 

[Thabass]

Soooo Walmart says mine is shipping tomorrow, even though I have "arrival" date of September 29th.

Thank god I pre-ordered at GameStop too and that one will be in the store tomorrow.

 

[Bobo Dakes]

Lineup poll:

Where are you lining up and how early are you planning on getting there?

I'll be at Target (in Central NJ) at 6AM.

FL

Guess I'll wake up while it's still dark and try my luck at Walmart or just go at midnight. See how that goes. Go to Best Buy before 7am and try to get a ticket. I'll be willing to wait on line at Target if it's under hour so then I'll do that until they open at 8. And then depending on how those first three attempts went, I'll try Toys R Us, Gamestop and so.

I'll also be checking Amazon and Amazon Now the whole time.

Backlog is too big right now so I'm probably not going to even open mine for a while (not gonna start a Super Metroid playthrough when I've barely put an hour into Samus Returns), that way if I never get to it it'll be easier to sell.

 

[zeemumu]

fair, but it was also in the middle of the night, lol

Yeah. My text alert went off at like 10 at night.

If I don't get one in stores I'll have to figure out another Christmas present for my friend

 

[guyssorry]

........

Did you place your order earlier? If so, perfectly understandable to be frustrated and want to go into your Angry Dome like Prof. Farnsworth.

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Just got an order update from Amazon...

...for another product.

 

[Rebel Leader]

Did you place your order earlier? If so, perfectly understandable to be frustrated and want to go into your Angry Dome like Prof. Farnsworth.

Yra

8/22

 

[Emarv]

After days of preparing to ship, my Target pre-order finally says it's shipping. Who knows how long it'll take, but i'll take it whenever at this point.

 

[SimpleCRIPPLE]

And just like that, Target shipped my SNES out of nowhere. Coming via FedEx from AZ, so I might actually get this on release day instead of October 9th.

 

[Hustler]

My Walmart order is still processing, expected delivery is October 2nd.

Spoiler

hold me

 

[Rebel Leader]

My Walmart order is still processing, expected delivery is October 2nd.

Spoiler

hold me

If your Pre order date is 8/25

The odds are in your favor


If it's 8/22

Pick a god and pray

 

[opticalmace]

Is it normal for UPS to hand off packages to USPS?

Best Buy shipped via UPS... then this morning got given to USPS. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow.

Also cancelled my Walmart preorder because it looks like BB is going to come through.

 

[gappvembe]

My Amazon UK order shipped. Lets see if I can grab one around 5AM at a walmart on my way to work.

 

[GordonShumway]

Where's the info that 24 hr Walmarts don't have a plan for tonight coming from?

I called mine earlier and they said I could call back later (when the manager came in, around 5) if I wanted to know how they were going to handle the launch. Made it sound like they may be doing a ticket system.

And Polygon's article said the 24 hr ones should be doing midnight launches with line management.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/28/1...o-buy-amazon-walmart-gamestop-target-best-buy

 

[TeeEffGee]

Where's the info that 24 hr Walmarts don't have a plan for tonight coming from?

I called mine earlier and they said I could call back later (when the manager came in, around 5) if I wanted to know how they were going to handle the launch. Made it sound like they may be doing a ticket system.

And Polygon's article said the 24 hr ones should be doing midnight launches with line management.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/28/1...o-buy-amazon-walmart-gamestop-target-best-buy

My own personal info. regarding no line came from calling my local store.

 

[DaBargainHunta]

Is it normal for UPS to hand off packages to USPS?

Best Buy shipped via UPS... then this morning got given to USPS. Hopefully it arrives tomorrow.

Also cancelled my Walmart preorder because it looks like BB is going to come through.

If it was shipped via UPS SurePost, yeah.

 

[tesqui]

Please post pics if some of you are lining up. Curious to see how crazy it gets.

 

[Fodder76]

Going to Walmart at 10pm like I did for the switch.

How did that go? I have no idea what a midnight release at a Walmart is like so I'd love to hear the story.

 

[GordonShumway]

My own personal info. regarding no line came from calling my local store.

Cool cool cool. Sounds like its different store to store, so anyone planning on trying tonight should call ahead and see what's going on at your local Walmart and go from there.

 

[Stinkles]

Had anyone’s amazon order from the initial time it went up with the weird funky supplier that wario put up, actually ship?

No, but an escalated tier of customer service told me mine was shipping on the 11th of Oct, and that Amazon had stock issues with the supplier (Nintendo).

 

[Fodder76]

Where's the info that 24 hr Walmarts don't have a plan for tonight coming from?

I called mine earlier and they said I could call back later (when the manager came in, around 5) if I wanted to know how they were going to handle the launch. Made it sound like they may be doing a ticket system.

And Polygon's article said the 24 hr ones should be doing midnight launches with line management.
https://www.polygon.com/2017/9/28/1...o-buy-amazon-walmart-gamestop-target-best-buy

I called mine earlier today and the guy said there would be no tickets. Just first come first serve. Of course, he could be wrong but he said it with conviction.

 

[Zonic]

Real talk: will anything be accomplished if I ask an Amazon rep what the situation is with my order, considering people here already seemed to have tried that & basically got "it'll ship early to mid October".

I just want SOMETHING to put me at rest, despite knowing Amazon will ship it considering they didn't cancel my order this far into the release.

 

[opticalmace]

If it was shipped via UPS SurePost, yeah.

It was. Thanks, didn't know they did that.

 

[BluePigGanon]

The Walmart near me getting the most said yes going on sale at midnight, no no real plan about a line, and yes there have been calls. So I guess I'll drive over there 10ish and see.

UNLESS my order switches to shipped before then.

 

[zeemumu]

I called mine earlier today and the guy said there would be no tickets. Just first come first serve. Of course, he could be wrong but he said it with conviction.

That was probably annoyance more than conviction. Bet they're getting a lot of calls

 

[Dartastic]

If your Pre order date is 8/25

The odds are in your favor


If it's 8/22

Pick a god and pray

I have two. One for me and one for a friend, one on 8/22 and one on 8/25. Neither has shipped yet. ;-;

 

[Ashhong]

Looks like Target will have plenty of stock. All of the ones in my area are slowly updating with stock numbers and each one is over 60 units

 

[Lagamorph]

I hope nobody bought one of these purely for Star Fox 2. It's not even close to worth it.

 

[LucidMomentum]

My Amazon UK order shipped. Lets see if I can grab one around 5AM at a walmart on my way to work.

Same. I'll probably just rest easy and not bother hunting down another one.

I hope nobody bought one of these purely for Star Fox 2. It's not even close to worth it.

My main goal was to have a damn good SNES Emulator, especially after seeing how easy the NES Classic was to get going.

 

[perfectchaos007]

My Target order has shipped!

 

[Dineren]

Really hope my Walmart preorder ships tomorrow since my credit card will be expiring and I don't trust them not to screw up my order if I update it.

 

[shtolky]

I have two. One for me and one for a friend, one on 8/22 and one on 8/25. Neither has shipped yet. ;-;

I'm in the exact same situation.

 

[LiK]

8/22 group is cursed

 

[Lagamorph]

8/22 group is cursed

That's what you get for ordering in a non-existent 22nd month.

 

[LordofPwn]

My Amazon UK pre-order just shipped. Supposed to arrive on the 13th. I'm in US

 

[MThanded]

Really hope my Walmart preorder ships tomorrow since my credit card will be expiring and I don't trust them not to screw up my order if I update it.

You can't update it even if you wanted to.

My card got cancelled due to fraud and now im in limbo. There is no way to update payment source on a preorder.

 

[sixteen-bit]

8/22 group is cursed

twenty twos more like twenty lose

 

[mugoldeneagle03]

I'm sure this will get lost amongst the posts like most my tidbits on inventory but I can piggy-back off Wario's numbers he posted on Twitter a few days ago on Best Buy's #'s. The lowest amount of systems a store got in my territory was 54 (3 stores all in the "boonies"), average is about 100-120, major Best Buy locations will have 150+ easily. All stores should be following the normal ticket process, 1 per customer. My specific store has 3 total Pre Orders out of the 124 we received.

Just a little better situation than the NES launch when we had 20 total. The entire year.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow!