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SNES Classic Preorder Shitshow Discussion (Please Read Rules in OP)
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It wasn't the same URL.
Naked Snake
Member
Different listing brah
ReyVGM
Member
Follow Wario64 and this place:
https://discordapp.com/channels/329631348232814592/329631348232814592
Waio64 was somewhat late to report the amazon link, I was able to preorder it thanks to that link up there which posted the amazon listing right away.
https://discordapp.com/channels/329631348232814592/329631348232814592
Waio64 was somewhat late to report the amazon link, I was able to preorder it thanks to that link up there which posted the amazon listing right away.
I hope you're wrong.
I'm still pissed off about the NES Classic. People who actually want to play and USE these should have been able to get one, and knowing that there were so many of them that went to scalpers still burns me to my core.
If I see anything I'll post here, but you guys are way faster than me.
Well I think they said that they would have extra stock for launch.
So who knows. You still have Walmart, Target, and GameStop that will potentially do pre-orders.
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
All the pre-orders went up while a good portion of the United States were asleep. Great job Nintendo for those of us who bother being employed so we can buy your products.
Oh well. If Nintendo desires to leave money on the table by under producing this thing, their loss.
Oh well. If Nintendo desires to leave money on the table by under producing this thing, their loss.
A Link to the Past
Banned
The worst thing is that I am usually awake at around midnight, but this one day I slept early.
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Why blame Nintendo and not amazon | Best Buy? Walmart and target waited...
Same lol. My wife can't stand it, and I was like baby, tonight be the night. And I slept through it.
ReyVGM
Member
What does Nintendo have to do with the time stores open their pre orders?
Nintendo is going to keep making SNES Classic until December, so there's still a lot of time to get one.
For some reason the discord link isn't working. Could you PM the channel invite code?
ReyVGM
Member
Ah, someone invited us. Let me see if I can find the original post.
The first part is true.
The second part is a toss up. We don't know how many they're going to be making. Whether they slow down on production after the initial launch.
There's going to be like 4 months to get one. October, November, December, and January.
ReyVGM
Member
You da best. Thanks!
GregLombardi
Member
There are rumors of Walmart at 1 p.m EST.
Those are unconfirmed.
Also there are likely to be other batches. And I also suspect users who ordered multiple systems will be reduced to 1, much like the UK was (for Amazon anyway).
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Just Best Buy and Amazon so far. Target, GameStop, and Walmart are still to come, with some people claiming Walmart will be up at 10am Pacific.
Ginger Hail
Member
I wish Nintendo was handling this better.
SomewhatGroovy
Banned
I decide to fall asleep at 11pm instead of 2am for once and this happens.
Great.
Great.
paragonpro
Banned
God fucking damnit, are you kidding me? I was relying on that amazon pre order and they put it up over night without warning? Man thats some next level bullshit
Lionheart1827
Member
Jesus christ wtf? Of course this happens when half of America is sleeping. Nice job.
So only best buy and Amazon links went up? Target and Walmart still haven't put pre-orders up?
So only best buy and Amazon links went up? Target and Walmart still haven't put pre-orders up?
For what it's worth (and it is worth very little because Walmart.com is a mess since buying out Jet and putting most of the Jet employees in charge of Walmart.com operations) back when NES Classic was being put up for order on their site, my friend who worked for Walmart.com told me that the employees were given advance notice to prepare for heavy traffic on the site.
But they did announce that publicly ahead of time back then. So who knows.
Ashler
Member
Naked Snake
Member
That's right.
dragonyeuw
Member
Ultimately it does lie with Nintendo. They're the ones who can't give solid pre-order info. It leads to situations where retailers put them up too early and have to retract ( walmart), and interested consumers have to be constantly plugged into social media and waiting for alerts to have a short window of time to fight over the crumbs with everyone else trying to get one. This is the way they choose to operate and will continue to do so because people will still trip over themselves to get one. Its highly aggravating, especially when you know that tons of these units are going to end up in the hands of scalpers who have absolutely no interest beyond paying their rent with the profits. Yeah I probably sound salty as hell.
lol just refreshed the best buy page to see "pre order" come back, but added it to cart and tried to check out and the message "Heads up! Nintendo - Entertainment System: SNES Classic Edition is currently out of stock. Please remove this item or save it for later." popped up.
Best Buy troll game strong
Best Buy troll game strong
Azure Dream
Member
The last two times I've relied on Walmart for preordering something limited (one of those times an Amiibo, even), they waited weeks, well past all the other preorders, then cancelled it with no fanfare or store credit as apology. Just "Whoops, we won't actually get it *fart* Bye".
If you do land a preorder with them, I'd seriously consider still preordering somewhere else as well, if that's feasible.
Euphoria14
Member
Best Buy won't let me check out...
Same, the preorder button is active but in the cart it says that stock is sold out....
Euphoria14
Member
I hate the overnight BS. Every time it's basically fuck the east coast. West coast could have ordered at 10pm. Me? Better be up at 1am on a workday...
Ginger Hail
Member
Made it to checkout, and then they forced it out of my cart.
hunchback
Member
I was 5 minutes late. Damnit
VeryGooster
Banned
lol of course they go up overnight
but if Target and Walmart still haven't gone up maybe I have a shot
but if Target and Walmart still haven't gone up maybe I have a shot
Yep.
Kids have school, and I have a job.
Thanks Nintendo/Amazon/BB!! 😒😠
paragonpro
Banned
Yeah fuck us seriously. They couldnt even give a warning, im at work now on the east coast and got home and 12 last night, how the hell were we supposed to know to stay up. Im very pissed off right now
Good Guy Gone Bad
Member
Blame the retailers for a manufacturer under producing a product that sells out, and has a history of having issues meeting demand? Doesn't make sense to me...