therealbigrich
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I don't even want to drive to my GameStop . I tried calling and they didn't pick up
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So how bad is the Switch stock situation?
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Valdfellgar
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Think he meant sell it secondhand on eBay or somewhere.
Well sure, i had been talking about trade in/returns but yeah if you want to do the extra leg work I imagine you could resell anything in the bundle assuming you could find a buyer.
milw00kiee
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I walked out of my last GameStop yesterday. Sold off my in store credit this morning.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Its maddening living in rural America where the nearest Walmart is 15 miles away and the nearest Best Buy, Toy R Us, Gamestop is an hours away.
Dragoon Roll
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With the bundle you can return most of the physical items, but with what I've been told from a few different sources it's up to individual Gamestop employees and managers whether or not they'll accept it. So it depends on where you go.
Hari Seldon
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Damn your right. Maybe they are getting tired of the trackers slamming the store stock. Hopefully this is not permanent.
I was thinking that. Maybe if they put it back up they list it differently so people can't pounce on them with trackers. Not sure Target really cares though who buys it.
I have them bookmarked and they seem to be there like normal for me.
I was able to see them in search, but opening up the page is giving me an unavailable page instead of the console listing. Probably have to clear your cache and refresh.
Went to another device where I hadn't viewed the listing, searched, got the same results as you.
Copied the link to new device, loaded fine. It does raise some questions. The listing still exists, but the search index isn't pointing to it correctly.
http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-switch-with-neon-blue-and-red-joy-con/-/A-52189185 Neon
http://www.target.com/p/nintendo-switch-with-gray-joy-con/-/A-52052007 Gray
Huh, thats really strange. Would they make a new product listing for stock they get after launch and maybe that broke their links?
TheContact
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I hate GameStop sometimes. I wish they would have just let me pre order the switch. Some guy came in and bought 4 of them (out of 5) and the GameStop employee knew he was scalping but couldn't stop him. I spoke with the guy in line he said he didn't even like Nintendo. So fucked. I spent so much time driving to that store yesterday and today checking to see if stock was in and it never was. I was in that store once they opened and waited for as long as I could until I had to go to work, then I took my lunch break an hour and a half later, went back to store, and they were gone
Hari Seldon
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Oh damn I just assumed that they did a 1 per customer thing.
UpsideDownAce
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That's ridiculous. GameStop employees were told to limit them to one per household. You just have a shitty GameStop
Hari Seldon
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So the people that have gotten them in this hunt, what was your strategy (assuming you had one)?
Not sure if it's a GameStop policy. My local GameStop has that policy though
That is jacked up
streetsahead123
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There's no way all these Gamestops showing up on iStocknow still have them in stock, right?
milw00kiee
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right. just means they got stock recently if they're green. I hit up all the green ones in my area yesterday and they already sold through but they're still showing in stock today.
that said it's not impossible that you get lucky.
that said it's not impossible that you get lucky.
My strategy was to have NowInStock open at all times as well as constantly check in store on my work breaks.
It didn't really work though. I only have a Switch now because on a whim I checked iStockNow on the same day that the Walmart closest to me got some systems in.
People need to start being really careful. Amazon is currently FLOODED with all sorts of scam listings for the last week or so. There are tons of new sellers and compromised accounts selling items less than MSRP. These listings are designed to gather your personal information and also make away with some money from the hacked seller accounts.
If an item listing price sounds too good to be true, don't buy it. Use your common sense. This has been a major problem for the last week or longer.
backflip10019
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I'm starting to become afraid that I'm just addicted to the search for a Switch and not as excited about the console itself.
milw00kiee
Neo Member
Damn, I saw one for just under MSRP earlier that had a pretty good seller rating too. I talked myself out of purchasing.
Ugh, when will Amazon have more stock?
They restocking that Amazon Prime Now.
NES Classic Syndrome. I know this well...
milw00kiee
Neo Member
Haven't seen any today. Is there a way to get alerts for Prime Now?
lol I ended up buying a cheap one to hold me over
PSA - the screen protector in the 9.99 GS accessory bundle is a bubbly mess. Get a glass one
The Hermit
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My friend is going to San Francisco next week
Where is his biggest shot of finding one?
Where is his biggest shot of finding one?
Nowhere in the Bay Area. Things fly fast here.
grap3fruitman
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I have one and I'm still looking for some reason. It really is the hunt that excites me. 😑
I ordered it on March 3rd and it shipped the same day apparently.
Amazon says I should get it between tomorrow and April 10th...HOPEFULLY I'll get it tomorrow to play with it during the W-E.
I'm a dumbass, but what's a W-E?
The Hermit
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nextgeneration
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This is actually quite interesting/fascinating. It's analogous to people who are always on the hunt for good deals on games and are far more interested in doing that than playing them. LOL.
Well, I guess I know what I'm doing on Saturday...
Valdfellgar
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Our last, best hope, for peace.
Joei
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Just ordered from there and was coming here to post this. Glad I didn't drive 2 hours the other day to get one. Would have still preferred Best Buy for the additional points or Target for a few bucks off, but whatever.
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