Why not just sell it
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ViolentP
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Financially speaking, it makes sense to wait. Made only easier by the influx of games available during that time. But...sometimes an item holds enough emotional value to justify the financial error. Ultimately the question is, will you pay $360 to play the new Zelda title early?
Naked Snake
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You could sell it here for a small profit without needing to deal with PayPal. And both you and the buyer will feel good about it.
Just have someone send you an Amazon Gift card code for the order amount + $10 or whatever and apply the code to the order. Your card won't get charged when it ships and you'll have left over money in your Amazon balance to use on your next order.
I did exactly this with my preorders and I don't feel bad about making a little profit from it. It took hours of PMing back and forth and in a couple of occasions waiting hours for the gift card to arrive in my email and being the anxious type it wasn't fun. So I see it as a little compensation for my trouble, and the buyers were always very happy about the deal and thanked me for doing them a favor and left me positive feedback in the Buy/Sell/Trade thread. You win, they win.
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Deleted member 752119
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Yeah I actually just came back to say that I said fuck it and just canceled my order. It was Best Buy pick up, so not easily transferable.
It was closer to $500 for me with Switch, Zelda, Pro Controller and 3 of the BOTW Amiibo.
I just can't justify that given my reservations about the hardware as pretty much a console only gamer and that I have more games coming out than I'll be able to keep up with on PS4 and PC--especially with work being busy as fuck through summer.
Plus, I still have my Wii U and can always play Zelda there. It's like to run nearly as good (hell if not better) there since they haven't been showing anything of the Wii U version in footage. If it ran way worse they wouldn't care as they'd rather people buy Switches and play the clearly better version.
ScaryShark
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I'm so unbelievably salty that I still don't have a pre-order. I think the last major console I didn't have at launch was the Dreamcast. 
That sucks man.
I've been there. But getting it a little later is probably better anyway. This tech age has fucked me up so I can't help but buy this thing day 1. Even thought it'd probably be a better investment a little bit down the road.
ViolentP
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I think your reasoning is sound.
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Deleted member 752119
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Yeah, it's just stupid to buy a console if you're not totally excited about it. As much as I've been waffling on it, I'm clearly not excited at this point. There's a lot I like about it, and I love a lot of Nintendo games, but that will be true down the road when there's more games to chose from, and maybe a bundle or price drop if I end up waiting into 2018.
ViolentP
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Plus you've given someone else the opportunity to pick one up. Win/win.
Darklor01
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Yep, and it's not like you can't get it later if you wanted to. Perhaps at that point, Zelda BoTW on Switch might have had a price drop, details more solidified, and the dynamics of your decision to buy/not buy may have changed down the line. Better off not regretting the purchase in either case.
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Absolutely. Well other than price drops as games like Zelda almost never get drops.
But if I wait long enough I can get a console after a price drop, or a bundle, or some retailer specific deal (free $50 gift card type promo) etc.
But yeah, I ended up regretting Wii U and 3DS and I didn't get either at launch even, so it would have been dumb to not wait and see here. My hope was that the united library would make it worthwhile for me, compared to being split across platforms, but that's something to wait and see on.
Because then they wouldn't make any money? lol
Karspankey
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Anybody have experience with being able to having shipping retroactively made free? I didn't have Prime at the time of ordering, but now do, so I was wondering if I'd be able to get support to remove the fee.
Yeah and it was done automatically when it shipped.
Also if I can change the shipping address on the order without it getting canned someone here can feel free to pay me in Amazon gift cards if they want a Gray Switch.
Karspankey
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Yeah, I actually just said screw it and asked support and they changed it instantly. Was pretty easy, but thanks for letting me know!
Yeah, I actually just said screw it and asked support and they changed it instantly. Was pretty easy, but thanks for letting me know!
No problem. I actually retroactively purchased it back when I had a XBO and PS4 preordered along with a ton of other stuff. So that would have really sucked if it hadn't lol. I think they just told me to let it do it automatically since it was several orders they would have had to correct.
PadWarrior
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Pro controller still not updated with a delivery date.
Naked Snake
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Neither has Target.com I think. They have a page/section up for the Switch that says "coming soon".
I thought target wasn't taking preorders.
Naked Snake
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Oh I just assumed they would... So it's gonna be a blood bath on the 3rd?
Karspankey
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Target already took pre-orders once, on the night of the announcement. I tried to pre-order through them and it wouldn't complete the order so I went to Amazon. They later charged me twice for the order
)))Target already took pre-orders once, on the night of the announcement. I tried to pre-order through them and it wouldn't complete the order so I went to Amazon. They later charged me twice for the order
Oh okay. Guess they didn't stay up long compared to others. I know their weekly ad for the week of Switch release advertises it.
Sleeping Lesson
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Inferno313
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secretanchitman
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Mihael Mello Keehl
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wow I would be pissed at amazon for that
Sleeping Lesson
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I think I'll be ok using the joycon grip for a few days. Of all the things that could be delayed a bit, the pro controller is the best one.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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trueee
CharminUltra
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Still no date for me =/
DiabloTheGrey
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I decided to cancel my Pro Controller preorder. I'm going to give the JoyCons a fair chance to win me over.
sir_bumble_bee
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It's def weird at first, but I was slowly getting used to the placement of the right stick after about a half hour of playtime. Pro controller is absolutely god-tier though, can not recommend it enough.
BFIB
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That's my plan too. I get, at the most, an hour/hr and a half at night to game, so the Switch undocked shouldn't be too much of an issue. I'm going to put the Switch dock on my PC (got a small kid), so when its docked, I'll just play on my PC monitor.
From the impressions thread, the JoyCon grip should be enough.
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We don't need this thread since we apparently now have a centralized preorder thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1345415
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