Frostman
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Yeah, online isn't the place to easily get one. If you visit your local, depending on location, they are usually easy to pick up.
Usually...that is.
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So how bad is the Switch stock situation?
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Yeah, online isn't the place to easily get one. If you visit your local, depending on location, they are usually easy to pick up.
Usually...that is.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
At launch our store received almost 100 units (preorders) and like 50 extra.
Seems like Best Buy is holding all units for Mario Kart launch.
frankie_baby
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The only place I've seen one on a shelf is everyone's favourite stolen goods emporium CEX
In Austin also. Never seen a Switch for sale in the wild. Only my friends have let me borrow one. Also, never seen an NES Classic or 3DS in the wild except the Pikachu New 3DS XL I ended up preordering.
Friend of Sonic
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I'm seeing the phantom stock stores where their counts have been messed up for a while (including one that has humorously shown 19 on stock since mid March). No restocks today or they stopped updating like you guys
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Yeah Walmart is back on the istocknow map for me. Must have just been a temp glitch.
Friend of Sonic
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Stock is still weird for me, Brickseek is showing some stores as "Limited Stock" and 0 units while istocknow is showing them as having a single unit. I kind of wonder if they're holding stock for Mario Kart now
TwistedFate
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http://www.gamestop.com/nintendo-sw...kart-8-deluxe-bundle-ships-by-05-05-17/146488
Anyone think this is worth? I don't really care for MK8 but I could sell it
Anyone think this is worth? I don't really care for MK8 but I could sell it
GamePlay Johnny
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That would be over paying about 20$ compared to getting those items at retail, up to you to decide if it's a big deal or not. If you have to go with Gamestop then this might be a good way to get the system in a reasonable time frame, but it seems like people here are being more successful scoring them at walmart/target/best-buy.
I just looked at all the Argos stores around me (in Teesside in the North East) and there's not a single one in stock for either colour within five stores.
I'm genuinely a little bit gobsmacked this is still happening nearly two months after release. Nintendo must be struggling to keep up with the manufacturing pressure.
I'm genuinely a little bit gobsmacked this is still happening nearly two months after release. Nintendo must be struggling to keep up with the manufacturing pressure.
Friend of Sonic
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There is something strange going on with the inventory numbers in the last couple of days. They were pretty on point prior to this
And go up at 2:00am.
I almost pulled the trigger, but couldn't justify the extra expenditure + tax + over $20 shipping.
Lol, I'm from Mississauga. My friend in Toronto looked everywhere and had a friend drive him one he found in Owen Sound (3 hrs from Toronto).
I think the point is, maybe call stores in smaller more rural areas? Brampton isn't so far from Caledon, Orangeville, etc.
Cow Goes Moo
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saw about 7 gray ones at a milwaukee walmart near miller park way if anyone in the area is looking
NoblesseOblige
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Since release there's been a couple Switch available at my local Meijer every time I check.
I totally would search around smaller stores, however the problem is I have $200+ credit at EB Games so I needed to get it there specifically to take advantage of it.
shotgunbob04
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Do they show up on the meijer website? I haven't walked into any of the meijers nearby, but the website says none of the stores near me have any Switches.
Resistance100
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My Local GAME's haven't seen any real stock since launch. Argos and Second hand ones in CEX are the only stores near me which has had any
angelic
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I think theyre more common in the north.
Where did you hear that? Retail assistants in many places have made ridiculous claims like that and they have all been wrong
Gotta second JoeM86 doubts.
I have a hard time believing a strategic, hot item like the Switch could go without any stock in a Western European country for 5 months.
Iriscomeback
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Finally saw one in the wild....
...at a CeX, for 430 euro's :-|
...at a CeX, for 430 euro's :-|
I have a hard time believing it too. But it's been two months without so much as a whisper of any stock. It's all vague dates.
on the other hand.... it's been almost 2 months and I've yet too see more than 1 (one) switch units here in Germany, any store, any day, anywhere.
Switch does not exist here.
I wonder how long can this scarcity thing keep on going, it's already ridiculous, maybe they divert units to other territories.
I live just an hour north of there, and there have been plenty of Pro Controllers locally for a while.
The Switch is still scarce, but I did see one in the wild a week or two ago.
Kenzodielocke
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FWIW, I called my Gamestop (Hamburg, Germany) on Friday and he said that they'll have new ones in the system so I am pretty sure most places will get stock on MK8D release week and a week after.
shotgunbob04
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They definitely won't be adding extra padding any time soon, since they're busy pumping out as many as possible for the console boxes as well as the standalone dock boxes.
Not entirely sure when we'll see the warping issue dealt with. It could already have been investigated and corrected, but it will be awhile before the newer docks end up in Switch boxes on store shelves since Nintendo first must use up its original batch.
The Dear Leader
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My brother has been trying to get one for a few weeks now and today was supposed to be the day when everywhere around here was getting restocked... both Targets (with their Mario Kart 8 branding everywhere) had 1 each and Walmart had 2. That's it, he managed to get one of the two at Walmart but the stock situation is just plain bad in my town.
I don't believe them.
I mean, sure, nintendo tells them "oh, there's demand? yeah will send you more" and the clerks at the store tell us that but nintendo is full of shit, they don't supply accordingly.
I've also asked around here in Bremen.
Kenzodielocke
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Nope, I called them quite often, and they don't know when they get Switches until Nintendo tells them, and it seems like they did.
Yeah I wonder they dont ask the genie to make a few millions more.
Because these things aren't just built in a day, it takes time. Plus, Nintendo were conservative with their plans after being burned with the Wii U to the point that in one quarter, they actually sold a negative amount of consoles in Europe.
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