Just make the thread title in reference to some obscure PC-98 or ps vita title or something, I think you can sneak it by.
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No US SNES Classic Pre-order for now due to missing FCC Approval
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Just make the thread title in reference to some obscure PC-98 or ps vita title or something, I think you can sneak it by.
Netherscourge
Banned
So we basically have to wait for an FCC clerk to "leak" the certification form for the SNES Classic before we can start up the NA Pre-order hype train.
Dreamwriter
Member
No, because the FCC has literally nothing to do with preorders or limiting them.
NESpowerhouse
Perhaps he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of a plane.
We need a pre-order date, so we can get RefreshGAF back together.
Banjotanooki
Member
That other thread got locked super fast as soon as orders got sold out.
Now we play the waiting game.
Now we play the waiting game.
Community Forum
Member
I don't know why it was locked so fast, would be nice to have a discussion about what just happened.
MissileTrick
Member
They probably don't want to give people's hopes up.
yo_soy_el_topo
Member
Was it as good for you as it was for me? (so far?)
Probably because when it's not actually open and the thread is bumped it gives people the wrong impressions.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Most likely to avoid "Fucking scalpers" posts. Do hope Amazon goes up soon if they do at all.
Chasetopher
Banned
God I feel dumb, I saw it there but for some reason didn't bite. Very well might be my last chance with my luck but I have to be optimistic. I hope and pray I'll have another chance soon enough.
Quadraphonic
Member
Likely because the discussion can continue, but the title alone would get the hopes up of anyone that wasn't there in the 40 minute window.
I want to point out that not only did Walmart sellout, the page for the item has been removed entirely. (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Super-Nin...ype=14&veh=aff)
edit: beaten
edit: beaten
I can't believe I actually got one with seconds to spare. I fumbled with both my walmart account I never knew I have (who uses walmart) and then nearly froze up on the paypal side as well. Everyone knows Nintendo is going to pull the same BS this time so pre order is the best chance any of us have. Good luck to everyone else, but I'm good 
Amazon is the worst with Nintendo hardware. I think it's better to keep an eye out on BB, Target and TRU more.
Camp1nCarl
Member
Missed Walmart, so now I guess I should stay vigilant for Amazon/Best Buy soon
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
This makes me think it was posted as preorder by mistake.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Musical chairs: round one is over.
superdeluxe
Member
Wario, thinks Walmart might have messed up and jumped the gun early on pre orders
Hmm, do y'all think the pre-orders were up by accident? Or they removed the page to offload web traffic?
AZ Greg
Member
The Switch pre-order I got from Best Buy last year had it's page erased after it ended, and I still ended up getting it from them. While that is another company, it probably stand practice among companies on high traffic pages, probably so they don't get DDOS by people refreshing to see if it comes back.
What's wrong with my comment? Is talking about scalpers against TOS now?
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
It's a general policy of ours to lock stock alert and stock announcement threads as soon as we notice that the product is sold out. This prevents other people from loading GAF, seeing "Switch in Stock @ Amazon go go go" who at best end up disappointed and at worst end up with having to cancel a 1-click order to a third party.
Conversely, our SNES Classic announcement thread (where we would typically encourage this sort of conversation) got locked because people weren't listening to the mods and were unnecessarily bumping the thread every hour saying "It's going to be in stock at midnight" followed by three pages of people saying "Hey, I heard it was going to be in stock at midnight, is that true?" which again was causing a whole lot of confusion on the board.
EDIT: Also all of the "fuck the scalpers" posts that inevitably follow the product going out of stock.
ElMexiMerican
Member
I got a preorder in, but my pessimism makes me think it was a mistake. Hopefully not though.
Velcro Fly
Member
For what it's worth I ordered about 2 minutes after it went up and I got a confirmation email.
Can you make the thread? It's certainly worth having a discussion about now. Please.
Head.spawn
Junior Member
Goddammit. If I didn't play that last game of Overwatch, I would've definitely bought one. I'm surprised it lasted that long tbh.
I had one ordered and then "couldnt verify your payment" so they cancelled my order.. I used paypal. I missed out
That's what I did too and my order wasn't confirmed, luckily my brother and homie got one. Idk why Paypal didn't work for me. I just used it to preorder something else.
Community Forum
Member
I got a confirmation email immediately, and this was 2 minutes before it went out of stock.
Goose_Se7en
Banned
I can't believe I actually got one with seconds to spare. I fumbled with both my walmart account I never knew I have (who uses walmart) and then nearly froze up on the paypal side as well. Everyone knows Nintendo is going to pull the same BS this time so pre order is the best chance any of us have. Good luck to everyone else, but I'm good
The same happened to me and I just created a new account. Took me all but a minute since I knew I was competing with thousands of Wario's followers. I did it immediately since I have his notifications set to ring my phone.
CloudyTuba
Member
Wouldn't a title change accomplish the same thing?
Then again, I guess all that's left to say in the thread is 45 people saying "damn missed it."
NiKKO FRANCHiSE
Member
Posted this in the locked thread, but did anyone else get charged/hold a separate $23 charge on their account when preordering?
Vincent Alexander
Member
Banjotanooki
Member
It's be awesome if we could have a thread set up so we could talk about it with clear rules in the first post.
NeOak
Member
Geraldo_Ray
Member
Got my pre-order in (confirmation email and hold on my card), but I'm kind of worried since the product page was nuked. Guess I'll find out if it goes through/gets cancelled closer to release.
