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[Razmos]

I bought the special edition from the Nintendo UK Store and bought the Inkling Girl amiibo from GAME.

I'm so glad it wasn't the other way around, I really dodged a bullet/ink shot there.

 

[StealthGoblin]

Change the thread title...it was not a TRUCK. It was a lorry.

Even says so in the e-mail. Seriously...

 

[Mask]

Who was that guy who kept buying the Rosalina amiibos?

He's gone too far.

 

[pinkurocket]

Amiibo scalpers have become true villains! Who will stop them?! ):

 

[Jimnymebob]

On the one hand this sucks because I'm not gonna get the Squid hat, as that was solely a GAME exclusive, but on the other hand my luck with preorders makes this highly amusing.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

How I suspect it happened.

 

[Alienous]

The responsible thing for Nintendo to do would be to discontinue the amiibo concept.

It's out of control.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Thieves caught on CCTV.

Lol

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Considering the nature of the squid Amiibo (i.e. the special edition is the only way to get it in Europe) I'm not sure £10 off really cuts it here but I guess GAME can't do anything else.

 

[Sjefen]

You can probably buy them on Amazon UK in a day or two....

 

[Pookmunki]

That's so sad.

Tell me about it - he's just started getting into games ( he's a mean Rayman Legends player) and got really invested in Splatoon since I showed him footage, direct etc.

It's his 7th birthday on Saturday - now I'm going to have to break to him that he won't be getting his Amibo

 

[JDSN]

Yeah dude! People unable to get the product they want! Thieves getting stuff they don't deserve! Workers losing money!

THIS IS HILIARIOUS!

EVEYONE

LAUGH

LAUGH HARDER

at this user.

Great, now im laughing at you.

 

[CouchMaster]

Scalpers are the worse!

Bu..bu..but free economy.

 

[sam777]

Was about to pre order this from GAME but went with Grainger Games instead, seems my choice was the correct one. Phew.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

You can probably buy them on Amazon UK in a day or two....

I went with an alternative as soon as I received that mail, and just got a dispatch note. Lovely.

 

[Gaspard]

You're a theif now

I gagged on my saliva.

 

[Snarfington]

But... An Amiibo costs £15 from GAME. Reducing it by £10 doesn't cover the cost of a replacement, even if you don't consider there's no other way of getting the squid domestically.

How silly.

 

[Neiteio]

In totally unrelated news, I just bunged 15,000 copies on eBay, so you could always buy one from me.

Oh, I'm also selling a 2013 Scania 320D with a decent trailer on it (lock sadly broken, not sure how) if anyone wants one.

Hahaha, oh you

 

[RubberJohnny]

This is hilarious, can't imagine what the thieves are thinking.

 

[JoeM86]

Yep I just got the email too, it was a birthday present for my son too :-(

Nintendo UK's Store are still showing them as being available to order

http://store.nintendo.co.uk/games/wii-u/splatoon/splatoon-squid-bundles.list

Hopefully they can get it in time

 

[MicH]

Yeah dude! People unable to get the product they want! Thieves getting stuff they don't deserve! Workers losing money!

THIS IS HILIARIOUS!

EVEYONE

LAUGH

LAUGH HARDER

at this user.

So your copy was on that truck, huh

 

[Vaga]

Stolen amiibo footage

 

[10k]

Maybe there really is a huge demand for this game lol.

 

[Nosgoroth]

Nintendo UK's Store are still showing them as being available to order

http://store.nintendo.co.uk/games/wii-u/splatoon/splatoon-squid-bundles.list

Hopefully they can get it in time

So is Amazon, apparently

Happy birthday to your squid, now, Pookmunki.

 

[Gonzo The Great]

Maybe there really is a huge demand for this game lol.

I think it has more to do with the Amiiibos. They're making people go insane.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Not that I'm the world's biggest fan of CEX, but Eurogamer might be treading on some legal toes with this box-out comment:

Splatoon stock swiped in Nintendo lorry heist (Eurogamer)

 

[Zombegoast]

You gotta be squidding me.

 

[Kriken]

Fuckin' scalpers

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Squidiculous

 

[That Brown Guy]

Haha I actually cancelled my pre-order with Nintendo to get it from GAME because it was a few squid cheaper.

._.

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

I thought bitcoins were the thing but it turned out to be amiibos

 

[Ivan Amiibo]

Is it wrong to steal a loaf of bread to feed your starving family? For a large starving family, is it wrong to steal a truckload of bread? And what if your family don't like bread, they like amiibos. What if instead of giving them away you sold them at a price that was practically giving them away? Would that be a crime?

 

[frankie_baby]

It's still available to order on www.thegamecollection.net

 

[Undubbed]

So why can't Nintendo produce a shit ton more to mitigate demand? Are they that hard or expensive to produce?

 

[MrPanic]

Those amiibo scalpers are turning into real criminals. :0

We need to help and put a stop to these criminals, make sure you report anyone to the police that claims to have both Rosalina and Green Squid amiibo's.

 

[pswii60]

Not the first time this has happened to a GAME delivery either.

 

[Farsight]

Why am I picturing the whole scenario something like this?

 

[Neiteio]

So why can't Nintendo produce a shit ton more to mitigate demand? Are they that hard or expensive to produce?

It would seem Nintendo only budgets to make a profit on guaranteed sales to scalpers, which then creates the appearance of scarcity and ensures demand so that scalpers will buy the next wave, as well

 

[Kaiken]

Change the thread title...it was not a TRUCK. It was a lorry.

Even says so in the e-mail. Seriously...

lor·ry
/ˈlôrē,ˈlärē/
noun BRITISH
a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I cant stop laughing.

With you on that xD

 

[Jimnymebob]

I've just moved my special edition order to Shopto, and it's been dispatched already.
Hopefully that'll actually get here.

 

[SprachBrooks]

Crime pays people, crime pays!

£42.99 for Splatoon though? That's robbery itself to be honest lol.

 

[LoSnupo]

Some peoples can't really wait for day-one...

 

[BluenoseGames]

Crime pays people, crime pays!

£42.99 for Splatoon though? That's robbery itself to be honest lol.

Lol it's only £28.99 on Amazon. GAME is just a ripoff, I always try to avoid them unless they have an exclusive collectors edition that I want.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

lor·ry
/ˈlôrē,ˈlärē/
noun BRITISH
a large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck.

To be fair...a truck and a lorry in Britain are two different things.

 

[Kouriozan]

The

Spoiler

ink

thirst is real.
Sad for those affected though.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Some peoples can't really wait for day-one...

I blame review embargoes.

 

[SuicidalSteve]

Looks like CEX are on the case

 

[stan423321]

So why can't Nintendo produce a shit ton more to mitigate demand? Are they that hard or expensive to produce?

The demand is there partially because they keep producing limited numbers of these..

 

[Chezzymann]

Change the thread title...it was not a TRUCK. It was a lorry.

Even says so in the e-mail. Seriously...

What's a lorry? Most people here probably don't know what that is.