thetruth1983
Banned
Just put mine on the shelf where it will sit unopened for the next 30 years. Thanks Amazon!
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NES Classic @Amazon Treasure Truck) (Atlanta,Chicago,Dallas,Houston,LA,Seattle)
- Thread starter NeOak
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can confirm Chicago is sold out.
missed it
Dang, Chicago lasted longer than cities like Houston.
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
Totally would help out but won't be there when they close up. I do wonder what will happen with the no shows though.
WordAssassin
Member
This is not "a few hundred" dude. Not even close. They had thousands of these. Unless you meant a few hundred per location.
Atlanta is in the East coast, but I do agree that the trucks should've been in more cities.
And then you can retire!
Meant more north east coast and technically GA is part of the south least region based(region 30. Wouldn't usually say east coast for GA
Merchandise
Member
Is the Treasure Truck Prime exclusive? Downloaded the app and signed up with my friend's account just in case it ever comes to NYC, but if it doesn't need Prime I might as well use my own account.
Amazon's got top men working on it. Top. Men.
breadtruck
Member
I dont understand what the point of this was for Amazon. My wife tried to preorder this for my birthday for me, I watched here and there to see if I could get one. Ultimately I gave up the hope and went with a Raspberry Pi.
All to find now that they had a big pile of them horded away, to sell in cities I dont live in, in a truck of all things?
Am I supposed to feel this is a cool thing to do? Because that sure the fuck didnt work...
All to find now that they had a big pile of them horded away, to sell in cities I dont live in, in a truck of all things?
Am I supposed to feel this is a cool thing to do? Because that sure the fuck didnt work...
Fatal Futanari
Member
Damn woke up too late for LA
Are those good "bootleg" nes minis out yet? lol
Are those good "bootleg" nes minis out yet? lol
NeOak
Member
Amazon has the bundle from the warehouse in like new condition for around 23 bucks atm
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTQ9QPB/?tag=neogaf0e-20
It is a steal because the dongle alone is 17 bucks.
Northeast people always get the best shot at rare Nintendo stuff at the NYC store. Spread the wealth!
I can't recall the last time there has ever been shrink wrap on a console I've bought.
Not everyone can be a winner my friend. Really though, look at the size of this event. It's only held in a handful of cities,the stock must have not been that significant to list it on their site again and have it immediately sellout.
That's only cuz traveling in NYC is a pain if you drive or time consuming if take the train(if out of general area). NYC is great for shopping rare stuff only if you have tons of time. Which most people who work all the time don't have.
same got a xbone s bundle from ebay sale and no shrink wrap also.
picked up famicom mini in malaysia same thing no shrink wrap
molnizzle
Member
Yeah I guess this is technically a console. Box is just so small, feels like it should be wrapped. lol
Actually as I said in previous page, some confused woman just went to the table and picked one up and left thinking they were giveaways. I told two amazon ppl there but they just shrugged off and did nothing. One girl reported to her manager but nothing came of it. I guess they didn't couldn't risk some bad confrontation going viral.
molnizzle
Member
Ordered two for this, thanks.
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Got mine here in Atlanta.
Saw this dude lol. Paying off his mortgage
I picked one up in Atlanta as well. While I did not see this dude, I did hang out a bit to see what the crowd was like. It was a steady stream of people getting their consoles and getting out. I talked to the Amazon dude running the event, he said they were looking to move it to another location next time, possibly near the stadiums. He thought it was too cramped and parking was terrible where they were today.
Cool idea, not sure what could be the next product to be on the "Treasure Truck" but the guy said for sure they will be back with something else.
Yeah getting there was a pain. The roads around there was awful. I was freaking out because I was down the wire getting there before 5
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Today the United (local soccer team for people not in ATL) had a game so that jacked up the roads and they are doing construction. The Amazon guy admitted that it was not the best situation but said next time it will be in another location.
Looking at this page - https://www.amazon.com/treasuretruck it seems like in Seattle it is a community party. They have had all kinds of stuff. Books, food, GoPros, etc.
Where was it exactly?
Kadin
Member
Hahaha, seems Wario liked this...Got mine here in Atlanta.
Saw this dude lol. Paying off his mortgage
https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/891439223999348737
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
I can't speak for the other cities, but I know Amazon is expanding in Houston and Atlanta, so maybe that is why those two cities were picked.
superdeluxe
Member
Wario mad.
shawnbuddy
Member
This thread made me realize something. I am just way too old for this Willie Wonka golden ticket shit. If companies aren't going to make enough of something that I can easily get it (with a little patience), then I'm out.
Got mine earlier today in Houston. Gonna hook it up later.
If I was there I would've chewed him out. Fuck scalpers.
Got mine here in Atlanta.
Saw this dude lol. Paying off his mortgage
If I was there I would've chewed him out. Fuck scalpers.
Got mine here in Atlanta.
Saw this dude lol. Paying off his mortgage
Look at this smug fuck kneeling down to take a pic of his riches.
Went to the LA one, I was more excited about seeing what the truck was about than getting an NES classic, but got one anyway.
I also think they had some kind of "throw the ball into the hole" game at the side of the truck where you could win a Classic. I didn't stick around since it was hot as hell.
The line wasn't really much of a line. We were told to just walk on the turf about a minute after I took the pic, there was about 8 people at the booth with cameras. They take a pic of your QR code in the order confirmation, ask your name (which confuses me about the guy with like 10 classics), ask how you heard about the truck and the purchase is yours. It went by really fast. The girl who checked my order seemed surprised that I heard about it from Twitter. Overall I'm excited to see what else they'll bring in the future.
I also think they had some kind of "throw the ball into the hole" game at the side of the truck where you could win a Classic. I didn't stick around since it was hot as hell.
The line wasn't really much of a line. We were told to just walk on the turf about a minute after I took the pic, there was about 8 people at the booth with cameras. They take a pic of your QR code in the order confirmation, ask your name (which confuses me about the guy with like 10 classics), ask how you heard about the truck and the purchase is yours. It went by really fast. The girl who checked my order seemed surprised that I heard about it from Twitter. Overall I'm excited to see what else they'll bring in the future.
molnizzle
Member
Looks like he's sitting on about $2,000 profit.
I imagine he'd accept your ass-chewing with a smile.
Grassy area right near movie theater. Hard to miss really, especially given there are Mario and Luigi placards and Amazon people on mics trying to get photo ops(at least at the time I went, lots of foot traffic surrounding the truck)
Edit: Also this being my first time seeing one of these in person...it still can't be overstated how tiny the Mini is. I knew it was small going in, but I wasn't prepared until I opened the box. I am now frothing for the SNES mini.
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