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Smash Bros For Wii U may be delayed in UK if ordered from Amazon
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uncleniccius
Member
Wednesday meaning Saturday
Where did you order from?
Neff
Member
Amazon UK. They said that my order was partially sent and gave me an ETA of Wednesday (no voucher code though), so I assumed the worst. But it's here now, which is a nice surprise.
uncleniccius
Member
Oh OK, I'm glad you have it!
Still nothing for me which suggests it definitely won't be coming.
Samurai_Heart
Member
So we can blame this on Nintendo or the retailers here at this point?
Shopto order's still "processing", yeah probably gonna preorder less from them now, not like their prices were competitive anymore =/
Shopto order's still "processing", yeah probably gonna preorder less from them now, not like their prices were competitive anymore =/
Diablohead
Member
Being dispatched usually means ready to go and sat at the doors of some warehouse waiting for a van to pick up the load.
I would think Royal Mail would do a collection from big companies over the weekend but to actually get it to your house, no idea.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Amazon uses their own logistics service instead of royal mail now, but doubt they have people delivering on Sundays as well.
They do. Freaked me out one time I got a delivery from them.
Samurai_Heart
Member
That's quite awesome =O
Wow, really? Haha awesome
Looks like I will have my gamecube adapter within the next couple of days after all! I only want it for Nintendont!
Yeah, I noticed they've been doing it theirself in Yorkshire now. Before recently they seemed to only operate in the South.
I just recently discovered them as well and I'm am really impressed so far. If you pre-order games from them you get them a day or 2 early. I got my Smash bros + GC Adaptor from them on Thursday whilst Shopto still hadn't shipped it yet.
It eventually turned up early afternoon.
uncleniccius
Member
I'm glad it arrived in the end, hopefully mine will turn up on Monday.
you do live in uk though.
the ones who don't are probably crying right now. /rip
I even had to send them an email to tell them that I didn't even get any email to being with.
21st century cowboy
Member
Well I've just put an order in at Games eek as no where is Leeds was selling the game with the adaptor or the controller. I'll leave the amiibos for when they turn up at Game as I have about £130 credit with them.
They had some on Friday. Must have sold out already.
21st century cowboy
Member
I've just got an e mail to say the game+adaptor is on pre order but will release next Friday. I'll keep it live or does anyone have a suggestion of anywhere else?
I was talking about the Amiibos, but yeah, they had about 4 of the adaptor and Game combos for pre-orders only in the morning.
oh here we go
Suganya:Hi Rich.
I'm sorry to know that your order is not yet dispatched.
I'll check this for you.
Please give me a minute or two while I check this for you.
Me:thank you
Suganya:Thanks for waiting.
I've checked and see that the item is temporarily out of stock
well, thanks for letting me know. I'm now going full on apeshit at them
Suganya:Hi Rich.
I'm sorry to know that your order is not yet dispatched.
I'll check this for you.
Please give me a minute or two while I check this for you.
Me:thank you
Suganya:Thanks for waiting.
I've checked and see that the item is temporarily out of stock
well, thanks for letting me know. I'm now going full on apeshit at them
FYI my bundle order is still showing delivery for the 1st, obviously that isn't going to happen so now I'm just waiting to see when they'll get around to updating it.
*EDIT*
They changed my order at 2:37am on delivery day, I'm now part of the 19th crowd and all I got was an automated email.
*EDIT*
They changed my order at 2:37am on delivery day, I'm now part of the 19th crowd and all I got was an automated email.
Argos have stock of the Smash bundle online (not in stores).
I ordered mine last night, phoned up today to check and its being shipped out later!
It's £54.99, but you get £5 back as a voucher immediately afterwards. Also, if you desperately just want the gamecube adapter you can sell the game to CEX for £30 cash, which means it only cost you £20.
The date on the site is still 5/12/14 but the rep I spoke to said thats just an error and its being shipped out today anyhow.
This is the second time Argos have come to the rescue for me, the first time being sourcing me a Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle back in May at very short notice after Tesco fucked me over with my order.
I ordered mine last night, phoned up today to check and its being shipped out later!
It's £54.99, but you get £5 back as a voucher immediately afterwards. Also, if you desperately just want the gamecube adapter you can sell the game to CEX for £30 cash, which means it only cost you £20.
The date on the site is still 5/12/14 but the rep I spoke to said thats just an error and its being shipped out today anyhow.
This is the second time Argos have come to the rescue for me, the first time being sourcing me a Wii U Mario Kart 8 bundle back in May at very short notice after Tesco fucked me over with my order.
Lol, I saw the item at Argos and placed the order earlier. Just rung to check and the nice lady told me they don't keep stock for online and it would go to "their supplier" to be fufilled (I didn't ask who their supplier is, hopefully it's not NOE). It could be that their supplier is a big warehouse run by Argos and they just tell people that to avoid getting into big discussions about stock levels. Worth a shot I guess, she said I should know more in 24 hours once they've tried to source it and supply a delivery date.
All this just to play Nintendos big release for the holidays.........
All this just to play Nintendos big release for the holidays.........
I don't even want Smash Bros. I just want the adapter to use with GameCube games on my Wii U through Nintendont.
I guess now I've ordered the bundle I might as well keep Smash Bros if it does in fact arrive.
Still havent had my "guaranteed" day 1 Smash. Complained to CS and they extended my prime membership for a month free of charge. 3rd time this has happened to me this year. Other 2 were Hyrule Warriors (got £5 credit for apology) and Disney Magical World (got £10 credit for apology).
I know people will say Im crazy for still using Amazon but Im cool with getting money back for their incompetence.
I know people will say Im crazy for still using Amazon but Im cool with getting money back for their incompetence.
So on the 29th I got an email from amazon saying my GC controller is estimated to be delayed until December 19th.
Yesterday I got an email sying its dispatched. Oh well cant complain.
I've been playing with my old GC controller recently and as much as I love the pro controller,the GC one feels more natural cor smash. The sticks seem a bit loose on the pro controller. Not sure why the adapter needs 2 usb ports though.
Yesterday I got an email sying its dispatched. Oh well cant complain.
I've been playing with my old GC controller recently and as much as I love the pro controller,the GC one feels more natural cor smash. The sticks seem a bit loose on the pro controller. Not sure why the adapter needs 2 usb ports though.
One cable (black one) supplies data and enough power to operate all four ports, and the second one supplies the extra power required for rumble for all four.
You don't need to use both if you dont care about rumble.
Star Falcon
Member
Got my game and adapter today. Controller is due to arrive tomorrow.
Not ideal but way better than December 19th. Got a £10 voucher of it too for the delays
Not ideal but way better than December 19th. Got a £10 voucher of it too for the delays
Georgiee85
Member
My Smash + adapter arrived on Friday from Amazon fine - Just got a dispatch notification from amazon for my smash gamecube controller saying it'll be here tomorrow.
My preordered game + adapter is still not dispatched from Amazon.co.uk !
It says delivery estimate 2nd-4th of December, and I can't remember if Amazon takes into consideration that I live outside UK. I just hope it comes soon enough, because this item is literally sold out everywhere I've seen.
It says delivery estimate 2nd-4th of December, and I can't remember if Amazon takes into consideration that I live outside UK. I just hope it comes soon enough, because this item is literally sold out everywhere I've seen.
yeah, amazon gave me £5 credit too. That's good enough, I guess.
I used it to buy a case for my New XL. Cost £1.99 overall!
Georgiee85
Member
That's insane. Kinda glad I ordered mine earlier - its only costing me £22.85
For those of you in the uk searching for Smash with the adaptor, I took a gamble and ordered it from Argos online over the weekend. I was a bit unsure because Argos aren't exactly known for reliable stock monitoring but it just turned up and was packaged very well.
Here's the link: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/320332.htm
Here's the link: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/320332.htm
yeah, I posted about argos just above. but still...amazing news that it turned up, because I ordered from them on Sunday!
mine should be here tomorrow then! was it royal mail that delivered it?
Georgiee85
Member
By the way if anyones after a Gamecube controller without amazons inflated prices, GAME in Lakeside had them in stock for £25 each, I'm guessing most other stores will too.
Nah. Buy from cdjapan. They are £10 there, and there's a white model too.
The Red Wizard
Member
Did you get an email about that or did you ask? Mine was supposed to be sent out on Friday but it was only dispatched yesterday.
Cheapest shipping I can find there to the UK is £15 sadly (unless I'm missing an option) ?
Ah, I didn't realise it was already posted. I'm not sure because my wife was at home for the delivery. She said it came in a large shoe box sized package and that they wrapped in incredibly well. The guy on the phone yesterday said that they actually use a courier for their larger items so maybe make sure your home for the delivery.
I've had a nightmare getting this thing. I did actually have one on launch day from shopto but it was battered beyond relief and I sent it back. The same happened to my pikachu amiibo box. They seem to just be shoving items in oversized jiffy bags and throwing them in the post these days :-/
hm. maybe. I admit, I didn't check shipping
even so, play asia has the smash controllers in white and black, and they come to £25 with 3 day FedEx shipping. So that's an option too.