Did anyone bag a Mini SNES before they sold out?
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Scalpers paradise for these now, £200 on eBay.0
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Sparklytori wrote: »Managed to place a pre order on amazon.uk.....hope it gets fulfilled as I missed out on the mini nes.
Thats interesting as it says not avalable, when I looked and I have registered for alerts when back to purchase, and nothing has changed.
Is is the NES mini or the normal one you have preordered?
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Usuallly for pre orders stores will take more orders than allocation (or they dont have a fixed allocation) and then they just try to fullfill.
But seems nintendo have told retailers to adhere strictly to low allocations.
Argos had it added on their website late this morning but sold out within 15 minutes, I knew they were going to add it and kept trying their website all yesterday, but they gave no notice of what time it would be added.
They seem to be running this in a way so if new stock appears, it appears without any warning, meaning people cannot be prepared for it, it will favour automated tools that keep refreshing waiting for stock and those who can sit there all day constantly refreshing websites waiting for stock.
"not available" instead of "out of stock" is also not a good sign, usually when sites know they getting more stock they will say "out of stock". "not available" is more often used when they believe they getting no more stock at all or not for a long time.
So those of us who did not get in that 24 min window are probably never going to get one.0 -
What is the difference between the NES and the SNES? i had a SNES when i was younger but just confused to how they have re-released two of their consoles in one year0
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here is some thoughts from polygon on nintendo's antics.
https://www.polygon.com/2016/11/11/13597938/nes-classic-edition-shortageAnyone who buys or, worse still, collects amiibos is all too familiar with this pattern. Simple toy, relatively easy to manufacture, is impossible to find. There are preorders, there are email lists, there’s price gouging from scalpers on marketplaces like eBay.
As of Oct. 2015, Nintendo sold over 21 million amiibos, an impressive figure to be sure for just one year. Meanwhile, Activision had some sold 250 million Skylanders figures as of June 2015, less than four years after the franchise debuted. You don’t hear about Skylanders scalping much, do you?
So either Nintendo is constraining supply, in order to drive hype and awareness and the allure of exclusivity — a holiday narrative as applicable to the NES Classic as it was for Tickle Me Elmo0 -
They're not selling for £200 though. They seem to be going for the £120-£140 range. I expect that will come down at launch when Ebay will be swamped with them, so hopefully those who do really want them can still get them at a somewhat reasonable price.Scalpers paradise for these now, £200 on eBay.
Again, something of a pipe dream perhaps, but there will be relatively few on Ebay now compared to how many listings there will be when people actually get them in hand."MIND IF I USE YOUR PHONE? IF WORD GETS OUT THATI'M MISSING FIVE HUNDRED GIRLS WILL KILL THEMSELVES."0 -
There's loads on buy it now between £150 and £300, you don't know if they're selling or not, one sells another ten get listed.0
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Much cheaper to drop a tenner on a RasPi Zero W and a fiver on a controller but whatever floats your boat!Hi. I'm a Board Guide on the Gaming, Consumer Rights, Ebay and Praise/Vent boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an abusive or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with abuse). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com0
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argos delisted yesterday and now are cancelling orders
I managed to get one from a dutch retailer.
more bad news
argos didnt just delist
they been cancelling orders
https://www.reddit.com/r/miniSNES/comments/6keb0l/psa_argoscouk_snes_orders_are_being_cancelled/
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/06/it_seems_argos_is_cancelling_some_snes_classic_mini_pre-orders_in_the_uk
I know this is not great financial sense but I want one of these units just for the collectors purpose, obviously using emulators is more prudent.0
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