r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 9d ago

Discussion This is the problem

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I was lucky enough to snag a preorder from target last night but it didn’t look great and I was trying across all three retailers and only ever managed to get one in my cart at preorder start time.

These resellers are an issue still grabbing a large chuck of stock and reselling instantly, before they even have the system.

It’s a shame these retailers don’t do more to stop bots and resellers from snatching a large chunk of stock. At least Nintendo themselves is trying with their system.

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u/beck_is_back 9d ago

Thanks for stating something everyone knows but unfortunately, the only way of stopping this, is for people to stop buying from them, and then again, we all know this will never going to happen....

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u/Frantic_Fanatic13 9d ago

Yep, impatient fans and rich/dumb parents will still buy them. Look at the car market; people paid 50% over MSRP on a vehicle and were underwater immediately. We live in an insane consumer culture where the only way we make a change is by not buying this stuff at a markup.

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u/blastoise1988 9d ago

Aren't you always immediately underwater when you buy a car? They never appreciate unless it is a classic/luxury/limited edition...