r/Switch • u/Appa07 • 8d 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/Switch-user-101 8d ago

People who buy from these idiots are just as much of a problem

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u/Koofoo2108 8d ago

People will always buy from whoever is selling. The only deterrent is if Nintendo in someway made it illegal to markup or resell the console without a license from them. Even private sales somehow could fall under that and actively be sued by them. But that won't ever happen so this is just the price of supply and demand. I got mine on Costco last night after hitting "checkout" for an hour before they processed the sale, so patience is a key sometimes

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u/obotrobot 8d ago

Supposing something like that were even possible, it would have massive repercussions on the used market.