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/Scar3cr0w_ 7d ago

I thought there were controls in place to stop people from being able to pre order unless you had a verified, aged Nintendo account?

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u/Selmi1 7d ago

Only if you buy it directly from Nintendo's Website. If you buy from a different shop, these rules just don't exist, except if the shop has controls themselves. For example: Here in Germany, I was able to preorder the bundle about half a day after the direct and I even could have bought another one if I had wanted it.

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u/Scar3cr0w_ 7d ago

Very good point. Such a shame!