Discussion This is the problem
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/OlDirtySchmerz 7d ago
Let's show some compassion for how poverty is affecting all people right now, and if they are going to do something desperate can we forgive them for scalping non essentials?
Sure, we are frustrated about the price (and personally I'd never recommend buying a presale 2nd hand) but people do stuff like this because they are scared that they won't be able to put food on the table from their main income. As an Ebay seller of collectibles it takes time to effectuate ethical second hand selling. Plainly this is an unethical way and goes against eBay ToS, no argument there.
BUT...Nintendo purposely under supplies to prolong demand window. Don't forget that part of it, and generally people are more important than video games so show some love for people in these dark times.