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  1. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

    You can preorder them on gamestop now.

     

    https://comicbook-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/comicbook.com/gaming/amp/2018/06/30/nes-classic-available-to-order-from-gamestop/?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQECAE4AQ%3D%3D#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=http%3A%2F%2Fcomicbook.com%2Fgaming%2F2018%2F06%2F30%2Fnes-classic-available-to-order-from-gamestop%2F

  6. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

    I'm going to work soon so I won't be able to wait around for Best Buy to open it's doors like I did with the NES Mini. That said, I'll have a lot more disposable income, so if the scalper situation isn't 2-300% ridiculous markup, I may bite, much as I don't want to support those asshats.

    No way would I ever buy one from a reseller marked above retail price. Just take that extra disposable income and throw it in a good index mutual fund.

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  8. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

    I sometimes wonder about all of this money I have spent on this hobby. Imagine if I invested it all in some high quality dividend growth stocks like MCD, PEP, KO, PG, XOM, CL, KMB, T, GPC, MMM, GIS, K, YUM, and so forth just ten years ago. I probably could buy twice as many consoles and games today. Oh well, life goes on as they say. Can't live in the past.

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  11. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

     

    I'm sure you would get fired if U tried to save 1 for your self.

    You can contact a buddy to come and purchase the thing and then pick it up from his house after work.

     

    EDIT: never mind I see someone already mentioned this particular scheme that happens on a daily basis across all retail outlets to include thrift stores such as Goodwill and Savers.

  14. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

    Yeah that is what I thought in the first place. They do have them in stock on a pallet commingled with other products according to the store manager. They do not know exactly when they will get to the pallet to put them out on the shelf. So at least that is cleared up but still a waste of my time. I'm not gonna hang around a Wal-Mart store all night trying to snag one of these.

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  15. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

     

    Its not fishy. Brickseek is always saying they have at target and they very rarely do. They always tell me its wrong or nothing they can do about it.

    I see they got you good too. I have over 20 years of supply chain management experience working in a warehouse. Something being scanned into the warehouse just doesn't happen by accident.

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    Fwiw, I've been told that some Walmarts will be putting out a few units around midnight tonight, similar to what Best Buy did on the 23rd/24th.

     

     

    This doesn't make sense for a store that is open 24 hours a day to have a specific release time. This must only apply to those stores that actually close.

  22. Posted · Edited by thadsilverfox

     

    That sucks. I suppose from the store's perspective, it's nice to get you in the door so you can buy something else if you can't get what you came for. Not my scene but I hope you got what you wanted.

    Although I could be wrong because my other sources are claiming only 7 units per store. But there are posts of some stores getting 20.

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    WHY wouldn't they say how many they have? Ugh I hate scarcity for things like this.

    Who knows why but in my area it was the exact same thing. They wouldn't divulge that information over the phone but it sounded like it was gonna be more than 15 of them so he probably has a good chance of getting one.

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    My first console in the early 80s was an Atari 2600 but when I got an NES it became a whole new ball game. The Atari didn't keep me from wanting to play outside with my friends but once the NES arrived Christmas morning you couldn't get me outside for those first few months. It grabbed my attention like no other along with my friends. We all would hang out and play games at each other houses. The Atari just never captured that magic in my neighborhood, so I have fond memories of the NES unlike the 2600.

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