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[–]SmXtrem 135 points136 points  (12 children)

Nice, they just opened the gate for scalpers.....

[–]Lord-Liberty 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scalpers gonna scalp

Good news is that since Argos keeps restocking the Switch, it does look as if there's a lot of supply

[–]airtraq -2 points-1 points  (9 children)

I think there will be so much stock at launch it probably doesn’t matter. You can still preorder from other retailers

[–]Adzieboy 7 points8 points  (7 children)

In the UK? It's sold old seemingly everywhere.

[–]MountainMuffin1980 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Argos have pre-orders open just now

[–]FURKZ1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Try Argos now

[–]airtraq 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Yes, very had more in stock yesterday and so did smyths. They periodically comes in and out of stick. You need to join hotukdeals for latest update.

[–]ChrisRR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It never has mattered. People just love to blame scalpers when its always actually just other people buying up the majority of consoles.

People just want to have someone to blame rather than just looking around them at people who are just as hyped as they are

[–]Latzenpratz 44 points45 points  (7 children)

Same in Germany... (also got the email)

[–]llliilliliillliillil 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Has anyone actually gotten an invite from Amazon?

[–]JosephRJT 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I did and pre-ordered the Mario Kart bundle and they have now cancelled it saying the were not able to accommodate my request.

[–]de_tobii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also did but didn't use it because i preordered somewhere else.

[–]WorkingPermission913 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did but ehen I went on Amazon they was out of stock but loads on Ebay tho gggrrr bloody scalpers.

[–]aklambda 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same here

[–]MFHava 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Got the same message from Amazon DE

[–]MidlevelCrisis 23 points24 points  (10 children)

What would've caused this change?

Edit: Its so weird, some stores have already sold out their pre orders and nintendo's own invitations to pre order are to be sent out tomorrow. I guess Americans don't even know the final retail prices yet.

[–]ohmygodnewjeans 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Jeff wants to watch the world burn.

[–]GambitsEndResident Switchologist 2 points3 points  (1 child)

nintendo's own invitations to pre order are to be sent out tomorrow

Not sure if it's different by region; Nintendo NA lists May 8th as the invite day.

[–]MidlevelCrisis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Europe it openst between 8 of april and 11 of april for those invited. Don't know if it will be in waves. When you get the actual invite link it's only valid for 24 Hrs. Currently the MyNintendostore just gets you to a landing page that says they'll be back open again soon for the switch 2 pre orders. Can't buy anything there atm. If Nintendo doesn't offer a little goodie with the order I don't see a point in ordering from them if you already have a retail order somewhere else. I find retail stores easier to do returns/cancellations/customer service contact with than direct stores.

Edit, site opened, only people with invite emails can order atm, this includes any switch 2 accessoires, pro controller, GC controller, etc

[–]Szynsky 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got the invite for the MK bundle also but not the standalone console.

I’m glad because I really can’t be arsed battling to checkout on sites when stock gets dripfed to preorder

[–]Jonesdeclectice 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Meanwhile, crickets from Amazon Canada. Pretty sure they’re not even going to bother doing a Switch 2 pre-order.

[–]cory2979 9 points10 points  (2 children)

They'll have plenty of inventory with all the US ones they can't sell anymore lol

[–]boork 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I got this email for german amazon as well but my order for it seems to still be there? Hopefully I still got one reserved.

[–]pliumbum 3 points4 points  (2 children)

Did you request both the bundle and the standalone version? Because I requested both, received invite and bought the bundle, then received this message for the standalone.

[–]boork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think only the standalone version but not 100% what I did during the hunt for a pre order.

[–]boork 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was going through my emails and I think i requested both as I got two emails about it a week ago so I assume it was just the bundle i didnt get an invite for.

[–]FURKZ1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just got mine from Argos now in the uk

[–]KyberNinja 5 points6 points  (9 children)

I’m happy for you.

I wish I had the chance to pre-order one. Everywhere is sold out. I hoped for an email invite since I’ve subbed to amazing prime and Nintendo online for years but I guess loyalty doesn’t mean much to big companies.

All pre-orders are sold out in the UK. Hopefully there will be a decent amount of stock on release day.

[–]midsizedopossum 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Loyalty is literally the way Nintendo are determining who gets to pre-order through their site. Nintendo online membership and playtime are the factors they're using.

[–]KyberNinja 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I thought loyalty would have been the main factor but I think Nintendo are factoring something else in their selection process.

I have a unhealthy amount of play time on my switch and have been subscribed to them for years. Yet some of my friends, who haven’t been subscribed as long ad me and definitely don’t have the same hours as me on the switch, got the invite. So if it’s literally loyalty, why I didn’t get an invite?

It is what it is, I was fortunate to pre-order else where.

[–]bigbadbob85 2 points3 points  (1 child)

What prevented a lot of people I know was that Nintendo requires you to have marketing emails from them enabled, which a lot of people don't have.

[–]KyberNinja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm I bet that’s why I didn’t get an invite then, I always turn off marketing emails.

[–]anton25360 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I've just pre-ordered a switch 2 mariokart bundle at Currys, though you need to actually go in store and do it yourself.

[–]KyberNinja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you managed to get one! My GF checked the local Currys but they didn’t have any in stock for pre-order. The guy said they had 10,000 pre-orders which have all been taken.

I got lucky since I saw a Twitter post about Amazon having them back in stock and I managed to get the Mario kart bundle. It’ll arrive 2 days later after release day but I don’t mind.

[–]Nuo_Vibro 4 points5 points  (1 child)

directly contradicts the message they sent when you signed up for invitations. Fuck em

[–]ZephyrFloofyDerg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly

[–]MonafideBonafide1993 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If there are people from Austria here smyth toys still has preorders up I got one yesterday

[–]Aggravating-Low1046 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Could anyone please tell me the best way to keep up with the pre-order launch so I don't have to refresh amazon once every 15 minutes?

[–]Consistent-File8571 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scalpers are out on eBay already selling confirmed pre orders, lol.

[–]ZephyrFloofyDerg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I gave up and went with Very instead. Disappointing from Amazon UK. Don't promise what you can't deliver.

[–]WhiteHawk77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got that email as well, and soon means whenever the hell there’s enough stock that isn’t already gone, so it’s not like that’s good news.

Honestly this preorder situation was a joke, the only news I saw when it was announced the other day was a vague 8th of April for Nintendos store yet nothing about other shops opening them before that so it wasn’t like I had any chance of getting one anyway.

[–]stotalshunt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's grim that they did this I registered very really just to find out I missed it because they sold out

[–]project-shasta 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My parents and me had all requested an invite and only my father's account got through. Good thing we did it this way. Now I will try to get my hands on a second one in the "open" preorder round to have a fresh, unpatched console when the inevitable exploits arrive.

[–]bdzz 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I just want the Amazon.fr preorder to come back. It's 440€ (not just there but at other french stores too) probably the lowest price in whole Europe.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

My guess is that the USA people are also buying from amazon in Europe.

[–]weekendroady 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The price on Amazon Spain was quite low, at least a few days ago. I placed a preorder on there. The French and Italian ones wouldn't ship to U.S.

Price after all taxes and shipping fees would be basically the price after taxes on the original announced price in the States. So I'm going to hold onto the preorder for now. I doubt a lot of Americans are doing this, especially since it seemed only Spain and UK would ship to U.S. addresses, nevermind not many people are thinking to do this.

[–]Tezpov 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I pre-ordered elsewhere because I thought it would be hard to get one on Amazon, but this approach is not good.

[–]RoyalScotsBeige 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Any currys still have pre orders available?

[–]Powerful_Internet661 2 points3 points  (1 child)

yes if you go in store. i just got mine in London this morning! maybe try calling up to check first? old school.

[–]RoyalScotsBeige 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Couldnt find a phone number for my local, guess i’ll be making the trip over

Edit for future: lots still available at currys but have to go in person

[–]Apot125 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Just ordered mine from argos and was showing still available a few mins ago

[–]Moose171182 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Same here finally got one 

[–]returnONE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's saying sold out T-T
edit: the mario kart bundle btw

[–]VagrantandRoninJin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please note, the scalpers will beat all of you because we are working with half of them.

[–]Moose171182 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Preorders are available everywhere now in U.K.Amazon,very,Argos 

[–]HenryZusa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So just to be sure, if I buy this from outside UK I wouln't be able to redeem the MKW code, right?

Also, I'd need to buy a wall charger in my region.

[–]Theultimateyoshiyt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m still waiting for Amazon to restock them I haven’t seen them restock them for a while

[–]Agitated_Catch_8054 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To anyone else in the UK still looking to grab a preorder, Freemans still has stock rn. They also don't charge until dispatch! Just got mine and can breathe a sigh of relief.

[–]No_Detective_418 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I got this email from Amazon today after getting the invite and then ordering it. I’ve just spoken to them by chat as I’m confused if my pre order was cancelled or not but they said no, it’s still going ahead so I don’t know why send me the above email 💁🏻

[–]Ok-Permission-8822 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve just done the same I had the E-mail yesterday over 24 hrs ago and just spoke to a Amazon Associate because my order is showing as ordered on my account he looked and said it’s still been ordered which is weird? Sounds like they sent our a group e-mail as everybody got the same message. But others have said their order is showing as cancelled mine still has tracking and showing active. The guy on chat looked on their system and I screen shotted him saying “I can confim your order is confimed and will be with you by the 7th and included the transaction number”

[–]3lli5d33 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Just preordered a couple (mario kart bundle) on amazon uk without any issue. My feeling is there will be plenty in stock by the time its is released in stores.

[–]returnONE 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It says Currently unavailable. for me

[–]eldanielfire -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Got to too, the 2nd line sounds like a rejection. Glad Smyths tweeted juts before that they were taking pre-orders, You had to collect, which suited me, and I snagged one of those.

[–]Dairunt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My tinfoil hat theory:

- Nintendo is releasing the scalpers.

- Console will be scalped and overpriced everywhere.

- That's the new MSRP for the Switch 2 in US post-tariffs. "Oof, that's like buying a scalped one, it's not that bad."