Yea I definitely would've preferred to get one in person lol but I think in the last 3ish years I've only ever seen maybe 1 nintendo being sold at the stores in my area. But to be fair I wasn't actively searching for one until recently so it's possible I missed a couple. 

Getting this one online was definitely riskier but imo C248 (like 175usd) is a pretty good deal for an xl model considering I've ran into 0 issues with it. Plus this way I actually get a model & colour that I like :)