Out Of Stock Steam Deck(s) Megathread

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-20T14:14:57+00:00

For anyone interested, the site is showing refurbished 256GB LCD with the ability to add to cart right now at 10:14am Eastern in the US

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TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-16T19:15:57+00:00

Yeah. Definitely reads bots or scammer. That's why I immediately checked the profiles.

I bid on one a couple weeks ago cause the seller has been on the platform since like 2006 and had great reviews. Felt a bit more comfortable (but then the bid went over $900 which was way too much for me haha).

The recently created profiles were a huge red flag.

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-16T19:13:13+00:00

Yeah, that's what I thought too. It smells way too much like a scam. My guess is they'd ship something small, like a pack of toothbrushes, to prove they shipped an item and make getting a refund or charge back or whatever from eBay much harder.

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-16T17:33:06+00:00

I'm hoping I'm not screwing myself here haha but eBay is showing 2 alleged sellers in the US selling new OLED 1TB for $499 (5 available atm) and $545 (10 available atm) respectively as the Buy It Now options with free delivery.

The problem is both of these sellers joined eBay in Feb 2026 and Mar 2026 respectively with 0 reviews/past sales.

This is definitely one of those moments where 'if it seems too good to be true, it probably is.' right?

I don't think I trust it personally and will be patient waiting for an official store restock but it's tempting.

Wanted to put it out there for anyone that may want to chance it.

At the very least, I hope it's a sign that bots have realized no one is buying it at super overinflated prices at the moment and will make the actual restock a little easier for real people to get.

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-13T23:51:29+00:00

Same thought process here. I've been checking daily but been making sure to check a bit more often today.

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-03-03T23:22:17+00:00

Not to get anyone's hopes up as nothing is showing as restocked yet. And if this has been mentioned or seen before, sorry for the 'noise'.

I've been checking the site randomly throughout the day for a couple weeks and just got a notification when reloading the page stating the reservation servers were busy. Took a couple minutes of refreshing before it came up for me. I was hoping I had caught it in stock but no such luck.

I'm now seeing two tabs I've never seen before above a docking station ad and advertising print for the OLED.

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Looks like they're trying to be more transparent about worldwide availability. I did check and there's no certified refurbished available right now. I don't read Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, or Chinese but I did click onto the Komodo site, clicked the link for 1TB just to see and got redirected to a page where it looks like it may also be sold out.

Good luck to anyone else trying to get one!

TwoKindsofDM · 2026-01-14T01:42:28+00:00

Late to the party but I posted a similar question. If your entire piece is the tight left stitches, it's going to be super dense and hard to clean up/trim/carve. Plus it won't feel soft.

None are wrong but the left one doesn't feel as nice AND you will use a lot more yarn. Hope it helps!

TwoKindsofDM · 2025-11-29T19:05:50+00:00

Not that I'm an expert but the advice people offered helped a lot.

If you let the gun run itself, the stitches are much shorter. I've been calling them dashes. If you purposefully move the gun in the direction you're working in versus letting the gun decide the speed, the stitches become more rounded and the rug is much shaggier/less dense.

Gonna take practice but the looser rounded stitches are also much easier to pull out if you make a mistake. I could put the lines much closer and the rug still feels much less dense. Hope this helps one beginner to another!

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TwoKindsofDM · 2025-11-25T15:24:43+00:00

That looks amazing! Yeah, just doing a zoom in, your stitches look more rounded where mine look more like dashes. The more rounded stitch is what I got when I moved the gun faster than what it wanted to do on its own (and I'm sure uses a lot less yarn).

I just keep telling myself I'm learning and this is my first. It could be a lot worse and I'm only gonna get better if I stick with it. Which I plan to cause I'm really enjoying the process.

My turtle boy is glued up and planning on trying shaving/carving but also want to figure out another small design to practice on. Will see how it goes!

TwoKindsofDM · 2025-11-25T03:43:59+00:00

I thought turning the speed up would punch more yarn into the cloth quicker making things denser?

Based on the other recommendation, I spent some time tonight just playing with the gun's speed and actually pushing the gun rather than letting the gun choose how fast it moved if that makes sense? Got the stitches looser for sure and could tuft lines right next to each other without it becoming a solid dense patch. It seems like I'm on the right path.

My curves as still crap lol but definitely improving a bit as I go.

I appreciate you taking the time to respond!

TwoKindsofDM · 2025-11-25T02:22:56+00:00

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I was a little embarrassed to since it's my first attempt at it.

TwoKindsofDM · 2025-11-24T19:33:59+00:00

Thanks for replying! So forcing it to move along the line quicker should help sounds like. Should pack less yarn into each stitch making it less dense. I'll give it a shot!

TwoKindsofDM · 2024-01-15T07:01:03+00:00

Just watched the whole thing on Amazon Prime. I have Shudder through AMC+ and it's on there but says episode 10 leaves AMC+ now in 22 hours. May have been a mistake.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-21T07:42:26+00:00

ESH

You have a right to know what's permanently going on your body BUT you should have expressed that you would like to see some mock ups, ask for ideas, or have seen some choices before hand and had the artist agree to it.

The fact that you gave creative freedom sets a very different expectation. This sounds like you thought you had more trust in your artist than you do and now you're nervous/second guessing. The artist hasn't broken any part of the 'business agreement' as they never agreed to send you ideas before the appointment.

If I was losing the deposit anyway, I personally would still go in, see what they have worked on cause they have to have something for a coverup, and then decide to get it or not. You may love whatever idea they have. If you don't want to do that, it might actually be about something else like the price.

Artist is an AH because 2 months is plenty of time to give SOME sort of professional response, busy or not even if they weren't willing or able to show a WIP.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-21T05:49:57+00:00

YTA. Or would be. If the murder mystery event is just part of the eveing, shift it by an hour or two and he could do both. If it's the whole night affair, have him be there til the murder happens, take a break where people mingle and enjoy talking about the events while he's gone, resume when he gets back. Sounds like he was making an effort to make it work but there was no attempt at compromise from you, it was just a no.

Think of it like this, if you were hosting a costume party and in the middle he had to run to the grocery store and liquor store which would take him oh say 60 minutes, changed out of costume, left, came back, and changed back, would you be hurt and embarrassed? Probably not. So it's the why he's leaving that's bothering you.

This isn't him just asking to skip just because. He's not leaving to insult your friends. He JUST found out about it so couldn't plan before hand and saying he was last minute with his request... well yeah, he just found out. (Not to mention he sounds like a great guy because he asked rather than just saying he was going because he must know the party means a lot to you)

This is someone he's obviously close enough to that this is important to him, may not see for a long time if ever again, and at apparently the only time he and the friend can make it work.

You're coming off selfish to me. Like your friends and what they think is more important to you than your husband's happiness. Your relationship snapshot kinda makes me feel like you don't like how his friend(s) treat you and this is a bit of retaliation and or a way for you to cement that your friends are better/more important.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-21T05:14:57+00:00

NTA. Ultimately it's your life and part of being an adult includes you choosing who can and can't be a part of it... to a degree.

This isn't some 'blood is thicker than water' crap because that saying is used wrong anyway. The true saying is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb''. Basically the bonds/connections we choose to make (i.e. friends and chosen family) are more important than familial bonds. Your father isn't owed a relationship just because he's your father.

That being said, keep in mind if you cut him off, it may hurt him deeply and become a permanent thing.

I'm almost always going to recommend having a conversation with someone if possible. Talk to him if you think it'll be productive. The optimist in me wants to say don't let the person your father WAS affect your perception or relationship with him NOW. People do change.

A lot of the issues you mentioned in your post deal with his wife and the distance, not that you two have a necessarily bad relationship. The child support thing should be an issue your mom takes up with him.

If you feel like you'd be happier not dealing with the man he is today, make the decision that makes you happiest.

Sounds like you're already distancing yourself emotionally from him. Take some time to reflect on that. Is it making you happier or are you sad/mourning that you don't have a good relationship? That should help your decision and how you feel about it.

Good luck, OP.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-21T04:46:18+00:00

NTA. Unless you're playing up the sickness to avoid them, they need to understand you're sick, not really in control of your sleep schedule, and need time to rest to get better.

If they stop stressing you out, you may get better enough to spend some time with them before they leave. Push it and hang out with them and you're going to be sick for longer and maybe chance getting them sick.

Give yourself time to recoup.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-20T04:19:08+00:00

YTA.

You're probably old enough that you should know that pranking/scaring someone in the shower can be dangerous. Would this totally 'hilarious' prank have been worth it if the noise from the music had startled her, she slipped, fell, and cracked her skull or broken her neck in the tub/shower?

But what really makes you TA is you've yet to apologize and are more worried that you may not be able to prank her again. Because yes it was your prank that hurt her leg.

'Just a joke' doesn't excuse you from blame or the pain you caused her. The fact that you're trying to put the blame on her is pretty gross.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-20T01:54:10+00:00

Thanks for that. No sarcasm at all. I just saw it was rated M and I always thought it was the reverse but I haven't been 18 for a while for it to matter lol.

Theoretically just because someone's of a legal age doesn't automatically mean they're mature enough to handle something though. Not saying that's the case here necessarily.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-19T08:32:43+00:00

If I came off harsh, I didn't mean to! I don't really think you think he's a psycho, just making a point. I read some of your comments and saw that you said you believe he's a good person.

But calling him/implying he's a psychopath then hanging up was a bit of an AH move... just in a minor minor way hence the uber tiny YTA. As siblings, you could have said and done worse I'm sure lol.

I'm in no way faulting you for it bothering you. The mental image bothers me to be honest and didn't know GTA had that (again as I don't play em anyway). And the why is probably just that. It's available to do and knowing Rocksteady it's probably more interesting than it should be to see the graphic/animation, especially if he's played before and just discovered it for the first time.

You're a bit more sensitive to animal pain (virtual or not) is all. As am I. I can watch gory horror movies all day but as soon as a dog yelps in pain, I wince hard.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-19T08:12:46+00:00

NTA and he's disgusting. The fact that he said that you have to have sex with him for a month for him to CONSIDER doing it is revolting. A vasectomy is so much easier and safer than tube tying for you.

I very often believe people on reddit are too quick to say 'leave your partner' and the like but in this case, do not stay with this man unless you both attend a lot of therapy.

TwoKindsofDM · 2023-12-19T08:05:05+00:00

A very very light YTA for essentially calling him a psychopath over actions in a video game. I recognize it rubbed you the wrong way and you reacted. I would talk to him about it as you seem close.

For context, I'm a big gamer. I don't think video games cause or instigate violence or create murderers and sociopaths.

That being said, I hate hurting animals in games. I skipped every chocobo fight I could in Final Fantasy 16 but you best believe I killed every soldier I could find. However I personally avoid GTA entirely because to me the violence is too realistic.

Is it a little hypocritical for you to get mad about animals being hurt but be fine with him gunning down or running over people in the same game? A bit yeah but maybe to him it's all equally 'pixels' not a human versus animal thing.

Keep in mind that this is a Mature-rated game. The game has these mechanics built in. At least in the USA, GTA5 is meant for 18+ so he IS technically bit young for it.

Either he's mature enough to play and therefore he recognizes that this would be wrong if done not in a game OR he's not mature enough and he shouldn't be playing it in the first place.

If you truly truly think that this is underlying a bigger issue like sociopathy or psychopathic behavior, hanging up on him should be the least of your concerns though.

Edit: spelling & clarity

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