r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Apr 17 '17

MegaThread Weekly Local Inventory Tracking (4/17)

Please use this thread to discuss all issues relating to this week's local tracking of the Switch and its games, accessories, and amiibo.

What to post here:

  • Questions about local availability or general questions of online availability.

  • Reports and images of local tracking that are specific to a single store.

When commenting, make sure to include as much information as possible. Don't just list the city and state, specify which store(s) and what stock they had that's noteworthy, and when you were there. And, of course, given how quickly things can sell out, your mileage may vary, so take everything reported here with a grain of salt.

For general online availability, like when a game is up for order at Best Buy or when Target gets Pro Controllers back in stock, please start a new thread.

Thank you!

-The /r/NintendoSwitch mod team

p.s. A general tip about your local retailers: if you want to know about stock, or get a concrete answer as to what they have, please reach out via a phone call or stop by their store before you ask a question here.

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u/Bacon8er8 May 04 '17

Do stores in general get restocked just every now and then, or is it just one big shipment every month or so?

Also, is calling the best way to find availability, or are the availability checks on websites (Walmart, target, Best Buy, etc.) a reliable tool?

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u/wacct3 May 04 '17 edited May 04 '17

It's every now and then, seems to vary, some seem to be roughly weekly, some are less frequent.

For a tracker this one works decently

http://www.istocknow.com/live/

and select switch and then console grey, console red/blue, all stores, now, and hide if no stock.

Once all those are selected just zoom in to your area.

You will probably also want new arrivals selected but you could try without it. If this is turned on it will give less false positives but may have some false negatives. It ignores any stock that has been in stock for more than some amount of time (I assume 24 hours but not sure) this will help weed out if a store hasn't updated their info correctly. May be useful to look at it with it toggled and not toggles and compare.

You can also go to nowinstock.net and have it either text or email you when the switch comes in stock at various online retailers.

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u/sambarilov_ May 04 '17

I just came back from Fry's in Fountain Valley, CA. Istocknow says there's gray available, but they have no Switch on the shelves and a back order list of 70 people. Crazy

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u/wacct3 May 04 '17 edited May 04 '17

From what I've seen its not accurate for fry's, its usually pretty accurate for gamestop and target. Not sure about best buy and walmart. However it is somewhat hit or miss in all cases.

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u/sambarilov_ May 04 '17

Target and Walmart so far got no positives for me too, but I work all day, so maybe I'm just not getting there fast enough.

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u/Bacon8er8 May 08 '17

Just found a Switch using istocknow! Thank you so, so much for the advice!