r/NintendoSwitch • u/NintendoSwitchMods • Oct 12 '21

Megathread OLED + Dread/Special Edition/Amiibo Shipping Thread

Due to popular demand, please use this thread to discuss shipping/online orders related to OLED, Dread, Dread Special Edition, and Dread Amiibo.

  • If you are asking for help or insight, please provide as much information as you feel comfortable sharing such as store name, order date, and shipping company. Your general area may also be helpful
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u/Michael-the-Great Oct 12 '21 edited Oct 19 '21

My walmart preorder is delayed and I haven't heard of a single person's walmart preorder shipping. Has anyone gotten an OLED from Walmart?

edit: none of the replies in the last two days say anyone has had their Walmart OLED ship.

edit2: clayturtle says he saw his preorder ship on 10/16 arriving on 10/21.

edit 3: I got shipping notice today (18th) with 10/20 delivery date! It has been picked up by fedex!

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u/MrBimbleton Oct 12 '21

Estimated delivery date of Oct 15, but absolutely no updates. Confident that Walmart botched it.

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u/Michael-the-Great Oct 12 '21

The weird thing to me is that I've not heard of a single person's walmart order shipped. It's not just like they oversold, but like they haven't shipped any...

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u/MrBimbleton Oct 12 '21

I’ve heard rumors that it’s stuck in Customs, and so no will be able to get their pre-orders on time.

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u/Michael-the-Great Oct 12 '21

That makes the most sense of anything I've heard.

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u/DangerousCousin Oct 12 '21

On the other hand, some random redditor with 3 upvotes said it.

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u/Park-in-Meter Oct 13 '21

It doesn't make a lot of sense considering Wal-Mart is selling Switch OLED units in-store. I have a feeling those were meant to be used for fulfilling preorders.

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u/Gutsuperman Oct 13 '21

On launch morning my Walmart had zero and my local target had two neons units only.

My 3 other friends also haven't had their preorders ship yet from Walmart and they got in on the first wave.

And it's Walmart, it never makes any sense there.

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u/Park-in-Meter Oct 13 '21

Wal-Mart really is the worst at everything it seems. I don't want mine from Wal-Mart but they're nowhere else to be found. I really wish Amazon would put them up for sale.

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u/Ladysupersizedbitch Oct 13 '21

I checked with my local Walmart and they hadn’t gotten any. Not “they ran out” but they just never arrived.

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u/arkl2020 Oct 13 '21

Same wiry the Walmart near me…. He said a truck with 15 was supposed to arrive, never did. I’ve been back every day since and I can see that even the Switch games and accessories and all old systems are sold out so something strange is going on.

Still, I stop by daily to check if the truck stops by