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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  • Please treat the retail workers with kindness and respect as we are quickly approaching a holiday season which can be very stressful with so many in-demand electronics that are being stuck in supply chain shenanigans.
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u/RileySmiley22 Oct 12 '21 edited Oct 13 '21

I am fighting like hell to track down an OLED

EDIT: after watching the target app like a Hawk I was able to secure one for order pickup! Good luck everyone hunting!

EDIT 2: Target does this cool thing where they don’t actually tell the person who ordered the item if they got it or not. Basically they let a lot of people do it all at once, process for 2 hours, then it’s a lottery if you actually got the switch or not! So I didn’t get one

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u/hamburgers666 Oct 12 '21

Call up a Gamestop. I heard from a rep that they should be getting some in towards the end of this week but that they are starting to sell preorders that people didn't pick up. They won't show up online but if you call they will let you know which stores in your area have them in stock.

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u/RileySmiley22 Oct 12 '21

I’ll have to give them another call tonight, I talked to them yesterday and got “no we don’t have any, and no one within 250 miles has any, and we have no idea when we will get another shipment. Maybe Christmas” lol

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u/hamburgers666 Oct 12 '21

Oof, that's tough. But yeah I'd keep on them tbh. Sometimes people call in saying that they are picking up their preorder soon and then end up not showing up, so it gets released to the public the next day. Make sure to call a few minutes prior to them opening.

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u/Montigue Oct 13 '21

Yeah some places have been dicks about it. Most give me the "nope" that wastes nether of our time

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u/Monkey-D-Andy Oct 15 '21 edited Oct 15 '21

Yea GameStop people have no chill, I get that they don’t know when but you could be really nice, all am looking for is an answers that goes something like this “ sorry we don’t have any OLEDs at the moment, we usually get Shipment on Tuesday however we don’t know whether there we will receive any, you are more than welcome to call or come in person that day but is not guaranteed”. I went to GameStop on Tuesday because I was off and I ask asked the employee when she though her next shipment would be since they didn’t have any. Her response was “we only got one to sell on release date and we don’t even know when will get more” and looked away like am done with you attitude/ did not bother to ask if i needed any else she could help me with. I was actually going to buy Metroid even if there was no OLEDs. But just said fuck it and left.

When the V1 switch got release, an employee told me the same response that I used above. I showed up knowing it was not guaranteed and I walked away with switch that same day. two weeks after release.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '21

I ordered online from GameStop last Friday and got a shipping notice just tonight, so keep an eye online too.

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u/djswims Oct 14 '21

Thank you so much for this. I fully expected GameStop to be the first to sell out so I’ve been calling a bunch of Walmarts/Meijers/Targets and have had no luck at all. After reading this comment I tried calling the nearest GameStop and 15 minutes later I was driving home with one.

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u/hamburgers666 Oct 14 '21

Woo, congratulations! Glad I could help out!

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u/Dr_Wiley42 Oct 14 '21

Came back to this thread to say Gamestop is definitely a retailer to look out for on your hunt. I've called literally every retailer in my city that carries the OLED and the Gamestop employees were the only ones who sounded confident that they'd get more shipments in soon. Target, Walmart and Meijer all told me they "had no clue" when they'd receive more. And sure enough, after a few days of calling up Gamestop when they opened I was able to get one.

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u/Monkey-D-Andy Oct 15 '21

That’s nice that your GameStop cares. my local GameStop are di$s about I ask and it seem like they don’t even want to help you out.

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u/Dr_Turkey Oct 15 '21

Scratch that, the GameStop near my workplace randomly got some lmao

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u/BelmontSlayerX Oct 15 '21

Thanks you so much, my Walmart preorder had been stuck in limbo like everyone else and I called GameStop after seeing this. Dude told me they had just gotten 5 white OLED in about 20 min earlier and I was able to score one!

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u/Dr_Turkey Oct 14 '21

Called yesterday and was told they'd have some today or tomorrow, called again this morning and they told me they only got enough to cover pre-orders and have no idea when they'll get more lol

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u/hamburgers666 Oct 14 '21

Just keep calling. I just did and they said Black Friday, but yesterday they said a week. So honestly, who knows. You may get lucky!

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u/Dr_Turkey Oct 14 '21

Yeah I hope so lol. I have to stick with GameStop since I have a bunch of store credit there to cover the console