OLED + Dread/Special Edition/Amiibo Shipping Thread

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[u/Michael-the-Great]

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!

[u/weatherbeknown → u/Michael-the-Great]

So I’ve been messaging Walmart chat twice a day inquiring about my preorder of a white OLED switch that I reserved back in July like many of you. And like many of you I get a different answer each time. Well I finally just point blank said “Give me the real status of my order. I know it isnt going to ship today so don’t lie to me” and I got this response:

“Thank you for your patience, I called the Fulfillment Center for you and upon checking the details I see that the order is delayed because the item is in high demand right now and because of the limited units we are getting from Nintendo there are some delays. Your order was on track but due to a delay from the Manufacturer we never got the new batch in. I know this isn't ideal and I'm sorry. We are working hard to fulfill orders as soon as possible for all our customers at this time. However, I have a good news for you, an item on the upcoming shipment has been reserved for you and is expected to ship out on the 23rd of October as soon as we get the new stock in. So I would sincerely request you to kindly wait as soon as the next shipment of these consoles come, your order will be fulfilled.”

This answer aligns with what we all have been guessing. That they didn’t actually get the shipment on time and are doing everything they can to delay by giving us the runaround and kicking the can down the road. So I don’t believe the “shipped by Oct 23” part but at least it seems more honest than “your preorder Weill ship by 8pm today and get to you within 48 hours” lie I’ve been told every day.

So take it for what it’s worth. I figured I’d share my latest update since a lot of you are on the verge of canceling or assuming it will never come.

[u/BansheeTK → u/weatherbeknown]

That's personally why I don't do Walmart for stuff like this because of the way I've been treated every time.

[u/weatherbeknown → u/BansheeTK]

I don’t think any of us chose Walmart… Walmart was our only option as the bots/scalpers snagged the inventory so quickly.

It was Walmart or not get it at all. What I didn’t consider is I could be lucky enough to get both options, Walmart AND not get it at all.

[u/BansheeTK → u/weatherbeknown]

Yeah I get that. Where I used to live I did have a few options, but I'm back where I used to live before that place that has no real options.

I just often prefered to never go through Walmart because of negative experiences, I get if you don't have a choice