Switch sold out everywhere?

Peckham · 14-04-2020 8:46pm #1

Answer seems to be Yes, but checking to see if anyone knows where I might be able to get one.

Looking for a regular console rather than a lite.

Thanks

Banjo · 14-04-2020 9:02pm

They've been popping up periodically all week - Amazon (UK, France and Germany I think), Smyth's, Curry's in the UK, argos's eBay outlet. You just have to periodically sweep the sites and cross your fingers. Hot UK deals will alert you but it's usually too late by the time you read about it there.

Polar101 · 14-04-2020 10:37pm

Yeah, I've been thinking of getting one after listening to a friend, and been checking on Amazon, but they don't seem to have one. I guess we'll be waiting a while.

Banjo · 15-04-2020 11:13am

Why buy when you can build your own?
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitch/comments/g1hzq2/how_to_build_your_own_nintendo_switch_to_starve/

Gallery :
https://imgur.com/gallery/ku9zlNu

Banjo · 16-04-2020 12:07am

Neon Currently on Curry's Ireland and UK sites

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/gaming/gaming-consoles/nintendo-switch-neon-red-blue-10163022-pdt.html

Peckham · 16-04-2020 7:35am

Banjo wrote: »

Neon Currently on Curry's Ireland and UK sites

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/gaming/gaming-consoles/nintendo-switch-neon-red-blue-10163022-pdt.html

Coming up as out of stock now!

Banjo · 16-04-2020 9:18am

Yep. Smyth's UK got them in yesterday afternoon, gone inside 10 minutes. You have to move like a cobra. Strike without mercy!

carq · 16-04-2020 12:57pm

littlewoods have switch lite available but holding out for real switch

Cherry_Cola · 16-04-2020 8:15pm

Banjo wrote: »

Yep. Smyth's UK got them in yesterday afternoon, gone inside 10 minutes. You have to move like a cobra. Strike without mercy!

Thank you for that. Sisters birthday coming up next week so managed to get one. Shipped and all! Appreciate it.

SureYWouldntYa · 16-04-2020 8:17pm

Have to laugh at the people selling them above RRP on Adverts and they have crap like "dont bother telling me its cheaper in store", and since its a new ad I can only imagine they were getting dogs abuse on a previous ad

tbahh · 16-04-2020 10:19pm

FYI

tbahh wrote: »

This is on Smyth's Irish website for the neon red and blue Switch with improved battery life:

Out of Stock. Expected in stock: 17 April - 20 April

For the grey version, just a vague date of May 2020 is given. So for those still on the hunt for a regular Swith, I'd recommend keeping an eye on their site over the coming days.

Link: https://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/video-games-and-tablets/nintendo-gaming/nintendo-switch/nintendo-switch-consoles/nintendo-switch-neon-red-blue-with-improved-battery-life/p/182022

Peckham · 17-04-2020 9:04am

Now in stock in Smyths

Keithdwat · 17-04-2020 9:33am

In stock in SMYTHS now, just thought I’d let you all know!

carq · 17-04-2020 10:19am

got mine there with mario kart and super mario bros

RentDayBlues · 17-04-2020 3:34pm

Thank you to this thread! Just ordered one and 3 games, hopefully that will help everyone with the boredom

All sold out again

B.A._Baracus · 17-04-2020 3:38pm

Wow. Fast selling cause of Corona.
Tempted to buy one myself. But steep at 300

RentDayBlues · 17-04-2020 4:30pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Wow. Fast selling cause of Corona.
Tempted to buy one myself. But steep at 300

That’s what we thought back in March, a few weeks with kids driving us up the walls changed our minds. That and not going out to work means we’re not spending as much

dan786 · 02-05-2020 4:18pm

Anyone know a place that has them in stock, been looking for a week now, cant find anything.

tedpan · 12-05-2020 7:18am

dan786 wrote: »

Anyone know a place that has them in stock, been looking for a week now, cant find anything.

In stock in Smyth's now and available for home delivery. Even the limited edition animal crossing set is in stock.

Be quick!

dan786 · 12-05-2020 7:59am

tedpan wrote: »

In stock in Smyth's now and available for home delivery. Even the limited edition animal crossing set is in stock.

Be quick!

Neon and grey gone already. Just Animal crossing ed left.

tedpan · 12-05-2020 8:02am

dan786 wrote:

Neon and grey gone already. Just Animal crossing ed left.

All in the space of an hour. Madness!

dan786 · 12-05-2020 8:08am

tedpan wrote: »

All in the space of an hour. Madness!

I am sure it all by resellers. The demand on them is crazy.

tedpan · 12-05-2020 8:18am

dan786 wrote:

I am sure it all by resellers. The demand on them is crazy.

Definitely, classic Nintendo, they always limit supply and send customers crazy for their games. Very clever!

12-05-2020 11:49am

dan786 wrote: »

Neon and grey gone already. Just Animal crossing ed left.

that is mental - i checked at 8am and saw animal crossing (which i wanted anyway) was the only one and got it straight away
it's sold out now as well

tedpan · 12-05-2020 12:02pm

bluewolf wrote:

that is mental - i checked at 8am and saw animal crossing (which i wanted anyway) was the only one and got it straight away it's sold out now as well

Yep! I knew it would be quick

sligeach · 12-05-2020 1:39pm

dan786 wrote: »

I am sure it all by resellers. The demand on them is crazy.

One such turd has wasted no time in putting the Animal Crossing Console up for sale on Adverts for an extra €105. I hate people like that.

tedpan · 12-05-2020 2:30pm

sligeach wrote:

One such turd has wasted no time in putting the Animal Crossing Console up for sale on Adverts for an extra â‚¬105. I hate people like that.

There's quite a few of them..

nintendoo · 12-05-2020 9:07pm

Maybe Smyths are selling at markup on adverts etc !!!
Bit like tickmaster and that reseller site they own ...

WAW · 12-05-2020 9:26pm

They have them on eglobal central but they take about 4 weeks to arrive!

tedpan · 12-05-2020 9:30pm

bluewolf wrote:

that is mental - i checked at 8am and saw animal crossing (which i wanted anyway) was the only one and got it straight away it's sold out now as well

The Animal Crossing bundle has been removed from the Smyths website which means no future stock and a possible increase in resale prices..

tedpan · 12-05-2020 9:32pm

WAW wrote:

They have them on eglobal central but they take about 4 weeks to arrive!

For 530e and no game. Madness!

WAW · 12-05-2020 9:53pm

tedpan wrote: »

For 530e and no game. Madness!

Oh they've gone up. I got two games and console for under 400 from them.

tedpan · 12-05-2020 9:57pm

WAW wrote:

Oh they've gone up. I got two games and console for under 400 from them.

Nice! Yeah, there seems to be a shortage in Asia too. Console bundles going for close to a thousand euro in Japan. Eglobal know how to capitalise..

dan786 · 12-05-2020 10:13pm

Thankfully this situation is not happening at Xmas time, imagine what the demand would have been like with some of these going for close to thousand.

About Adverts, there are some people taking advantage of this.

However there are 1/2 sellers who are selling this for high price who have these in bulk but have bought stuff from them myself for hundreds below retail. Everything else they sell is well below retail all year around so dont really mind them. These sellers have sold switches in past for less than retail.

Its more those random people who are just buying for the sake of reselling it just to make quick money. They annoy me.

14-05-2020 3:55pm

elgobal

€419 or €227 for the switch lite

hardly extortionate in the current climate

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/catalogsearch/result/?cat=&q=nintendo+switch

tedpan · 14-05-2020 7:45pm

glasso wrote:

â‚¬419 or â‚¬227 for the switch lite

It sells for 329e in Smyths, 90e is not a small mark-up.

SteM · 14-05-2020 8:57pm

€529.99 for the animal crossing edition :eek:

CastorTroy · 14-05-2020 9:13pm

Think I saw posts elsewhere about that site being hit and miss with deliveries and poor customer service

tedpan · 14-05-2020 9:42pm

SteM wrote:

â‚¬529.99 for the animal crossing edition

Without the game

TitianGerm · 15-05-2020 9:25am

glasso wrote: »

elgobal

€419 or €227 for the switch lite

hardly extortionate in the current climate

https://www.eglobalcentral.eu/catalogsearch/result/?cat=&q=nintendo+switch

€100 more expensive for an out of region Switch that will take weeks to arrive from a dodgy enough retailer.

If it doesn't arrive or arrives defective you'll be banging your head against the wall trying to get it resolved with eGlobal. And if it works ok for a while and develops issues later Nintendo will want nothing to do with it because it's an out of region device.

15-05-2020 9:52am

I've personally had no problems with 6 orders with eglobal and all delivered within 2 weeks. some people have had delays yes.

the likes of smyths / other retailers are just being picked off by scalpers to sell on ebay, adverts etc.

so it may be a viable solution for some (a person above got one there it seems) in the current shortage

TitianGerm · 15-05-2020 10:04am

glasso wrote: »

I've personally had no problems with 6 orders with eglobal and all delivered within 2 weeks. some people have had delays yes.

the likes of smyths / other retailers are just being picked off by scalpers to sell on ebay, adverts etc.

so it may be a viable solution for some (a person above got one there it seems) in the current shortage

I'd rather give a scalper in Ireland the €420 and get the receipt for Smyths/Argos etc because at least you can get it straight away and if something goes wrong they'll replace it.

tedpan · 15-05-2020 10:52am

glasso wrote:

I've personally had no problems with 6 orders with eglobal and all delivered within 2 weeks. some people have had delays yes.

Me too, it's all about patience with eglobal, always gets there in the end. Although my reason for ordering from them is to save money vs buying locally. I'd never pay over retail when purchasing equipment.

Inviere · 15-05-2020 10:59am

TitianGerm wrote: »

and if something goes wrong they'll replace it.

Their policy is to only replace within three months as far as I remember, which contravenes consumer law. If you need a replacement after that time, they'll try fob you off to Nintendo to sort the issue. You'd need to stand your ground & fight them with the possibility of the small claims court to get them to back down on that one.

Your point stands though, I feel if buying today, sticking as close to home as possible is the way to go.

TitianGerm · 15-05-2020 11:02am

Inviere wrote: »

Their policy is to only replace within three months as far as I remember, which contravenes consumer law. If you need a replacement after that time, they'll try fob you off to Nintendo to sort the issue. You'd need to stand your ground & fight them with the possibility of the small claims court to get them to back down on that one.

Your point stands though, I feel if buying today, sticking as close to home as possible is the way to go.

It makes no matter what their policy is. If you bought from an Irish store you are protected my consumer law and more specifically the Sale of Goods Act as you say so you fight your case and they will offer you one of the three R's.

15-05-2020 1:51pm

tedpan wrote: »

Me too, it's all about patience with eglobal, always gets there in the end. Although my reason for ordering from them is to save money vs buying locally. I'd never pay over retail when purchasing equipment.

yes - same - have only bought there due to save on local prices as they are usually very competitive as you know.

16-05-2020 10:35am

Got an email from currys at 4:30am saying back in stock. Sent it to friend still looking for one at 9am. Sold out already

Still waiting for dpd to send mine. Can't wait for animal crossing

Chiarrai19 · 16-05-2020 10:55am

Got the same email myself. Had high hopes at 7:30 when I saw it but they were all gone. They still had the animal crossing blue and white bundle on Smyths earlier but I haven't checked since 9.

spix · 16-05-2020 5:49pm

I caught them in stock on smyths and currys at around 6:30am. I decided to order at smyths. After paying it said

"“Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong. Please do not try to place order again. Please email our dedicated Customer Support Team at callback@smythstoys.com to confirm your order.”

I did what it said, did not order again, emailed them to 'confirm' the order.

Got an email back few hours later, they reversed my payment and asked me to try order again. 1 problem. Out of stock.. at smyths and currys. Nice one. Never ordering there again.

tbahh · 16-05-2020 6:22pm

spix wrote: »

I caught them in stock on smyths and currys at around 6:30am. I decided to order at smyths. After paying it said

"“Sorry, something seems to have gone wrong. Please do not try to place order again. Please email our dedicated Customer Support Team at callback@smythstoys.com to confirm your order.”

I did what it said, did not order again, emailed them to 'confirm' the order.

Got an email back few hours later, they reversed my payment and asked me to try order again. 1 problem. Out of stock.. at smyths and currys. Nice one. Never ordering there again.

It's a shame that you didn't get one this time.
I've had no problem with Smyth's in the past and they also offer free delivery for account holders, and I don't believe this has changed during the pandemic. Unfortunately, demand is high and their system wasn't fast enough to keep with all the ordering.

You also got a reply on a Saturday, which shows a really good sign on their behalf.

Don't be dismayed by having one bad experience with them. I'd recommend buying from them anyway over other stores offering similar products, such as GameStop.

spix · 16-05-2020 6:27pm

tbahh wrote: »

It's a shame that you didn't get one this time.
I've had no problem with Smyth's in the past and they also offer free delivery for account holders, and I don't believe this has changed during the pandemic. Unfortunately, demand is high and their system wasn't fast enough to keep with all the ordering.

You also got a reply on a Saturday, which shows a really good sign on their behalf.

Don't be dismayed by having one bad experience with them. I'd recommend buying from them anyway over other stores offering similar products, such as GameStop.

It was still showing as in stock for a few hours after I ordered however I didn't order again as the message told me not to, and to contact them to confirm the order. The system cant have been that slow.. I don't think it was a stock issue when I ordered but some other issue on their end. They shouldn't have cancelled my payment and asked me to order again, they should've confirmed it like the message said 'Please email our dedicated Customer Support Team at callback@smythstoys.com to confirm your order" Had the message just said there was a problem with the order, try again or something similar, I would've tried again or ordered at currys.

My payment was successful as I checked my bank account, smyths had the option to either accept or or reverse it. They reversed it and asked me to order again, trying to imply my browser was the issue, there was no mention of stock issues in the email.

Switch sold out everywhere?

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