ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, Deadeye said: I was able to secure it. I checked the website about 30 mins prior to the opening time listed. Yeah, that's an even bigger kick to the dick. Many people managed to secure one way before the codes were actually supposed to be given out, so maybe if they didn't do that and actually started giving out codes when they said they would, there would've been enough for people like me who couldn't jump on it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Ok, so now let's start taking friendly bets of what someone will actually buy one of these sets for on eBay. I'm gonna guess just over $100. Some one who missed out and just has to have it is going to make the last bit at something like $102-103. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Yeah, that's an even bigger kick to the dick. Many people managed to secure one way before the codes were actually supposed to be given out, so maybe if they didn't do that and actually started giving out codes when they said they would, there would've been enough for people like me who couldn't jump on it right away. I had an alarm set for the opening time, but figured I would just check early and it said claim now. It was just dumb luck, but I agree they should have stuck with the time they listed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, RH said: Ok, so now let's start taking friendly bets of what someone will actually buy one of these sets for on eBay. I'm gonna guess just over $100. Some one who missed out and just has to have it is going to make the last bit at something like $102-103. I'm gonna guess closer to $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Looks like I was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soma | 73 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Fucking hell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 My opinion, they should produce enough to meet demand since it is limited to (1) per account and you need to purchase 3D All stars to qualify. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 WELL, anyone have an extra pin set ordered they don't want?! I've got 10 WHOLE DOLLARS with your name on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Deadeye said: My opinion, they should produce enough to meet demand since it is limited to (1) per account and you need to purchase 3D All stars to qualify. Well, supposedly it's limited to one per account, but many people have added tons to their cart at once just trying to get the damn order to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,011 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Deadeye said: My opinion, they should produce enough to meet demand since it is limited to (1) per account and you need to purchase 3D All stars to qualify. I believe they will they didnt have that hard of a time doing it for the snes and nes controllers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: They did say this though. "while supplies last." That's big company speak for "If you're not on this shit within 10 seconds, you're fucked my friend." Good catch, but I stand by my complaints about customer experience. It doesn't surprise me that supplies were limited. Regardless, you don't want them to "sell out" before people even get notifications of when the initial claim period is suppose to be. If @Deadeye got lucky and got his because he checked out the site before the official claim period, but other people tried to claim theirs shortly after the start time and couldn't claim a code afterwards because their supply was already empty, then that's just a bait and switch and that doesn't help the image of any business. But, if they were simply having technical errors, maybe they were putting multiple pin sets in peoples carts if they accidentally refreshed the site or kept clicking on something because something seemed to time out. Maybe there are back-end, one set per customer limitations, but 75% of the inventory is locked up in broken shopping carts. This is still a problem but I guess that's possible. Maybe Nintendo will actually notice the problem, fix it and many of us early players will get a set of these. I'm trying to be fair and optimistic but if this is more Nintendo, short sighted stupidity... well there's nothing to say. I still love their products and I wish for once they'd stop being so overwhelming conservative about how they think their customers will respond to their products and promotions. Edited September 21, 2020 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ZeldaFreak said: Looks like I was right. Nope, this stupidity isn't done. That's just the beginning of the bubble. My $100 guess might actually be to low. In all honesty, my gut said $125 but rationality made me drop it to just over $100. Nintendo fans, however, can sometimes be anything BUT rational. And, to be clear, as annoyed as I am by this I'd still drop $5, maybe $10 on these because it will look good with our Disney Muppet pins we use with pin trading at Disney World. (Yes, we are those people. It's fun for the kids.) Edited September 21, 2020 by RH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorabear | 69 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Nearly an hour and a half later, it finally added the pins to the cart. Now to see how the checkout will go... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, RH said: Good catch, but I stand by my complaints about customer experience. It doesn't surprise me that supplies were limited. Regardless, you don't want them to "sell out" before people even get notifications of when the initial claim period is suppose to be. If @Deadeye got lucky and got his because he checked out the site before the official claim period, but other people tried to claim theirs shortly after the start time and couldn't claim a code afterwards because their supply was already empty, then that's just a bait and switch and that doesn't help the image of any business. But, if they were simply having technical errors, maybe they were putting multiple pin sets in peoples carts if they accidentally refreshed the site or kept clicking on something because something seemed to time out. Maybe there are back-end, one set per customer limitations, but 75% of the inventory is locked up in broken shopping carts. This is still a problem but I guess that's possible. Maybe Nintendo will actually notice the problem, fix it and many of us early players will get a set of these. I'm trying to be fair an optimistic but if this is more Nintendo, short sighted stupidity... well there's nothing to say. I still love their products and I wish for once they'd stop being so overwhelming conservative about how they think their customers will respond to their products and promotions. My guess judging by how this whole thing is working is that if you managed to get a code from the mission rewards screen on the Mario site, you're lined up for one, and the only reason they're making people order it after they've already gotten a code is so they can charge for shipping. If my assumption is correct, I'm guessing that means they're already out of codes, since regardless of how many sets you put in your cart, each person has only gotten one code. So we're probably not gonna have any luck with this unfortunately. Who knows, maybe I'll be proven wrong, but... well, frankly I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, RH said: Nope, this stupidity isn't done. That's just the beginning of the bubble. My $100 guess might actually be to low. In all honesty, my gut said $125 but rationality made me drop it to just over $100. Nintendo fans, however, can sometimes be anything BUT rational. And, to be clear, as annoyed as I am by this I'd still drop $5, maybe $10 on these because it will look good with our Disney Muppet pins we use with pin trading at Disney World. (Yes, we are those people. It's fun for the kids.) Oh yeah, I know this is only just the beginning, I'm just glad I was right on that first sell And yeah, I'd totally pay a good $10 for these as well. They're pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adorabear | 69 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Managed to get to the screen where I entered shipping information, but there was no sort of continue button to go on with the order. I tried refreshing in case it was a glitch and now I'm getting an error screen saying the Nintendo store is currently under maintenance and closed. Damn it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, ZeldaFreak said: Oh yeah, I know this is only just the beginning, I'm just glad I was right on that first sell And yeah, I'd totally pay a good $10 for these as well. They're pretty neat. Mario holding the Mushroom is a my favorite of iconic Mario images. It's one of the earliest renditions of him that looks like himself consistently and that image is straight from my youngest recollection of the character. I see that version of Mario officially on something, I want's it. I'll probably never feel justified in buying the vintage cardboard cut-out version that was used for marketing (I'm sure they go for north of $700 now, in good shape) but man, finding one of those at a moderate price is a dream. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,690 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Welp, I'm getting ready to drive home from work. I'll check again later tonight when the store comes back up and let you guys know if "claimed" codes are still valid after the disaster that we just experienced. Hopefully tomorrow's Xbox preorders go better than this. Ugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: Hopefully tomorrow's Xbox preorders go better than this. Ugh. First the RTX 3080 pre-orders, then the PS5 pre-orders, now this. I wouldn't get your hopes up, honestly. Prepare for the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I put a random set of numbers in there just to see what would happen, and it actually went to a loading screen, and for a second I was like "No, there's no way that worked..." but it went back to the regular store page. It was worth a shot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadeye | 1,595 Homebrew Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 @ZeldaFreak @DoctorEncore @RH In the comments here: https://www.destructoid.com/stories/you-can-now-order-those-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-pins-from-nintendo-604361.phtml 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Deadeye said: @ZeldaFreak @DoctorEncore @RH In the comments here: https://www.destructoid.com/stories/you-can-now-order-those-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-pins-from-nintendo-604361.phtml Ha, I might have been right! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Just now, Deadeye said: @ZeldaFreak @DoctorEncore @RH In the comments here: https://www.destructoid.com/stories/you-can-now-order-those-super-mario-bros-35th-anniversary-pins-from-nintendo-604361.phtml Well, that gives some hope for the people who already got their codes at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Yup, seems like my theory was correct. If you already have your code, then there's nothing to worry about. People like me and RH though, welp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeldaFreak | 3,600 Events Team · Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Kind of just wish they made this a pre-order bonus now. Would've been way less of a shitshow than this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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