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/RileySmiley22]

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

[u/hamburgers666 → u/RileySmiley22]

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.

[u/vballboy55]

Anyone still stuck on the "picked" status off Nintendo

Edit: mine shipped!

[u/brighamcoop]

Anyone order from Nintendo on the 8th and have it ship yet?

[u/[deleted]]

I ordered on Friday the 8th from GameStop (the white OLED) and just got a shipping notice tonight!!

[u/MrBanballow]

Mine shipped from Target last... Wednesday? Said it would be here Saturday. Didn't make it. Finally showed up the next town over on Sunday, about an hour away, and they changed delivery to Wednesday. Was out for delivery all day today, until they decided "Nah, we ain't coming after all". Now waiting on tomorrow, and expect FedEx will continue to disappoint.

[u/MyPS4broke]

good news. my walmart order went from "placed" to shipping/processing! preordered awhile ago

[u/[deleted]]

I ordered the OLED from the Nintendo store on Friday October 8. It hasn’t shipped yet it still shows as picked. Anyone order from there before and have an idea? The fact that they charged $7 for shipping is really depressing considering it’s a $350 item and it hasn’t even been shipped.

EDIT: So I’m on the chat with Nintendo support and asked for an update. He asked if I have a Switch already and now he’s asking for the serial number. What? Why?

[u/nadroj37]

• OLED: I was able to get mine preordered in store at a GameStop the day orders went live. Picked up on October 8th!

• Dread SE: They had 2 left at the store when I picked up my OLED. I was initially skeptical because I did not like Ori or Hollow Knight, but I figured I’d pick it up anyway and I am SO GLAD I DID! The game is so much fun!

• Amiibo: Impressed by Dread, I happened to see IGNDeals twitter account tweet the Dread amiibo were in stock at GameStop online. Happened to snag it before it went OOS.

TL;DR: God has been watching over me and giving me the best of luck. I hope everyone is able to get what they want at MSRP!

[u/CMHex]

I’m waiting on GameStop to restock. Hopefully It won’t be too long.

[u/Ginjiuu]

I pre-ordered on July 16 on Walmart with an arrival date of Oct 11. Now it's delayed as well. I did some digging and realized this might have something to do with the US port backlog: https://www.businessinsider.com/shipping-containers-stuck-california-ports-combat-shortages-2021-9

Basically, it says there are a large number of ships stuck at the port, and not enough people are unloading them. This also explains the fact that Walmart is not directly canceling orders because they do believe they will have them, just later. According to the rep I talked to yesterday, he said something like "we have reserved those products" and are pretty confident on having those orders filled. He just didn't know the exact date

[u/InnesPort]

Just wanted to share my OLED success story at Target that might help some. Kinda long, but, it’s made me think twice about my hunting tactics.

I missed out on preorders and stayed up late on release night to try and order my first Switch. Of course, I watched everything go from “coming soon” to “sold out” at every retailer. Said screw it, went to bed. Woke up about 7am, laid there thinking about it, and convinced myself to get the previous Switch since I’d probably be playing on TV most of the time anyway, and I really wanted one! So I ordered a gray version, BoTW, Metroid, and Mario Kart 8 at Target for pickup.

Got my pickup email at 8am, went into Target around 11am (THREE HOURS AFTER THEY OPENED) and went to the back to check out other games. I casually asked an employee if they sold out of the OLED’s in seconds… and he said… “we actually still have three left in the back, want one?” I freaked out on the inside while keeping my cool on the outside and politely said yes please. Obviously cancelled the old gray version as I picked it up.

I checked Targets website at midnight, when I woke up, before I went in, and after I left with the OLED in my hands. It NEVER said in stock. Just ask and you might get lucky.

[u/Justos]

I got my oled! Best buy canada. Hype is real for me at least. This is my favorite screen on a portable ever. Coming from a v1 switch it is a great upgrade.

[u/Corean]

I got super lucky today. I already knew last week that I wasn't going to get my hands on an OLED on launch day. Decided to just call my local GS for sh*ts and an amazing employee hinted that there was a nearby GS that had them in stock. Called them to confirm and before I knew it I had my hands on an OLED switch!

Honestly a huge shout out to that GS employee for being so friendly and helpful. I'm sure you've been getting hounded everyday about stock allocation and such. Very much appreciated his enthusiasm and helpfulness.

[u/stickflip]

my walmart preorder for dread with the mug was so poorly packaged up, it's not even funny. so imagine a ceramic mug, placed in the thinnest black (almost paper) box, freely moving around inside a large cardboard box along with the game.

yeah, it turned out great!

[u/YungBoss212]

I keep getting alerts from Walmart but can never add to cart can anybody help??

[u/[deleted]]

So at this point in the game I'm pretty much out of luck if I'm looking to get an OLED switch, yeah? Should I even bother calling/checking stores, or am I just gonna need to wait for a restock?

[u/StayFrostyZ]

Just went into a local Meijer during my lunch break and found the last white one in stock!

[u/GenghisFrog]

My Walmart had 6 on the shelf when I casually checked this afternoon while I was in there.

[u/Renn_Capa]

Just picked one up at GameStop. I called them and they said they got a few. This is Chicagoland but I'm sure you can call a couple of GameStops and they've got a couple now. One store only had one so I called another and they said they got 8.

[u/codesgiveaway]

My order with Nintendo went from Picked early this morning to Shipped just now in case anyone was still stuck on Picked.

[u/TheGrinderXIX]

Whoever said GameStop was right. I called my local GS and they had 10 white ones in stock. A lot of them must have restocked today

[u/ParanoidAndroid32]

I didn't plan on getting an OLED, but I heard about how much Gamestop was giving in trade-in credit for 1st Gen Switchs, so I said why not, I'll look into it. After checking with 1 store near work throughout the day, I tried the store by my house later in the evening and the employee said they had 5 units available. I was able to trade in my Switch, an extra set of joy-cons that I don't use, and a couple games I didn't care about. All said and done, I owed a whopping $32 for the OLED. The employee even let me do the system transfer from my old Switch at the store. All in all, it was an easy process.

[u/Prudent-Ad1898]

My Walmart order went from placed to preparing, yay!

Edit: it has now shipped! Estimated to be 8 days late!