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Scalpers and bots are such a big problem. The recent Super NES pre-orders were a total catastrophe because the scalper bots overloaded the servers and took down
by cableshaft 9y ago
Scalpers and bots are such a big problem. The recent Super NES pre-orders were a total catastrophe because the scalper bots overloaded the servers and took down/glitched out Target, Walmart, Gamestop and Best Buy's online stores, the pre-orders sold in seconds, pretty much the only people who got pre-orders were scalpers, and they immediately turned around and posted their pre-orders on eBay for 3x the price.
I'm open to any attempts to try to limit rewarding these jerks for bad behavior, and hopefully it'll convince others to also find creative ways to limit them (like Nintendo. Mainly Nintendo).
- jedberg 9y agoI'm really hoping Nintendo will screw these people by releasing a huge number of units at release, but I suspect that if someone wants one they'll just have to pay 3x. :(
- ericabiz 9y agoIn person is the solution in this case, I think. I got on GameStop's text list and it went off while I was in the car. My SO and I immediately stopped at the first GameStop we could find and pre-ordered 2. Other people came in and they were all (as far as I could tell) Nintendo fans and not scalpers. We plan to keep 1 and use the other one as a contest prize that we'll run on Facebook once we're able to pick them up in a few weeks. We've already pre-paid and have our receipts (or "golden tickets" as the GameStop cashier called them!) The receipts have our names on them so we are the only ones allowed to pick them up. I hope stores do more of that in the future.