Were You Able to Secure a Switch 2 Preorder?

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Veknoid_Outcast said:

I experienced a lot to the headaches others did around midnight on the 24th. Best Buy was a no go, and Target kept jerking me around in the payment screen. I finally got through at Target around 12:09am.

My wife, though, was in payment purgatory for ~45 minutes. Since she failed to get one, I kept trying on Walmart. Eventually, a little before 1am, I secured a second pre-order for her — although not before my credit card company flagged the purchase as potential fraud.

So, we each have a MK bundle heading out way. It feels good to have that locked in.

I also have the Nintendo Store invite as a backup, in case either order is cancelled.

Surprisingly it wasn't as stressful as trying to get a PS5 initially, though it definitely felt like it would be for a minute. 

I kept refreshing Best Buy until the preorder screen came up. I bought mine at Target (pretty quickly surprisingly). But I was in the same boat with my spouse. My laptop, phone, and his phone were in that annoying Best Buy queue until all 3 deviced inevitably timed out. He gave up and went to sleep but I stayed up to keep trying and eventually they just changed the prompt to say "Sold Out." 

The next day while I was at work, he had to fight with Gamestop's website, which went down at one point. Then he got through and was told it went through but he didn't immediately get a confirmation email. It took a few hours for them to send it to him and I guess they don't take money out immediately like Target did for my preorder. So I made him go to the website to make it went through.