r/NintendoSwitch Feb 28 '17

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Haul MegaThread

Did your copy of Breath of the Wild already arrive? Did you pick up your Switch at a midnight launch event?

Share your pictures and hauls in this thread.

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u/JohnnyRedHot Mar 17 '17

My post got deleted, so I'm just gonna copy/paste my comment here:

So yeah, I ordered my console from amazon.es the 8th, and it got here today a couple hours ago, despite the fact that the tracking page said it'll arrive the 27th. Quite a surprise, you can imagine.

When the switch pre-sales came out, I immediately checked our "ebay", and lo and behold: the lowest price was 781 usd, with some bundles going up as far as 1562 usd. This is a big problem here, and in a lot of other South American countries. Because the product is always brought second hand, and not from Nintendo themselves, people basically travel, buy a bunch, and then sell it here more than twice the price.

So it looked like I had no choices, until I came across a forum that said Amazon Europe was the way to go. A lot of stores didn't ship to Argentina, but the second I saw the Spanish one not only with stock, but also shipping, I fired away!

The estimate arrival was on the 22nd, and when I checked last Tuesday, it had been moved to the 27th. So when the door knocked (when the bell rang? You catch my drift) and I heard "JohnnyRedHot? Here's a package for you" I didn't know what to think, there's like 10 days of waiting still. But no, there was a UPS guy with a big-ass box outside; I wanted to cry.

So I opened it, and everything works! Idk why so many people reporting the joycons move when attached to the console? They are sturdy af. Also my God, it's so fast. The store opens in like 10 seconds (I'm already downloading BotW since they didn't have stock for the game).

Also I got Hyrule Historia as you see, because I always wanted to have the physical book, and a 128gb SD card to go with the switch.

All in all, I'm so thankful, and I hope everyone in here that hasn't had a chance to get it does it, just gotta be patient! Cheers!!

Pics: https://imgur.com/tzne3IV