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Animal crossing switch - any ideas where I can get one

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musicposy · 24/03/2020 12:40

Without paying crazy prices to unscrupulous third party sellers who are probably selling our stolen one?

This sounds a pathetic problem right now, I know.

But I ordered an animal crossing switch console for my young adult DD. She’d saved up 3 years of birthday and Christmas presents, during which time she had nothing, because she was waiting for this game to be released. She’s been obsessed with it since the wild world came out. We preordered from ShopTo on the day the preorders came up. We used them as they were offering a little extra keyring as a preorder gift. I really wish I’d used Nintendo!

Anyway they dispatched it Thursday to arrive last Friday on the release date, with DPD. Friday we got a message it was delayed. Contacted dpd and they said sorry but we will deliver it by 10.30am Tuesday. No word since. It did not come.

We’ve phoned DPD and it’s been lost! ShopTo won’t do anything until DPD contact them but all they can do is refund anyway. They’re out of stock everywhere. It was a limited edition.

She is so upset, I cannot tell you. She’s just been locked down in her little flat away from us, I’ve been really unwell with what we think is probably coronavirus for 2 weeks, and the thought of this was getting her through.

I’d buy her a replacement in the blink of an eye if anywhere was in stock but I really can’t pay £650 to third parties who probably stole ours in the first place. It’s not like I can trawl the shops any more.

Any suggestions I haven’t thought of? And I am aware many people have bigger problems than this. But didn’t think it would hurt to ask.

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Stronger76 · 24/03/2020 13:29

Bloody hell op I didn't pay that much for my car nevermind a games controller!

DesLynamsMoustache · 24/03/2020 13:34

What a shame Sad I think you'll just need to wait for it to come back into stock or hope DPD find it, though. Not ideal, but definitely don't pay way over the odds for it from a third party seller.

DesLynamsMoustache · 24/03/2020 13:35

Would she not accept a normal Switch and just the AC game as an option?

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DesLynamsMoustache · 24/03/2020 13:36

Also we use ShopTo all the time and they're great so you have just been really unlucky I think Sad I guess there's a lot of strain on delivery services at the moment

musicposy · 24/03/2020 13:43

I think it will have to be a normal switch and the game, probably. It’s disappointing but not the end of the world. We are sitting tight for now. ShopTo have been very helpful when we got through on Facebook so we will wait and see. They said if DPD send it back to them (which can happen) they’ll send it back out to us. So I think crossing my fingers is probably better than running out in a panic anyway.

DesLymansMoustache I’ve never used them before and so it’s useful to hear that other people have found them good. This isn’t their fault, and yes, I’m sure lots of deliveries are all over the place right now.

Because I’ve been quite unwell and am locked down away from my girls I think I’m left a bit more emotional than I normally would be!

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musicposy · 24/03/2020 13:45

Stronger it was just over £300 so people are really profiteering. It was three birthdays and three Christmas worth of presents all saved up (I’ve been saving a long time) so I think it was reasonable. But £650 wouldn’t be!

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DesLynamsMoustache · 24/03/2020 13:45

She must be so disappointed bless her. I hope it's resolved quickly and I'm sure once she's playing, she won't mind that it's a normal Switch.

Aeris1 · 24/03/2020 13:47

Have you checked amazon or amazon warehouse? I use this site too www.best-game-price.co.uk/. I hope you get one for her.

musicposy · 25/03/2020 16:45

Ooh, sadly I wasn’t quite quick enough to see this and they were sold out. But thank you so much for looking!

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RaelImperialAerosolKid · 25/03/2020 17:33

Have you been to a Tesco extra - I'm sure I saw some there on Monday

BelleHathor · 25/03/2020 18:31

No problem at all :-) I love Animal Crossing too and that Switch colour is gorgeous! Check this link periodically as hopefully somewhere else may get stuck 🤞www.hotukdeals.com/tag/gaming-new

BelleHathor · 25/03/2020 18:32
musicposy · 26/03/2020 16:03

We got one!!!

DD went to our local Tesco today extra today. I suggested it after reading your post RaelImperialAerosolKid and they found her one! We’ve obviously had to pay twice now but will get the money back from ShopTo now as the deal was to deliver last Friday and they haven’t, admittedly because of DPD but that was not our fault. DPD still haven’t found it and it’s not looking likely.

Thank you too to BelleHathor and all the other lovely people on this thread. DD2 and I also have the game downloaded to our switches and ready to go but we’ve been waiting for DD1’s to arrive as neither of us had the heart to start without her.

She is so thrilled, I cannot tell you. We have a lot of worry in other areas right now (lots of job losses in the family) so it’s nice to have just one small thing go right.

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BelleHathor · 26/03/2020 22:33

YAY!!! I love a happy ending 🤩🤗

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