Amazon users who wanted the The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask New Nintendo 3DS XL console and missed out appear to furious as scalpers are selling the consoles at marked up prices. If you want the Majora’s Mask console via Amazon you’ll need to fork out around $400. Amazon customers have shown their disgust by writing tons of one star reviews urging people not to purchase from the sellers at jacked up prices. You can check out the action, here.
Amazon Customers Are Growing Angry Over New Nintendo 3DS XL Scalpers
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“First loser”
Why the hostility?
Everyone here reading this should go give the 3DS one star. Seriously go do it
Fucking savages
Nintendo.com says product coming soon. The hype is creating more demand and awareness about the poorly named new new 3DSXL. People should chill out. Also I know a lot if fans got a copy so quit blaming scalpers. GameStop was intentionally listing the presale as sold out to throttle orders. I just hit refresh and voila it was for sale again. If you are mad at anyone it should be GameStop.
Bullshit, my Gamestop sold out within a few minutes, even the employees got screwed. Want to know how i know? Because i know most of the people there, some are even long time friends and they said they sold out within 30 minutes. Not only gamestop, Bestbuy and Amazon sold out aswell
Nintendo fucked up again, stop with this whole damage control, if its one thing, Nintendo knows jack shit about its costumers. Thats why stock is always so damn low and theyre most loyal costumers get shafted every single time.
Anyone still looking for one?
AGREED….. HERE”S MY THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER CAUSE ALL THE COMPLAINERS ARE MERELY JEALOUS AND THAT’S IT. THERE WILL BE MORE COLLECTIBLE BUNDLES
You guys are all just jealous. This is called capitalism and if you don’t like it, go to communist China where you can’t even get a N3ds. And quit bitching, I mean come on, they are limited edition consoles thus the small amount. Just cause someone beat you to the punch doesn’t make them bad people, just salesmen.
IT”S CALLED CAPITALISM PEOPLE!!!! YOU”RE ALL JUST JEALOUS YOU MISSED OUT, AT LEAST I CAN ADMIT THAT I AM JEALOUS BUT I CAN”T BE MAD AT CAPITALISM WHEN I COULD HAVE DONE THE EXACT SAME THING.
Blame the fanboys. Collectors will pay anything. Look at how much old NES carts go, especially the TENGEN TETRIS. 10’s of thousands of dollars. Does that make them greedy for selling those at that cost even though they are the most rare games on the planet?
*shakes head* Where are all these idiots coming from?
It’s actually not capitalism jackass. Free trade and market is capitalism, scalping is basically the BLACK MARKET which is why it is illegal in America.
With the internet now it’s just hard to deal with it.
Your a moron shut the fuck up
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Well at least we know it would be a best seller.
When did NoA decide that not getting enough stock of almost all of their popular products was a good thing again?
It isn’t Nintendo’s fault. People keep going online and buying 20 of the special Nintendo edition products in a matter of minutes. Then, they turn around a minute later and sell them for scalped prices…
What they SHOULD do is only allow one special edition product per account so people can’t buy 20 at a time.
Yeah, isn’t the Amazon limit around 25? If all the scalpers are going after a single limited edition product it’ll be gone in minutes, regardless of how many they produce.
Yup. If an item is “exclusive” and not mass produced, then Amazon should limit an account to 1 purchase.
It only makes sense. They still get their sales, but the sales are dispersed more evenly and not only in the hands of scalpers.
No they should mass produced them, or at least triple the stock on popular product. How the fuck did they not know that a NEW zelda 3DS wouldnt be a hit?
They knew. 800+ New Majora 3DS’s were bought by scalpers and are currently being sold online, those are 800+ REAL fans that missed out on getting the system
Yet what have the done? Have they even addressed the Issue?
its the same on play.com. ppl selling the new nintendo 3ds xl majoras mask editon for 350£ -_-
It’s an annoying balance. They either don’t produce enough of something, so they all get flipped for profit or they produce too much making it worthless to scalpers and creating expensive excess product. It’s all artificial demand.
Those people are idiots. That’s the same idiot people that are collectors. They wake up early to be selfish people by buying items and sell it on amazon or ebay at high prices because they are to lazy to get real job.
I don’t see why you hate collectors though. They’re just collecting something, they aren’t trying to take advantage of other people
The problem isn’t collectors, the problem is people who are NOT collectors and selling these systems are marked up prices JUST for profit
Yeah. I’m sorry I preordered 2 Majora’s Mask 3DS’. I am a collector but sometimes I want to play on nice console too. I’m putting one on the shelf and one in my hands.
And that’s why your a fucking douchebag – you don’t need two prick go fuck off. Stop trying to rub everyone’s nose in it
I too absolutely despise the eBay scalpers, but I think it’s important to keep things in perspective: Scalpers wouldn’t have a market for ridiculous markups if dumbasses weren’t so willing to pay these outrageous prices. If this scalping shit pisses you off, the best way to combat it is by not supporting it.
Btw, I managed to get a Majora’s Mask New 3DS XL, and I think the pleasure I’ve gotten from the ability to say “FUCK YOU SCALPERS!!!!!” is probably greater than anything I’ll experience while playing my new 3DS.
For those of you really upset about missing it this time around, I’m sad for you, but there is hope!
http://Www.nowinstock.net will send you text message updates, for free, whenever gamestop, best buy etc. get new stock. I spoke to a gamestop customer service rep yesterday, and he assured me they would be getting more stock.
Good luck to all my Hylian brethren!
And seriously, fuck you to all the scalpers!
Scalpers are the best trollers.
Scalper are our best money maker’s.
People bought them only so they could sell it back at more than twice the cost? The greed of some people is just saddening. I’ll admit it’s smart in terms of a quick way to make money, but it’s just sad thinking that those could have gone to persons who truly wanted one not to make a profit.
You guys are all idiots. Quit getting booty tickled about this. It’s a legitimate business plan. They have the right to do this. If you really want one, I guess you should’ve been quicker or be prepared to pay extra
Up until two years ago ticket scalping was illegal in my state but it’s still illegal in other states. So I’d say legitimacy for scalping internet purchases is still in that gray area. Besides just because something is legal doesn’t make it moral or honest.
Why don’t all you scalpers go out their and make money by contributing to society instead of (legally) scamming people out of their money! The reason capitalistic societies work is because the need for income forces people to stop being lazy and go out and provide a his/her’s community a service, which thus keeps him/her and his/her’s family in a constant state of well being.
Why don’t you work for your money like the rest of us and stop being so selfish.
You know what is irony? Calling someone an idiot when you act like an idiot yourself. Just ignore the comments if you yourself get “booty tickled” about them. Like DJ said, it’s a rather immoral way to make money. If you want to sell whatever you want, be my guest, that doesn’t matter to me, but if you want to scam persons out of their money since you bought 100 limited edition 3DSs to resell, then there is a line to be drawn somewhere.
And no, I didn’t want one since I already have a 3DS (not a fan of the LoZ either).
Some of us work you fucking idiot. We dont spend all day on the internet.
So when you used the word ‘us’, you just admitted to being a scalper. Wow I don’t think I’ve ever seen that happen before! At least you’re not pretending to be an apologist like the rest of your kind in this comment section. You admitted you have a problem and I applaud you for that.
Anyways the only ‘idiots’ here are the ones who took me out of context. Where the hell did I say that scalpers don’t have jobs? Point it out to me! I said that scalpers needed to go find jobs. Find yourself a better paying job, or a second one, if you’re hurting for money so much that you find yourself having to resort to these kinds of filthy tactics. The point I was trying to make was that you should WORK for your hard earned cash and stop trying to make a quick buck by scamming people!
That comments wasnt directed at you, I replied directly to ‘Deleted’s’ comment were he said that we shouldve been quicker at getting these consoles.
thats why my reply was that some of us work, we dont have time to spend all day on the internet waiting for a direct that happens during the middle of the day were most adults work.
Oh, sorry about that! I got an email saying you responded to my comment but I didn’t get one from ggregz, weird. Yeah for a second there I couldn’t believe that you called me out while referring to yourself as a scalper lol. Thanks for not blowing back up in my face.
Anyways hopefully you managed to get a Majora’s Mask 3DS XL. I got one but my friends and my little brother didn’t sadly. Hopefully there will be more in stores on the 13th. According to ZeldaInformer, Best Buy is canceling and refunding money for orders that purchased more than one so at least they’re doing something about it! Keep checking their website, maybe they have more to sell online. Here’s the link if it ever goes up again:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-new-3ds-xl-legend-of-zelda-majoras-mask-limited-edition-gold-black/2304014.p
Yeah I kind of figured that that’s what happend, and no, Ive been refreshing the Gamestop page every few hours with no luck. I really hope Nintendo produces more of these because its the only new 3ds that I would consider picking up this year. I only buy one console a year and this year Im planing to pick up an XBO, but if I could get my hand on this then I would get that instead. Thanks for the link, ill be refreshing that too.
So what I am getting out of all your stupidity is that you are saying those Scraplers didn’t work to get the money to buy all those (new) 3DS’s?
I personally do agree that it is selfish for one person to buy more 3DS’s then they need. But, I also find it rather patheticly weak just to get all worked up about it. Most of you people are just getting all mad because they can’t get what they want when they were expecting it. Don’t execpt too much you child, and then put the blame onto someone else. Some people have to wait more then a month to get one. So don’t start crying just because you can’t get it on the first day. You should just be grateful that you are able to get one at all, even if it takes a year.
A game is a game, and some people can’t even afford them.
(I know that this is a late comment but someone needed to smack some sense into you)
You must be a loser if you are defending immoral people.
scalping is illegeal… not really legit.
Why give it one-star reviews? This in no way represents the product.
Maybe the bad reviews will get peoples attention and realize they shouldn’t buy from these “scalpers” as they’re called, and wait until they are back in stock at their regular price.
Because it will possibly hurt sales for the scalpers, that’s why
It’s because Amazon never sold the Majora’s Mask 3DS XLs to my knowledge, so all the ones listed are from scalpers.
Suck it up. Didn’t get on quick enough to order? Tough luck, there will be more “new” 3DSs released.
No, I refuse to suck it up. I’ sticking it to the scumbag scalpers. I went on a gave a 1-star review myself.
Why should people “suck it up”? Some people actually work and can’t be online all day long waiting for preorders to go live. Are you telling me that if someone wants a majoras mask 3DS they have to miss work just to watch nintendo directs because they may or may not reveal a new collectors product? What if it’s a kid that wants the 3DS? He would have no way of preordering because he doesn’t have a car or a credit card. There’s a reason “scalping” is illegal to at least some degree in some states.
Nintendo needs to smarten up and realize people are doing this. First it was the amiibo and now this.
Not my problem. Go tell that to iwata.
Disgusting… Then again, people say that a second batch was on the way as Nintendo is making more consoles to satisfy the huge demand, so stay tuned, and please be smart and don’t buy a console from one of those fuckers who sell them twice the price. Don’t feed those bags of shit.
I hope he spend all his money on those 3ds’s and I hope even more that no idiot buys one
can nintendo make a service connected to your nintendo ID already a max of 2 per nintendo ID
and that would be the only way to get special consoles
Its intentionally done to make people emotionally involved. Its a sales science. Got the MH4 north american codes if anyone wants. 1 available
Email amcecil@gmail d0t c0m first come first served. Leave luck to heaven.
I feel like taking a bullwhip to scalpers. Scalpers is one of the reasons why so many people missed out on so many amiibos. And unfortunately, Nintendo never makes more shipments of ANYTHING. Causing the scalping situation to be even worse.
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I know this is gonna sound stupid, but why all the hate for the scalper? Let me tell you there is NO way Amazon, best buy, or any other retailer is selling any product at cost, that’s stupid and would destroy a business. So what’s wrong with a scalper engaging in similar practices? ever hear the expression the early bird catches the worm? Well they got there first and pre ordered a product as any of you could have. I’m not a scalper but I pre ordered 2 of every amiibo at different retailers just in case one gets cancelled. But if they both come in I wouldn’t think twice about selling One on eBay, and I don’t see anything wrong with that. It’s business.
Mark up on these systems is very minimal, for instance a PS4 cost a retailer $370.00 plus shipping costs. So at best $25.00 profit or 7% then factor in CC Fees if a customer pays with a CC they get their 2% cut… These Scalpers, just doing their job/life is making double…. A friend of mine worked all day and was not going to get fired for wanting a MM3DS System.
Now I’m sure Nintendo might flood the stores with more systems, but it sux when some people have to potentially risk their jobs to buy something like this…
The problem is that scalpers don’t even want the product, they just go and buy it before people that do get a chance to, and then try to sell it to them 2 miutes later for double or triple the price. If you buy 2 of something and keep one for yourself as a collectible is one thing, but to buy 5+ of something with the intent of taking advantage of others is something else altogether.
Amen brother
Have you ever heard of morality?
We at Nintendo of America are aware of this issue. Any other country is not my problem.
This seems to be occuring only on Amazon America, not on European ones, or at least not on my country’s Amazon. You guys might wanna do something about all the greedy bags of shit your country breeds.
Breeding America is not my problem. I assure you that we will fix this product problem quickly.
Thank you Reggie, keep up the good work, and bring us Metroid plox.
I don’t see what’s wrong with this. I mean, sure, I’m upset I can’t preorder the Majora’s Mask n3DS (got the Monster Hunter one though, so whoop whoop!), but it’s a fair market price. Unlike Amazon themselves, marketplace sellers can sell at the fair market price and aren’t obligated to sell at the MSRP (which is considered an unfair price obviously since demand has significantly exceeded supply).
Think about it, though. If a seller has two of the n3DSs on him, and there are, say, two people willing to pay $500, twenty people willing to pay $400, and a thousand people willing to pay $200, you must be either an absolute saint or a retailer working closely with Nintendo to charge MSRP to still charge the lower price.
And in reality… It’s more fair. There’s somebody out there willing to pay that price in the market, let them.
It’s a simple matter of supply-and-demand, and if you’re one of those who gets turned off by the $500 or higher price, then you’re one of those people who dropped out of the demand curve. Sellers try to maximize profit by looking for the people who still demand the console despite the price.
No, it is not “more fair” for someone to get lured into shelling out double the original price of a limited product.
There a only a couple people who I hate on this planet. 1. terrorists, 2. hackers and those who make viruses 3. Scalpers
They are all the scum of the earth and the world would be better off without them.
I am supporting the cause and made a 1-star review. I encourage everyone to do the same.
I’d put all goverments next to terrorists…
Jeez, look at all the scalper supporters here. I didn’t think they existed, guess I was wrong.
It’s because they are scalpers themselves.
Most likely. After all, only rapists defend rapists, racists defend racists, etc
True!!!
Unfortunately scalpers will never go away. However, there should be limits on this kind of thing. Nintendo really needs to learn how to meet the supply demand. They’re very bad about that. Amiibo, GameCube adapter and now the Zelda N3DS. C’mon Nintendo, get with the program!
These fuckers are scum pure scum. I can understand if you buy 2 of something like this to make sure you get one thats pristine. Then sell the other for say 300. You make 100 get what ya wanted and thats that. But No these jackasses dont give a shit about zelda, nintendo, or otherwise. There just greedy assholes that only care about lining there wallet. I did this with the new limited majoras mask statue set. I baught 2 gonna get the best looking one then trade the other to a buddy of mine that collects. Which is how it should be. Yes i could make 200 off it but i have morals and am not an ass hole like these dick munches
Agreed, but I am against anyone who practices scalping, no matter if they are going to sell 1 or 100 copies.
I wish that scalping could be illegal, but that would be a tough law to pass, because people do actually buy more than one for their friends.
Just limit it to like 2 or 3. Many stores limit the number of electronics a person can buy at a certain time, yet for gaming hardware/software no boundaries have ever been put in place
It’s pathetic to see so many people who make their living by reselling wanted items for bogus prices. Sure it’s fair and legal but that’s just selfish and unfair. Stores should definitely limit the number of goods one customer can buy. It’s not like other people won’t buy the products so they’re not losing money. Also Nintendo should increase the number of products sold as well. Usually limited edition items are sold for a certain period of time not in a limited quantity. I never understood why Nintendo doesn’t have their own official online store where they can sale their products directly. This would allow people to buy any of their products at anytime and limited addition items for a certain amount of time, even if a customer had to wait on that product to be reproduced. That’ll also give everyone an opportunity to buy products from their Nintendo stores (that they believe everyone has access to.) Nintendo is a great company but they make some of the WORSE business and marketing decisions.
Also, exclusive items should be limited to “in store purchases only,” so people can’t just buy a whole bunch online. In the store, they can tell customers “one per person.”
Amazon can’t do this, but Target, Gamestop, Walmart and Best Buy can. That would really help fight against scalpers.
That’s actually a good idea
Horrible idea, not everyone lives in places that have good gaming shops with decent prices, I order every game online.
If they offered them through their own online store, wouldn’t a scalper just be able to purchase them in the same numbers as well? Even if you limit the number you can buy per account, they’ll just make multiple accounts.
Aside from only allowing such items to be pre-ordered in stores, the other solution for ordering online would need to have Amazon or Nintendo (if they were to ever have their own online store for such purchases) police their account information and close accounts that are attached to the same address – of course, then you might have scalpers just create P.O. Box addresses to get around it, but it would make it much more inconvenient for them to try to get multiple pre-orders on a product.
And by “close accounts attached to the same address”, I mean that they would only allow one specific address per account in the event that scalpers would use such practices to try to get around the theoretical purchase limit.
But if Nintendo had their own site they could sale the products directly. And instead of making only 500 MM 3DS’s they would just sale as many purchased for a week or whatever so that people who want them can get them. Scalpers would lose more business that way because people would be able to get their hands on a product because its time limited not stock limited. And sure the scalper could make x amount of PO boxes but that takes a but of time to order in bulk, so other customers could grab them a little more easily.
blame amazon, they don’t sell nintendo products directly.
always through “partners” or third party distributors ..
think of amazon as more of an ebay when looking to buy nintendo products.
Boycott scalping, restrict pre orders.
i kinda want to open my little mac amiibo but at the same sell it so i can get a NN3DS… hopefully majoras mask… to play it
Is that wrong… I only have one…. I would really like to know
I hope someone annihilated these foul creatures at once…
*Annihilates…
I’m noticing a trend here. First Amiibos, then the GC adapter, now this.
Well, silver lining, though it’s a faint one: at least these degenerates plan to sell them to people who’ll actually use them, unlike some waste-of-matter douchewads who buy things up simply so others can’t have them…
Mr Brightside. lol
Good thing I got my order in on time
Nintendo fans unite against these low, navel lint scum.
I wish Nintendo would print more games of big-selling titles to help combat stuff like this. Not exactly the same thing, but these prices for old Wii and Gamecube titles are horrendous.
So what, honest hard working fans miss out because these greedy gluttinous pigs want to line their own pockets? I hope nobody buys from them. Why isn’t the sale being released to members first? Is there really a point of having a ‘platinum membership’ at EB Games? Why isn’t there a limit to the number of consoles that people can buy? Does scalping not fall under any copy right laws? Is selling a licensed product for personal gain not illegal? Heres a thought NOA, grow some balls and start lawsuits, it’s not like they’re making profit for the company!
Note: I just got off the phone with nintendo and they basically dont give a flying fck, I was told and I quote ‘Its not a form of piracy and there is absolutely nothing we can do to prevent this from happening’.
Just to let everyone know, the starting price for the MM N3DS in my country was £210. £210. These scalpers are asking for DOUBLE that. Like are you freaking kidding me?! Im not really interested in the MM N3DS edition, but I like everyone knew how it felt when we couldn’t buy the GC adapter because of these evil people. My thoughts are with those who are filled disappointment by this outcome.
Praise those who purchase something only for their own entertainment and enjoyment.
Screw those who sneeze malicious sky high prices to please their glutenous hearts.
First amiibo & now this. Sure are a lot of losers right now.
The Internet use to be for porn. Now it’s for assholes.
Nintendo does not make any more money because of scalpers. Amazon on the other hand does, it takes it’s % cut from the original sale to the scalper then when the scalper sells 3rd party on Amazon, Amazon takes its % cut for that sale, from a higher price set by the scalper.
Amazon is the point of sale and holder of stock.
I sell stuff on all major retail sites, not just Amazon. I’m not a scalper I’m in the same wholesaler position as Nintendo although a completely different market.
I dislike Amazon and I found this webpage via a google search for “Amazon customers are idiots”.
By the way Amazon is no longer the cheapest. They have to pay sales tax now, like everyone else does, so finally they contribute things like maintenance of the roads that carry their deliveries, or the ambulances called to their warehouse when over worked staff pass out in the heat.
Target, Costco, Walkmart and others are moving into territory now that Amazons share holders are losing patience with no profits for 20 years, and online retails is getting growing more than tiny 6% of all retail.
Competition = great for the consumer.
Yes Amazons has always been cheap and great for the consumers pocket, but that is because they are a ponzi scheme investment bubble fed on market share and turnover.
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