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Originally Posted by Fox
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...ibo_collecting
Aside from that. It seems collecting Amiibo's have become incredibly ugly. Check out Nintendo Life "Tales From the Front Line of amiibo Collecting." Here's just one story.
"...story from poster 'Drclaw411':
I went to Target today. My first half of wave 3 pre-orders from Amazon (Bowser, Sheik, Toon Link) all say I won't get them until March 2nd. So I went to Target after checking stock online, all three in stock. I get there and see many of them in a shopping cart behind the counter in electronics. I ask for them. The person behind the counter told me this: "I'll be honest with you. I have these reserved for myself to throw on eBay, I'll be buying them at the end of my shift." I asked if I may please buy one of each, and she said "Sorry, no. These things are money." I was just about to ask for the manager, until I realized that this lady IS the manager. I straight up asked her if she's going to be buying all the Rosalinas on the 1st. Her response: "Honestly, I'm not working on the 1st. I am going to try and be here to buy them all, but my son has a doctor's visit that morning and it's really hard to find a doctor on a Sunday so I can't cancel. So we'll see if I make it. Best thing to do is call and ask if I've bought them yet."
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I think DrClaw originally posted that on CAG - we all encouraged him to call corporate on the manager because it was not only a violation of Target policy, but also a real scummy way to treat customers and your position as manager in general. IIRC, he had no trouble whatsoever getting Rosalina that morning, she was not working there that day, but I don't recall what else, if any, was the resolution on it.
But yeah, Walmart exclusive is going to be ridiculous, ESPECIALLY at my local Walmarts where there's not even any space for amiibo. There's been a lot of talk about it being included in the "bundle" of Mario Party 10 though, and so many people have been pre-ordering it there through Walmart now (before it gets crazy) just in case. I'm contemplating doing that as well as I can just return it if it turns out to be "regular" and keep my cheaper Amazon version.