Typically over the holidays, thousands of people will look in their stockings or under the tree to find brand new Nintendo games waiting for them. But this year, a number of Nintendo Switch fans are claiming they unwrapped a far less pleasant surprise on Christmas morning: a single googly eye staring at them.
Exactly, it’s not on Nintendo to fix, this could be happening anywhere in the chain.
Could be within the stores or their suppliers, or it could be returns from end-customers.
My personal bet would be scammers buying games with cash, taking the games and then shrink-wrapping the box before returning them for a cash refund. And then they flip the cartridges on eBay or whatever.
Another good reason to buy the games w/ the case. I do it so it’s easy to give to a friend/coworker, but I keep the cases in a storage box and use a cartridge case.
It’s not necessairly manufacturers, you can shrinkwrap shit really easily. Lots of scammers do it, so they don’t get checked when returning.
Exactly, it’s not on Nintendo to fix, this could be happening anywhere in the chain.
Could be within the stores or their suppliers, or it could be returns from end-customers.
My personal bet would be scammers buying games with cash, taking the games and then shrink-wrapping the box before returning them for a cash refund. And then they flip the cartridges on eBay or whatever.
Another good reason to buy the games w/ the case. I do it so it’s easy to give to a friend/coworker, but I keep the cases in a storage box and use a cartridge case.