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10-05-2020, 12:10 PM | #11 |
Crimson Guard
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I bought everything in brick n mortar.
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10-05-2020, 12:52 PM | #12 |
Crimson Guard
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All I got was my HISS. All my figures have been delayed. The email I received initially said that they have been delayed until 12/1 but my order status at walmart.com no longer has any date estimate. My AWE still claims to be arriving tomorrow but certainly hasn't shipped.
Honestly, this really pisses me off. I've been back into toy collecting for almost a year now and I can summarize the entire experience by saying "pre-orders". It seems there are no real toys to be had, just pre-orders everywhere. And even those are hard to secure (Target) then you get your pre-orders in at walmart.com in the first few minutes of the first day they are available yet the orders get delayed when the time comes to ship them. Meanwhile, a bunch of other people around the country are lucky enough to find these figures in stores. I'm already seeing photos of the wave two of retro figures in stores! We never had a single figure of wave one in any of our Walmart stores here. I tried to be patient early on by giving the benefit of the doubt, "Well, COVID..." but that's no excuse. Look at the toy departments in all these stores. I don't see a shortage of any other Hasbro brand. The Nerf wall is full. Transformers are everywhere. I see a ton of Marvel figures every time I go to any store... Wizards of the Coast... Milton Bradley... Meanwhile, the story of GI JOE is empty pegs, impossible pre-orders, delayed pre-orders, EBay exclusives... It's just good old-fashioned incompetence that has screwed up the release of this line, not COVID-19. I don't understand screwing over the customers with pre-orders. |
10-05-2020, 01:56 PM | #13 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: May 2014
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All I got was my HISS. All my figures have been delayed. The email I received initially said that they have been delayed until 12/1 but my order status at walmart.com no longer has any date estimate. My AWE still claims to be arriving tomorrow but certainly hasn't shipped.
Honestly, this really pisses me off. I've been back into toy collecting for almost a year now and I can summarize the entire experience by saying "pre-orders". It seems there are no real toys to be had, just pre-orders everywhere. And even those are hard to secure (Target) then you get your pre-orders in at walmart.com in the first few minutes of the first day they are available yet the orders get delayed when the time comes to ship them. Meanwhile, a bunch of other people around the country are lucky enough to find these figures in stores. I'm already seeing photos of the wave two of retro figures in stores! We never had a single figure of wave one in any of our Walmart stores here. I tried to be patient early on by giving the benefit of the doubt, "Well, COVID..." but that's no excuse. Look at the toy departments in all these stores. I don't see a shortage of any other Hasbro brand. The Nerf wall is full. Transformers are everywhere. I see a ton of Marvel figures every time I go to any store... Wizards of the Coast... Milton Bradley... Meanwhile, the story of GI JOE is empty pegs, impossible pre-orders, delayed pre-orders, EBay exclusives... It's just good old-fashioned incompetence that has screwed up the release of this line, not COVID-19. I don't understand screwing over the customers with pre-orders. Regarding Walmart, I preordered one of everything in the both waves of the Retro line, in the first few minutes of availability. The only thing that I have received was the HISS tank. I was lucky for a while, in that the first few delay emails I received only pushed back to later this week. Now, it's delayed indefinitely but all of the merchandise is showing up in stores, including in my geographic area. I also have a Walmart exclusive transformer (vintage Blaster) preordered that was originally supposed to ship in early August. Still delayed, but it's been available in stores for at least a month. Even if we weren't in the middle of a pandemic, this would all be annoying. It shouldn't matter that we are talking about toys here, if you are going to take a preorder for something you should fulfill those orders before putting stock out in B&M stores. You have our money! (Or at least our CC info). It's a guaranteed sale. As a retail operation, if you can't fulfill preorders promptly and efficiently, don't take them! (I'm not talking about inadequate supply from the manufacturer here. That's a different issue.) Target is a whole different story, but the overall philosophy is the same. If you can't handle preorders properly because of logistical or technical problems, or because your website can't prevent bots from wiping you out, don't offer preorders. Both of these companies are massive muti-billion dollar companies, They should be able to figure out how to do this. |
10-05-2020, 03:54 PM | #14 |
Christian Soldier
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I chatted with the help link. Was told they appeared to be in stock at a different distribution center and they would send my order within 10 days or CANCEL my order. Not sure why they would need to be cancelled if that didn’t work but oh well. Wonder if that will include wave 2 also. I might be finding all the orders cancelled in two weeks.
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10-05-2020, 04:08 PM | #15 |
Iron Grenadier
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I chatted with the help link. Was told they appeared to be in stock at a different distribution center and they would send my order within 10 days or CANCEL my order. Not sure why they would need to be cancelled if that didn’t work but oh well. Wonder if that will include wave 2 also. I might be finding all the orders cancelled in two weeks.
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10-05-2020, 04:14 PM | #16 |
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Got my Hiss. Looks like Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes is on the way. No word on the AWE Striker. Then I got an order for what I thought was my Baroness was a delayed Snake Eyes? Baroness was what I really wanted because we didn't get a proper ARAH Baroness on vintage card in the 25th line. Now I'm afraid I'll end up with 2 Snake Eyes with wrong heads and no Barnoess. if that ends up being so I'm happy to swap with anyone who needs a SE.
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10-05-2020, 04:26 PM | #17 |
Crimson Guard
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I chatted with the help link. Was told they appeared to be in stock at a different distribution center and they would send my order within 10 days or CANCEL my order. Not sure why they would need to be cancelled if that didn’t work but oh well. Wonder if that will include wave 2 also. I might be finding all the orders cancelled in two weeks.
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10-05-2020, 07:54 PM | #18 |
Crimson Guard
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My HISS shipped today, via Ebay.
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10-05-2020, 09:27 PM | #19 |
Christian Soldier
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I laughed (out loud actually). I know what you mean.
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10-05-2020, 09:32 PM | #20 |
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So far I have 3 Hiss, Scarlett and Roadblock. But I have only found 2 Hiss in stores.
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