Best Buy most certainly does this. They have routinely been selling gaming graphics cards for well over MSRP. Hundreds more. And so have just about all other retailers selling them.

If I could bottle the anxiety in this thread, I’d have… some kind of powerful anxiety super potion?

Hah. I’m in the same boat y’all.

We’re you asking as someone with a paid deposit or as a general inquiry?

It’s like this: on the street, no one wants to get in bad with their drug dealer or make other junkies envious when they score.

It’s for the same reasons drug addicts won’t tell you who their dealer is. And there are legitimate reasons for that!

Ordered same in March and just told it won’t be until after 2023. Was initially told August. I don’t know if they got less compared to others or what. They said something about the new release affecting the numbers. I know others have waited longer so I’m not whining. But I am now looking else where hoping to get lucky in the meantime. Not paying over msrp.

I ordered at a large New England distro in March. I was told August. In August I was told it’s now 2023. I then “hit the pavement” and began putting feelers everywhere. Calling down the list of Stern distributors. Getting on lists, putting deposits where refundable. Someone very nice gave me a lead, I put a deposit at their recommended distro (smaller) not knowing when I may get it. The next day that distro emailed me and said someone just cancelled and I can pick up tomorrow if I’m willing to drive there 75 miles. So really it took about 1 week of intense searching/networking to find one. I’m sure it helped that a bunch just came off the line. Anyway I know this will cheese off some people and my intent is not to make anyone envious. I’m trying to be helpful and saying just sitting back and trusting your order will get filled someday may not be the best approach. I did do that for 5 months myself. So I did pay some dues. Admittedly not as many dues as many people. I wish everyone the best in their quest.

It’s such a crapshoot. I ordered from a major distributor in March, was told August. Come August, I was told 2023. I then started networking and calling distributors and in a week I found one in stock 1.5 hours away and drove and picked it up. Sitting and waiting doesn’t seem to work well.

$500 surcharge for what??

Anyone know if there will be more runs of DP? I noticed some distros seem to be taking pre orders. But it’s not on the schedules reported here. Thanks for any info.

Call around to other distributors, especially the smaller ones. In the summer I found a gz premium within a week after waiting on a list for months.

Well, if the dealer is saying that, someone at Stern is telling them that. I would ask for something in writing/email from Stern.

Start calling distributors, especially when they begin coming off the line. You will find one with some leg work. Sucks but beats waiting a year imo.

I don’t know about that, but the pf layout looks really fun!

Foo is clearly inspired by scooby cartoon. Even the skeleton masks the aliens are wearing. There was an episode where the bad guys wear the same. There was another episode with aliens. So aliens wearing skeleton masks is like funny/ridiculous. They took the tropes from Scoob and other old cartoons and exaggerated them. I thought this was plain to see. It doesn’t mean they sabotaged the scoob pin. It’s not like it is a real big stretch to do such a thing, it’s been done before in movies & cartoons many times.

Yes, makes sense. ROI.

Oh, damn. Me too. I got an orange peel special. Makes me pretty freakin angry to see the inconsistency in quality.

Some distros have merely *tried* to gouge me - I don’t bite. And then they lose my business forever.

I’ve heard imdn is the last run. Anyone know about DP? Last one this July? Freakin want one but my wallet is severely butt-hurt from this year of releases.

These game package “deals” coming soon from a distro near you: Bond/JP, Bond/FF, Bond/DP, Bond/GZ, Bond/IMDN.

No memorable dialog in Jaws… you must be joking. The dialog makes the film. Without it, all you have is a rubber shark and some floating barrels.

Weird! I’ve been watching for a long time, too, and it seems to be more like 90% accurate.

“Those guys” are the ones who get their pins. Be the squeaky wheel. . Call around to other distros if you are tired of waiting.

Hmm is a few hundred over MSRP the going rate? Maybe so. I’ve never paid over MSRP myself, just won’t do it!

Exactly. Must stop thinking of of pin market as finite or only the 200 people that post here constantly. Customer base is growing and general trend will continue that way for a good while with ups and downs along the way.

Yes, supposedly, they are.

That’s this Friday

I paid in full for upcoming STh premium because no tax and free shipping came with the deal. Add my credit card money back and it’ll come to my door $250 under MSRP. I didn’t like paying up front but seemed like a good deal. And distro can make like $120 interest if it takes 3 months. Oh well.

This is CoinTaker. It wasn’t an expiring offer though. You just add it to your cart on their site (still up). The tax free thing may vary depending on state to state

It is gotg

Where oh where is my Stranger Things. Where or where can she beeeee?

Modes are not the emphasis in IMDN. They are more like icing in the cake along the way. It’s an adjustment because most games modes is the main attraction. If you come to peace with this the design makes very good sense.

Edit: I should say *finishing* modes. The modes are a main attraction but finishing a mode is like an extra achievement with good rewards, rather than “expected” or required

Nope

Edit: just spoke to Melissa and they are getting some to their Chicago warehouse next week and on to customers from there.

Uh huh. Star Wars fans are infamous for their ability to waste. Everyone knows this I am sure. It’s commonly understood. Yep.

No shit, this sucks demogorgon balls.

Seems like most premium uv folks haven’t got anything yet.

It may have been the last run last year. Why not buy a nice huo?