How I got my Hands on a NES Classic – And YOU can too!
There is no doubt that the Nintendo NES Classic and Hatchimals are the hottest gifts of the season.
But they are also the hardest to find. Or so you think.
Retailers everywhere have been selling out daily of these items, and I can tell you how to get one.
- Know your stores: Know which retailers are known to carry your items. Target & Walmart are your best bet for the NES. Best Buy is rumored to have them back in stock 12/20, and Toys R’ Us is a gamble. GameStop hasn’t had them in weeks.
- Check store inventory. Target and Walmart update their inventory after their stock trucks arrive. Check Brickseek (an online store inventory checker) for your zip code; between 12am and 4am. Green means go! It will tell you how many are in stock and where.
- Be prepared to be a crazy! The stores pull a “black friday” and all are on a “first come, first served basis”, handing out tickets to claim your item. This means, you need to get to the store before it opens. About 2-3 hours before. No I’m not joking!. I was out in 18 degree weather at 4:45 am!
- Know the store limits on the product. Meaning : do they allow 1 or 2 per household?. If your store is nice, they will only allow 1 per household, so more people have the chance to receive one. Not all stores abide by this, and it’s a shame!
- You have 5 minutes from the time the store opens to claim your item. Meaning: if you don’t actually purchase within 5 minutes of the store opening, you forfeit your item. (at least is true for Target, I cannot confirm for Walmart)
- Utilize friends! and Make sure they are good ones. I’d be lying if I said I physically purchased the NES myself. That doesn’t mean I didn’t stand in line for one! I luckily had a friend whom also was in search of one for me 2,000 miles away, (in MUCH warmer weather) and got one to ship to me! (she’s actually going back and following all my advice to get one for herself now)
- You could always wait until after Christmas….but who wants to do that?
**you can follow all the above advice for hatchimals as well!! same rules apply!**
Good Luck!!
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