I was out running errands last Friday and walked by the GameStop like 5 blocks from my building. So I stopped to check in just to see what the story has been with the Switch. I live on the North side of Chicago, so I would expect, a somewhat sizable shipment to have been delivered to this store. Get this, on release day, they received less than the amount of pre-orders they sold. Supposedly those who didn't get there's Day 1 got them with in a few days. I don't believe that, but we'll give them the benefit of a doubt.
Then last Tuesday 03/21/17, GameStops across the country were supposed to be resupplied with Switches, this store received 10..... and they had over 30 people waiting to try and get one.
But here's the weird part. This GameStop location is offering a bundle package where you get the system, a pro controller, Zelda, Snipperclips, Bomberman, and 1 more shitty game I cant remember the name of, for $499. Some how it comes out to you saving like 25 bucs. And the GameStop rep tells me, "We are really close to the distribution site, so we get them pretty fast." They told me they had received bundles on Friday that were ordered on Tuesday and Wednesday. Which I thought was remarkably fast. So either those people got incredibly lucky with the timing they place their bundle orders. Or GameStop is purposefully holding back Switch Inventory levels to push this bullshit, half ass, bundle they threw together at the last minute, which no one wants. They would rather try to make an insignificant profit margin increase by pushing this bundle, instead of actually distributing their Swtich Inventroy. They would rather piss people off and hurt the public's perception of their brand image, instead of just actually distributing the Switches.
Someone needs to make a "RELEASE THE SWITCHES" meme.