Switchmas day is finally on our doors, but a little lucky Switch 2 The recipients had a unpleasant surprise during the debate of their gifts from Miyamoto Claus. The reports have surfaced retailers stirring without concern for receipts through the packaging of the console and on its screen.
Anyone who has already bought a Switch 2 could have noticed how Nintendo threw the thing in his relatively small box carefully. In order to reach this compact imprint, the company has set up on a packaging configuration which places the slimline console directly at the upper battery, against the cardboard environment with just a thin round to protect it from stripes.
It Most Cases, It’s a perfectly Fine Approach, but not when retailer carelessness – and improper use of a staple gun – is facto in. Numerous Customers Have Taken to the Internet Following Yesterday’s Midnight Launch to Report They’d Excitedly Unpacked Their Switch 2s, Only to Discover that staples used to attach their Receipts to the front of the box Had Gone Straight Through Two Layers of Cardboard Through the Console’s Protective Sleeve, and Become Embedded Right Into Switch 2’s prominent screen.
“Gamesop stapled the receipt for me and my friends switch 2 to the box”, an unhappy customer written on social networksAdding an fully understandable “FML”. They also attached a sad image of the new brilliant screen of their console, now sporting two very notable perforation holes. Similar stories have been published in the GameStop subdreddit, although some have now been deleted after highlighting a specific Gamestop store.
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“It happened to me and another boyfriend (at the same Gamestop)!” Wrote a reditor In response to a post now deleted. “Think that the whole batch of pre-order is completely fucked.” IGN, who I saw the posts before their withdrawalReports that the problem mainly seems to have had an impact on Switch 2 bought in a Gamestop occupied in New York, but it is not clear if the aggressive frontal use of a basic pistol is the policy of the company in all its stores.
Eurogamer has contacted Gamesop to clarify the extent of the problem, to see what it does to avoid similar events elsewhere in its stores and to ask how it will ensure that impacted customers receive a new switch 2 in a timely time-hope that will not whistle in the wind this time. “We are currently investigating this issue,” said a company spokesperson. “We will make the customer whole in case of damage.”
