Today was stressful, but (mostly) successful. I managed to get 2 of each to cover my buddy who couldn't get off work - except for the 30th edition, and I went through some serious BS over it.
Target: Limited to 2 amiibos per customer, again. They only have 4 of Oli, Ganon, and 30th, 8 ZSS, and a ton of Dr. Mario. I'm 4th in line. Guy behind me says he's only getting Dr. Mario, so he offers to buy the 30th amiibo for me. I get ZSS and Olimar (I have Ganon and Dr. Mario coming in the mail). I go up to the register, turn around, and see that guy standing behind me with just his Dr. Mario. "Oh... I knew I forgot something," he says with a big, ****-eating grin. I know this guy from the Gamestop across the street... it's the same guy who's told me all about the MM 3DSs he's held for people, sold me some BS about Nintendo all but stopping physical game releases, and has otherwise been a big toolbag... did he do this on purpose?? Anyway, after the line's gone, I circle through and am able to snag another Dr. Mario and Ganondorf to cover my buddy.
TRU: I'm 15th in line. For a while, I'm standing there already ticked off at the Target experience and meanwhile facing the possibility I'll only get BJ. Eventually, they come out and say they have 16 of everything - that's good, I think. Then I start seeing new people show up and join people near the front of the line. My "good old friend" Mickey, the kindly old lady with the sob stories about her poor injured grandsons, is constantly turning around to me saying "Oh no, looks like you're out! I'm number 16 now, you're 17, you're not getting any. Looks like you should just go home." By now this woman has a huge reputation for being a tremendous troll (she's even tagged as a scalper, so that jerk from Gamestop in the story above had told me, and certain stores refuse to sell amiibos to her anymore. She did let slip that she still has quite a few sitting in her closet, so I made sure to counter by hammering it in that scalper prices have dropped dramatically because everyone's sick of the madness).
Fortunately, my actual good buddy, Scot, is much farther up the line and texts me that he'll secure a 30th for me. We eventually find the newcomers aren't really there to buy, they're there to make deals with people up ahead. We also get tickets, and I secure 1 of each. TRU opens their doors and it's a similar scenario to last time - 100 Bowser Jr's are just sitting on a table for people to pick over, there's no real sense of direction, so the line loses its order. Not a big deal though, we have our tickets... or so I thought. I get my stuff with no problem, but I notice Scot's at the back of the line now. I wait for him, and he does have my 30th, but then I learn his partner got screwed out of hers. Apparently, one of the employees left one sitting on the counter, and someone snatched it up without a ticket. How they let this happen is a mystery, but long story short, he's not quite so willing to give it up. We play the whole "No it's OK, you take it" game and I end up losing my second reserved 30th.
At least there's a third chance with Amazon only 10 minutes away.
and I also wanted to pick up R.O.B. due being my favourite character to play as plus it I'm sure it will look awesome. I already know the names I'll give to them...
