r/VirtualBoy • u/Jahon_Dony • 12d ago

Guess What --

VB went immediately back available again at full price as soon as the sale was over, yet "sold out" in the first hours of it beginning.

It was a SCAM to trick people into buying their cardboard units, which likely weren't selling as well or they had an overabundance.

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u/r0b3r70r0b070 12d ago

"I didn't get to buy a product on sale, I was scammed"

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u/MasterPeteDiddy 12d ago

It's not the only thing that was available again as soon as the sale was over. The same thing happened with the SNES controllers. Which isn't a coincidence, but to say it was all a trick to sell the cardboard units is honestly kinda bordering on conspiracy theory.

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u/Jahon_Dony 12d ago

I mean it was a "trick" when you agree that the inventory magically reappeared when the sale ended...

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u/MasterPeteDiddy 12d ago

Yeah no I'll agree it was pretty scummy that they waited to restock their sold-out stock until after the sale was over, I was just saying I don't think it had anything to do with the cardboard Virtual Boy models. They probably just didn't sell all of them.

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u/discountednails 12d ago

Dude this sort of thing happens everywhere. You weren't scammed, nor was anybody tricked lmao.