Amazon was the direct seller (not 3rd party). Called them and they're sending a replacement to be delivered tomorrow. I have close to 100 physical games and this is the first it's happened to me. I've seen the posts of missing cartridges happening to other people. From now on I'll be taking a video of me opening Switch games to cover myself in case of an issue.
My husband realized a few things: 1) There was a very slight cut in the middle of the shrink wrap, 2) The shrink has a triangle perforation along the edges & was very easy to open. He said usually he has to take his knife to slice it open, but not this time around. When I get the replacement tomorrow, I'm going to compare the shrink wrap.
by ThePony23
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Never buy games on Amazon
Not even a googly-eye? You got scammed.
>My husband realized a few things: 1) There was a very slight cut in the middle of the shrink wrap, 2) The shrink has a triangle perforation along the edges & was very easy to open. He said usually he has to take his knife to slice it open, but not this time around.
Sounds like they’re doing arthroscopic surgery on these things to remove the cartridge.
Welcome to the club of empty case owners. This really sucks hope you get a refund
This was likely an Amazon worker in the warehouse. Not a delivery guy. Sucks either way though. Thievery.
Oh dang, I was thinking about picking it up after post asking about the manual.
Glad you’re getting a replacement, but lame that this just keeps happening
And now for a weekend where every post is an empty box.
Apparently nowadays the only way to get physical copies properly is to go to the shop and open the packaging there in front of the staff.
Gee this is crazy
This is sad. There are 80’s Switch game collections I really want to get with games like Digdug, Pacman and Joust, but there are amazon reviews reporting the same thing. So I’ll look for digital ones online when I get my switch.
Will anyone ever learn not to buy games from amazon start buying games from shops that are local that you can also order from their online shop
Part of me thinks this is a conspiracy to get people to stop buying physical game copies.
Oh Jesus. This is the last thing I bought at Amazon. It’s a superb collection. Sorry dude
Honestly, if amazon is sending you a replacement, I don’t find this to be a big deal. Now if you got this from a third party on amazon then that would be a different story.
Did SOMEBODY say PHYSICAL??
I’ve stopped buying games from Amazon now. I go and support my local games store
This happened to me this Christmas. My husband got it for me and when I opened the gift the plastic wrapping was already cut open. He said he noticed it when he got it from Amazon but didn’t think anything of it (he’s not a gamer). Not googly eyes in mine either. But Amazon had a new one to me the next day.
Ugh, that game is literally on my wish list. Just hoping for a drop to ~30-32
Thats.why I am a neanderthal who always prefer buying at the stores and testing thr game on my switch before leaving the store.
And then people wonder why I rather buy in-store and really don’t like buying online unless I’m forced to.
Good thing you could get this sorted out.
Always use the flashlight on your phone to check that the cartridge is there before you open it!
lol this happened to me last week for the first time. I actually laughed it off. Luckily Amazon is very good.
The delivery driver prob threw the cartridge in the middle of Alberta or wherever you’re from.
Bro. We know what really happened, he brought the game from Amazon, took the plastic wrap off the case, opened the case, took the game out the case, got his phone and took a picture of the empty case that really wasn’t empty to begin with, made a post about it, only so he could get the likes and fame. And there you guys go, mind blown.
Side effect: no cartridge
I had the same thing happen to me for Yoshi’s Crafted World back a few years ago. No eye in the slot, just a blank box with the plastic wrap having a slit on the opening side of the box. The person that did it must of used tweezers to grab the cartridge out of the box. I got a refund for it and bought it elsewhere.
Use a flashlight before opening seal
Man I’ve got so many games off Amazon I’ve kept sealed for collection purposes now I feel I need to open them up. This is messed up.
Gotta be careful out there! I bought joycons from Walmart and didn’t realize it was a 3rd party. They sent me fakes.
I mean, “Taito Milestones 3?” Is that really even worth stealing?
Damn. 👀
Actually awesome that the package includes a manual though!
This is why I don’t buy games off Amazon
Damn and I just ordered a Switch game for my daughter’s birthday.
I better check it before I give it to her.
The fact that it came from Amazon makes it even more likely to happen.
This happened to me. Except it was Christmas… and it was Apple Watch… and it was a very large purchase from my gf on a teacher’s salary. Very uncool Amazon employees. Very uncool. smh
I’ve started unboxing things in front of my video doorbell.
I shine a light behind the case before I open it. If it doesn’t look like the game is in it, I would return it.
Shrink wraps are very very easy to replace, just fyi, it’s not a deciding factor for tampering. In fact, if it was purposely tampered with, the shrink wrap would be the easiest thing to replace to cover the theft.
I think the card has a code you can redeem it on the eshop