Annoyed with SE store.

Apparently Carbuncle plush went back in stock this morning.

Email *just* got here.

Out of stock already.

WTF?

Come on.

/rant

Wat. orz sounds like people have been camping these suckers out. They should just make a buttload more available. There is a ridiculous demand for them.

Been trying to get one since they released. Got paid *after* the preorder window was up. Wait listed forever, and they're out apparently in the time it took an email to get to me.

The crap?

I missed it, too. :(

Come on SE, let us have Carbuncles. You're making way too few of them. Make enough so you can keep them in stock where we can buy them from you.

At the very least, can't you update your store to handle back orders? Let us actually order the plushies, so we're guaranteed a position in line when they're ready, rather than just be on an email notification list.

relax people, more will come. It's not like the world will end tomorrow.
Unless they only made it in limited number, then you're screwed.

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Originally Posted by Evergrey

relax people, more will come. It's not like the world will end tomorrow.
Unless they only made it in limited number, then you're screwed.

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We're trying to beat out resellers.

Go check ebay. I think my only consolation is that they're selling for around 50-60 bucks there so there's not really much of a profit on them. yet.

And I have *very* little faith on the "more will come" when they can't even keep a big enough supply of them to not run out in the 2 minutes it took for me to get an email.

This just a rant in general or you actually mad at the online store? Some people like live on those sites and just refresh the page and unless there is a limit there could be people buying multiples of them to turn around and resell on ebay for higher price.

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Originally Posted by Lexia

This just a rant in general or you actually mad at the online store? Some people like live on those sites and just refresh the page and unless there is a limit there could be people buying multiples of them to turn around and resell on ebay for higher price.

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There's actually supposed to be(it actually says right there) that there is a limit to one per customer. Yet I'm seeing ebay sellers with multiples.

I'm kinda ranting and kinda mad at the store. Sending out emails to notify of restock, yet by the time I actually get the email they're out of stock? Bullshit. Been waiting weeks for them to restock in the first place. Missed the preorder by a matter of hours. Was in cart until after work, didn't have strong enough signal to actually get the order placed. Gets home, checks.... wait listed.

Stinks, I checked my email at 1pm est... just before I left work, 30 min drive home. Get home at 1:35pm to find I got the email at 1:15pm est.... and was already sold out for me too. Cannot believe they sold out that fast. Only two minions in the game I don't have ; ; ... Hopefully they get more in stock soon.

Boo, I have been waiting for these as well :mad:

So glad I preordered mine when I had the chance. I was cutting my "side funds" limit a bit close, but I knew reports like these would be common. My guess is that due to the fact that production speeds are limited, (particularly if they're going through a manufacturer who makes other items as well), they are putting them in the store as soon as they have just enough to sell, which means they sell out almost instantly. As someone who works in a factory, I can assure you that it takes time to produce a large quantity of a product, particularly if it's of good quality, (which the plushies are). Unless they create contracts with many different factories, then they're simply not going to be able to produce them at a rate that exceeds the demand. On top of the increased costs, making such contracts also increases the risk of poor quality products, which will lead to a slew of enraged fans. I'm not saying that it can't be done, just defending SE a little on why exactly it's happening......

I can understand (to some extent) that it can be hard to keep up with demand (even though any company that sells such items regularly can do it with much higher demand). Plushies aren't SE's primary product, so whoever they're outsourcing production to is likely giving them a pretty low priority.

That doesn't explain why SE's store won't allow people to order them. Handling back orders isn't all that different from handling pre-orders. In either case it's a matter of taking orders for something that's going to be available at some point in the future, and then fulfilling those orders later once the supply is available.

The store even offers to put us on what they refer to as a "waiting list" except that it's not a waiting list at all, just an email notification list. Once some are available, emails go out and whoever gets, checks, and reacts to their email the fastest gets the items. Everyone else is out of luck no matter how long they've been waiting. I just wish it was an actual waiting list, where being on the list gives you a place in line for being able to buy the items.

Same thing here... What are they making, 20 at a time?

Edit: but it's totally in stock here. http://store.jp.square-enix.com/item/MWFF140073_1.html

I got the e-mail for the Postmoogle plush this morning and within 20 seconds, was logged in and at the check-out screen. It was out of stock. This is the second time this has happened to me. :( It's discouraging me from buying anything from the store.

At least you all got e-mails from your products, all I got is an annoying error 401.

Same here, I'm trying to give you money SE, but you don't want it, I've been trying really hard to get the stuff that I want, but it's always out of stock, please make more stock, this is ridiculous... :mad:

I was out on the floor at work when they came back in stock. By the time I got to my phone to try to order, they were already sold out.

Why don't they allow us to place backorders? Not everyone can camp their computer waiting for things to come back in stock, especially when they have such a short window of availability.

As much as i would like to have an IRL carbuncle plushie. This is getting to the point where they should offer an in-game only version and generate 1million digital codes.

Would be nice to have a Square Enix store that let me buy things like that in the first place :/. Some people don't understand how lucky they are.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-9070


http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEODAI-9339


get em while they're hot! They are supposed to go up today, but you can still preorder them now.

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Originally Posted by KaedrianLiang

As much as i would like to have an IRL carbuncle plushie. This is getting to the point where they should offer an in-game only version and generate 1million digital codes.

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I don't want the game code.

I want the plushie. :(

Save your money until "Fat Cat" comes :)

http://puu.sh/jKztD/435078c9bc.jpg

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Originally Posted by Miroku

Stinks, I checked my email at 1pm est... just before I left work, 30 min drive home. Get home at 1:35pm to find I got the email at 1:15pm est.... and was already sold out for me too. Cannot believe they sold out that fast. Only two minions in the game I don't have ; ; ... Hopefully they get more in stock soon.

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This was my experience, too. Got the email (I was at work), 20 minutes passed before I had a chance to hop on the website and boom- sold out. What did they have, 5 plushies in stock?!

Spoilers ahead:

Hope they'll make Alphinaud's Red and Black Carbuncles as well!

In enough quantities that everyone could get their hands on them.. >.<

EDIT: Finally figured out how to use spoiler bars.. (Hide Bar: [ HB ][ /HB ])

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Originally Posted by Yukiko

Save your money until "Fat Cat" comes :)

http://puu.sh/jKztD/435078c9bc.jpg

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Want carby more. :(