Nintendo Switch 2 Bundles Are On Auction Sites for $300+ Above Recommended Retail Prices, But Fans Are Fighting Back

Nintendo fans successful the U.S. whitethorn beryllium feeling beauteous hard done by present arsenic the remainder of the satellite fights for a Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order, but immoderate are warring backmost by challenging and reporting each Nintendo Switch 2 auction listing they tin find.

On eBay.com, Nintendo Switch 2 consoles are, astatine the clip of writing, listed from anyplace betwixt $468 to $855, with a batch listing Buy It Now prices of astir $700-$750 — that's $300 implicit the recommended retail price.

United successful their frustrations some astir the pre-order hold and the preponderance of over-priced pre-orders connected eBay, however, players are moving to instrumentality scalpers down together.

"If anyone wants to bash their spot for society, spell connected eBay and study the scalpers," said 1 Redditor. "I've had astir 15 listings removed, spent virtually minutes reporting them."

"Reminder that preselling an eBay point is not allowed unless it volition beryllium shipping wrong 40 days of purchasing disconnected eBay, (impossible for the Switch!), astatine slightest successful the UK anyways," said another, racking up astir 6,000 upvotes. The representation attached showed a agelong database of confirmation emails from eBay stating that the contented they had reported was removed.

Another jumped connected Reddit to corroborate they'd had "15 much scalpers removed from eBay," portion different subordinate posted to accidental their actions saw 20 Switch pre-order listings scrubbed from the site.

So, conscionable wherefore are players having truthful overmuch luck combating scalpers this clip around? Well, that has to bash with eBay's precise ain presumption and conditions concerning pre-sale items, which accidental "pre-sale listings indispensable intelligibly authorities that they are 'presale' successful the rubric and description, and warrant shipment wrong 40 concern days of purchase."

"You’re not allowed to merchantability pre-orders connected eBay due to the fact that the seller doesn’t have, and it’s imaginable they volition ne'er really get, the point they’re selling," explained rmajor86 connected a station that's besides been upvoted hundreds of time. "Just study the listing, and eBay volition region it."

That said, things whitethorn alteration soon. As formerlyDylan pointed out, June 5 is 40 concern days from today, April 10 (excluding Easter), and eBay's presumption and conditions authorities pre-sale items indispensable "guarantee shipment wrong 40 concern days of purchase."

While this means scalpers whitethorn soon beryllium capable to legitimately database their pre-orders for merchantability crossed parts of the satellite wherever the console will merchandise connected June 5, fans whitethorn beryllium capable to proceed to combat scalpers crossed the U.S. and Canada close up until those countries person a shipping date.

Nintendo Switch 2 arrives connected June 5, 2025, with prices starting astatine $449.99, but the Nintendo Switch 2 pre-order was delayed successful the United States aft import tariffs enacted by President Trump sent fiscal markets spiraling. Just a fewer days later, the contented dispersed crossed the border, with Nintendo Canada besides confirming pre-orders would present beryllium delayed there, too.

The tariff uncertainty and greedy scalpers person near immoderate Nintendo fans acrophobic they whitethorn beryllium priced retired of the next-generation if the institution goes adjacent higher than the already arguable prices for the Switch 2 and its games, specified arsenic the $79.99 Mario Kart World.

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Vikki Blake is simply a reporter, critic, columnist, and consultant. She's besides a Guardian, Spartan, Silent Hillian, Legend, and perpetually High Chaos. Find her astatine BlueSky.