hopefully the 300 kits to Germany wont end up a few on ebay etc.. that would be sad.... but they said they will not try earn money on them, its just bad that so little stock was available and more agents want buy then possible....
but maybe the will add nl kits to the other regions next time i hope...
Still weird they dont put up the badges on the ingame store.. dont understand its virtual it doesnt cost them anything put up those? and at same time can earn some extra money which i thought niantic wants to make ingress sustainable ? but why so afraid to try earn extra money in game on something that wont break game balance or anything....
Bearing in mind, that there have been a quite a lot of remarks on "Ingress needs to make it's own money" these situations are just plain odd. The comunity have given the Ingress team a whole lot of suggestions on how to lure our money out of our pockets and then they do this (again) The reprint will only be sent to US adresses!! WHAT! It must be possible to reach out to a manufacturer in other regions and get this done!!! I know a manufacturer in my country, that will be able to make these packets and send them to EU without any problem! Make a fair deal with these manufacturers and get the money flowing.... It cannot be that hard to make a deal on how to "split" the income! It's normal businesses and happens all the time all over the globe... Get to work Niantic and hire someone with a degree in trading and commercial and start making some money
All that goes to show is people have a lot of money to spend on swag. Whether Niantic does anything to earn more money for themselves or let scalpers profit is another story.
I do not like Niantic products being resold at a higher rate too and it seems that there is no rule in the ToS to stop resellers from profiting from this scheme. Niantic should make more physical kits available to agents, making the agents happy and Niantic generate more revenue, and hopefully discourage resellers.
It will be disappointing if the second round also sells out quickly. One of the van kit from the previous sale sold on the open market for $400+ recently. The demand seems pretty high
I don't know what kind of connections @NianticBrian has with the people behind the kit, but could it Please be made known to the Niantic Store and/or Brand Fuel that more kits need to be issued than last time. I thought I heard that there would be a buy limit and I hope that remains true for this new release.
If I pinged you for no reason/if you can't do anything, then please forgive me Brian. But like so many other people, I too desire to have at least one copy of this kit and all the nice physical swag it comes with. Thank you for whatever help you or others involved can provide.
Supposedly these items already exist. So one can't sell more of something there is only a certain amount of.
That being said, Niantic could absolutely do a better job in announcing these things and at least try to give people an equal chance of obtaining one. Instead, nothing but silence from the Ingress overlords. So, best of luck to you. Just another reminder that we are customers and employees (portal scanning, wayfarer, etc) for Niantic. A couple hundred comments upset about something and no one from the team can make 3 minutes of time to check in, update and see how they can do better?!?!? But please continue your subscription to support updates and new features.... 😂😂😂😂😂
I really do like the concept of giving subscription holders the ability to pre-order a limited number of product in the future. It would solve a huge amount of issues that have arisen with trying to sell physical kits in store.
Its strange there is no date on the new kit ? the first one had a date and this one not ? will they just release it without any headsup or something maybe this time ? but if only US shop will have them that sucks..
Hoping that newbies will be able to get an NL1331X physical kit. Most of them are looking forward to it and they are hoping that they do not have to obtain it from auction sites because they are unable to pay the expensive bidding price.
I'd be unsurprised if there's only another 600, or similar amount for the next pack. They appear to be getting rid of old stock, so it'll be limited by whatever item they have the least of.
I've been playing for years and have never had the opportunity to get my hands on a physical swag kit. One of the reasons I was so shattered after camping the store for hours and missing out on the first pack anyways because they went so fast. I just really want to participate in something tangible that has to do with the game I love so much. It is quite difficult living very far away from anywhere an event could be held.
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hopefully the 300 kits to Germany wont end up a few on ebay etc.. that would be sad.... but they said they will not try earn money on them, its just bad that so little stock was available and more agents want buy then possible....
but maybe the will add nl kits to the other regions next time i hope...
Still weird they dont put up the badges on the ingame store.. dont understand its virtual it doesnt cost them anything put up those? and at same time can earn some extra money which i thought niantic wants to make ingress sustainable ? but why so afraid to try earn extra money in game on something that wont break game balance or anything....
Bearing in mind, that there have been a quite a lot of remarks on "Ingress needs to make it's own money" these situations are just plain odd. The comunity have given the Ingress team a whole lot of suggestions on how to lure our money out of our pockets and then they do this (again) The reprint will only be sent to US adresses!! WHAT! It must be possible to reach out to a manufacturer in other regions and get this done!!! I know a manufacturer in my country, that will be able to make these packets and send them to EU without any problem! Make a fair deal with these manufacturers and get the money flowing.... It cannot be that hard to make a deal on how to "split" the income! It's normal businesses and happens all the time all over the globe... Get to work Niantic and hire someone with a degree in trading and commercial and start making some money
Look this auction over 300$ on ebay .....whoever is doing this sucks bigtime 👎
That is pretty sucky... here's hoping people don't buy any from these sellers.
Edit: Noticed the screenshot has information that people are already bidding on the item..... **** people? Don't play into the hands of scammers.
All that goes to show is people have a lot of money to spend on swag. Whether Niantic does anything to earn more money for themselves or let scalpers profit is another story.
Anyone else receive their kits and find they were missing items?! Very disappointed, Niantic! Who do we contact about this?!
you may want to try this
If you received damaged or defective merchandise, please contact us by phone at 1-800-319-6778 or email customer service immediately!
from the store website at: https://shop.nianticlabs.com/customer-service
Thank you!
Hey niantic, how about offer digital kits.
I do not like Niantic products being resold at a higher rate too and it seems that there is no rule in the ToS to stop resellers from profiting from this scheme. Niantic should make more physical kits available to agents, making the agents happy and Niantic generate more revenue, and hopefully discourage resellers.
Wave 2 of the NL kits is soon coming, looks like US only again gets them :(
https://shop.nianticlabs.com/nl-1331-birthday-kit
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It will be disappointing if the second round also sells out quickly. One of the van kit from the previous sale sold on the open market for $400+ recently. The demand seems pretty high
The sooner they sell out the soon NL 2020 is released to inapp store..
So this is in the store currently. https://shop.nianticlabs.com/nl-1331-birthday-kit
I don't know what kind of connections @NianticBrian has with the people behind the kit, but could it Please be made known to the Niantic Store and/or Brand Fuel that more kits need to be issued than last time. I thought I heard that there would be a buy limit and I hope that remains true for this new release.
If I pinged you for no reason/if you can't do anything, then please forgive me Brian. But like so many other people, I too desire to have at least one copy of this kit and all the nice physical swag it comes with. Thank you for whatever help you or others involved can provide.
Supposedly these items already exist. So one can't sell more of something there is only a certain amount of.
That being said, Niantic could absolutely do a better job in announcing these things and at least try to give people an equal chance of obtaining one. Instead, nothing but silence from the Ingress overlords. So, best of luck to you. Just another reminder that we are customers and employees (portal scanning, wayfarer, etc) for Niantic. A couple hundred comments upset about something and no one from the team can make 3 minutes of time to check in, update and see how they can do better?!?!? But please continue your subscription to support updates and new features.... 😂😂😂😂😂
@NianticBrian when is SOON on NL-1331 kit?
Is it possible for Niantic to reserve one NL1331 physical kit for each legitimate agent so everyone has an equal chance of getting one for this year?
They don't have anywhere near that many available.
I really do like the concept of giving subscription holders the ability to pre-order a limited number of product in the future. It would solve a huge amount of issues that have arisen with trying to sell physical kits in store.
Its strange there is no date on the new kit ? the first one had a date and this one not ? will they just release it without any headsup or something maybe this time ? but if only US shop will have them that sucks..
Brandfuel said later next week(i.e. this week that already passed). I would really like some over-supply.
Hoping that newbies will be able to get an NL1331X physical kit. Most of them are looking forward to it and they are hoping that they do not have to obtain it from auction sites because they are unable to pay the expensive bidding price.
I'd be unsurprised if there's only another 600, or similar amount for the next pack. They appear to be getting rid of old stock, so it'll be limited by whatever item they have the least of.
Id say that only a small handful ending up on auction sites shows that most of them went to good homes. The bigger issue is how Niantic rolled it out.
ASIA Pacific and other regions also have the money to buy those kits, so why only US? 😩
I asume its a logistics issue, sending over a box outside usa to the other regional shops.. but it cant be that hard really....
I've been playing for years and have never had the opportunity to get my hands on a physical swag kit. One of the reasons I was so shattered after camping the store for hours and missing out on the first pack anyways because they went so fast. I just really want to participate in something tangible that has to do with the game I love so much. It is quite difficult living very far away from anywhere an event could be held.