Arcade Stick Stock Availability (Post updates here)

Tech Talk
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Newegg is out of stock of SE sticks. Fightpads are available for people who use em.

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So lucky i placed an order at gameshark the night before, woke up and it’s “Add to Cart” button is gone cause it’s back ordered. CA is lucky they even have sticks. NY hasn’t gotten anything in a while. I called up all the gamestop and electronic retailers within 20 miles and none of them have it.

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Try J+L Games in NYC. Its up in chinatown on Elizabeth St. Thir prices might be a little inflated though.

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As of about 2pm PST. Fry’s at fountain valley had 3 more TE sticks and no more SE sticks. I got the last SE and one of the 4 TEs. Manhattan beach had roughly 19 TE sticks. These are for ps3.

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My friend told me he just picked up the last TE at frys in fountain valley, CA

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fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!

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Gonna check it out, for some reason my order is still pending and isn’t shipped yet so if i get it tomorrow for a reasonable price i might just cancel my order from GameShark.:annoy:

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i went to J+L maybe two weeks ago and they had a PS3 TE and they wanted 245 for it.

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just a heads up
arcadeshock has hrap3 for only 99. will ship june 15th.

http://www.arcadeshock.com/items/pro-arcade-sticks~mas~hori~/hori-s-real-arcade-pro-3-hrap-3-for-sony-ps3-pre-order-hrap3-accessories-detail.htm

also arcana heart edition stick with game:
http://store.videogamecentral.com/hori-real-arcade-pro-arcade-stick-sa-arcana-hearts-2-edition.html

as well as blazblue sticks still coming up, sanwa jlf with hori buttons, basically hrap3 in blue
http://www.renchi.com/renchi/PS3_Accessories_PS3_Blazeblue_Fighting_Stick_Hori_HP3_56.htm

so no excuse not to have a half decent stick.

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you know, 1 year ago it was SO easy to get any arcade stick you wanted here. so im glad that everyone is playing SF4 but why does it have to ruin us who have been playing fighting games a little longer from upgrading our own sticks

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I checked out this store today and they didn’t have any in stock.

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Sorry, 2009 members cannot sell. Put her up on eBay.

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Frys in woodland hills still has lots of ps3 se sticks available. Me and my buddy got the last 360 te sticks. They said frys have been getting em just for their anniversary sale.

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Yah i called them up in the afternoon and they wanted $140 for the 360 SE…:tdown:

Guess i’ll have to wait for Gameshark to send me my stick. Order still pending:crybaby:

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Yeah, you were late by a few days. It was in stock the day I posted it.

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Welcome to Capitalism 101!

Supply and Demand…

When you have too many people chasing a commodity that isn’t produced in great quantities to begin with, prices on said commodity go up!

I’d call it the “e-Bay Effect” in lieu of some other choice, four-letter words…

And yeah, I’m not crazy about the prices, either, but unless you want to wait another year or two for the fighting stick crazes to die down, I don’t think prices (and the pressure on available upgrade kits and parts) will settle down until much later this year…

I’ve got most of the stick bases I want to mod but I’m not crazy about the two-week waits for parts, either. It’s like living in a big city that has no public transportation. Until you learn which side roads to take to avoid the traffic, you have to be patient and deal with the traffic jams on the main throughways – until you get a job that allows you to telecommute!

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Thanks for the updates…ill keep checking back :stuck_out_tongue:

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I know this is my first post and I’ve not been with the forum for too long however, if you live in Australia, definitely have a look at this.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MadCatz-Street-Fighter-IV-4-Tournament-Edition-TE-Stick_W0QQitemZ190308245852QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Video_Game_Accessories?hash=item190308245852&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A1|39%3A1|240%3A1318|301%3A1|293%3A1|294%3A50

$350 with free p&h is an extremely good price.

I got my TE stick just today and paid $340 plus $20 p&h so you can imagine I’m spewin ahaha.

But yeah, not bein hokey or anything, tryin to wing off some dodge crap, just helpin out a fellow aussie who’s after a TE stick =]

-Jesse

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for europeans they have 360 TE in stock for 150(free shipping in UK) i grabed one for 170 including shipping to Sweden

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Hey man fuck that…$350 for a stick is just plain stupid, thats about 260 US dollars. If people didn’t buy from those pricks who sell it on Ebay, prices wouldn’t be so high. I’m just gonna be a cheap bastard and wait X amount of weeks for my stick. This reminds me of the conversation i had with J+L when they told me a SE was $140, i just laughed and hungup.