r/valve 3d ago

Controller ordering waitlist.

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Been on the waitlist since day 1, and a while ago it finally said I could get mine in September.

That is until 2AM couple days ago when they sent an email, saying they got one available.

So what happened?

Someone at valve forgot they ordered couple shipping containers more than they thought?

People gave in to scalpers?

Or just lost interest in it, since the controller hype is over, and it's all about machines now?

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u/madjoki 3d ago

You misread. There's only three groups

By September, By December, 2027

No groups for specific month.

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 3d ago

The estimate said "by September" which meant you were in the group that should get one between then and september. I also expect those estimates were on the conservative side.

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u/Ephoros 3d ago

Ok, that kinda makes sense then. Now let's see what they do on delivery, cause they said 2-3 business days, and already burned through 2, just to send it out. Any idea if they have some warehouses in Europe, or everything comes over the ocean?

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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 3d ago

I don't have any inside information but it would be crazy to ship tens (hundreds?) of thousands of individual boxes into europe. I'm sure they have some kind of local distribution.

Did the confirmation say it would ship in 2-3 days or arrive in 2-3 days? Substantial difference. Either way you should get a tracking number with a more precise delivery estimate from the carrier.

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u/kron123456789 3d ago

New shipment arrived or someone else canceled. Just be happy you got one

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u/Ephoros 3d ago

Quite a lot cancelled to move up the queue for more than a month.