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    Default how hard is the wii to find?

    so far i've called 5 gamestops and one says they might get some tommorrow, everybody else is thinking two weeks min. they getting that scarce?

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    Toys R Us will have them next week in their weekly ad (July 22)...

    http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/...d.php?t=144254
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    well people are debating this here: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103330

    I think it probably depends on where you live because everyone has a different story. Some say they find them easy while others haven't seen them in months.

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    Go to K-mart. I never see them in any store but K-mart. Since no one shops there, they still have theirs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Garry Silljo View Post
    Go to K-mart. I never see them in any store but K-mart. Since no one shops there, they still have theirs.
    Not true in all locations. My brother works at a K-mart in the electronics section. He told me whenever his store gets the wii in, it is bought right away.

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    Lolz Hard.
    U GAIZ JUST DONT LIKE CHANGE , (builds a artificial foundation here)

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    If you go to a game store, you're rolling a dice. If you go to a retail store with an electronics section, you're flipping a coin. Personally, I hear GameStop say 'Check back early tomorrow' every time, while Walmart, Target and Costco seem to have them at any random time I walk in.

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    They are not that hard to find, In fact I see so many of them

    I think if anything the shortage is definitely false.


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    As soon I saw them on the shelves, they are all gone inside the hour.
    Oh eBay! you are such a pain, I am addicted to you like crack cocaine. You offer things I cannot find in stores,You are the pimp, and we are all your whores.

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    Every time I go to GS/EB/Funco, there's a soccer mom there who comes in the store, asks about the Wii, finds out there are none, and leaves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuplayer View Post
    Every time I go to GS/EB/Funco, there's a soccer mom there who comes in the store, asks about the Wii, finds out there are none, and leaves.
    holy shit, the same exact thing happens every time when I'm there too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuplayer View Post
    Every time I go to GS/EB/Funco, there's a soccer mom there who comes in the store, asks about the Wii, finds out there are none, and leaves.
    Funco?
    U GAIZ JUST DONT LIKE CHANGE , (builds a artificial foundation here)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Richter Belmount View Post
    Funco?

    I didn't think Funcoland was still around.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chicnstu View Post
    I didn't think Funcoland was still around.
    If any exist it would probably be in name only, although I'd be surprised if that wreck-I mean re-branding crew missed any locations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kaedesdisciple View Post
    If any exist it would probably be in name only, although I'd be surprised if that wreck-I mean re-branding crew missed any locations.
    We still have a "Software Etc." in a local mall. It's receipts, price tags and employees refer to it as Gamestop, but the Software Etc. sign is still up there.
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    places called today with no luck.

    Gamestop from yesterday, No Wiis.
    Toys "R" us, No Wiis.
    2 different targets, No Wiis.
    2 Different Best Buys, No Wiis.
    Wally World, No Wiis.

    whats the deal nintendo?

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    I dont know about your neck of the woods, but here, the big retailers usually hold their Wiis to sell Sunday mornings, if they get shipments.

    Game stores sell them moments after they are shipped, that's how it happens at my store- almost every employee knows someone or there's a customer looking for one.

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    I find them often enough at K-Mart. If you check K-Mart every morning for like a month, you could get one really easily. My mom insists on going to K-Mart instead of Wal-Mart, so if I hadn't waited in line during the launch, I could pick one up there.

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    I guess it all depends on where you live, Because I don't see them around here very often. I was lucky to get one.

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    Still haven't seen a single one. And I go to stores like Target and Best Buy at least a couple times a week.

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