Try Sears. That's where I got my DS lite back when they were supposedly impossible to find.
Try Sears. That's where I got my DS lite back when they were supposedly impossible to find.
That was awesome of your dad.Originally Posted by wallydawg
I've actually seen a Wii on the shelf. I'm still looking for a Wii, but there is this TRU in Orlando that is in a horrible location. You can't really see it well from the road, and it gets very little to no business. I don't think they're going to stay open for long.
I went in there looking for DS games, and I saw two Wiis just sitting there, much to my surprise. I couldn't buy one though, because all I have is a Best Buy gift card worth the price of a Wii. So I have to wait for Best Buy to get a Wii. I can't just go anywhere.
Department stores like wal-mart or sears will get them in regularly but the problem is a lot of people go and check there. You need to find out the time of their shipments and go there and ask.
Dude, your dad is a hero. =)
I was just at Rhino games just as they sold the last Wii in stock. They recieved their shipment one hour earlier.
Maybe you should take orders. If I cant find a Wii when my income tax check comes in, maybe I can pay you a fee to secure one from that Toys R Us? Price plus shipping plus moneys for trouble..... I dotn know how it would total out but my wife really wants one, which is exciting for me because she hates games most of the time. She even wants to play Red Steel and she despises FPS. I'm going to look locally first, but may look to others or Ebay if I must.
Bacon, Bacon, Bacon, IT'S BACON!!!!
Well, here's another story from Wal-Hell. I checked the computer this morning and 11 of the 26 had come in. At break, we rushed over to electronics and see what was up. Without saying a word, the lady there saw me and just handed me an email.....
The Wii's are on Tab which means they'll be put in the little wal-mart flyers that clog up your mailbox. So whatever Wii's come in, they aren't selling until then. Not only is it just bad form to sell, we physically cannot ring them up for over 1 more week. Which, for our store in Bumblefuck Alabama, means no one is getting a Wii until February. I cried bullshit to no avail.
I don't know if that's every wal-mart or just our region or what, but if you get friendly with your local wal-mart electronics monkey, maybe you can find out how it is where you live.
Normally, I wouldn't care where I bought it from. I'd actually prefer to buy it from Target, or Best Buy, or EB, but that meager 10% discount does help out quite a bit.
Oh well. C'est la vie....
I'll think about it if I see it again, but I was back at Toys R Us again, and the Wiis aren't there anymore. So yeah. Back to square one.
This will all sort itself out eventually when everyone has their Wii.
Yeah, Wii systems are still coming in rally slow at gamestop. We see maybe 3-6 every 2 weeks. Ridiculous that there is so much demand for them.
Wally, that was damn decent of your father.
Anyway, it's hard to believe it's still scarce. Someone told me that the problem may be the accelerometers inside the controllers. The nunchuck has one, and the Wii-mote has three, I believe. They probably can't keep up on them.
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Don't even bother. Wait until there's something worth playing released on it
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So, I still can't find one. Any suggestions/inside tips for next week?
All help is greatly appreciated. Here in northern NJ Wiis are almost impossible to find.
I could use some tips as well.
Finding a Wii this month is driveing me crazy.
I've called just about every where gamecrazy,kmart,gamestop,tru and nothing still
Easy to get near me, but they make you pay almost 2X US retail. Good thing I got my buddy to stand in line at Sam's in December.
Pretty crazy that they are still so scarce!!!!
They make you pay more then retail? Weird.
Where is that?
Advance warning: TRU's 2/11 ad guarantees the Wii in stock.
Scans of the ad are at Cheap Ass Gamer.
Which TRU is it?
*cough cough*
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I just happened onto a few in stock at Fry's while I was there getting a memory stick for my PSP. That was the first time I had seen one sitting on the shelf like that. Of course I had to buy three games but ah oh well. What fun is a system without any games anyway?
Tru nation wide or is it just a online deal?
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