Comments on: RANT: Why can’t I get a damn Wii?

By: TW

TW — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:59:58 +0000

They are not too hard to find if you know how. I finally got one yesterday for $250(the actual price of the Wii) without having to bend over for someone on ebay or craigslist.

Every EBGames & Gamestop store gets some in stock a random day each week, Monday-Friday, between 11AM-Noon. I am not affiliated with either of these stores, they just happen to be the only ones that I know of that have a somewhat regular supply of these consoles. Call one of the stores, they’ll even tell you that this is the time/days that they get Wii deliveries. Get the number to the closest 10 stores near you (google their website, it has a store locator that will show you all the nearest stores w/ phone #’s & addresses… depending on where you live, most will be within 15 miles of you), then call each one starting at 11:30AM, until you find one that has it in stock. One of these stores should have it in stock the 1st day (if you call 10 stores, on average, 2 of those would get Wii’s in stock that day). If by chance, none of those stores have any in stock, just call the next day (if they still don’t have any in stock, do yourself a favor & never go to vegas!!). When you find one in stock, the store will hold it for up to 20 minutes for you.

Enjoy your Wii & the extra $$ you didn’t shell out to feed vultures.

By: Brad

Brad — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:14:06 +0000

A fellow I work with was at Best Buy last week and they had paper vouchers on display instead of the boxed consoles themselves — perhaps due to limited space? When he went to the register he jokingly asked if he was buying the last one. The cashier said, “oh no we’ve got 19 more in the back.” (She had to go get one since, as I said, he had a voucher.) The next day, after talking his wife into it, he went back and bought 6 more Wii’s, 6 WiiPlay, and 6 Nunchucks. By that time, before his purchase, he was told there were only 12 left in stock. He said his intention is to wait until Christmas for the demand to go up and sell them on eBay.

THAT is the kind of crap we consumers have to deal with. Oh well. At least I have mine.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:10:51 +0000

Has anyone ever realized that some stores like GameStop will proudly display tons of Wii boxes… that are empty. I’m not talking about a poster advertising that they sell Wii’s, I see a wall of the exact boxes Wii’s come in. However, they’re all empty. I asked a clerk why they stock their floor with empty boxes and he said that they have to otherwise Ninetendo fines them. Hm…

By: mia

mia — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:22:58 +0000

Yeah, dumbass! your just jealous cos my dad is hairyer than your dog……. count the mistakes ! you have so much time on your hands, why dont you use it to wrap that wii up and walk to the post office so you can send it to my dad.

By: Lance

Lance — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:11:19 +0000

Even i can spell better than that and I’m a dog.

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:10:15 +0000

Yeh! you should learn to read and write dumbass.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:03:13 +0000

Don’t you mean Damn Nintendo? Maybe you should spend less time on computer games and more time learning to spell.

Long live Nintendo and the Wii.

By: stephen

stephen — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 15:28:45 +0000

dam you Nintendo!

Thats all i have to say……..

DAM YOU !!!!!!!

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:10:16 +0000

I can only find the Wii in stock when I don’t have the money to spend on one. But when I do have the money, like today, I can’t find one in my entire town. At my last stop a worker told me that they had sold the last Wii about 15 minutes before I asked about one. I just wish one of the stores would tell me what day the get shipments for them, I would be glad to fork over the money.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:09:54 +0000

I got a new one I’ve been meaning to sell. My boyfriend bought one and I had won one. Too late to return the bought one for cash (would only get credit) so I was planning to sell but haven’t gotten around to it. Looking at ebay i see what i can get. Make an offer. Its new in the box from best buy., just the console and 5 wii sport games. Retail is $250. I am willing to sacrifice a bit in the price i would get to not have to set it up through ebay but don’t take advantage as you don’t have to outbid anyone or look around anymore…

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:53:32 +0000

After trying to find that mythical console for almost a year now, part of me wants to give up and another part of me only wants it more… Damn you wii.

By: Mark Mascolino

Mark Mascolino — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:33:38 +0000

Cincinnati here. I always check when I am in Target, Toys R Us etc. and they are never is stock.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:08:15 +0000

CAll Toys R us find out when they arrive. Gp at about 5 a.m. and get in line ……it really is quite easy

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:14:46 +0000

Funny enough, my girlfriend doesn’t want one, but I do. She loves the Gamecube, though.. so I don’t quite get it. Anyhow, I cannot for the life of me find a Wii to purchase. It’s absolutely ridiculous that Nintendo hasn’t figured out supply problems in the past five years…

By: David Johnson

David Johnson — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:41:27 +0000

“Wii-diculous” — i love that.