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redspear on 08 December 2008
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chamelean75 said:
noname2200 said:
Groucho said:
noname2200 said:
Groucho said:

Okay... so its the X360 Arcade that is hard to find around here (Seattle area) since Black Friday. Wii supply seems to be exceeding demand decently this year. They are stocked pretty high in just about every store (there are *mountains* of them).

Since you seem to be in the only place in America that's like that, buy some and eBay 'em dude. Easy money!

 

Seattle is supposed to be one of the "high tech" hotspots in America.  I would wager that Wiis are pretty commonplace here in and California, and perhaps New York, Chicago, etc.  Everyone who wants one, has one now.  Its rural America (which is the majority of consumers) that is probably still supply constrained, because the Wii is still "catching fire" there.

 

You can cut out California and New York. I live in the former (San Jose), and have friends and family in the latter. Wii's are still MIA (save for the Nintendo Store in NYC). Can't speak to the rest, but reports I've been hearing say otherwise.

 

 

No way.  I can tell you that finding a wii at target, best buy, circuit city, and frys is rare.  Costco does sell them but I don't know if they actually have them in stock in store.  There is no way that there is just a shortage in the rural midwest.  I live in the Bay Area (San Francisco Bay Area).

 

 

 Noname was actually saying the same thing you were. By saying "cut out" he was saying remove them from the list of availability.

I live in SF. It is and has been sold out in Ciruit CIty on Van Ness and both Best Buys. I also know that is hard to get in New York still and in most of the Philadelphia area including mainly South Jersey and Delaware.

In fact the opposite is true of what is proposed here. I am not sure about now but a few months go if you wanted one the best place to get on was Rural US places like Zaynesville OH and Wheeling WV had them in stock.

Two factors show there are areas of massive undersupply and those are Online availability which has fluctuated more recently but still roughly sold out and Ebay price which is still significantly above retail price and it wouldnt' be that far above if it was readily available.

 

It isn't just about experience or who you know or who you talk to or Ebay it is also reflected in sales Vs shipping.