Here's an interesting bit of data from Itrakr from my local list of stores saying the Wii is "in stock" as of this morning:
5 out of 17 (roughly 29%) retailers show the Wii in stock at 12:24 AM central. Mousing over the clock gives you a "last updated" time. Here are the last updates for the 5 showing "stock"
Comp USA - In stock - Time Elapsed Since Last update - 40 Days, 8 hours, 4 minutes.
Target # 1 - In stock - Time Elapsed Since Last update - 3 Days, 5 hours, 39 minutes.
Target # 2 - In stock - Time Elapsed Since Last update - 3 Days, 11 hours, 59 minutes.
Target # 3 - In stock - Time Elapsed Since Last update - 3 Days, 6 hours, 18 minutes.
Gamestop # 1 - In stock - Time Elapsed Since Last update - 1 day, 7 hours, 25 minutes.
The targets may have stock they are holding for Sunday, but the other two stores here don't. Clearly a 40 day old update is worthless and Gamestop doesn't hold systems. I called, they aren't in stock. So I ask this: How good is Itrackr, really, at predicting true stock status?








