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ClaudeLv250 on 18 January 2008
arsenalrc15 said:
To find a Wii use sites like

http://www.outtastock.com/wii/

They keep a constant survey on shops which have Wiis available.
Good luck finding one! I got my Wii by making my dad wake up at 2 AM and drive me to Target. There he left me as I stood with a growing amount of people in line. This was in January 2007. Luckily for me, I was the 12th person in line and Target had gotten 15 Wiis.

Sounds a lot like what happened to me. Except it was Circuit City and I went in March 2007. Waited Sunday morning around 7AM in the cold and wind. They had 14 Wiis, I was 12th in line.

 



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Damstr8 on 18 January 2008

that sucks man...damn old people



 

 

TWRoO on 18 January 2008

Do none of your stores offer this:

Go in... ask for a Wii, they have none.
You put your name and phone number on a form and pay £20 [or whatever]
When they get Wii stock they call you, and hold it for you as long as you come and pay the rest [£160 in my case] within 2/3 days.

If no-where in America does that then it damn well should.



NJ5 on 18 January 2008
TWRoO said:
Do none of your stores offer this:

Go in... ask for a Wii, they have none.
You put your name and phone number on a form and pay £20 [or whatever]
When they get Wii stock they call you, and hold it for you as long as you come and pay the rest [£160 in my case] within 2/3 days.

If no-where in America does that then it damn well should.

They tried that, but there wasn't enough supply of paper to make the lists :P

  



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Ickalanda on 18 January 2008

Wow that would suck, hopefully you'll have better luck next time.



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brute on 18 January 2008

better luck next time dude,maybe like this you can concentrate more on school



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Kasz216 on 18 January 2008
TWRoO said:
Do none of your stores offer this:

Go in... ask for a Wii, they have none.
You put your name and phone number on a form and pay £20 [or whatever]
When they get Wii stock they call you, and hold it for you as long as you come and pay the rest [£160 in my case] within 2/3 days.

If no-where in America does that then it damn well should.

 They only do it for games.  Presumibly so your interest keeps up.  Instead of just putting your name on a list, then two months later realize you don't care about the product anymore.



tokilamockingbrd on 19 January 2008

uggh.. i have no time to play it anyways... and besides, I had money for the shank and setting for my engagement ring.



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arsenalrc15 on 19 January 2008

How about this. Buy a crap broken Wii from Ebay for cheap. MAKE SURE IT COMES WITH EVERYTHING AND WAS PURCHASED WITHIN 90 DAYS. ALSO CHECK PROOF OF PURCHASE! Then, call Nintendo up and tell them you Wii broke. They will ask you to ship JUST YOUR WII (no sensor bar or cables) to somewhere to the Nintendo HQ in Washington. Then, wait 3-5 BUSINESS days and you will get a new Wii shipped from Nintendo to you! You have to pay about 15 bucks for shipping though.



a.l.e.x59 on 20 January 2008

I would just eBay one, and get it over with. I still can't believe how hard it is for others to find them locally. I always thought the whole Wii-selling-out thing would have died, at most, a few months after launch.