Saturday night I was strolling through the local Meijers and there was a lot of people camped out near the video game section, thinking a new game was comming out that night I asked what they were waiting for. They responded, the Wii.

Wow.

Lies, all lies!

hmmm, quite interesting.
I still remember when I bought my Wii, strolled into my store about 1pm on the day the wii launched, and just bought the Wii, their was no line, I had no pre-order and as far as I could tell they fully stocked. I was honestly surprised to have actually got one on launch day with out any worries in the world.

well lines are usual for a gaming device

It's all just a big conspiracy! The fad is dying... I can feel it!

the cake is a lie! people should buy the superior console, the ps triple!

this wii business is getting out of hand

I'd expect low sales until SSBB comes out...I think Nintendo is stockpiling for the launch, and it would sure as hell make sense.

It's insane to think how many units this console would sell if they made enough...

Well to be fair there are less consoles do to some shipments ment to reach January by boat arrived by air in december.

So there is less Wii's then there should be. Of course that doesn't mean people still wouldn't be waiting. We'll see how it is after Februrary once everyone has covered their personal IOU's to their kids.

Very well likely still may be sold out but who knows.

Meijer is one of the few chains that still retains a full Rain Check policy. That means if they are out of stock of an advertised item you can obtain a Rain Check, and they will inform you when the item in question arrives at the store. Not only that but they will honor the price, and also any other special additional offers attached. Thus it is highly likely that this is what you were seeing. At least last time I checked Meijer still had the policy in place.

I don't doubt your story, but I doubt that it was spontaneous. A number of those people probably got a call to come redeem their Rain Checks, and they might have brought some friends with them. I don't really think of Meijer as line forming country. A Best Buy perhaps, or a Gamestop, but not a Meijer.