The Wii

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Kev

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Can people please just shut the fvck up about the god damn wii already?
 

SpanishFry

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just got back from Target with a Wii.

Ask the electronics Kiosk if they have any, they were storing them there.
 

thejnaitor

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My brother happened to be at Best Buy yesterday when they got a shipment of 9 in. He managed to snag me one and zelda! Hooray! Wii Sports stinking owns... I haven't really tried zelda yet, because I know once I start I won't want to stop.
 

waggy

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Originally posted by: Kev
Can people please just shut the fvck up about the god damn wii already?

Wii wii wiii wiii!


it wiilly rocks!

oh got my replacment straps today! woot
 

foolish501

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well i just went to my local target at 4pm, and they had 3 on the shelves. i would suggest try somewhere that isn't obvious, like target. my local bestbuy's and gamestop's haven't had any in since xmas.
 

dquan97

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I've been to Target 5-6x, Best Buy, Walmart 2-3x...all around 10-11am. No luck. Even went early in the morning to Target at 6:30am and the tickets ran out right in front of me.

 

Loop2kil

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Originally posted by: Kaido
Originally posted by: TheShiz
they are getting pretty common, just call around to some stores in the morning and you'll probably find one, my friend's girlfriend just found one at target about an hour ago, no idea how many they had. this is in Richmond, VA

I got mine off of craigslist used from someone just trying to get rid of it, so they didn't charge much over retail, you might have some luck there.

Yeah I was surprised to find any left at Toys R Us. They had a full complement of games and accessories available, I now have 4 sets of controllers, a spiffy Wii CD case (waste of $9.99 but makes me feel special), Zelda, and Super Monkey ball. Just waiting on my PulseVU modchip to begin a-hackin! :D

How good is the monkey ball...if it's anything like the gamecubes version it will be quite fun. Have you played the Zelda much? Your take on it?

 

Slew Foot

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Originally posted by: dquan97
I've been to Target 5-6x, Best Buy, Walmart 2-3x...all around 10-11am. No luck. Even went early in the morning to Target at 6:30am and the tickets ran out right in front of me.

After the launch, I dont think Sacramento has even received a Wii unit, i havent even heard of one anywhere.


I shouldn't say this to reduce my competition, but check out Amazon tomorrow.......
 

SearchMaster

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Jun 6, 2002
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Right now, Sam's Club is showing a Wii bundle with Zelda and Madden for $353 + tax + shipping. YMMV :).
 

imported_griffis

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Originally posted by: SearchMaster
Right now, Sam's Club is showing a Wii bundle with Zelda and Madden for $353 + tax + shipping. YMMV :).


10 minutes later and this deal is already gone!! WTF?!

AAh this so agervating, but all the sites given here have been helpful
 
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Amazon.Com is getting some in this morning, they list a four hour block of time or so in which they will show up on the site.
 

SearchMaster

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Looks like Amazon is sold out - I kept refreshing the browser and within the space of 15 seconds, it showed "we will be getting a shipment on 12/29" to "sold out". Fark.
 

ElFenix

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Originally posted by: SearchMaster
Looks like Amazon is sold out - I kept refreshing the browser and within the space of 15 seconds, it showed "we will be getting a shipment on 12/29" to "sold out". Fark.

they sold out at about 10:55 am CST

they only had like 10. i was using check4changes and the 'add to cart' button never showed up. other people on FW had the same experience, while some got some.

the reason you'll see different messages is because it takes a while to propagate out to all the servers. if you were hitting any of the slow to propagate servers when it actually went on sale, you were screwed.
 

ViviTheMage

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the amazon ****** is BS.

It is seriously ticking me off now!

I am glad I didnt actually wait around for them and refreshed my page all day. Not even bothering with that crap.
 

whistleclient

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Originally posted by: SearchMaster
Looks like Amazon is sold out - I kept refreshing the browser and within the space of 15 seconds, it showed "we will be getting a shipment on 12/29" to "sold out". Fark.

i had a link to add to my cart show up, but when i tried to add it amazon gave me OOS.

grrrr.