Topic: How Did You Get Your Wii? (Read 286 times)

throwingks · « **on:** April 22, 2007, 07:31:00 PM »

My wife and I have been looking for a bit, and cannot find one. I know that there was a big shipment today, but I couldn't go get 1 till after my sons nap. Then they were all gone.

So, where did you get yours?

b15ginz · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2007, 08:08:00 PM »

i gave a call to my local EBGAMES early in the morning, maybe like 11ish. (they opened at 10). i called on a tuesday when thats usually a "new game day". so I figure I would call. they had one, i went over to get one.

Lemon Crevice · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2007, 09:08:00 PM »

Well i remeber it was a nice sunday afternoon and i walked into my local walmart about to pick up some laundry detergent, and when i was there it thought why not check the electronics department( the departed had just come out to dvd the tuesday before) so i picked up a copy and proceeded towards the wii game case and to my surprise there were wii's in the case about 3 to be exact so i picked one up. I was told by someone there that they got 8 that day and withing 20 minutes he sold the first 5. So all i can say is i got lucky, i still think eb games and game stop are your best bet because they seem to know when there shipments are coming in.

SpankIt · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2007, 09:56:00 PM »

I had a friend that was working at HMV. I had him call me when they got the Wii's in and rushed over to get one as soon as I got the news. I got one for me and a buddy of mine.

halojames · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:43:00 PM »

waited 12hrs in line day 1

whiteboytroy · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2007, 11:24:00 PM »

i checked itrackr.com to see if any place had them.compusa was the only store that had some so i go there 10 min before it opens and there are 5 people or so in the parking lot waiting for it to open . aparently their was one other guy that knew they had them and was looking for them too. he went back towards the games section and i went straight towards one of the sales guys and he went back and said it was the last one.

good times

JackAz! · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2007, 12:24:00 AM »

Ordered one.
One week later I got it.

This was in January.

This post has been edited by JackAz!: Apr 23 2007, 07:25 AM

atomiX · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:15:00 AM »

Waited in line 2 hours on launch day. I'm sure it would have been longer in a bigger city.

grim_d · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2007, 05:26:00 AM »

preordered in november, left work at lunch on launch to go pick it up.

what you have to do these days it just get your name down and wait a week or so.

xboxbman · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2007, 07:26:00 AM »

It was launch day. Despite being up till 4 in the morning, I found myself waking up at 7. Oddly enough, minutes after I woke up, my fiance did the same. After a quick discussion, we decided to try to find a wii. We hit three stores, no dice. Then I think, EB in the mall. I stroll into the mall (all the stores closed at 8 in the morning) to find a small (30) nintendo fanboys loitering infront of EB. I ask one if I'm wasting my time even asking. I swear the pimply parents-basement dweller was more excited for me then I was. "Let's get you a number!!" he exclaimed. The fanboy sprints as fast as his 250 lb frame can move, and begins banging frantically on the locked door of the EB. An unamused and tired looking employee saunters up to the door, exhales loudly to show his lack of interest. I get my number. The fanboy jumps for joy. I find a spot on the floor, amongst the Nintendo junkies playing their DS's. To their horror, I pull out my PSP and begin to play. An hour and a half later, I have my Wii in my hands.

Long story short, I got lucky on launch day.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2007, 08:03:00 AM »

got mine on eBay 2 days after launch.... only paid about $40 over retail and it came with Zelda

Though a week or two ago I saw a few available at a Sam's Club.

throwingks · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2007, 05:02:00 PM »

4/22 was a big day for resellers, and I couldn't/can't find a single 1 in the last 2 days.

itrackr shows 6 of 26 stores have it in stock. 0 of those 6 claimed to have any in stock over the phone. Driving to Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Circuit City, Best Buy, EB Games, and GameStop turned up '0'. I did find out there is supposed to be a big shipment released on 5/6 though.

I was looking through eBay and Craigslist. Nothing struck my fancy. I may just wait another couple weeks, and give the random call to EBGames and Gamestop to see if they got 1 in.

grim_d · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:30:00 PM »

QUOTE(throwingks @ Apr 23 2007, 11:33 PM)

4/22 was a big day for resellers, and I couldn't/can't find a single 1 in the last 2 days.

itrackr shows 6 of 26 stores have it in stock. 0 of those 6 claimed to have any in stock over the phone. Driving to Wal-Mart, Toys-R-Us, Circuit City, Best Buy, EB Games, and GameStop turned up '0'. I did find out there is supposed to be a big shipment released on 5/6 though.

I was looking through eBay and Craigslist. Nothing struck my fancy. I may just wait another couple weeks, and give the random call to EBGames and Gamestop to see if they got 1 in.

man jus put your name down and youl have one in about a week.

throwingks · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2007, 05:20:00 PM »

EB Games nor Gamestop will let me.
All the others don't get their shipment till 5/6. I forgot to mention, I called Costco 1 morning, and they told me none in stock. So, I went the next day, for groceries and thought I would ask, they said I should have come the day before. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

This post has been edited by throwingks: Apr 24 2007, 12:22 AM

grim_d · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2007, 04:48:00 PM »

QUOTE(throwingks @ Apr 23 2007, 11:51 PM)

EB Games nor Gamestop will let me.

well that sucks, they should let you preorder like any other product.

damn them.

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