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Jansen

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am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« on: November 03, 2008, 01:59:04 PM »
yeah yeah everybody hates wii (myself included), but there are a couple of games i want to play on it. (un)fortunately i still can't fucking find one where i live and trying to buy one online is lol.

screw you vanillaware/platinum games!

Trent Dole

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2008, 02:01:29 PM »
Probably not for a while yet anyway. I see a decent supply of them at the local Target stores every now and then, but I work in a mall so I'm kind of around stores a bit more than the average person I suppose.
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Beardo

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2008, 02:03:16 PM »
Why is the wii so hard to find?

archie4208

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2008, 02:03:45 PM »
They are readily available everywhere I go.  I guess people in bumfuck Georgia can't afford videya games. ???

Howard Alan Treesong

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2008, 02:07:38 PM »
no, but you can buy one from me at only 20% markup
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The Innocent X

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2008, 02:56:08 PM »
I have the same problem, I can't bring myself to buy a wii either. Oh wait.... that's not what you meant

Bocsius

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2008, 03:00:30 PM »
Why not forget about the couple of games you think you want to play? It's not so hard.

Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2008, 03:57:15 PM »
Unless Wii Christmas Madness '08 has struck in the last week, I see them fairly regularly in the Seattle area. Fred Meyer in particular always has a few in stock.
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TVC15

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2008, 04:27:31 PM »
I see them relatively frequently, too, here on the eastside.  I couldn't tell you where to get one with 100% accuracy, but they are around often enough at either my local Gameplop, Best Buy, or Fry's.
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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2008, 04:39:56 PM »
The Fred Meyer in Greenwood always a couple Wii's in stock.
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MoxManiac

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2008, 06:42:41 PM »
I see stacks of them everywhere. I thought the drought was over?
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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2008, 06:44:15 PM »
why would you want to?
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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2008, 07:34:41 PM »
i still never see them in Houston

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2008, 11:51:05 AM »
I saw 8 of them at Best Buy yesterday.  I was tempted to buy for the purposes of eBay/Craigslist resale, but I'm thinking it might not be worth the hassle.

Best Buy is having an exclusive "Reward Zone-Only" shopping party on Sunday evening after the store is closed.  Minimum 30 Wii systems per store.

ch1nchilla

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2008, 12:32:28 PM »
I was at Wal-mart the other day for a Halloween costume, and I saw a Wii (like 4 Wiis, actually) and one Wii Fit in the games section. I bought both, and will be putting them up on eBay the day after Black Friday.  :D

Olivia Wilde Homo

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2008, 04:07:24 PM »
I've seen them many times this year in store shelves.  I thought the drought was long since over.

I imagine there will be another mass shortage this holiday season though.
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dark1x

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Re: am i ever going to be able to walk into a store and buy a wii?!
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2008, 04:28:59 PM »
No problems around here.  All of the stores are stocked with both Wii systems and stuff like Wii Fit.  It's amazing that the system has remained difficult to find in some areas two years after release, though.