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how do i get an effing wii?

sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
i thought things would die down after xmas, yet still i can't get one.

any tips so i won't have to pay out the nose to get one?
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i thought things would die down after xmas, yet still i can't get one.

    any tips so i won't have to pay out the nose to get one?

    Wait until the Wii 2 comes out?
  • rearviewmirorrearviewmiror Posts: 894
    I got lucky, just stop by the stores a lot basically.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    my girlfriend was able to get her hands on one for me for christmas. she went to a local game stop and lucked out.

    i am having a shitload of trouble trying to find a 2nd controller & guitar hero now!
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    i have one! its soo cool
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    The better question is how do I get mine to stop effing?!? I swear if it goes near my ps2 one more time it's going to birth a litter of sega genesis'
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    mookie9999 wrote:
    The better question is how do I get it to stop effing me?!? I swear if it goes near my penis one more time we're going to birth a litter of sega genesis'
    wow, dude. i feel for you :p:D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • GraySaturdayGraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    I think its just luck of showing up when the are delivered. Target told us they can't hold them. Just come every morning when they open. Which we have yet to do. My boss made friends with a teenager at best buy that said he'd hold one for her "on the downlow" but she already had one. She is gonna call him up again to hook me up with one. I refuse to pay more then list.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    wow, dude. i feel for you :p:D

    Well done chap! That's far better than your nuts one from earlier!
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    mookie9999 wrote:
    The better question is how do I get mine to stop effing?!? I swear if it goes near my ps2 one more time it's going to birth a litter of sega genesis'

    a litter of sonic the hedgehogs would be nice ;)
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Well done chap! That's far better than your nuts one from earlier!
    yeah i know. :)
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    GraySaturday wrote:
    I think its just luck of showing up when the are delivered. Target told us they can't hold them. Just come every morning when they open. Which we have yet to do. My boss made friends with a teenager at best buy that said he'd hold one for her "on the downlow" but she already had one. She is gonna call him up again to hook me up with one. I refuse to pay more then list.

    someone mentioned blockbuster getting them in every thursday, i'll probably try that next week.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Wait until the Wii 2 comes out?


    It's pronounced... Wii Wii...
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    It's pronounced... Wii Wii...
    hahahahaha
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    i got lucky. i have a friend with a friend at toys 'r us so i got it that way. then i was in line getting another controller and they got another batch in while i was standing there....had i known you were looking....

    i also lucked out getting guitar hero...the best buy near me happened to have them in. i have a serious wii addiction now. it's sad, really. :)

    but i think it's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    sweet adeline wrote:
    a litter of sonic the hedgehogs would be nice ;)

    They'd wipe the floor with a litter of Mario's that's for sure!
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Best thing you can do is call every place that would carry one.

    Get the numbers from Best Buys, Circuit Citys, Targets, Wal-Marts, all Gamestop stores, etc.. That's what I did. It turned out the 6 places I called (one Best Buy, one Circuit City, one Wal-Mart, and 3 Gamestops) didn't have one, then I called a Best Buy that was a little further and out of no where they had three! I raced up and grabbed one.

    It's all luck, and all stores get shipments at different times. A lot of the time they don't know when they'll get Wii's in, at least not at the big chain stores. Gamestops will usually know but since they will only get a small number they tend to keep it a secret.

    Anyway, good luck!
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  • corycory Posts: 736
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i thought things would die down after xmas, yet still i can't get one.

    any tips so i won't have to pay out the nose to get one?


    Like I keep saying....SHOW ME YOUR TITS and you can have my daughter's Wii <----and no, that's not slang for anything dirty. Let's not get carried away and get somebody killed up in here;)
    Revive the heart of the heartless...

    Why would you start was has no end?
  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    cory wrote:
    Like I keep saying....SHOW ME YOUR TITS and you can have my daughter's Wii <----and no, that's not slang for anything dirty. Let's not get carried away and get somebody killed up in here;)
    hehehe.

    :p
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


    9/29/04;6/27/08;6/30/08;8/23/09;08/24/09;5/17/10
  • releaselaurenreleaselauren Posts: 384
    I noticed Amazon has some for sale or at least they did two days ago. They were asking around $350.

    My mom gave my kids a Wii for Christmas and when I was in Target a week before Christmas, they just got them in stock. It was pretty funny watching everyone dial their cell phones in a frenzy and say "Target has the Wii!!! Should we get one for so and so?". :D

    We have PS2, PS3 and now the Wii...... it's as fun as everyone says it is!

    good luck
    "you shall be released" ~ EV
  • SpunkieSpunkie Posts: 6,672
    smash and grab?
  • HartydogHartydog Posts: 2,060
    my buddy found his by using this site. I think you can subscribe to the RSS feed and get updates.

    http://www.xpbargains.com/wii_locator.php
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  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    I got one at Circuit City around Thanksgiving. They told me that they get shipments on Sunday and to call them Sat night or Sunday morning. I called one Sunday morning and they said they had 14 of them. I went down there and there was a line and I was number 13 or 14. I didn't think I would get one but it turns out that they had more than they said. After getting it, I went to Toys R Us the same morning and they must have had 50 or so.

    I got Guitar Hero 3 off ebay for a little bit more than in the stores (about $120). I ordered it a week before Christmas and had it the Friday before.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    when Costco opened up last month they had a pallet with nothing but Wii's on it.

    haven't been there since so i'm not sure if they have more.


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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,921
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i thought things would die down after xmas, yet still i can't get one.

    any tips so i won't have to pay out the nose to get one?
    Have Butters freeze you in the snow, when you get thawed out...voila, Wii!
    This weekend we rock Portland
  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    I'm having a blast playing with my Wii!!!
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

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  • edpearsonedpearson Posts: 331
    Try Costco or Sam's Club if you've got one in your town. They had a bunch with no frenzy, however that was before the Xmas shopping season began. I lucked out and got one about a week before Xmas. I heard BestBuy was getting them every Sunday in fairly large quantities. Mine had 150 units two Sunday's before Xmas, so I showed up at 8:30 (didn't realize they opened at 8:00 on that particular day) and I was the 150th person to get the Wii (good thing I skipped going to Peet's Coffee that morning). Try getting there on a Sunday morning or better yet, call!

    Good luck! You'll get one and if you don't, I'm sure you'll have no problem after February.

    Wii Sports is a great party game because it's easy to learn and not intimidating to non-gamers. My 85 year old Grandpa was bowling all night w/ us on Xmas!!!

    And Super Mario Galaxy is a great game!
    Rock on!
    ~Edward

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  • pjtaperpjtaper Posts: 3,020
    Paper mario for the Wii is by far the worst game I have ever played, seen, or even heard the name of!
  • OttOtt Posts: 403
    pjtaper wrote:
    Paper mario for the Wii is by far the worst game I have ever played, seen, or even heard the name of!
    I thought Paper M was okay. Had enough old school Mario feeling to pick it up. But it pales in comparison to Super M Galaxy. That games is freaking awesome. My six year old and I fight over who's gonna be player one. Until he gets stuck, at least.

    And my pops picked up Guitar Hero III for my boy (cough, cough). I can not put that damn thing down. I had never put much thought to getting the game, but as soon as my dad told me what he'd gotten, I was stoked. The first night, I couldn't stop till I beat all 42 songs on easy. Only one I didn't get the first time was Slayer, I think. And I hadn't heard about Evenflow being included, and it isn't one of the listed songs. So when the "encore" started and I read the song, I got the crappiest grin on my face. And you know I had to stand up to rock that shit!

    NBA 08? eh. Not so much after the initial play.
    'Give me some music; music, moody food/ of us that trade in love'
    -Shakespeare
  • cat72cat72 Posts: 2,993
    sweet adeline wrote:
    i thought things would die down after xmas, yet still i can't get one.

    any tips so i won't have to pay out the nose to get one?

    I work for Target.... keep an eye on the Sunday sales flyer. If it is advertised on a particular Sunday, they will have them. Get there early and you should have no problem getting one.
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