After playing Wii (again) on the weekend, Liz finally caved in and Sunday night found her searching online for Wii consoles and packages. She found one site which claimed to run searches and tell you which stores had the Wii in-stock. Except it listed places like Gamestop.com and when we went there they were taking Preorders for a shipment expected in on Oct. 30...with a disclaimer that they may not get enough items to fill every order. The eBay price of the Wii was bizarre. Some people were listing them at $500 and up and getting bids, on a $250 console. After getting beaten on one console which went for $285 + shipping (about $320 all up) Liz just told me to call in to my local Gamestop on the way home from work Monday and see if they had any in-stock.
So Monday after work I found myself lining up behind a young fellow trying to return a game he was claiming didn't work on his console. The clerk was being very patient with the lad and realizing that helping him would take a while, he paused and asked if he could help me. It might be considered rude to help the second customer but if I'd had a simple question, like, "Do you have Heavenly Sword?" he could have pointed me in the right direction and gone back to helping the kid.
Instead I replied, "Silly question. Do you have any Wii consoles in stock?"
He thought for a second and said, "We might have one left. I'll check in a minute."
So he helped out the kid then went out to the back room and came back carrying a Wii console.
Wow!
After hearing about so many people having so much trouble trying to get a Wii, or spending far too much money to get one, I walk into my local store and walk out with the only Wii they have in stock.
Now there's just one problem. Liz wants our son to concentrate on his schoolwork and not have any more disruptions for the rest of the year, so I have a Wii at home, with Wii Sports, Zelda:Twilight Princess, and Mario Party 8 (we bought the games the next day) and I'm not allowed to play it :( It's tucked away in its box so I can't even play it after the kids go to bed.
Maybe when the kids go visit their grandparents this weekend I can talk Liz into breaking it out and having a play. Just to check that it works. I mean I'd hate to set it up Christmas Eve so it's ready for the kids first thing Christmas morning, only to "test play" it and find it doesn't work. Testing purposes, that's all. I'd hate to disappoint the kids Christmas morning. It's all about the kids, right ;)
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I didn't send you to a random store. I found out from wii.yahoo.com that our local gamestop has it. In fact several targets around have it too.
Why a WII? Why not a PS3 or XBox 360?
They're more expensive, and we like the games on the Wii more than those on the PS3 and XBox 360...like Zelda:Twilight Princess ;)
I find the Wii is more family friendly than the PS3 or XBox.
Besides who needs a gym membership when you have a wii? :)
It's too bad Nathan's out of town this weekend. Otherwise, I'd invite you over to his place and you could play Wii games!
Who needs to Nathan to go to his place? :)
If Liz lets me set up the Wii (for testing purposes) this weekend, maybe you could bring Nathan's Wii games over to our house, so we could um...test our Wii...to make sure it works. Yeah, that's it. And don't forget your controller :)
Contrary to popular belief, I don't have access to Nathan's place (no key) so no getting his games.
You should. Get keys from him when he comes back. You need it just in case... heh
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