Obtaining a wii
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Omega the Hedgehog
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Smash the windows and raid the store afterhours.
Omega the Hedgehog
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Yes.Slurgly said:
Sunday mornings are your best bet. Most major department and drug stores (not counting vg-specific places like EBgames, Gamespot, etc; they might run on their own schedule) in the US run weekly sales ads that start on Sunday and end on Saturday. So when stores get new systems, and said system is going to be advertised in the following week's ad (though that very rarely means they're actually on sale), that means the store's not going to sell the product until they open on Sunday.
Therefore, you need to start calling all the department stores near you on a daily basis. Wal-mart, Target, K-mart, etc. When you find one that's getting them in, find out what day they're going to start selling them (if it's not Sunday), find out what time they open that day, and be waiting outside the store's entrance an hour before they open that morning.
This tactic, if you live in a relatively high speed location (even small cities get systems often), will get you a Wii in two or three weeks at the most. If you don't force yourself to call stores daily in your search, then you won't find a system for some time. You're going to have to be persistent if you expect to find one.
For the record, I used that tactic, and found a Wii in three days from when I started searching. But I do live just north of DC, in an area of Maryland that's pretty busy, which would theoretically get systems more often than smaller cities. But still; three weeks or less. That's all it'll take if you get busy.
Therefore, you need to start calling all the department stores near you on a daily basis. Wal-mart, Target, K-mart, etc. When you find one that's getting them in, find out what day they're going to start selling them (if it's not Sunday), find out what time they open that day, and be waiting outside the store's entrance an hour before they open that morning.
This tactic, if you live in a relatively high speed location (even small cities get systems often), will get you a Wii in two or three weeks at the most. If you don't force yourself to call stores daily in your search, then you won't find a system for some time. You're going to have to be persistent if you expect to find one.
For the record, I used that tactic, and found a Wii in three days from when I started searching. But I do live just north of DC, in an area of Maryland that's pretty busy, which would theoretically get systems more often than smaller cities. But still; three weeks or less. That's all it'll take if you get busy.
crazyhedgehog
haha what
Who doesn't do things like Omega? I got my Wii on a sunday morning, so yeah, I'd say that would work.
Nitro_the_Echidna
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The video game stores I go to have plenty of Wiis. My problem is NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
shadix
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The way I got mine was careful planning.
First I got my friend that stinks really bad. (To knock out the nerds.)
And my friend that's just plain crazy. (To scare the remaining nerds away.)
To spend the night at my house the night before.
But instead of getting to bed early we stayed up all night...
So eventually we all fell down and knocked out, as for me I woke up at 8 yelling and screaming because I was late and woke up my friends to run down to the Wal-Mart(I swear this place always has them.) to find no nerds and 4 remaining Wii's.
The funny part was we all ran through the store and scared the (Word meaning poop) out of the old greeting lady.
So best choice is Wal-Mart on an early Sunday morning.
First I got my friend that stinks really bad. (To knock out the nerds.)
And my friend that's just plain crazy. (To scare the remaining nerds away.)
To spend the night at my house the night before.
But instead of getting to bed early we stayed up all night...
So eventually we all fell down and knocked out, as for me I woke up at 8 yelling and screaming because I was late and woke up my friends to run down to the Wal-Mart(I swear this place always has them.) to find no nerds and 4 remaining Wii's.
The funny part was we all ran through the store and scared the (Word meaning poop) out of the old greeting lady.
So best choice is Wal-Mart on an early Sunday morning.
Nitro_the_Echidna
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Four times, Shuf. 4Shuffle said:
ST218
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I can't speak for Wal-Mart or places like that, but Gamestop gets shipments on weekdays, in the morning. I know my store usually gets Wiis on Mondays compared to any other day. On the point, we're supposed to be getting more this week, so get some money and drop by a GS on Monday and you might have some luck.
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