Comments on: The Great Holiday 2007 Wii Shortage

By: Austin

Austin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:43:10 +0000

I was able to track down a Wii Fit using http://www.linejumpers.com. It has email alerts, yes, but it does something that the rest of the sites do not do, and that is a desktop alert feature that will auto-open a browser window when the product I want comes in stock. Its fast, test it out.

By: somewhat_annoyed

somewhat_annoyed — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:40:57 +0000

I was in BestBuy yesterday. I checked their in-store stock locator and it said they had 10 Wiis. I stopped the nearest blue shirt and ask him about their availability and he looked a little sheepish. At first he said that their site was wrong and they didn’t have any. I then asked him if he was sure and asked if his sales manager wasn’t sending them out one by one. He then admitted that they actually had a decent quantity in stock but Nintedo told them not to sell any until December. Has anyone else heard anything like this?

By: Quirky

Quirky — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:56:07 +0000

WII- Wonderful inpurchaseable item…

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:21:28 +0000

I bought my on eBay about six months back. Console, two remotes, two numchuks, Wii Sports, and Wii Play for under $400 with shipping. Not a “deal”, but was a lot easier than running around town and worth my time and effort to pay close to market for everything, yet have it shipped to my door!

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:58:20 +0000

Jeremy,
This exactly why I have built my site. To aid people in finding a Wii without all the hassle. There is no need to run around town looking. Just visit my site, NowInStock.net, and sign up for the free email alerts. When my spiders see stock available for the stores you want alerts for, I will email you right away. Granted you still need to be quick, but you do note need to run around town. For example, just this morning, Best Buy had stock of the console in. It sold out in just under 30 minutes. I have already received a handful of emails from people thanking me for saving them so much stress.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:33:28 +0000

I was in Target the first week of August and happened upon a full shelf of Wii. Anticipating my families desire for one this holiday season I purchased it and stored it at a friends house. I am now very glad I did that to avoid this position many parents find themselves in now. But like you said this is not a newsflash - we knew it was coming.