I have a Wii which everyone in my family has very much enjoyed, and a bunch of my aunts and uncles had each asked if I could buy them one if I saw any available.
So I heard about Target holding Wii's for today, Sunday, January 21st, 2007. It was 8:06 AM this morning when I called the first Target store in the Los Angeles area. This is how the guy answered the phone:
"Thank you for calling Target where we have already sold out of the Nintendo Wii, what can help you with today?"
I started laughing... every other Target in the Los Angeles area is the same, NO MORE WII'S! Since the Wii has obviously acheived a high level of demand in the mainstream mass market, it will be a long time until it's easily available. I guess next time there is a shipment people will have to camp out!
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I wonder if Target as a company would approve of such a telephonic greeting
I was number one at the Target on La Cienega. I got there at 5:40a, with the next person showing up at 6a. They opened the gate up, but wouldn't comment on wii stock. 7a came around , we were expecting tickets-- nothing. Finally at 8, the manager came out with a security guard and asked us why we were there (we asked her about the wii when she opened the gate) and then told us they didn't get their shipment. Anyway, after making a much needed trip to the bathroom in the nearby McDonalds, I zipped over to Circuit City up the street and found only 10 people waiting. They ended up having 40+ units. They handed out vouchers at 9:15a, and everyone headed off to get a snack. I waited, wanting to make sure I snagged the wiimotes. A little over 20 more showed up by opening. I think they probably turned out some people, but I left after buying the first unit.
I don't know if they would approve, but they should! I've spent more than a fair share of my shifts at [insert video game retail outlet here] answering the phone to get through a 5 minute conversation to explain we don't have Wii's we don't know when we will have a Wii.
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loudestnoise: You are an idiot.
Who calls Target at 8am on Sunday morning? Clearly, the phone was ringing off the hook with people calling about Wii systems in stock, and the person answering the phone wanted to save time.
Why wouldn't Target approve of an employee actually using their brains? Target isn't like Walmart, Kmart, or Best Buy.
Brad: They don't encourage brain use to their employees because if they used their brain enough, they would realize how badly they were getting fucked working at Walmart/Target/whatever.
I work at a Target in Wisconsin, and I was fortunate enough to be the one to work in electronics this morning. Our store had 54 Wii's, we had been telling people about today for at least 2 weeks. We had campers out at 10pm the night before, and were sold out before the store opened at 8am.
I had a similar incident myself. TodayI decided to call my nearby Target in Kansas City, the second I asked for electronics the customer service person quickly told me "If this is about a Wii, we have sold out."
So I called Wal-mart... out
Called Circuit City about a half our after they opened they said they had one and were dead so I would probably have a good chance of getting it. Unfortunately they "just" sold it when I got in. I then had 5 minutes until Best Buy opened so I figured what the heck I will drop by there. Low and behold they had 6 of them, only six mind you, but they had them. I was beat in the store by a arabic man, that was at least late 30s early 40s who did a mad sprint into the store. I just casually walked in, and wala finally a Wii. I had to endure stoplight hell, due to the weather here, for some reason the lights were not changing, so I (and many others) got stuck at some for 3-8 minutes each, 2 of which several people and myself ran... but ya know what, I don't care, I am happy with my Wii. Now if I could find another Wiimote...
brimstone - if your looking for a Wii Remotes, Nunchucks, or Classic Controllers, try Nintendo's Online Store. I purchased some from them like a few weeks ago...so now I have 3 Wii Remotes & 3 Nunchucks for my Wii. So just check them out, and shipping was only $7 for UPS Blue =P
Goodluck and I hope you find them =P
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I waited for a Wii on December 17th and I didnt get one because greedy families walked out with like 2-3 systems each. So my brother went on Ebay and bought one for me for $500 just to make me happy (I didnt even ask him, he just did it...) :)
I don't understand why Nintendo and retail locations don't just take orders... take my money and call me when you get one. I don't care how long it takes, but it's easier that way.
i got a Wii on launch day at a Target store in Kissimmee after getting there at about 6:30 in the morning. i was 54 of 60. wait in line for one if you really want one, its worth it.
Been waiting for a while
Not to gloat or whatnot, but this is why I am glad I camped out before Wii Day (launch) as I so warmly call it. Waited for 24 hours for a noon opening at my local Best Buy in Fargo, North Dakota. I was lucky enough to be number 14 of 114 units. There were actually two tickets that did not get handed out. The only problem was all the people from the back of line rushing the front of the line so they could get in first. Luckily, the employees said line position was based on ticket number so a few friends and myself could actually get in and buy what we came for instead of being screwed over by people who had not even been in line for two hours. Sometimes you get lucky.
For anybody who is still looking for a Wii, camp for it. Even after being up for 40 or so hours, more than half spent in 10 degree weather, I couldn't put the damn thing down.
Not to gloat or whatnot, but this is why I am glad I camped out before Wii Day (launch) as I so warmly call it. Waited for 24 hours for a noon opening at my local Best Buy in Fargo, North Dakota. I was lucky enough to be number 14 of 114 units. There were actually two tickets that did not get handed out. The only problem was all the people from the back of line rushing the front of the line so they could get in first. Luckily, the employees said line position was based on ticket number so a few friends and myself could actually get in and buy what we came for instead of being screwed over by people who had not even been in line for two hours. Sometimes you get lucky.
For anybody who is still looking for a Wii, camp for it. Even after being up for 40 or so hours, more than half spent in 10 degree weather, I couldn't put the damn thing down.
I'd recommend monitoring the RSS feed at http://www.wiitracker.com/ throughout the week. I was able to snag a non-bundle Wii at amazon.com during their 20 minute sale window today. (all from the warmth of my office)
You all are going to hate me. Wii's went on sale at our local fred meyer retailer at midnight on the Saturday Night/Sunday before Thanksgiving. I went to the store around 1 PM on Saturday to get a birthday present with my son. There were two clowns in line, in minus 10 degree weather, wearing shirts that said "FIRST IN LINE -- NINTENDO WII!!" I hadn't even heard of these new systems, but my son apparently had and said, "We should get one of those." I just blew his comment off.
I was back at the store around 8 PM to get some photos developed. THis time, I noticed about 30 or so people in line. While waiting for my photos, I talked to one of the clerks about when they were going on sale. He said, "We close at 10 PM, but are re-opening at midnight to sell the Wiis." He also told me they had 90 unites, and when I asked if he thought they'd sell them all, he said he didn't think so.
I went home, and left about 11:55 PM under the guise that I needed to get gas in the car for our road trip the next day. What my wife didn't notice was that it took me a half hour to go get gas that night. When I got back to the store at about 5 after midnight, everyone in line was already in the store, and I just walked right in to the end of the line. I was handed ticket #80 (out of 90). I was the last one to make a purchase that night.
Hid it away for christmas, but the kids have loved it ever since!!!
My girlfriend got real lucky (good timing) and go a Wii with relative easy. This past Sunday our local Target put up 45 units for sale. She drove down to the store at 7:45 (they open at 8:00). There was a friendly Target Store Manager standing in front of the main entrance. When she walked up to ask him about the Wiis, he handed her a ticket and said "you're number 30 of 45." She then noticed that people were just sitting in their cars (with their tickets in hand) waiting for the store to open. She decided to kill a few minutes and walked over to Starbucks to have a coffee. Once she returned to Target at 8:15, she strolled right in, handed a clerk her ticket, who placed a Wii in front of her. There was no line at checkout, so the whole transaction took only a few minutes. She was gone from the house for less than an hour. When she returned home she said she couldn't believe how well organized the store wasand how easy it was to get a unit. There were no lines or people shoving or chaos in general. I don't know if this is how all Targets handle these releases, but if not, this particular store (in Antioch, CA)should serve as a model for others.
And yes, the Wii freakin' rocks. I'm not a gamer, and I have no particular desire to learn all of the controls on a 360 or PS3 (there are too many buttons and commands....I just want to use the damn thing!), nor do I really care about the superior graphics on the XBox and PS3. The Wii, to me, is more like a Mac: it's simple, intuitive and it just works the way you would expect it to. As far as I can tell, I'm the type of consumer Nintendo was really going after, and they nailed it perfectly.
I was at target here in Fresno @ 8 on the dot. they already had everyone in and while I'm one person away from getting a wii and they say that the rest were going to be sold to the names they took from the line. Luckily there was a Best Buy next door that was opening in 2 hours. So I waited 8th in line and when 10AM came BestBuy gave us a reserve tickets and countdown then led us through the store where everything was nicely laid out for us to buy. They had 51 wii to sell and they were sold out when I left(Had to buy a couple of things along with my wii). But that two hours waiting in the cold was worth it everyday I play.
hey guys, i got my wii on the 23 but i didnt have to wait in a line, i was in the best buy near downsview, toronto and i had to get mini speakers for my mp3 player and i asked about the wii, the accosiate dude said no, as i went to get a drink of water i saw a guy who looked like the manager and asked him: how come your sales representative doesnt know about the wii, ITS SUCH A HOT PRODUCT and he said wait one second and came back with a wii with 4 wiimotes 4 nunchuks and said i was the first one. I got redsteel and tony hawks downhill jam, every tuesday is the shipment day in toronto.
Well, for me it was a really annoying experience. I live in Mexico, more specifically the northern area, so the US border is only 2 hours away. Anyway, I headed out on a Friday unaware of the huge demand for the system. I obviously learned about this when I asked for the Wii in about 9 stores. What really pissed me off was the fact that in both EB Games and GameStop they have Wii boxes with price labels and everything, which just turn out to be empty (it was also in these stores that the clerks were really rude). So I just got fed up and went to a pre-sale in a store here in Monterrey, the downside is of course waiting for the Wii to arrive, which will be until February 20th
just wanted to say that this article is bullshit....not every target got them, and i had to answer about 35 phone calls today about this website stating that we were guaranteed to have them in stock. You people should check your sources better next time before posting something like this.
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i just wanted to say that you guys should check your sources better next time before publishing an article like this. thanx to this misinformation i have had non stop phone calls at work (yes i work in electronics at target)with irate people not believing that my store did not have the Wii system. NOT EVERY STORE WAS GETTING THEM. Maybe next time you will do a little more research and post something somewhat true. No one in my entire district received them, nor are going to in the near future due to not enough machines being manufactured to cater to all of the stores. And next time you people go into a target and ask the clerk in electronics about wii's and he says he has no idea, it's the truth because when we are going to get them we get an email saying when. Oh yeah and if you ever want a guaranteed shot at one then just keep your eyes on the AD when it comes out. Every time the Wii is in the add it means we are getting them in, so don't waste your time calling every day.
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