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Old 04-21-2007, 05:51 PM  
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they r holding them for sunday's ad sale.
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Old 04-21-2007, 05:53 PM  
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but that's illegal!
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Old 04-21-2007, 06:21 PM  
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wtf? How is that illegal?
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Old 04-21-2007, 06:45 PM  
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They should be coming in about 1 month.
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Old 04-21-2007, 06:50 PM  
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It is not illegal. They print an ad for a Sunday sale that will say garaunteed stock of 15. If they sell them on Saturday, they will have none on Sunday and that would be false advertising. Their computers will not let them be sold early. I agree that it is a lousy way to control the sales but this is the only way they can build up enough stock to attract more buyers to their sales.
I have been searching for a Wii for a friend and they just missed some in stock at a Target. They stopped by another Target that itrackr showed with no stock and they had some. They acted like it was top secret and had to check to make sure it could be sold. So they were able to pick up a Wii.
Another thing I have noticed on itrackr is that I have not seen any stock at a GameStop since Easter. I wonder if they are not getting any or just not updating on itrackr anymore. I asked at Walmart and was told they get about 4-6 Wii units once every 2-3 weeks. That is not very many. For reference I am talking about the Dallas area. Are other cities seeing the same trends? It is hard to believe that you still cannot walk into a store and pick one up.
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Old 04-21-2007, 09:30 PM  
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Are other cities seeing the same trends? It is hard to believe that you still cannot walk into a store and pick one up.
These small shipments are probably air freighted to the US, the rest/larger shipment is probably coming in by ocean freight.
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Old 04-21-2007, 10:08 PM  
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Guys!@! I bought a Wii.......component....without wii....lol...
I paid 30 bucks for wii component. sigh....
I will definitely get wii tomorrow morning...I won't let anyone snatch my wii
when I already got wii component.
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Old 04-21-2007, 10:58 PM  
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I just saw that CC is in stock but when I called them, they said that they will only give it out tomorrow morning...and many people called for it. I don't know whether I should bet on ToysRUS, BB, or CC and when I should go for it...anybody can give a suggestion like 8am or 7? and also any tip? thanks!
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Old 04-21-2007, 10:59 PM  
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I just saw that CC is in stock but when I called them, they said that they will only give it out tomorrow morning...and many people called for it. I don't know whether I should bet on ToysRUS, BB, or CC and when I should go for it...anybody can give a suggestion like 8am or 7? and also any tip? thanks!
I just called ToysRus for the 2nd time and i confirmed that they will have 72 wii. I will be there at 4 am.
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Old 04-21-2007, 11:09 PM  
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Ha...I got a dilemma...ToysRUS near my place opens at 11 and CC opens at 10, but I don't know who will have more.@@ 4am sounds really crazy. I think you will definitely get one this time JoonKimDDS. Hope everybody can get one tomorrow.
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Old 04-21-2007, 11:12 PM  
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Ha...I got a dilemma...ToysRUS near my place opens at 11 and CC opens at 10, but I don't know who will have more.@@ 4am sounds really crazy. I think you will definitely get one this time JoonKimDDS. Hope everybody can get one tomorrow.
are you sure ToysRus open at 11? I went to their website and it says they open at 10am. I am pretty sure all toysrus open at the same time.

and this guy on the phone told me that he will start selling from 8AM. because they want to clear up the line and it's waste of time to make them wait if they already know that there will be more than enough people on the line at 8. if 75 people(because my Toysrus will have 75) buy all at the same time, the cashier register will be busy for an hour and that will bring them some traffic problem.

i don't know how much CC will have but my toysrus will definitely have 75 becuz this guy told me so several times and it's only 10 hours before i line up so i know that he knows how many he has.
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Old 04-21-2007, 11:21 PM  
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Thanks JoonKimDDS. I just called the ToysRus Durham and they said that they do have Wii for Sunday sale, but yes it opens at 11am(though it's weird) and they will only start to sale it after the store opens. They also said that they don't know how many they got...@@ I'm thinking that maybe I should also line up at 6 or 7 with my assignments...
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Old 04-21-2007, 11:47 PM  
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Thanks JoonKimDDS. I just called the ToysRus Durham and they said that they do have Wii for Sunday sale, but yes it opens at 11am(though it's weird) and they will only start to sale it after the store opens. They also said that they don't know how many they got...@@ I'm thinking that maybe I should also line up at 6 or 7 with my assignments...
Good luck getting one.

and for those who still don't know the fact that many stores will have them tomorrow, now you know it.

The war starts in less than 12 hours. EVERYONE! BE READY!
We will bring victory~! yay~!!!

i don't have any assignmnets but i got an exam the next day, LOL.
I will just bring bunch of my text books, sit on them, or use them as a pillow and take a nap, LOL.

God...5~7 hours in the line without moving will be pain in the ass.
what if i really wanna go to bathroom...
I will make sure to poo pee and not drink anything 5 hours before i go there.
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Old 04-22-2007, 01:54 AM  
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You better wake up on time cos I am going wii hunting tomorrow to go hug all the wiis and take them all with me and put them on Ebay.
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Old 04-22-2007, 01:55 AM  
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I don't know if they will let you buy more than 1 but i am getting up in 5 hours go go Virginia~ Fairlakes mall~!!

Edit: 2:35am now. I just woke up. Wii will be mine in less than 8 hours.
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Old 04-22-2007, 02:00 PM  
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I GOT A WII! I was 2 out of 65 at Toys R Us.
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Old 04-22-2007, 03:27 PM  
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I GOT A WII! I was 2 out of 65 at Toys R Us.
Same here!
I was 2 out of around 70 at Toys R Us.
I went there at 3:50am and there was one guy already. what a freak.
and then there were only about 30 people until 7am and it suddenly became around 70 people at 8 and that's when they started to give me ticket.

I bought a wii, gamecube controller, and that's
$250+$25.
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Old 04-22-2007, 04:05 PM  
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Scored a Wii!

Wii! I got one at BB (Buford, GA) this morning! I got there early and waited. I was first in line. They only reported that they had 12 and handed out twelve vouchers...I was number 1. The 12th voucher went around 10:15.
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Old 04-22-2007, 05:16 PM  
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Does anyone know when Canada will be getting a new shipment?
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Old 04-22-2007, 08:13 PM  
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I go to college and work part time, so I've been thrifty and saving money for a Wii. I want to ask: Is it expected that Wiis will become more available in the next couple of months or will it take even longer to buy one without diffculty?
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