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People are still lining up for a Wii box, even after months of the console's release. The scarcity of the Nintendo Wii is drawing up a lot of frustrated customers. A 30-person line formed at a local Best Buy in Illinois, each one hoping to pick up a Wii with a scheduled restock. As one shopper puts it:You have to come right when the UPS driver delivers it, and Best Buy refuses to tell you whenever they are getting in shipments. They lie and tell you that they have no idea when they are coming in, when they obviously do know when they are coming in.
But even after weeks and even months of frustration, the customers are still lining up for the once-"Revolution"-now-"Wii" console. Why? Well, as one son put it, when asked why he wanted a Wii rather than particular console, he said, "The Wii seems more fun." His mother added, "He just wants one because you can move around when you play it."
Revolutionary player interactions, low prices, great feedback and just plain fun give the Wii the edge it has today. With just one gripe, however: the console is really hard to find. One other customer voiced his opinion, stating:
You would think that the manufacturer and the developers would put pressure on [Nintendo] to put out more. You'd think that they could [supply] more than they are, especially now that it is after Christmas and they've gone through their rush.
Via Gamasutra
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People need to stop whining, it's a month after x-mas, how many do you think Nintendo can manufactur in a month? Especially when the wii's success was pretty much a complete surprise? People are just jealous they don't have one, do you think Nintendo doesn't want to sell as many as possible.
I work at one such retailer, and no, we aren't lieing when we say we have no idea when they are coming in. Seeing as there is such a huge demand, it is labeled as a "rush item." So when it shows up, it shows up. We are told we will get them in once a week (which is often not the case), and sometimes we are told a day (2 days at most) before the actual day we get them. And in those cases we tell customers when we expect them. But think about this, if we stopped "lieing" and told you a day, and they didn't come in, wouldn't you have more to b*tch about? So no, we aren't going to take the chance and say for sure they are coming in on a certain day because A) most of the time we honestly don't know, as the higher ups don't tell us unless it is definite and B) even if we do tell you a date, you'll probably just come in at let's say 12 pm thinking that is 'early enough' and get pissed off they are "sold out already." Yea... yea they are - know why? Because they sell out in about 5 to 10 minutes. So, good luck in obtaining a Wii at this point, and keep sending your hate mail to Nintendo, in fact, I encourage it, just stop directing all the hate towards people like me. It's wasted energy - might as well use that energy to do something productive while you wait for the big N to start providing the Wii on a more regular basis.
We know that we are getting them in when it comes as a count but we dont know "WHEN" we will get them.. when it comes by UPS it only is listed as "On Order" which means it can come at any time.
People need to stop *****ing and whining. the best thing you can do is watch the advertisements for best buy. if its there .. its the ONLY time we KNOW for sure when we will have them because we have to hold them for that ad date.