<p>Lots of Nintendo Wii on ebay at around $400. apparently there is a lot more stock of them than there is of the ps3. If anybody finds an online source at the real retail price of $249 please post because as my sister said, “I might wait in line for a kidney but not a video game.” lol.</p>
<p>My sense after making lots of calls yesterday if you didn’t get one today wait a bit and more Wii’s will be in stock. I wanted it for thanksgiving but if you’re waiting until the december holidays to give it to your DS or DD I’d make a few calls and see how soon some of the other stores will be getting in a shipment. I guess if I hadn’t been as lucky as Willie Wonka today (another mom standing in line next to me said that she felt like she’d found a golden ticket just like Willie Wonka and I had to agree) I’d be calling to see when other stores would be getting in their next shipment. Good luck in your hunt!</p>
<p>Did the Wii camp out with my 8th grade S last night. He got to hang with the other geeky gamers while I held down the lawn chair and tried to keep warm. </p>
<p>His birthday is Wednesday and haven’t seen him this giddy since the Believe in Santa days. Such a change from the usual teenage Grumpy.</p>
<p>Left Target with a Wii and three games. If you were not in line by 5 am, you probably don’t have one today, but since the plan is to distribute 10x as many Wii’s as PS3s chances are still good by Christmas ar other appropriate holiday.</p>
<p>thanks m&sdad. Please post a review soon. Curious to see if it is worth it and lives up to the hype.</p>
<p>On a freezing cold, pitch-black morning this past winter, DS called me at work at 5 am and asked “Where’s that beach chair that folds up?” BEACH CHAIR? Turns out it was to sit in, on line outside Shea Stadium for “good Mets tickets”. I would have forbidden him to go (it was honestly freezing), but got the “Dad already said I could”.</p>
<p>Gotta be a boy thing.</p>
<p>(SORRY for the off-topic comments, but… oaklandmom: You don’t have PM enabled so I have to post this here, but YAY NANOWRIMO!! Of course I’m writing, too (this is Year 5 for me 
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<p>Enjoying all these comments.What we do for love. Happy hunting! Anyway, son waited in line for the Nintendo wii too and that is posted on ebay for $400. If anyone cares to bid our handle is 12backhandgrip3. At least our feedback is good.</p>
<p>Oh backhandgrip, i would never hear the end of it if I dared to sell his wii on ebay…actually I’m looking forward for a chance to play Zelda this weekend myself!
mootmom, I’ll send you a pm once i’m awake enough to see how my options got changed.</p>
<p>My s slept out and got a Wii and played it all day yesterday. He says it’s awesome (we’re into one syllable answers here and to get two syllables is an accomplishment!). Amazon said they will have some to ship, and someone else said RadioShack has a bunch. I would just shop online and see what you get.</p>
<p>fourkidsmom, thanks. I’ll try RadioShack and Amazon. I do not want to pay more than retail…</p>
<p>Here’s the wii listing from Amazon this morning: “We sold out of our initial supply of the Wii on Sunday morning, November 19, in less than one minute.”</p>
<p>StickerShock, yeah I saw that too. Ebay has so many listings that the prices aren’t that outrageous. Right now game with Zelda is around $375. since ebay includes sales tax it isn’t that much more…</p>
<p>Nintendo traded off DVD and HD functionality for price and motion based controller. S said the motion based functionality adds a lot to game play, espcially in the Tony Hawke skateboard game. </p>
<p>We started in the afternoon at Walmart (I wanted indoor with heat and rest rooms, son wanted midnight deilvery). We ended up with one of eight rainchecks. We then relocated to Target.</p>
<p>After hearing the disappointment in my S’s friend’s voice when he was shut out, we told his parents will sell them the raincheck copy at our cost.</p>
<p>I am in the parent doghouse today, as out S is home with a sore throat!!! He is forbidden from all video based products until he resumes school.</p>
<p>For wii, try jcpenney.com</p>
<p>m&sdad, I think I love you. Just ordered from jcpenney with factory ship in 2 weeks. No standing in line…</p>
<p>JCPenny in now out of stock.Darn!</p>
<p>I was able to buy Wii, Zelda, and they had a wide selection of games at Target. One of the Targets near my home had 120 of them this morning. I waited on line for about 20 minutes (got there 1 hour before store opening). Then they took names and issued numbered tickets. I went out for coffee and came back a half hour later. Then the long part was waiting in the store for a 1.5 hour line. I have the stuff, so my kid can calm down! He has been talking about this for at least 3 months.</p>
<p>Oh, and it was crazy. They had customers who arrived at 1:00am this morning. They camped there all night! I still got mine getting there at 7:00am.</p>
<p>LOL StickerShocka ad Mkm56; I would glady join the club that would have you all as members. The Common Sense Club!!!</p>
<p>Meant to say ‘StickerShock and Mkm56.’</p>