Wii?

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<p>Nitendo is not doing this entirely on purpose. Many, many different electronic and circuitry parts go into this thing. Chips and boards can only be made so quickly, and the demand from other products exists as well. So, while Nitendo may not be making the shortage on purpose, they may not be trying to help it either.</p>

<p>My mom got two (one for home, one for me at school) after weeks of searching. After about two, we just got in the habit of calling each Circuit City/Best Buy/Target in the area (we live in NorthernVA, so they’re everywhere). Once, around 5pm, I got lucky that one CC had gotten a shipment the night before, but five were still in stock. I raced over to watch the last two be picked up and bought. Nuts. That weekend, though, we had known CC gets shipments on Friday nights, so Saturday my parents left around 7AM, went to two different stores, and both were able to get them, so my mom picked up two.<br>
So, keep calling, keep asking, and be ready to fly out the door at moment’s notice.</p>

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<p>I have lucked out in getting the Wii and Xbox 360 in the past Christmas seasons when they were very hot. And both online. I got the Wii from Circuit City (in 2006) and the XBox 360 from Bestbuy (in 2005). After I happily clicked on “buy” online, I went to my local Target store to go shopping and there was a long line. People were in line for the Wii and I told them I just got one online (I live very close to Target) and I could not believe the response I got from one guy, “Well, you had to pay shipping” and he had been in line since 6 a.m. “Oh, okay,” was all I could say. :slight_smile: No clue if he got one. I hope he did.</p>

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<p>This was an absolute hit with everyone in the house. We had some kids over in the afternoon, and the fifth grader was a hoot to watch.</p>