Chances of acquiring a Wii?

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#1 GSU28
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Hey, my birthday is coming up and I have made my parents very aware that a Wii is what I would like. The last time they went searching for one they were told by a Best Buy employee that there was no chance of getting one. I am aware that they may have bought one and just are not telling me, but knowing them, I doubt it. Now I told them that they should visit GameStop to see if they have one in stock. Anyone know what the chances of finding one are? Help is always appreciated.
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#2 PhazonBlazer
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there is not a very good chance, just keep checking at the store
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#3 1noteshort
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You stand a better chance of hitting the lottery than scoring a Wii.

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#4 FullMetalWWant
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Well, he might have a good chance if you keep looking.
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#5 NintendoRus
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K...the easiest way to find a Wii is find a so called "City" because at one point they had a population high enought to call it a "city", but now its like dead and full of senoirs. Make sure that "city" has a WAL-MART or something and they will most likely have Wiis there if Wiis get shipped there. Thats how I managed to find mine. The only hard thing is trying to find a "city" like that.....

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#6 shadimoscouplos
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Um, best time to get one is in the summer time cause parents are STILL trying to give there kids those promises from December, so yup...
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#7 Mik9
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Check your Target today. They have some this morning at mine but I didn't there quick enough
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#8 NWA_31
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I was able to find one in February 07 after only a couple of weeks of searching. I'm assuming that it should be easier now. Just keep calling your local retailers and you'll eventually find one.
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#9 aransom
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It's getting easier all the time. They don't stay on shelves long, so you have to put in a lot of effort, or get lucky. Later this year they might start getting easier to find, but that didn't happen last year until September or October, then Christmastime started.
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1/0
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#11 aransom
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1/0VitamiX
I have to disagree, his chances of getting a Wii aren't infinity.
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#12 NWA_31
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1/0VitamiX

You can't divide by zero. :P

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#13 aransom
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[QUOTE="VitamiX"]1/0NWA_31

You can't divide by zero. :P

You can with calculus. Anything divided by zero approaches infinity.
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#14 crankypinoy
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You just have to get lucky. I was told to go to a store during the beginning of the week ( I went on Monday) early in the morning just around the time the stores start to open. We checked about 3 stores then we decided to go to a Gamestop and there it was just sitting there.
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#15 InsomniacZombie
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heh calculus burn!!

Ive seen wiis at walmart, sure theyre gone in less than a day, and i live in a pretty poor area, but ive seen them. keep lookin good luck! wii rules! wiiiiii

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#16 GSU28
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Walked by the parents' laptop and they had the nintendo store on the screen, so careless...
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#17 jericoY2J
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very easy for me to get a wii..infact i got a wii yesterday. all you gots to do is call every store and ask when's there next shipment is and ask to hold one for you. my story of getting a wii is kinda lucky( i called in when ssbb comes in and kinda asked and they had and told them to hold it..was at a gamestop). so yeah luck is kinda part of it
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#18 makaveli_89
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just have to be persistent in searching for one. eventually u will get one. that's sorta what happened for me. my friend (Haziqonfire) kept tabs whenever a wii would ship in. and when he found one, he called me up. so i went there ASAP and got one...lol...its just a matter of keepin check of when shipments come
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#19 santanablu3
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if you live in Manhattan your in luck but if you live anywhere else........well i don't know what to say.
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#20 shadowslaya46
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I got one in febuary last year I went on a website and searched wii and it showed each store that was getting a stockand when theywere coming 100% chance if you can find a website like that

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#21 KungfuKitten
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[QUOTE="NWA_31"]

[QUOTE="VitamiX"]1/0aransom

You can't divide by zero. :P

You can with calculus. Anything divided by zero approaches infinity.


Ow really? I know You can divide zero, and approach dividing by zero, but i didn't know You could divide by zero.
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#22 haziqonfire
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just have to be persistent in searching for one. eventually u will get one. that's sorta what happened for me. my friend (Haziqonfire) kept tabs whenever a wii would ship in. and when he found one, he called me up. so i went there ASAP and got one...lol...its just a matter of keepin check of when shipments comemakaveli_89

Yeah, i remember that lol.