How did you get your Wii?

[LightPhoenix]

A friend (well, roomie) of a friend works at EB, and put it on reserve for me.

 

[WhatGravitas]

Got ours Mid-August 07... in a German-store (because I'm home during vacation). But right now, here in the UK, they're pretty rare as well.

Cheers, LT.

 

[Agamon]

Got mine in April on eBay. It was more expensive than normal, but came with 2 extra controllers and Zelda, so the extra cost was really just in the shipping.

In June, I walked into a local grocery store and saw one sitting on the shelf in electronics. I blinked a couple times and grabbed it as a X-mas present for my nephews. It's the only one I've ever seen sitting on a shelf.

 

[Max]

I walked into Costco, not even looking for a Wii and saw one sitting there. One left out of what was clearly a huge display of them. Grabbed immediately, of course. Pure luck.

 

[Galethorn]

My roomie got one off the rack at Fred Meyer a few days after we moved into this apartment in November. I noticed that they still have a big pile of them in the tech department when I ventured in for light bulbs last week.

 

[Thanee]

Wow, is it still so hard to get these? Craziness!

I think you can just head to the store and buy one around here.
Though I havn't tried, so cannot say for sure.

Bye
Thanee

 

[tbiaslorin]

In August-September, we had them all over Nashville and they would sit on the shelf for at least several days per shipment. I ended picking one up at Walmart on a whim. They only started getting rare around here in mid-October.

In early December I got lucky and found another one at Target and put it on Craigslist. Surprisingly, I only had one person requesting it, so it looks like demand is not as great as it once was. My guess is if you really want one, finding one should not be too hard. Check your local Craigslist and you can get one cheaper than Ebay (though more than list); they're running around $325-375 in Nashville, and I've seen a couple of opened ones for $275-300.

 

[Piratecat]

I do Nintendo DS games, so we were able to order them straight from Nintendo.

 

[Arnwyn]

Yeah - they're even sitting around those (multitude of) camera stores in Orlando, for example (at the normal price).

Saw 'em, ignored 'em.

 

[Megaton]

One of my not-that-close friends bought about a dozen or so Wiis to price gouge on Ebay, but I didn't get mine from him.

It was a brisk November morn, a Sunday, and I drove into my local Toys R Us. A line of 30 parents waited outside at 8:50 am to buy one for their child. My heart sank at the line, but 10 minutes later a retail saint from within the store opened the doors and declared that 150 Wiis had been delivered that morning. A hallelujah rose to the heavens from all in the queue, and I returned to my abode with Wii in tow.