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Title: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: tk_42_1 on December 27, 2007, 10:38:16 pm: My wife and I did our annual Dec 26th day after sales hunt and were so surprised to see 8 Wii's at one Wal-Mart and 7 at another. What a surprise. Did these just magically arrive on Christmas day/night or were they just holding them in the back to annoy us. Something doesn't add up. Target - 0 Wii's. 2 different Gamestops - 0 Wii's. Circuit City - 0 Wii's. Three different Wal-Marts - 15 Wii's.

Well, even though I didn't get one for Christmas, I at least got an early Birthday Present.
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: chopps on December 27, 2007, 10:51:15 pm: I think they were holding some back. A friend who works at Best Buy told me they do the same thing. They havent had any guitar hero 3's in for the last couple of weeks and mysteriously they have a 4' stack of them on the 26th! (of course by the time i found this out, they were all gone...doh!)
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: shardian on December 27, 2007, 11:07:21 pm: What exactly would be the point of these stores holding back the hottest items of the season until AFTER christmas??
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: tommy on December 27, 2007, 11:43:33 pm: Quote from: shardian on December 27, 2007, 11:07:21 pm
What exactly would be the point of these stores holding back the hottest items of the season until AFTER christmas??

Wii's that never sold on ebay so they had to let them go and stock it.
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: taternutz on December 28, 2007, 08:28:22 am: The Wii's at Wal-Monster come in via UPS or Fedex and Nintendo has been rapid shipping them, Gamestop started getting them on Saturdays which they normally do not. One Wal-mart near me received 100 the week before christmas, and 18 the day after christmas.

Not defending Wal-Mart here, as a former manager I hate them..

But I got me a WII :cheers:
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: chopps on December 28, 2007, 12:27:51 pm: Quote from: shardian on December 27, 2007, 11:07:21 pm
What exactly would be the point of these stores holding back the hottest items of the season until AFTER christmas??

In Canada we have huge sales on boxing day (december 26th) similar to black friday sales in the US. So im guessing having hard to find items would draw people into the stores. :dunno
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: northerngames on January 05, 2008, 01:28:12 am: store returns put back on the shelves?
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: odysseyroc on January 05, 2008, 02:24:49 am: I went to Walmart on New Years Eve to pick up a few poster frames and decided to stop by the electronics department. There were 2 Wiis in the case and somebody was buying one of them. I managed to get the last one before 4 more people rolled up looking for a Wil.
Title: Re: Wal-Mart was holding out on us
Post by: skim36 on January 05, 2008, 09:46:03 am: I got one for my son back in october I think at Gamestop. The guy put out 12 consoles and by the time I got mine, there was 4 left. Great console though. I think I'm going to pick one up.