So I trudged to the store today to try to get a Wii.  I went two hours early in the rain, thinking that with the reseller prices coming down and it being a week after intial release, people would not be camping out.  Boy, was I wrong.  The employees informed me when I got there that they had given tickets for the Wiis they had in the store to the people sleeping there overnight.  GAH!

One of the other guys who showed up in line suggested going to a different store about 30 minutes away.  I figured what the heck, may as well try since I got up early and stuff.  So I went there too, except I didn’t know where the store even was so I meandered around for a while before I finally found it.  By the time I got there the Wiis were also totally sold out.  The dude in front of me at the local store was there too, except that he frigging got one! GAH!!  That means I was about 10 minutes late, at most.

One funny thing: when I asked the Best Buy employees about the Wii they informed me that yes they were sold out of the Wii but they still had a PS3.  This means that the 40+ people who were in front of me in the Wii line could not be bothered to get a PS3 even though PS3s resell for hundreds of dollars more.  I nearly got it just so I could try to trade for a Wii later, but I don’t have the time or inclination to deal with resale plus I’d have to bring it across the border… all adds up to a PITA I didn’t want.

I JUST WANT MY WII!