Dec
21
Seeking Wii
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(Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com)
Ever wanted to know what it’s like to get laughed at for a whole day? Try finding a Wii this week.
That was my task Tuesday: to comb the San Francisco Bay Area for one of Nintendo’s elusive video game consoles. And let me tell you, the results were not pretty.
All told, during a long day of driving through Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties, I hit 10 different retailers in person and called 2 others, all in hopes that I might be one of the lucky few who stumbled onto the opportunity to fork over $250. And how many Wiis did I find? Read on.
I began my morning driving through a raging downpour to the Best Buy in Marin City, a few miles north of San Francisco. I actually remember thinking that getting to the store early and in the middle of a near flood might mean I’d be alone in my quest.
But this is the week before Christmas, and the Wii is the hottest could-be gift around. So when I walked over to the video game department, a woman was already asking a salesman if the store was out of Wiis.
“Oh, yeah,” he said.
As she left, I wandered over to make sure I’d heard properly, and indeed, the salesman confirmed that the store had sold out its most recent shipment of 40 Wiis in 30 minutes on Sunday.
“I don’t think we’re getting any more before the holiday,” he said.
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