Finding a Wii
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- January
- 29
If your kids are like mine, they’re probably clamoring for a Wii. I didn’t even try to buy one during the busy Christmas/Chanukah season. But someone in my family has a birthday coming up. So I started asking around…..The news wasn’t encouraging. All local stores seemed to be sold out. No better luck with on-line sites.
Then I wrote a story for The Journal News about nursing homes in our area that are using the Wii as therapy for older residents. Many nursing homes also complained that they were not able to buy a Wii because store were sold out.
Then a reader posted a comment to my story that contained a tip in how to find the elusive video game. A site called www.wiialerts.com will send you an e-mail and text message to your cell phone when a store is in stock.
I signed up.
Later that day, I got an e-mail alert about a possible Wii sighting.
Turns out I didn’t need it.
A colleague here in the newsroom heard me talking about the site. She told me that the night before a friend called her with the news that a store in Spring Valley had the game.
I quickly called the store, but I was too late.
But the clerk told me another store in Suffern, GameStop& had just gotten a shipment.
I called and a very nice clerk promised to hold one for me for an hour.
An hour and $270 later, I was a proud Wii owner.
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iTrackr is another great site: http://www.itrackr.com/
That’s how I found my Wii last year. They sent phone text messages and email any time a shipment came in, and all you needed to do was call the store to confirm and drive fast as possible to Target before anyone else beat you there.
Thanks for the tip, Ted. It’s a lot of trouble to buy this game, but from what I’ve been told, it’s worth it!
Jane