The DDN Quest for the post-time Wii.

See that image? That’s what I got yesterday morning when I finished my quest for buying a Nintendo Wii. Prepare for one of the saddest stories you will hear. . .

I wasn’t able to be there on launch time (Saturday 12:00 a.m.) since I was returning home after I sang with the choir I told you some days before. I got home at 12:30 a.m. and wasn’t able to cross the border to get to the nearest Wal-Mart or Toys-R-us until yesteray at 8:00 a.m.. So I started at 8:00. . .

I wasn’t in very high hopes for getting a Wii, being that late and without having preordered one, but at least I wanted to get ahold of how many there were, or if there were any games and other accessories for it.

(9:00a.m.)The first stop was WAL-MART Calexico; I hurried to the electronics section and humbly asked the counter lady (Which happened to habe a big white Wii pin on her shirt, “Do you have any Wii’s left?”, she chuckled and said “No.” in a pretty pitiful tone. And I asked, “And how many did you get?”, “32.” She said. They were gone in the 1st hour. . .

I sadly returned to the car, and with some hope left, I rode all the way to El Centro.

(9:30a.m.)The first retailer I saw was BIG K(mart). I parked the car and rushed all the way to the Electronics section and asked the sales clerk: “Do you have any Wii’s?”, He said rapidly and seriously, “No.”. Out of curiosity I asked, “Did you get any?”, and he also said “No.”. “Oh, that’s sad. . .” I said, and quickly left the store.]

(9:45a.m.) I saw a Target over at the horizon and thought : “This might be my chance.” I went to the cashier over at Electronics and came close to getting it: She was putting a WII BOX IN A BAG. I rapidly asked. “Do you have any Wii’s left?!” and she responded, “Sorry, we only have for the ones who have the presell card, but we have 2 that haven’t been asked for yet. . .But there are 2 families in line for them, so, no. You are not getting one today.”

Those last words collapsed my body and mind like a bad game of “Jenga” (”Tumbling Tower” for the real gamers). There was no hope, there wasn’t any other big retailer in HUNDREDS OF MILES AROUND. I was devastated.

I turned to check the Wii section and it was pretty well supplied: It had most launch games like Zelda, Red Steel, Trauma center, bla bla bla all the others. So I secured my Zelda game before any other thing.

(10:00a.m.) After a less-than-semi victory, I decided to go get something to eat to fill, or at least try to do, my empty soul. and I ate 3 times slower than usually, trying to get the most of every chunk of meat, tomato, bread, possible, so I could stop being self-pity-ist (?) and be on the brighter side.

I think I’ll be going 2 weeks later, so I can secure for good. . . My Nintendo Wii.

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5 Replies to "The DDN Quest for the post-time Wii."

1. ana says:

   November 21, 2006 at 8:59 pm

   yup i was there that nov. 19 , at 12:00 am they were 32 wii´s and about 29 people standing out walt mart jeje my cousin have one, bowling kicks ass!!

   i hope you have your wii soon !!
   n.n

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2. Velcor says:

   November 22, 2006 at 1:31 am

   awww you’re a lucky gal.

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3. Link says:

   October 22, 2008 at 10:52 pm

   Haha, this sounded like my story. I started by arriving at Walmart at 7 am [I did not have a license at the time, so I had to wait on others to haul me around]. No Wiis left. They DID have Zelda though, which I secured just like you.

   Next stop: Target. I wait on line for an hour before I realize that I need one of those stupid tickets. Well, it turns out that they handed the last one out 5 minutes before I arrived. I left to go to K-Mart. They had ten Wiis. Ten. There were 4 behind the counter. YES! Im gona get one after all! Right? WRONG! They are for people who got tickets. Where are those people? No idea but the tickets were all handed out.

   So until May 19, 2007 I had no Wii, but I DID have a useless fucking copy of Twilight Princess that I took out of my drawer and stared at. I must have read the manual 100 times. On that fateful day, I called Gamestop, as I did every Saturday or Sunday. They had a Wii in stock! But how does one get there on time?? Lucky enough, my friend was at the same store at the same time, buying me the Wii because she knew I was going insane searching for one, probably at the same time I was calling the place.

   So I finally got my Wii! Five days before my Birthday to boot.

   Well, that was one long ass comment!

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4. Velcor says:

   October 22, 2008 at 11:25 pm

   and what a nice story!
   I love happy endings.

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5. Link says:

   October 23, 2008 at 12:33 am

   How did yours end?

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