The quest for a Wii
Begin Quest for Wii,
Required Items: 1 Wii, 1 Extra controller, Rented game from Blockbuster
Difficulty: Varied, travel quest
I decided this weekend to buy a Wii. I've been wanting one for a while and since Katie is here this weekend I decided that it was finally time to get one. I like the new motion sensing aspect to the games and believe that it will be much more fun the traditional thumb games.
Start Time 11am. I Decide to get Wii, thinking that its 4 months past christmas and that whole shortage thing should be over by now. I look online for a guage of prices available and possible locations where a Wii could be had. Toys R Us are apparently having a big thing where Wii's are $250 this weekend. I call Toys R Us, and they inform me that they sold out of their Wii's immediatly and there had been a line at the store since about 8am. All three of the Toys R Us's in Atlanta tell the same story. Well Ok, obviously I'm not going to get one at $250. Ebay has a pretty liquid Wii's market and they sell there for around $320. Ok so given the standard Ebay markdown I now expect to pay about $350 for a Wii at say Bestbuy or some other consumer electronics store.
11:30, Keys in hand, girl on arm, we set off to the Best Buys, Targets, and EBGames around town. Strike one, Strike two, Strike three, etc. Return Edgewood shopping center with a new pair of shoes for the girl (I know how to keep girls happy while geek shopping), a quick stop at Bed Bath and Beyond gets a new pasta pan. We get home at 1:30 ish. Discouraged and a little miffed I start some soup and get a crazy thought, "what about craigs list?"
Craigs list reveals a couple second hand Wii sellers around $350, one of whom is on the Georgia Tech Campus. I send an email with my phone number, and stating that I'm willing to buy today if he has it for sale. Email sent I go back to cooking my soup and about 5 minutes later my phone rings, and yea its the Wii seller. He has the Wii in the GaTech library and is willing to sell it to us right now.
To be continued.
Required Items: 1 Wii, 1 Extra controller, Rented game from Blockbuster
Difficulty: Varied, travel quest
I decided this weekend to buy a Wii. I've been wanting one for a while and since Katie is here this weekend I decided that it was finally time to get one. I like the new motion sensing aspect to the games and believe that it will be much more fun the traditional thumb games.
Start Time 11am. I Decide to get Wii, thinking that its 4 months past christmas and that whole shortage thing should be over by now. I look online for a guage of prices available and possible locations where a Wii could be had. Toys R Us are apparently having a big thing where Wii's are $250 this weekend. I call Toys R Us, and they inform me that they sold out of their Wii's immediatly and there had been a line at the store since about 8am. All three of the Toys R Us's in Atlanta tell the same story. Well Ok, obviously I'm not going to get one at $250. Ebay has a pretty liquid Wii's market and they sell there for around $320. Ok so given the standard Ebay markdown I now expect to pay about $350 for a Wii at say Bestbuy or some other consumer electronics store.
11:30, Keys in hand, girl on arm, we set off to the Best Buys, Targets, and EBGames around town. Strike one, Strike two, Strike three, etc. Return Edgewood shopping center with a new pair of shoes for the girl (I know how to keep girls happy while geek shopping), a quick stop at Bed Bath and Beyond gets a new pasta pan. We get home at 1:30 ish. Discouraged and a little miffed I start some soup and get a crazy thought, "what about craigs list?"
Craigs list reveals a couple second hand Wii sellers around $350, one of whom is on the Georgia Tech Campus. I send an email with my phone number, and stating that I'm willing to buy today if he has it for sale. Email sent I go back to cooking my soup and about 5 minutes later my phone rings, and yea its the Wii seller. He has the Wii in the GaTech library and is willing to sell it to us right now.
To be continued.