The Official Nintendo Wii U Availability Thread (And Game Deals)

Quote from reenoip007 : I am a little surprised that the box is not sealed by tape (no sign of sealing tape being removed). Is this true for any of you who have bought 1 or more?

This was true for the original Wiis too, right? Nintendo likes to do that for some reason..

Quote from jewverse : I swear that went through my head today.

i only got 2 so far but already decided to open one. can't resist mario and nintendo land

i'll need to review the return policies of the stores and decide which one i should return.

Quote from bolland99 : Ultimately it ends up in the hands of someone who wants to play with it.

Seriously Bolland, you obviously are dedicating a lot of time to this.... every other post is from you. Do you have a job, or is this your job?

Picked up 4 Basic models earlier today... deluxe all sold out everywhere. I took the last one from local Target and BB I took 3 out of 10 or so available. Target was nice, with the 5% off, but too bad they only had 1.

Quote from Mommydearest : Seriously Bolland, you obviously are dedicating a lot of time to this.... every other post is from you. Do you have a job, or is this your job?

I'm glad you have taken such an interest in me. My job and only mission in life is posting in this thread. Thank you for reminding me to do so.

I planned to look for some more Wiis but now credit card is near maxed from all these BF online deals, so I'll probably just go to Target and see if I can find one. The 5% Redcard discount is tough to pass up. That is about $18 off so just adds to profits.

Or I may not bother if I don't get any interest from CL today on what I already have...just playing it by ear. I'm pretty well stocked up right now so don't need to put more money out if I can avoid it...need to save some buying power for Cyber Monday.

There is still hope for us resellers.

http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwi...-iholiday/

Quote from factory81 : I think Best Buy and Target have gotten more serious in their console launches it would seem.

Well Target must have gotten serious by delaying my online pre-order and shipping others. They are totally clueless.

Quote from bizzy2010 : And amazon got leapads in at all different times last year. Did it stop me from doubling my money ? Nope~ People post here as if it's something to gloat about if someone else makes money or doesn't make money. I have 2 units, whether i return them or not, is not a dire situation. I will still eat sh!T and sleep, and have sex whether they sell or don't. But have fun gloating! For what? To be the biggest douche on the internet? Good work, there is a lot worse trolls out there than those who post on slickdeals. And a lot more talented one's at that~

Never before have commas been more important.

Available at Toys R Us website: http://www.toysrus.com/product/in...agpspn=pla

whats the return policy at bestbuy? is it 30 days? and what is the return policy on walmart 30 days also?

Quote from sliwajk : Available at Toys R Us website: http://www.toysrus.com/product/in...agpspn=pla

dead oos

2 basic sitting at a local kmart, have enough basic and not jumping on anymore.

Quote from thegreatwb : There is still hope for us resellers. http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwi...-iholiday/

I don't think it's looking good. I was hopeful. I have 15 Deluxe. I'm not getting a single inquiry even at $450.

The Wii U did not even make it into the following Black Friday Ads in the Seattle area. Target, Fred Meyer, Toys R Us (tiny ad for games, no system), Best Buy, Kmart, or Walmart.

I'm not saying the final nail is in the coffin, but I think the writing is on the wall. Most of us were relying on BF ads to generate awareness and subsequent frenzy when parents realized they couldn't get one. Unfortunately, the awareness is still going to be lacking.

I'll start returning 2 a week until Xmas. That way if demand increases beyond supply, I can make SOME profit with the systems I have left. I paid cash for them all, so I'm not losing money on credit card interest.That's the only saving grace here. Hopefully some of you are seeing higher demand than the Seattle area.

Quote from factory81 : How many people sitting on 10 of these (and finding their ebay accounts are severely limited) are thinking about just cracking open one and playing one? I thought about buying one - but the game line-up just is weaaaaaak. If they had a few more games I would be all about it.

Quote from jewverse : I swear that went through my head today.

Just like the Wii, now that my unit is way free I finally set it up last night. Very svelte combination. Black is absolutely the only color to own for adults and it seems to be somewhat finger print resistant. I dunno how long the update took because I just went to bed.

I ended up with Batman (Lucky for me, I never opened my PS3 copy of Arkham City), Black Ops2 and of course NLand. All also free... I'm still ready if these boom in the next few weeks but could care less at this point... I'm more interested in the product itself.

Happy Thanksgivng.