mexifelio

jook

Jaysyn

Luana Arrrr

Ilovemygeek

After reading about return nightmares where the units serial number did not match what was on the box and boxes being stuffed with bricks I made sure to open it in front of the employee after paying for it to make sure there was a Wii in there and that the serial numbers matched.

Now I can't get it to connect to the internet, it finds the wifi spot but does not connect, tells me I need to confirm the SSID. But the SSID is correct! I have a 2wire 1000hw DSL modem, any clue?

LVP

Norcross

Could ask for the store manager (or call) since their tel# is right near the main customer service/return desk. Should at least be able to get the in-charge manager on the line if the store head is gone.

civicmon

kylo4

Maybebaby

DeltaPurser

cccdude

Concerned_Citizen

psycoking

*goes back to playing mario kart wii online*

guroth

So all you gay folks out there should pretend you're there to get a Wii and you'll get the hitched instead for free!

TonyTriple

cubensis

YolandaEpaphus

Buran

Okaasan

ludwigk

I bought my Wii on launch day at Target. My girlfriend was with me and also had one reserved from when we camped out for preorders. There were no issues with getting us the Wiis, even though we were obviously together.

The only issue was that they oversold the "Tickle Me Elmo" TMX ed. dolls which we had also purchased. We had to return for it later, and got a $10 gift card for our trouble. But it was worth it because her nieces love the crazy red monster.

ludwigk

Angryrider

That's just absurd.

pep2233

Don't get me wrong, I'm sorry you guys can't find one and it's unfair of Walmart and all that jazz. I'm just glad I have mine.

MT

nadmonk

+1

smirky

monkeyboy13

ExecutorElassus

I hear they're easier to find in other parts of the country.

I'm still curious as to why there's a still a shortage. 2 years and still a rice..er, Wii shortage? At this point Nintendo has to be losing quite a few sales to people who would impulse-buy one. I almost didn't buy one because I couldn't find them back when they first came out.

FLConsumer

Snullbug

Gokuhouse

maalox

see, this is where any logic in your comment goes out the window...

@smoothtom: I'm with you.

camille_javal

Hopefully supply will get close to demand by this summer, but with Mario Cart out, I wouldn't count on it.

BTW- Wii Star Wars Trilogy is quite fun.

highmodulus

aviationwiz

If I'm in line waiting for the clerk's attention and I begin a nice conversation with the girl behind me, should she be denied a sale because we appear to know each other?

smirky

Viva La Volvo

thirdbase

johnva

crabbyman6

I got mine on Black Friday last year after some kid forgot about sales tax. I felt bad until the kid followed me out of the mall, saying "I'll buy that from you!" I had to tell him that he still couldn't cover sales tax, and I'd be out money selling it to him.

howie_in_az

That's just stupid policy I guess - one per household and purchaser makes sense to prevent hoarding, but even when we proved otherwise they wouldn't budge.

jammadave

ChuckECheese

This particular clerk the OP was dealing with was an assclown (no suprise there). I see no reason not to believe it.

RokMartian

8 Jacks buying 1 each wouldn't.

so yeah

Scuba Steve

smoothtom

samurailynn

If they're pretty much guaranteed to sell out of the Wiis no matter how they play it, being stingy and eliminating potential "resellers" is a better tactic-- they will end up with more happy customers speaking well of WalMart, as well as a better rate of "actual shoppers" buying other store items on the side.

FLEB

I also think you're overestimating what Wal-Mart potentially loses by not denying the sale, and underestimating the value of what they lose by pissing off a customer like this.

johnva

Dobernala

johnva

It's not perfect but you can look at rough probabilities to make such a judgement. Does it suck for the people that get screwed over? Yep. But I'd first put blame on the people that cause these sorts of policies to be put in place.

bonzombiekitty

Often times when a group of people come in all looking for a Wii they are looking to each get one to sell on Ebay and sometimes ONE person is paying for all of them but just needs his buddies to each pay for one to get around the limit. Now these 2 may have not been doing this but its common enough that it hurts honest people. Its just like everything else. Some people abuse a system and it ruins it for everyone. Same reason return policies suck at most stores now.

Gorky

johnva

FreeMarketGravy

Yes they have no say what you can do with it after you purchase but if there is some clown who comes in pisses off your other customers because they bought all the Wiis the last 4 times they came in and you start losing OTHER customers it is definitely in their best interest to limit sales to one per person.

Gorky

You're right they could of taken it and sold it on eBay or like in this case one could of taken it to one house, the other could of taken it to another (thats how I got my wii. Mom and Dad got one each, one for me, one for my brother, neither ended up on eBay).

This is one of those thing where the OP really only had his shot at getting things made right at the store. Even if he were to contact corporate now its not like they're going to magically make a wii appear for him. I would of done what some one else suggested and just dealt with another associate, probably a manager.

tande

CaptainCynic

Juggernaut

Lets you have 100 widgets for sale. Widgets are in very very high demand and limited supply. One person comes in and buys all 100 of them to sell them on e-bay for an inflated price. Sure you made the same amount of money on those 100 widgets as if you'd sold them to 100 different people. But by not selling to 100 separate people, you're missing out on secondary sales (whether it be things like warranties, accessories for the widget, or just other stuff in the store). You've also decreased the chance that people will come to your store for their widget needs in the future. Not to mention that the inflated price the third party would buy the widget for decreases the amount of money available to buy other things for the widget.

For a product in high demand, it makes sense to try and ensure that you are not selling to people who are going to just turn around and sell it to a third party at an inflated price.

bonzombiekitty

A couple of months ago, when all the major electronics retailers got huge shipments of Wiis (~50-100 per store) on the same day, me and a friend went and bought one each from the store, and they had no problem selling us each one, even though the sign next to the pile of Wiis with the employee handing them out said "One per customer".

EyeHeartPie

madrigal

opsomath

smirky

Has "1 per person" become too lenient now?

smirky

parabola101

dualityshift

leastcmplicated

loganmo

WalMart stocks the merchandise to sell. I can understand not allowing one person to buy more than one.. I guess. But isn't WalMart there to sell this crap? So why do they care who they sell it to?

chemmy

johnva

ReverseCarpetbagging

Gorky

and... the obligatory "stop shopping at walmart!!!!1 OmG!" I added the 1 to be ub3r c00l.

hi

bonzombiekitty

This case is even more stupid.

johnva

MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

GotanOrange

then once you have safely purchased and secured the second wii, go find the guy who denied your initial sale and tell him you got one anyway

Dobernala

GotanOrange

bonzombiekitty

BUT, this : " The man was rude to us, and he even had cocky remarks stating that my signature was only somewhat close to matching the signature on the back of my credit card. Mind you, I had to sign my name electronically, which is awkward to begin with. "

leads me to believe this story is totally bogus considering that just the otrher day Consumerist had a big ole' story about credit card signatures and weather you had to sign the card or not ...

I smell bullshit Consumerist.

AMetamorphosis

Just two guys ... looking for a Wii.

This makes me laugh for no particular reason.

ChuckECheese

GenXCub

jamar0303

jamar0303

trujunglist

**** a bunch of Wal-Mart. I would of caused a raucous scene.

branchclarke

austinchu

So they can do this...just don't know why the would. Strange.

AlteredBeast

Right now there are tons of legit new Wii console sales on eBay that consistently go for $50 more than the retail price (you cannot buy standard $249 packages on any website).

This happens a lot at many retailers with other items as well, especially when toy companies "short pack" action figures to make certain ones more rare than others. They're usually bought with employee discount back in the storage area, and then eBayed... never seeing the shelf at all.

GenXCub

SkokieGuy

tmccartney