This is probably boring, but here's what happened to me.
I missed out several times this weekend. The people I talked to at WalMart said there wasn't going to be a line for Wii. I decided that, combined with other anecdotal evidence, meant that the hype around these parts wasn't very high. My friend and I decided to head to WalMart in the evening of the 18th just in case some people did wait in line, particularly after we found out the store was only getting the bare minimum of 20 units. When we got there, I felt pretty good because there was no sign of a line whatsoever. Not wanting to be bored for several hours, we left and went to the nearby GameStop. The big positive of the evening was discovering a good GameStop. I didn't know such a thing existed. This store is pretty far out of my way, and there are closer stores, but I think I'm going to head there from now on. I bought a couple of used PS2 games and chatted a little about the Wii. That's when I learned that there was a line at WalMart with over 50 people in it, and that WalMart only had 18 units. Where was this mysterious line? We still couldn't find it, so we decided to head back to my place to kill some time. We played Smash Brothers for a while, then headed back to WalMart to find out what the heck was going on. It turns out that the line had formed early in the morning, and to get rid of the crowd, they handed out tickets. All the Wiis were in layaway.
Our next option was Target. I had heard it would have 24 or 26 units. I didn't want to wait there all night, although it turns out that would have been my best chance to get a Wii. I only saw three people sitting in chairs outside, so we decided to try to get there early the next morning before Target opened at 8. We went to my place again, watched the Transformers movie, and played some more Smash Bros. In the morning, there were easily more than 30 people at Target, so we dropped that idea. We drove to Sam's. There were people waiting outside, but the sign on the door said they were already sold out. We checked things out at Best Buy, knowing that we had no chance of getting a Wii but needing to kill time. They still had remotes and nunchuks, I noted.
We went to Sonic for breakfast, then decided to go to Target anyway to buy games and get the gift card. I was pleased to see that they had tons of games left. I bought Zelda, Red Steel, and Rayman, though it was hard to choose between that and ExciteTruck. My friend bought Zelda, Super Monkey Ball, and Call of Duty 3 because I had shown some interest in it, which typically affects his buying habits. I can't say I've never led him astray, but since he buys stuff like Monkey Ball when left entirely on his own, I never feel too guilty. He also didn't want our purchases to overlap too much since we often borrow games from each other. I convinced myself to get a classic controller while I was at it because it was too tiny to refuse, and he bought a points card, a classic controller, and a remote. Target was out of nunchuks, and he had finally become convinced that getting a controller would be difficult. He still wasn't in a rush because he didn't think either of us was getting a Wii that day. I wasn't ready to give up just yet.
I had one last hope, in fact, and that was Sears. I had no idea if they even had any. All I knew was that there wasn't a single person waiting outside and that it didn't open until 11. That meant more time to kill, which meant more Smash Bros. I was despairing just enough that I almost didn't leave in time to get to Sears when it opened, but we walked in right after 11, ran up the escalator, and found the video games. I walked right up to an associate and asked if they had any Wiis. There were two other guys standing around, one in white and one in black. He said, "We only got two and you're the lucky ones." He didn't point at me. He pointed at the guy in white and an indeterminate point in space that could very well have applied to the guy in black. I didn't think I made it, but the way he talked to the guy in black made me wonder if he worked there. He wasn't wearing a Sears shirt or badge, but he wasn't acting like a customer. I was confused enough to wait until they brought the Wiis up from the stock room to see what happened. I looked at the other games. Sears has terrible prices on games. A couple walked up and asked about the Wii. They were turned away. I was starting to feel very warm, and realized I was blushing. My friend said that since we weren't getting one, he was going to look at something else while we were there. Right after he walked away, I turned around to see the sales associate put a Wii on the counter and motion me over. He looked me right in the eye. There was nobody else. Black shirt guy worked there. Wii freaking GET!
I was so excited I messed up my own signature. I tried to give him my copy of the receipt. I dropped the receipt when I tried to put it in the bag. I turned around and tried my hardest to hide my smile as I looked for my friend. He didn't see me coming at first. He later told me that he saw me walking up with a big bag and a bigger smile on my face and couldn't figure out what I could have possibly bought. He's a dork like that. We were too excited to remember to buy a nunchuk, so we had to stop at Best Buy on the way out. They only had three left. The remotes were all gone already.
I spent the rest of the day in giddy euphoria. It occurred to me that I had probably bought the last Wii in town. Sears was quite likely the last store to open for the day that had Wiis to sell. They only had two. I bought the second one. I unbelievably lucked out.
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