Looks like Best Buy has gotten into the holiday spirit a little earlier than normal this year. According to this account about an incident at a store in New Jersey, they’ve been practicing a pretty ridiculous scheme to capitalize on a second season of Wii fever.
A Consumerist reader said: “One of their salespeople came strolling from a back door holding a Nintendo Wii over his head, and started walking the aisles announcing that it was their last unit. I followed, wondering both how quickly would it get snatched up and how quickly could I decide if I wanted to buy it. It took a few minutes for a couple to come rushing up to claim it, exclaiming how happy their kids were going to be.”
This astute reader stuck around a few more minutes and guess what - another “last” Wii appeared from the back room. Apparently there’s no Wii shortage in New Jersey this year… Boo to Best Buy!
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Let’s give them the benefit of the doubt.. maybe the deliveries are made by a 15-year old on a bicycle who can only carry one at a time..
I’d have stuck around later until next rotation and shouted out “WAIT I THOUGHT YOU JUST SOLD THE LAST ONE? THAT’S WHAT YOU TOLD ALL OF US AN HOUR AGO! HOW MANY DO YOU REALLY HAVE BACK THERE?”
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