There’s a lot of Wii talk going on right now. From Ree’s fabulous Wii giveaway last week, to Neilochka’s spoof this morning to … well, everyone talking about how awesome the Wii they have is. And we’ve played with one before, over at a friend’s house. So we know it’s awesome. Ya’ll don’t need to keep RUBBING IT IN.
We knew we wanted to get a Wii at some point. It was even discussed at Christmastime as a possible gift from Santa. Unfortunately, Santa was a little low on funds this holiday season and it wasn’t possible. Then there was our Christmas money. But we decided to concentrate that on the Xbox 360 and Halo 3. Still, we knew a Wii was in our future, “Maybe when we get our tax return,” was the popular refrain
Well, the tax return is here. It’s been casually discussed. We know we want either Guitar Hero or RockBand for the Xbox but a Wii, as always, has been on the table. In the last couple of days, I’ve given it more thought. Have you guys heard of this site? I first heard of it back in December and kept it in mind for the day when we finally felt ready to get a Wii. Yesterday, I went ahead and signed up for alerts. Circuitcity.com had had a bundle for sale just that morning and it had been a while since Amazon had put any up for sale (apparently, they get new stock fairly often). So I figured someone would have a Wii for sale soon. And I was betting on Amazon. The nice thing about WiiAlerts is that you can set your “price limit”. I didn’t want to get alerts for a Wii bundle that was upwards of $600. I mean, COME ON. Love the Wii, just don’t LOVE the Wii, you know?
Anyhow, long story short: I got an alert this morning. I had it set up to go straight to my cell phone. I went immediately to the WiiAlerts site and then was directed to the Amazon.com order page where I was able to score a brand-spankin’-new Wii for the bargain basement price of $249. I even selected Super Saver Shipping so that was free. Sure, I won’t see this Wii until the end of the month most likely, but the important thing is… IT IS MINE. There is a Wii somewhere in an Amazon.com warehouse (we have one down the street from here, actually, think it could be there??) that will live in my house someday very soon. There will be WiiSports played. Oh yes. There will be.
My….. PRECIOUS!!!! Ahhhh!!!
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Melizzard (6 comments.) 02.12.08 at 5:03 pm
ToysRUs featured them in the Sunday flyer for 249.00 here this week so I went and got in line at 9:30. They had 40 a store and we scored!!! I’d never played with one but all the buzz on the internet was enough to convince me to give it a try. I also picked up Guitar Hero and hid it for Valentines Day.
I haven’t stood in line for anything since about 198something … it made me feel kind of hip.
Toni (10 comments.) 02.12.08 at 6:10 pm
My husband is dying for a Wii. Dying! We are waiting on Uncle Sam’s check, too.
Michelle 02.13.08 at 5:23 am
I may be the only one who doesn’t care about the Wii. I’ve played it, and I didn’t see the big deal. Then again, I’d still rather have my trusty Atari than just about any game system. I miss Space Invaders!
Erin 02.13.08 at 11:32 am
My husband just signed up for updates from that site Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately we missed the Amazon ones that you got. I can’t wait to hear how you like it - we’ve been debating rock band, guitar hero and a wii… still haven’t decided. I also kind of want dance dance revolution.
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