If you’re like me you desperately want to buy a Nintendo Wii, yet you are unwilling to camp for three days with a bunch of oily, unwashed 35-year-old geeks who still live in their mom’s basement and spend their spare time debating whether Yoda could beat Gandolf in a fight.
So the best chance a person who actually has sex occasionally has of getting a Wii is pure luck — a random mid-week shipment that no one knew was coming. But how do you find out if your local Target has gotten any in? You could ask an employee, and they will tell you, “No.” But I don’t trust the red-shirts on this issue for a very important reason:
They don’t care. Your average Target redshirt will not even check the computer before telling you that they are out. The paranoid in me fervently believes that if they would just check, they would discover that the warehouse guys are complaining because they can’t navigate past the stacks and stacks of Wii’s littering the aisles in the back room.
So here is the quasi-secret way to find out if your Target has any Wii’s and where those Wii’s are without having to talk to a single pimple-faced, disaffected teen.
Step 1. Locate a price scanner with functioning number buttons on the right side. (This is tougher than it sounds.) Many people are not even aware that these buttons exist, and yet at my local Target more than half of the scanners had broken or even missing buttons.
Step 2. Type in the Target DPCI (Department Class Item) number for the Wii. 207-25-0001 and press “enter.”
Step 3. Read the display to check how many Wii’s are in the stockroom. The numbers after “Aisle” tell you the location of the Wii on the sales floor and the number of facings it should have — not the number that they have in stock, so don’t get too excited when something pops up there. And if they were on the floor, they are probably already gone anyway.
A friend of mine was able to get a Wii this way by figuring out that Target had gotten a shipment of Wii’s, but hadn’t moved them to the sales floor, yet. He hung around the electronics department for an hour, and grabbed one off the pallet truck before they even put them in the case. Score!
Badmouth reader and Target employee Sarah C added this important tip:
If you want to see if a store has counts, go up to a team member that has a handheld scanner. Ask them “can you check this dpci in ‘item search’ to see if you have any?” While the scanners will tell you if they are located in the back, item search shows team members how many of the item is on-hand. If you can try to stand next to them and look over their shoulder, once they see what the item is they might not tell you how many are OH (on-hand). Hope this helps with the holiday shopping coming up.
So remember to thank both Jesus and Sarah if you actually manage to score a Wii this Christmas.
I’m still holding out on getting a Wii until Target puts them in their ad again. If there’s any Target people on here let me know anything about the next possible Sunday date that the Wii will be in Target’s ad. I feel going through Target would be the best way at getting a Wii.
Here is a link to March 9th BB AD. Min 15 per store, but one sales person I spoke with said our local one would have 40 on hand and they would be handing out tickets before the store opens. I am guessing that a person would need to be in line 5-6 hours before they open. http://amsterdam1.plunder.com/117715/Best%20Buy%2c%20March%209%2c%202008%2c%20Complete%2c%20pp%2001-28.pdf
I was able to walk into Best Buy Sunday right at 10am (Didn’t wait in line as it turns out they had 60 on display) and walked right out with a Wii under my arm. Figured it went so fast, I went back in and got another one to sell on ebay! (of course the starting bid is the retail price I paid for it). Good Luck to all who are still in search for one.
I saw a craigslist post in Los Angeles stating that Targets will be getting a shipment in this Sunday. Not entirely sure if it’s true but good to all out there. I know I want one.
yo can anyone confirm if tommorow (march 16 2008), target will be getting wii’s??
I spoke with a red shirt today in electronics and he confirmed that the target near my house is getting 59.
I also already got tomorrow’s Sunday ads and the the Target one had the Wii in it but it but it didn’t list any mininum quantity.
Yoda vs. Gandolf the Grey or Gandolf the White? Does What items or weapons do they have?
I saw a wii ad in the newspaper this sunday i hope it is not out of stock by the time i get there in the evening. by reading this forum my chances seem slim.
They have it in stock at my local walmart though but a bundle costs too much… Asdeff
I don’t freaking understand you people. Why the hell would we lie to you? You question if we tell you the truth? We question what your houses look like because you are so damn messy.
you’re right to doubt…if it get a call on my walkie asking for a location check…more often than not i don’t claim to be checking while continuing about my buisiness….after a minute i reply “i’m not showing any locations” i don’t like leaving the back room, especially to go to the front of the store and climb around the electronics closet. sorry that’s just how things work. however let me take this opportunity to do some good, wii fits are currently in the back of most targets with a “hold until 06/29″ tag on them.
UPDATE: The Target in San Jose, CA just received 20 Wii’s. (Make that 19 after I got mine before they hit the shelves!) They are not aloud to place them on the floors till Sunday morning. Good Luck!
i just want to get a wii
I am on vacation this week and just happened to be at the Wilmington, DE 19803 Target today around 4pm. My wife and I were shocked to see they had half a dozen Wii consoles in stock – we had never seen an actual Wii box with a console inside it before. At first, I couldn’t figure out what they were, hehe.
The Target guy who sold it to us said they had only come in one hour ago, so we were pretty lucky.
Black Friday…
\’The Friday after Thanksgiving is known for heavy spending in retail stores, but it\’s clear that consumers are increasingly turning to the Internet to make their holiday purchases,\’ said comScore……
This “method” is lame. And all the people that work at my store are hawt.
The numbers after Aisle F43 (1) 1-1-1 has nothing to do with how many wiis are in the store. That simply means it’s located in aisle F43 Section 1, the first shelf, bottom shelf, where the first label is.
All team members should and usually are aware of wiis being in the store when we open, because they’re such a big item. We’re not gonna lie about something so retarded as a wii.