NPD February 2010 Results

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Originally Posted by mikejet

There were artificial shortages by retailers though. They would get Wii's in then keep them off the floor until the Sunday ad would hit

I remember going to Target once and a sales person had put the Wii's out on the floor. A grandpa came around and pressed the button so he could buy one. The sales person told him he couldn't.

I felt really bad for the guy cause he was saying how it was a gift for his grandkids.

Haha, poor guy. I don't see what causing an artificial shortage is really doing though. People were either going to buy a Wii or they weren't, so I don't understand what benefit Target thought they were creating, by holding them off until Sunday.

I bought a Wii at a Circuit City once, and they did a similar thing (held them in the back until Sunday). Once Sunday rolled around, they'd have people form a line, and hand out tickets to the first xx people to show up, an hour or two before the store opened. The reason the CC guy gave is because it was featured in their ad that week, so they had to make sure they had them in stock that day. Not sure if Target was for a similar reason, or something else.