Wii Fit available at Best Buy.com

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

cant compete? They have been dominating the hardware sales for months now

fine Sherlock. I don't know how. I mean Wii Fits seem to be always sold out because stores only get 2 to 8 of them. When the Rock Band stuff came out the Wii version was at limited supply. So ok they're kicking butt in sales. But to me I don't know how because they're places here that can't get non of that stuff in. Circuit City gets 2 Wii Fits a week and 5 Wii's a week. Same with BB and Wal-Mart here

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

fine Sherlock. I don't know how. I mean Wii Fits seem to be always sold out because stores only get 2 to 8 of them. When the Rock Band stuff came out the Wii version was at limited supply. So ok they're kicking butt in sales. But to me I don't know how because they're places here that can't get non of that stuff in. Circuit City gets 2 Wii Fits a week and 5 Wii's a week. Same with BB and Wal-Mart here

well basically here's how it works, Nintendo is a large corporation based abroad that wants to focus resources on R&D. They don't drop ship as they don't want to tie up resources doing so , so they hire a third party that acts on their behalf and distributes them across the US. They ship x amount of hardware to the distributor who in turn drop ships them to the various retail outlets with Target, Wal-Mart, Circuit City, Best Buy and Game Stops getting the majority. The rest are divided up among smaller retailers and wholesalers.

Figure Wal-Mart has 4,227 stores, Target has 1,591 stores, Best Buy has 1150 stores , Circuit City has 850 stores and Game Stop has 5,264 stores.

This explains alot as to why Wal-mart and Game Stop can only get a limited per store quantity. Say for example, The US only got 500,000 wii fits for the May launch, take that and divide that amongst the buyers and divide that by stores(not all stores are equal, as WM, for example, ships more to larger volume stores than lower volume stores[common sense]Plus theres the population factor as NewYork City has more buyers than lets say Luray VA where the population is 4858 )
Take those stores plus TRus(585stores) and divide that by store count and thats only 36.58 per store, thats not factoring in the smaller retailers/wholesalers which got a percentage, so most likely a 30 per store count...

Now take that on a smaller scale with the weekly shipments and retailers like TRT saving them for ads weeks in advance and The online effect that leaves a very limited number of units actaully being shipped to the retail venues.

Then we have our weak US Dollar.........

I mean this can be analyzed deeper but the bottom line is they cant be produced fast enough to meet our demand, thus creating the shortage

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

fine Sherlock. I don't know how. I mean Wii Fits seem to be always sold out because stores only get 2 to 8 of them. When the Rock Band stuff came out the Wii version was at limited supply. So ok they're kicking butt in sales. But to me I don't know how because they're places here that can't get non of that stuff in. Circuit City gets 2 Wii Fits a week and 5 Wii's a week. Same with BB and Wal-Mart here

Thats a pattern, Is there a BB nearby?? They are horrible as they use the online market to force you to buy this Wii Fit bundle with unneeded accessories. They make more that way and that cuts into store shipped stock

[tommyboy81]

Man! Did I just get schooled?

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Thats a pattern, Is there a BB nearby?? They are horrible as they use the online market to force you to buy this Wii Fit bundle with unneeded accessories. They make more that way and that cuts into store shipped stock

Yeah like a 4 min drive. They're right across the street from Circuit City.


Really I have 2 Gamestops, 1 EBgames, Target 2 Wal-Marts, K-Mart, CC, BB all in a 8 min drive from my house. They're all jumboed up except the 2nd Wal-Mart which is on the other side of me

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Man! Did I just get schooled?

lol, I didnt mean it that way, just putting the system into perspective a little. These places have buyers and I am sure they bribe the distributor to get more quantities, etc. Target stockpiles them for their sales ads, thats why they have 50-100 on Sundays for the ad(probably like 3-4 weeks of hoarding) whereas WM ships immediately to stores and its up to that store to save for a sunday ad.
I was in Kmart and their computer wont allow the Wii fit to be sold as its in their Nov 19th ad, so they are holding it for that ad Thats just stupid IMO as thats inventory dollars sitting around for a month just to make a "splash"

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Yeah like a 4 min drive. They're right across the street from Circuit City.


Really I have 2 Gamestops, 1 EBgames, Target 2 Wal-Marts, K-Mart, CC, BB all in a 8 min drive from my house. They're all jumboed up except the 2nd Wal-Mart which is on the other side of me

CC ships more to higher volume stores, Winchester is proof, We get 30-40 wiis on wii sunday. Note sure on how the GameStops work, but they get weekly shipments(2-6 at a time)

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

CC ships more to higher volume stores, Winchester is proof, We get 30-40 wiis on wii sunday. Note sure on how the GameStops work, but they get weekly shipments(2-6 at a time)

I don't know about the Fits but as far as the Wii's at CC. Early on the year my mother wanted one So I had to pre-pay for one and basically I was on a waiting list. I found out the wait was 4 months atleast. Whe they get them in stock they give it to the person next on the waiting list. I know everytime they have it in the ad they put signs up saying they don't have any in stock. They still do that.

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

I don't know about the Fits but as far as the Wii's at CC. Early on the year my mother wanted one So I had to pre-pay for one and basically I was on a waiting list. I found out the wait was 4 months atleast. Whe they get them in stock they give it to the person next on the waiting list. I know everytime they have it in the ad they put signs up saying they don't have any in stock. They still do that.

CC cant do that, if its in the Sunday ad, they have to have it, at least one or its a BBB complaint. I am sure the wii related complaints are blamed on shortages etc but prepaying is unheard of with Wiis here. May be just in your area. I know Toys R us has them in stock right now here, WM had them yesterday along with wii fits

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

CC cant do that, if its in the Sunday ad, they have to have it, at least one or its a BBB complaint. I am sure the wii related complaints are blamed on shortages etc but prepaying is unheard of with Wiis here. May be just in your area. I know Toys R us has them in stock right now here, WM had them yesterday along with wii fits

Oh yeah I paid for it in full. But after a month I got my money back. My mother realised that my PS2 had a lot of stuff the she wanted. Dancing with the Stars, DDR, the Kareoke games, Buzz. So she sort of stole my PS2.

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Oh yeah I paid for it in full. But after a month I got my money back. My mother realised that my PS2 had a lot of stuff the she wanted. Dancing with the Stars, DDR, the Kareoke games, Buzz. So she sort of stole my PS2.

I know what they are doing, they are selling from a warehouse creating a "special order" Works on most items but not wiis or the fits. The newer RPOS wont allow them to do it

[tommyboy81]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

I know what they are doing, they are selling from a warehouse creating a "special order" Works on most items but not wiis or the fits. The newer RPOS wont allow them to do it

Wouldn't you think that would come back and bite them in the butt. I mean having people throwing down 300+ dollars on a Wii, extra controller, plus a warranty. Then all of a sudden they cancel because it took to long and they found it somewhere else?

[jw]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

Wouldn't you think that would come back and bite them in the butt. I mean having people throwing down 300+ dollars on a Wii, extra controller, plus a warranty. Then all of a sudden they cancel because it took to long and they found it somewhere else?

I dont think CC is much of a position to turn away sales, they take them anyway they can

[jw]

Sears has Wii's
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05892001000P

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Sears has Wii's
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05892001000P

They are still available. I hope they only allow one per cc/billing address to cut down on the scalping.

[jw]

Toys R Us has wii fit in stock Now

and so does Circuit City, but they make you buy a bunch of other crap as well

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Toys R Us has wii fit in stock Now

and so does Circuit City, but they make you buy a bunch of other crap as well

Typical CC. That's why that pos is in the mess they are in right now. Also, TRU is sold out.

[mikejet]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

Toys R Us has wii fit in stock Now

and so does Circuit City, but they make you buy a bunch of other crap as well

I walked into a Gamestop once and saw a WiiFit on display. I said I'll take it and he said "I'm sorry, that's only part of a bundle that you have to buy."

I hate that. I know that they want to make money but the Wii is profitable to retailers by itself. I know Nintendo is making a killing.

Also, my WiiFit shipped today from BestBuy!

[Wingman1977]

Originally Posted by mikejet

I walked into a Gamestop once and saw a WiiFit on display. I said I'll take it and he said "I'm sorry, that's only part of a bundle that you have to buy."

I hate that. I know that they want to make money but the Wii is profitable to retailers by itself. I know Nintendo is making a killing.

Also, my WiiFit shipped today from BestBuy!

The retailers are the ones that are putting together the stupid bundles for high demand consoles/accessories. Nintendo doesn't have anything to do with retailers doing that (besides the fact that the artifically create shortages).

[jw]

http://www.amazon.com/Wii-Fit-Ninten...9578154&sr=8-1

in stock now

[redboxcar]

Originally Posted by york weir

I have a wii-fit and wii ski and never play them. Put it in once and that was it.

Me too... in fact, my We Ski is still factory sealed cuz I never got past the Wii Fit... just couldn't get into it.