Bestbuy says nintendo told them the maximum amount of preorders they could take for wii u. I assume Nintendo contacted other stores to.

Originally Posted by bojay1997 I can firmly state the Wii launch did not go smoothly and many GS locations were short. I ended up getting one at Target, but please don't make it sound as if nothing can go wrong. Unless Nintendo has a ton of these available for retailers on day one, there can and will be problems.

Also curious. I got a Wii on launch day without any issues at Gamestop, never had a single issue with a console pre-order at Gamestop ever. Infact, in the years I have been shopping there at different locations, I only had 1 issue with a pre-order and it was solved by another store up the street.

Unless your store has constantly screwed you over, I dont see the reason to be worried. Mine already confirmed to me that every pre-order was getting theirs. And considering how long the manager has been here and helps customers, I dont doubt him.

Originally Posted by soxxx Gamestop managers had to call 100s of people that they would be backordered a couple days before the 360 launch. It wasnt good.

I mean I ordered mine from GS.com. For me I don't care if I get backordered a week or two, that's fine. I am just worried about oh order is now canceled, and I am left in the dust trying to find one of these for months.

I hope GS.com would not but who knows.

Well here in NY there were no problems for the wii in general.

Originally Posted by shrinky215 I'm curious too. My store was allocated a certain number of Wii in Sept/October. We actually had a line just to preorder your Wii one morning in Sept/October, which is what I expected for Wii-U, and was surprised GS just took as many orders as it could throughout a couple of days.

I don't know what to say other than the store I preordered at and the two other locations where I had friends who preordered clearly took too many orders and seemed surprised with what they received. Maybe large locations or stores in certain districts had a more accurate preorder to supply ratio, but I know from my personal experience that wasn't the case. As I said, nobody really knows what will happen on launch day, so if having a unit day one is critical to you, it would be wise to keep sharing information here in case things go wrong and you need to make a last minute adjustment.

Originally Posted by soxxx yeah gamestops set a preorder day in stone and hyped it for a week. Gamestops knew how many they were recieving in mid october and there was never any major problems like the 360.

I actually recall the day of the preorder more than the launch itself, mostly because we didn't manage it well. I remember all these people waiting before we opened, just to preorder the system. More people than we had preorders. For some stupid reason, we decided to let them all line up at the register instead of figuring out who would be last. So we rang up a bunch of customers, about half an hour later we decide "hey! we should probably check and see if we are close to running out!" and we've got maybe 2 left. I LOVED having to tell the rest of the line, which had been waiting an hour, "here's the cutoff point, no Wii for the rest of you!"

I guess the only relevance here is that a store could choose to take more preorders on the Wii than provided by Nintendo, saying that they'll deal with it when the system launches, that is how a store could end up with the situation the other poster wrote about where his store didn't have his preordered system. But I don't understand how a District Manager would let it get to launch day without telling customers.

Originally Posted by bojay1997 I don't know what to say other than the store I preordered at and the two other locations where I had friends who preordered clearly took too many orders and seemed surprised with what they received. Maybe large locations or stores in certain districts had a more accurate preorder to supply ratio, but I know from my personal experience that wasn't the case. As I said, nobody really knows what will happen on launch day, so if having a unit day one is critical to you, it would be wise to keep sharing information here in case things go wrong and you need to make a last minute adjustment.

I could see that, like I said in my last post - basically, the computer system isn't going to stop an employee from taking too many orders. They can only shut down a specific preorder item overnight, not during the middle of the day, and not after a specific number of preorders.

Originally Posted by soxxx Well here in NY there were no problems for the wii in general.

We are in a much more fortunate position soxxx. TRU Times Square had over 4,000 units and only 3,000 people in line. I don't even need to mention Nintendo World store (but I did? lol).

Added FYE to the wiki - awaiting approval. After reading tips from several posters on this thread, I decided to stop by after work. The one I went to is in a small retail area with a fair amount of traffic. Employees said they didn't get many preorders, and here's the kicker: the store is right across the street from a GS so you'd think they should've taken more preorders since GS has been completely sold out for a while now. You may luck out with them if you're on the east coast.

Originally Posted by rayfrombk Added FYE to the wiki - awaiting approval. After reading tips from several posters on this thread, I decided to stop by after work. The one I went to is in a small retail area with a fair amount of traffic. Employees said they didn't get many preorders, and here's the kicker: the store is right across the street from a GS so you'd think they should've taken more preorders since GS has been completely sold out for a while now. You may luck out with them if you're on the east coast.

How much did you have to put down for a pre order?

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Originally Posted by cheapasshustla how much did you have to put down for a pre order?

$50

How do know if you're the first one to pre order at best buy? Do you ask? Just wondering since people say they're first on this.

Pre-ordered mine the day after it was announce and the 1st day best buy officialy started pre order so I feel safe and I'm worried as hell at the same time D:
For people who are planning to go to target but can't go to at midnight but can later on don't worry much I waited out like around 8am and everyone was guaranteed one with a ticket and if they didn't get a ticket no problem they were just told to wait in line so they can get any that are leftover. Just trying to talk about my experience.

I have a pre order @ GS. Assuming I do get one, anyone know if I can use the PUR $50 Off any purchase coupon? I'm pretty close to 50,000 and was thinking about getting it.

Originally Posted by rayfrombk $50

Thanks for the heads up. I'm checking later on today.

Originally Posted by coopscohen I have a pre order @ GS. Assuming I do get one, anyone know if I can use the PUR $50 Off any purchase coupon? I'm pretty close to 50,000 and was thinking about getting it.

Yes, but cant apply that until launch day.

Originally Posted by soxxx Bestbuy says nintendo told them the maximum amount of preorders they could take for wii u. I assume Nintendo contacted other stores to.

Do you have a link to confirm this... or did some minimum-wage BB employee tell you that?

Originally Posted by diazt350 How do know if you're the first one to pre order at best buy? Do you ask? Just wondering since people say they're first on this. Pre-ordered mine the day after it was announce and the 1st day best buy officialy started pre order so I feel safe and I'm worried as hell at the same time D: For people who are planning to go to target but can't go to at midnight but can later on don't worry much I waited out like around 8am and everyone was guaranteed one with a ticket and if they didn't get a ticket no problem they were just told to wait in line so they can get any that are leftover. Just trying to talk about my experience.

There's a difference between those of us who pre-ordered on BestBuy.com either with free shipping or as an in-store pickup... and those who went to Best Buy and pre-ordered in person.

From what all of use know about Best Buy, online pre-orders and store pre-orders should be completely separate, as BestBuy.com and Best Buy stores technically operate as separate entities.

The only reason you can buy something at BestBuy.com and pick it up in store is BestBuy.com has access to Best Buy stores (mostly) real-time inventory.

So, when people say they were "the first" to pre-order at Best Buy, it's because they went in and pre-ordered at the store (I did that with an iPad 2 when they first were released). Those of us who pre-ordered at BestBuy.com have no clue, except for the email receipt we have confirming our preorder.

Just to throw out what I was told when I attempted to preorder at my local BB (Newport News, VA)... The guy I spoke with said that they had been told to stop taking preorders, but that I should show up for the midnight release. He claimed that he was in charge of getting it set up and that he was getting a total of 80 units in for launch day. This figure apparently included preorders, though.

Take that with a grain of salt, obviously. 80 seemed a bit high to me, but this is probably the nicest bb we have in the area. I ultimately ordered mine from gs.com.

On that note, any thoughts on the online preorders from these stores (bb, gs)? I'm not as concerned about having mine on launch day as much as during launch week.

Originally Posted by NoMeDigas Do you have a link to confirm this... or did some minimum-wage BB employee tell you that?

There was a sign over the area that bestbuy will be putting wii u stuff. They already have empty shelves for the Wii U.

Really? I have a FYE at the mall literally RIGHT next to my job and didn't know? If they are already sold out, I'm kicking myself in the ass and giving up.

Although, there are 2 Gamestops inside, one outside, and a Best Buy, Target, and Walmart all around the outside of the mall as well. So I'm guessing that one of those stores HAD to point people to FYE for pre-orders.