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Originally Posted by rayfrombk Which Walmart in NJ did you call that said they were taking preorders? I called North Bergen and Secaucus. Had to call North Bergen like 50 times before someone finally picked up and when they did getting information from them was like pulling teeth.

A few in south jersey

Originally Posted by kevgees A few in south jersey

Turnersville by chance?

If you can't reserve one at walmart on sunday, there's still a chance a few other stores will have in store preorders before the release date

this walmart lawaway stuff is just the tip of the iceberg before the launch comes

now that people are aware of the system being hard to find come nov. 18, they will turn to walmart come sunday with the resellers in full force, good luck to those of you who will try to land a preorder

Would it be crazy of me to show up at Walmart at 6:30am? I don't have a car so I will need to rely on mass transit and this is the most reasonable time I think. The next route will have me arriving an hr later at 7:30am, but I don't want to be borderline "late".

Originally Posted by rayfrombk Would it be crazy of me to show up at Walmart at 6:30am? I don't have a car so I will need to rely on mass transit and this is the most reasonable time I think. The next route will have me arriving an hr later at 7:30am, but I don't want to be borderline "late".

How bad do you want a Wii U? This doesnt seem unreasonable to me if you really want the console. I'm going to camp out for my Wii U in front of my Gamestop just to make sure I'm the first in line...and I have my deluxe and games fully paid off.

Btw I double checked at my gamestop and they were 100% postive that they are not doing a Midnight Release for it since its a Sunday and the week of BF is around the corner.

Originally Posted by Paladinion How bad do you want a Wii U? This doesnt seem unreasonable to me if you really want the console. I'm going to camp out for my Wii U in front of my Gamestop just to make sure I'm the first in line...and I have my deluxe and games fully paid off. Btw I double checked at my gamestop and they were 100% postive that they are not doing a Midnight Release for it since its a Sunday and the week of BF is around the corner.

Did they say anything along the lines of opening early?

Walmart just put their local ad online and this is what it says when you click on the Wii U:

Wii U™ Deluxe Bundle Game System
$349.96


NEW Introducing the new Wii U™. Layaway yours today. Available for pickup Nov. 18.
Valid Oct 14 - Oct 20


Looks like no more denying this by Walmart associates who want to keep the Wii U's for themselves.
Now the only question that remains is can we start preordering at 12:01am or 9:00am?

Originally Posted by frankthetank250

This is a good post indeed! Excellent!

I called, and the electronics manager picked up. He said they were taking pre-orders, but I would have to call in later to see if he has more information about it. I'll probably call around 9am.

Originally Posted by rayfrombk Would it be crazy of me to show up at Walmart at 6:30am? I don't have a car so I will need to rely on mass transit and this is the most reasonable time I think. The next route will have me arriving an hr later at 7:30am, but I don't want to be borderline "late".

I'll be more concerned about what will happen on the bus ride home with a Wii U in your hands.

Originally Posted by Vap I'll be more concerned about what will happen on the bus ride home with a Wii U in your hands.

Hope he's on good terms with Epic Beard Man. :P

So I preordered 2 Wii Us through Best Buy, one online, one in-store because I don't trust Best Buy... and this is why.

An hour and a half ago, I got an email saying there was a billing problem and they couldn't charge my card. A half hour ago, I get another email saying the order has been canceled. Both systems are on the same card.

Wow, thanks BB. Of course, they canceled the in-store order. Anyone else have this happen? Now I'm worried the online will get canceled especially since, for some reason, any email from BB to my Yahoo account never makes it.

Why did Amazon have to not stock Wii Us? >.<

EDIT: Called Best Buy, guy on the phone was completely worthless. There was a credit 'hold' with my card, you know, the one on both system preorders, the other of which is fine. I called my CC company, absolutely no problems. And since the order was canceled, I can't get it back. I would keep a close eye on your BB preorders. BB might be purging because they oversold.

EDIT2: From the are you kidding me department... when I said I called my CC company, I checked my account online and it was fine. I go upstairs and my cell has a text from Citicards saying 'Best Buy wants to charge you $374.49, should we do it? Please respond'. What I discovered is that apparently, Best Buy is either fully charging or redoing holds. My first preorder went through fine. The second one got flagged and Citicards blocked it. Of course, I was asleep during this whole thing, so I couldn't respond.

So, because Best Buy gave me an hour to respond, I lost one preorder. The good news is there is a reason so it's not some kind of play by Best Buy to whittle down preorders. However, you Best Buy for redoing a hold on a Saturday and giving me an hour to fix a problem. I'll just have to hope BB honors my first preorder otherwise I am shit out of luck.

A word of warning to anyone with multiple preorders at BB with Citibank as your CC. You may want to call authorizing multiple charges/alert removal for BB charges or you might get boned like I did.

Originally Posted by portnoyd So I preordered 2 Wii Us through Best Buy, one online, one in-store because I don't trust Best Buy... and this is why. An hour and a half ago, I got an email saying there was a billing problem and they couldn't charge my card. A half hour ago, I get another email saying the order has been canceled. Both systems are on the same card. Wow, thanks BB. Of course, they canceled the in-store order. Anyone else have this happen? Now I'm worried the online will get canceled especially since, for some reason, any email from BB to my Yahoo account never makes it. Why did Amazon have to not stock Wii Us? >.< EDIT: Called Best Buy, guy on the phone was completely worthless. There was a credit 'hold' with my card, you know, the one on both system preorders, the other of which is fine. I called my CC company, absolutely no problems. And since the order was canceled, I can't get it back. I would keep a close eye on your BB preorders. BB might be purging because they oversold.

Go through Walmart in-store instead. At least you'll know if your card gets denied at the point of sale.

My WalMart has absolutely no idea. The lady at layaway said she didn't have anything telling her about the Wii U. I was told to call back later. Sigh, ridiculous.

Originally Posted by therealdanhill My WalMart has absolutely no idea. The lady at layaway said she didn't have anything telling her about the Wii U. I was told to call back later. Sigh, ridiculous.

Walmart employees are kept in the dark for a reason, otherwise this wouldn't be happening on a regular basis.

Called again so it looks like 9am it is
Got some competent employees
I guess I'll see everyone at 7:30ish

Originally Posted by Nintendonly Walmart employees are kept in the dark for a reason, otherwise this wouldn't be happening on a regular basis.

thats completely true, and they treat there employees like shit no wonder 28 stores striked, dont blame them

Bestbuy just charged my Credit Card for the black Wii U.

Is it a good idea to preorder the pro controller? i thought it didnt work with wii virtua console games

Originally Posted by w00dm4n Bestbuy just charged my Credit Card for the black Wii U.

It's likely just a temporary hold. A lot stores will do temporary holds once a month or so if you have something on preorder just to make sure the card is still valid and such.

Damn it, forgot to change my card on Bestbuy.com, they just put a hold on my paypal debit card, again. Argh.