[quote name='kklems']The only problem I have with the tickets is they need to tell people what time they plan to pass them out. Went by a BB this am and small line at just before 7 am, came back at 8:30 am to see signs saying they had passed out all 48 tickets at 7 am and so sorry. They also passed out tickets for wii guitar hero but didn't bother posting that on the door. If I knew what time tickets would be passed out I could make a better decision about standing in line. ie 1 hour wait (like get there at 3 or 6 am etc wait an hour for ticket and than leave) versus 3 or 4 prior to store opening.[/quote]
The problem with that is it just changes opening time from 9am to 7am. In other words, if everyone knows tickets are being passed out at 7am, the people who were willing to wait out 10 hours will still wait 10 hours, theyll just start even earlier.
In other words, let's say you're willing to wait 1 hour. If nobody knows that they pass out tickets, than everybody who is willing to wait more than 1 hour shows up before you. If there aren't enough Wiis to cover that many people, you don't get one. If everybody knows that they are going to pass out tickets 2 hours earlier, than everybody who is willing to wait more than 1 hour STILL shows up before you, they just show up 2 hours ealier because they know they won't be waiting the whole time, and you still don't get one.
If everybody knows when they are passing out tickets, nothing changes. Passing out tickets and not telling people until after they do so is the only way to do it. The point of passing out tickets is saving people from waiting in line. If everybody knows when the tickets are being passed out they will just wait in line the same amount for the tickets.