The other day I saw that two people were able to buy Wii consoles online here for $249.99.

I get detailed reports of purchases, so I know that Amazon is getting new shipments of Wii consoles for $249.99, I just don’t know when.

How do you get a $249.99 Wii console?

That’s the thing…

Maybe those two folks were blessed and highly favored, but to find your $249.99 Wii online, BOOKMARK THIS LINK AND KEEP CHECKING FOR THE “In Stock” wording and keep refreshing your browser.

Check all day if you have to and are really desperate to buy a $250 Wii online.

Can you really buy a $250 Wii console?

Well, two people did just thru this site alone the other day, so there is hope.

If you don’t have the time nor inclination to do that, there are still plenty of Wii consoles for sale above — but since those are so easy to buy online, they’re more than $250…

There are plenty of Wii Console Game Systems in stock today, December 8, 2007.

You’ll see the Wii console game systems themselves in stock today.

And there are Wii console bundles for sale as well today — in stock and ready to buy online.

If you click on the appropriate links above for your country, there are plenty of new Wii consoles in stock today, December 8, 2007.

Since the demand for Wii consoles is so high that Nintendo is considering pulling the ads for the Wii consoles, of course the Wii consoles in stock today will be priced higher than normal.

Happy Wii playing!

I just did a count of the new Wii consoles in stock now, today – almost Saturday, December 8, 2007.

If you click on the appropriate links above, you’ll see how many new Wii consoles are in stock now today, in the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Germany and France.

It’s interesting to read the news reports and see the amount of new Wii consoles in stock each day dwindle.

Hopefully the amount of new Wii consoles in stock today will be replenished before Christmas.

If you peruse Google News reports about the Nintendo Wii System, you’ll find just how many people are desperate to get that game system under their 2007 Christmas trees.

U.S. Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles in Stock and Ready to Buy, December 2007

As of today, I’ve found 105 new Nintendo Wii Systems in stock and ready to buy online for customers in the United States of America.

The amount of U.S. Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles just decreased as I wrote this, so obviously the jacked-up price of the game systems isn’t deterring determined Christmas 2007 buyers.

U.K. Nintendo Wii Systems in Stock and Ready to Buy, December 2007

Amazon is showing 66 new Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles in stock and ready to buy online for U.K. (and some European country) residents.

Germany, Austria and Switzerland Nintendo Wii System Konsole in Stock and Ready to Buy, December 2007

Germany, Austria and Switzerland have 16 new Nintendo Wii System Consoles in stock here (Deutschland hat 16 neue Nintendo Wii System Konsolen auf Lager hier) ready to buy online…

And Germany, Austria and Switzerland also have 10 new Nintendo Wii System Consoles in stock here ready to buy online…

France Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles in Stock and Ready to Buy, December 2007

France has only 9 new Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles in stock and ready to buy online here (La France a seulement 9 nouvelles consoles de jeu de système de Nintendo Wii en stock et prêt à acheter en ligne ici) …so get ‘em while the gettin’ is good, Frenchmen.

Japan Nintendo Wii System Game Consoles in Stock and Ready to Buy, December 2007

Japan has 12 new Nintendo Wii System game consoles here in stock online and ready to buy.

Japan also has 8 more new Nintendo Wii System game consoles here in stock online and ready to buy again, for Japanese Wii System seekers.

God bless my readers.

One of them let me know that the $250 Wii Consoles I found on Amazon earlier today were only for the Amazon customers who won the vote and received a claim code.

(Thank you, whoever you are.)

So that leads me to ask: Where exactly are the Nintendo Wii consoles that cost only $250?

Many of the U.S. prices I’m seeing for any Wii Console or bundle package with games run around $500 - $600 bucks right now, like this Nintendo Wii Console & Donkey Kong Barrel Blast Bundle.

It seems like Amazon would get some in stock every day — at least 100 or 1,000 of them or something.

After all, Nintendo did ramp up production of new Wii consoles to 1.8 million per month. I figure at least 80k of those should land on Amazon.

The only way I figure you can find the newest Wii consoles as they come in stock is to check this link often, which is sorted by newest products tagged Wii on Amazon:


Newest Wii consoles and games for sale in U.S.

I’m reading so many interesting articles like “Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii” and “Your best bet on finding a Wii” and others talking about the Wii shortage.




Anyway, that last article about the Wii shortage said that stores like Best Buy, Circuit City, EB Games, Target, Toys R Us and Wal-Mart do get shipments of Wii consoles in stock, but they don’t know when and how many.




So if you’re desperate to get your hands on a Wii for the original price of $250, they say to call the stores as soon as they open daily and ask them when their next Wii shipment is coming in — and to be nice.




But, seeing how large the Wii shortage is in December 2007, the easiest (not necessarily the cheapest) and most surefire way to get your hands on one of the Wii consoles at this point is to buy a Wii console online, while they’re in stock.




Even those will eventually sell out as we get closer to Christmas.




(God knows it’s harder to find a Wii console online in Canada! Canadians, keep checking here for Wii consoles in stock, I saw some in stock this week and they quickly sold out.)




UK people, buy a Wii from the links above — or read this piece for help finding a Wii in stock…




Americans, there are handfuls of Wii consoles available for sale above — just consider the ramped-up price the cost of not having to stand in endless lines and call and call and call and call Best Buy every day till Christmas.




Yet Amazon reports they sold 1,400 Wii console in just 10 minutes, so to get your hands on any new shipments of Wii consoles, you gotta be quick…

Nintendo says there really is a limited supply of Nintendo Wii Consoles in stock and that they are not faking low supplies to drum up sales.

Makes sense to me.

I mean, if you had a supply of the 3rd hottest products of 2007 in your possession — as AOL has deemed the Nintendo Wii Console — with plenty of people scampering to pay double and triple the amount of the original under-priced $250 for the console, would you really hold them back to create a fuss?

I don’t think Nintendo is doing this.

Once and a while a product just comes along that the entire world takes to.

Who’s buying all these Nintendo Wii Consoles online and in the stores?
I believe Nintendo — as well as all of us — underestimated just how much we would like the Wii, how much our kids would like the Wii and blessedly stay out of our hair whilst playing it so we can blog…

How much non-gamers also like the Wii is a factor playing into all this fervent desire to buy a Nintendo Wii Console online at almost any cost to get the hottest game of the year under their Christmas tree.

Even the elderly are playing Wii…

I mean, check out this Christian Science Monitor article talking about how surprised Nintendo was that the elderly are taking to playing Nintendo Wii.

Who could’ve predicted that a video game would’ve swooped into nursing homes like that alien energy in the movie Cocoon and give older people a new swing in their gout-ridden steps?

This is a good thing…

Either way, if you’re one of the unfortunate ones to miss out on buying a Nintendo Wii online because the stock runs out as demand overtakes those millions of new consoles being made in China as you read, don’t despair — you can always buy that 90 DVD set of movies from United Artists featured on Oprah’s 2007 “Favorite Things” show.

Then maybe once you get thru a few of those movies and get tired of sitting on your couch, the Nintendo Wii Console Christmas madness will have passed, and maybe they’ll once again have more back in stock and closer to the original $250 price.

But I wouldn’t count on it.

Better get ‘em while their hot and in stock and ready to buy online…

Everybody wants Cyber Monday 2007 ad deals, whether or not the day is actually made up or real.

And since the Nintendo Wii Console is the hottest Christmas 2007 gift wanted, I’m sure everybody will be searching online for “Cyber Monday 2007 Wii Deals and Ads” to try and find a bargain.

Well, we all know the Wii is in high demand and shorter supply, so my guesses are that not too many places will have Wii consoles at rock bottom prices for Cyber Monday 2007, but try these places just in case:

1 - Amazon recently released a bunch of Wii Consoles into their stock at 3 a.m. on Black Friday, so maybe they’ll do the same on Cyber Monday 2007 — who knows?

Check this search results page on Amazon for Wii Console deals

2 - Also, make sure to Check the home page of Amazon frequently for any more 3 a.m. Wii Console deals released to the buying public while the rest of the world is sleeping…

3 - Check BFads, who also lists online stuff for sale from various sites left over from their Black Friday stuff, I guess.

4 - Try this page on Deal Catcher to hunt for any Cyber Monday 2007 Wii deals in stock…

5 - Try Best Buy…

6 - Try Sam’s Club…

7 - Target just sent me this sneak peek at their Cyber Monday deals, and I don’t see a Wii on there…

8 - Try Circuit City…

By some miracle of God, a store may decide to move a bunch of Wiis online at the original price near $250 for Cyber Monday 2007, and I hope the favor of the Lord is upon you to get one if they do.

Most likely, at this stage in the game, the Wii bundles found on Amazon might be your best bet.

If you feel led to spend that much…

Okay, so I admit that standing in long lines in frigid weather to purchase the elusive Nintendo Wii Console from places like Best Buy and such looks like a kinda fun time.

That’s if you’re with good people in a safe place, loaded up with hot chocolate — or smart enough like one guy who brought a tent with a portable heater while he waited in a Black Friday line to buy something or ‘nother…

But just like most of my heady fantasies, reality is probably harsher and less exciting.

The concrete gets cold.

Maybe it’s not that bad right now; maybe you’re one of the folks who like running from store to store to store to find a Wii Console to purchase.

I’m not.

If it’s easy and I got the money, I’m all for buying stuff online — from places I trust, that is. Like Amazon.

The verdict is in — everybody wants a Wii for Christmas 2007.

We all know Jesus the Christ is the reason for the season (the One who put the Christ in Christmas), or at least I hope we all remember…

Well, He is definitely opening the windows of heaven for some of us who run Wii website, and scout around to find Wiis in stock to order online this Christmas season.

Just check out all the news reports of Wii Console shortages for Christmas 2007 already — thankfully, many online retailers (as you can see all around this page) still have Wii Consoles in stock and ready to order online to ship in time for Christmas 2007:

Southwest Florida kids say it’s what Wii want for Christmas
Naples Daily News, FL - 2 hours ago
Although Wii will be difficult to find on the shelves in the coming week, local store managers said they expect more shipments before Christmas. …

Here’s a fun game: Try to buy a Wii
Houston Chronicle, United States - Nov 22, 2007
… desperation is likely to grow as demand is expected to match supply between now and Christmas. As of Wednesday, Wii shelves were empty at Best Buy, …

We Want Wii! WENY-TV

Nintendo Wii Hard to Find for Second Christmas in a Row
WFMZ-TV Online, PA - Nov 23, 2007
Many stores are once again already sold out of the popular Nintendo Wii game system. Workers at Best Buy say they get a shipment of about 50 or so a …

Those who lose out cry ‘Wii, Wii, Wii‘ all the way home Rockford Register Star