I happened to be walking between meetings in NYC when I discovered the Times Square Toys’R'Us store received a shipment of Nintendo Wiis. After an hour in line (see picture), I was one of the fortunate few who was able to get one. The lucky few included only two more people behind me, and the remainder of the line was shooed off by hired muscle. The Wii now dormantly sits in a closet in my apartment (it’s technically a Christmas present to me from my wife).

Now, I’m not one to advocate buying these hard-to-find items only to sell them for profit on eBay (If that was the case, I could stock up by sitting outside of the Nintendo World Store every morning at 4 am); every genuine video game player should be get the chance at one before they go to the hounds, but the fact that the Wii has actually INCREASED in price on Amazon (now up $200 to $700 a pop). Really has me wondering if I’m foolishly sitting on a gold mine.

Oh well, come Christmas I’ll be saving some poor soul from putting a Wii remote through their big screen tv.

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