Well, I left class today ready to start on this new adventure...gaming. I've been trying to decide whether I would use a free computer based game or whether I would go out and buy one of the popular game systems of today that I know absolutely nothing about. I feel at such a disadvantage because I don't have school age children and I am not a classroom teacher. My neices and nephews are in other states and my daughter is 27 years old. I can vaughly remember playing Pac Man with her when she was in middle school.
This wonderful daughter of mine told me that I should get the Wii system. She said it is recommended for older people in senior citizen homes to keep them active and mobile (What the heck is she trying to say???)
Anyway, I decided to go to Best Buy and check this Wii system out. My husband promised me it would get some use after this class is over and wouldn't simply sit around and collect dust like my treadmill, Gazelle, and other gadgets we just had to have. After playing with the display model at Best Buy we actually got excited about this new toy. We picked out several games we would buy to go along with the new system. Excited, we called a salesperson over for help because we were unable to find the system ourselves. He told us they had just sold out of their latest shipment that had arrived.
No Problem! Onward to the next closest Best Buy. No luck there! They were out too. We then decided we would go to Target by our home. The salesperson at Target told us they had gotten a surprise shipment in yesterday and they were all gone today. What the French Toast!!!
My husband tells me to calm down because we'll find it. Now I was feeling as though I just had to have it. We go to Walmart. They tell us they don't have it and don't know when they'll be getting it. You've got to be kidding me! I'm reminded of years past when I couldn't get a hold of the Cabbage Patch doll my daughter desperately had to have.
My husband and I decide to go home and order the system online. We feel we might be better off there, but no, Best Buy online Wii systems are sold out as well.
Dave checks out Amazon.com and EBay and of course the prices are through the roof.
This morning I could have cared less about the Wii system and now I probally won't rest until I get my very own (at a reasonable price of course).
Lance
Before his first haircut.
2 comments:
Oh my! I'm so sorry that it's been such a hassle to get the Wii. It says a lot about the system. As you know from my last comment, I don't own one myself. However, I want to use my nephews but the more I think about it I'm not sure if that's convenient. I would have to go weekly to his house. At this point I'm not sure if I should use the playstation 2 that we already have and buy another game or perhaps I should use a computer based one? Oh my this is harder than I thought! :) Well, I'll keep investigating. Oh and if I come across and Wii systems I'll let you know. Let me know what happens.
Wow! This is some story about what you were going through to get the Wii system. I'm really amazed how these games get to be so popular so quickly. As I told you I'm going through my own hassles with the Civ IV game but I played a game the other night and I really started getting absorbed.
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