Getting a Jump on Nintendo Wii Shipments
Unless you have a contact with someone in the shipping section of Nintendo, chances are you will not be able to accurately assess when Nintendo Wii shipments will hit your local area stores. Pestering hapless sales clerks at various electronics and gaming retail stores usually does not help either as they usually only have 24 hours notices in many cases of shipment. They do not have the time or the inclination to call a huge waiting list of customers who want the Wii to let them know they are coming.
How to Get Your Gaming System
Given that only those with a crystal ball can tell when Nintendo Wii shipments will arrive, you can still get a clue as to an approximate delivery date. The first thing you should do is sign up for Wii alerts through one or two websites as these cyberspace entities often get the first word of Wiis in retail stores as well as web storefront. The only drawback to the Wii alerts is that you must be near your computer in order to capitalize on the information you receive because it could take just minutes for a store (brick and mortar or webfront) to sell out.
Another way to hazard a guess on Nintendo Wii shipments is to make your acquaintance with one or two store clerks and ask them when the last shipments were received as well as which national shipping carrier delivered them. By knowing when past Nintendo Wii shipments arrived at the store as well as which carrier delivered them, you can extrapolate out a possible delivery date. Knowing the carrier that delivered the Wii systems means that you can call the shipping company's local office and ask about their delivery routes and approximate time frames they are delivering in the store area, so you can time your store arrival to check on Wii stock status.
Placing your faith in an online store is another possibility if you cannot accurately assess Nintendo Wii shipments to your local retail stores. Many gaming retailers do a booming business online and are usually upfront about current availability as well as possible ship dates of when the Wiis will come in.
The good news is that they are rather conservative when it comes to predicting their Nintendo Wii shipments so if you pay for one online and expect a ship date in two months chances are you will receive your system weeks before that prediction. Not only does the early delivery date make the web gaming retailer look good but you will also be satisfied and likely to go back to them for future purchases.
