Official Wii Pre-Order Thread!
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Originally Posted by Raul3
has anyone checked with gamecrazy?
Though they told me they'd give me a call when that happens.
-Jason
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I was first on the list at my local FYE when they started taking Wii pre-orders in July. I'm also #1 on their PS3 list... for their second shipment (which, of course, means probably March 2007 if I'm lucky)
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I've had a Wii bundle pre-ordered at Toys 'R Us, for approximately a month and a half, now. I cannot wait for it. I hope the two games are my choice, though.
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Originally Posted by edstein
Amazon just got my pre-order as well. Thanks OP for the heads up.
No problem at all. Anyone know what the memory card situation is going to be? I read something about an SD Expansion something or other. Will you be able to save to SD cards?
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Originally Posted by pinata242
Yes, SD is the memory expansion. What is unknown at this time is if they'll even be necessary. The 512MB internal should last you a while.
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Thanks for the Amazon info. My Amazon Prime is running out in a week, so I went ahead and put in my order now. Thinking back, I probably should have chosen the $3.99 next day shipping on this order.
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Hmm, I'm on amazon now and i don't see any way to preorder it. It just says "alert me when this item becomes available to order."
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
Hmm, I'm on amazon now and i don't see any way to preorder it. It just says "alert me when this item becomes available to order."
They must have just changed it. I pre-ordered on Amazon, then went back to the Wii page and they changed it to notify.
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Apparently they just recently moved it from a pre-order item to a "not yet available" item...
I decided to put an order in about an hour ago and it was working then. I went with one-day shipping, but they apparently don't ship stuff out for next-day shipping on weekends, so I'm thinking I'd get it on Tuesday, maybe Monday at the earliest. I am hoping to get one on Sunday if at all possible, but since Amazon doesn't charge your card until they ship, and they let you cancel an order pretty easily, I'll keep this order as a backup. I'm thinking I'll go to a 24-hour Wal-Mart or see if Target does a midnight sale or something, because I want a Wii the moment they're available. Hopefully we'll get some solid numbers a week or two before launch so I have time to cancel the pre-order if they'll be easy to find on the 19th.
I decided to put an order in about an hour ago and it was working then. I went with one-day shipping, but they apparently don't ship stuff out for next-day shipping on weekends, so I'm thinking I'd get it on Tuesday, maybe Monday at the earliest. I am hoping to get one on Sunday if at all possible, but since Amazon doesn't charge your card until they ship, and they let you cancel an order pretty easily, I'll keep this order as a backup. I'm thinking I'll go to a 24-hour Wal-Mart or see if Target does a midnight sale or something, because I want a Wii the moment they're available. Hopefully we'll get some solid numbers a week or two before launch so I have time to cancel the pre-order if they'll be easy to find on the 19th.
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Originally Posted by edstein
Shipping estimate from amazon is October 2 - October 12. Sweet!
I saw that also....thought that was pretty funny. Typical Amazon website goofiness. Hopefully, they stopped taking additional preorders in order for them to guarantee a system for previously placed orders.
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I preordered from amazon as well. Although I'm not confident they will honor the preorders. Did anybody call to confirm if the preorder availability was real or just a premature error? Anyway, from my experience, Amazon does not always process FIFO so I elected one day shipping.
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Looks like I missed this one.
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Originally Posted by dgc
I preordered from amazon as well. Although I'm not confident they will honor the preorders. Did anybody call to confirm if the preorder availability was real or just a premature error? Anyway, from my experience, Amazon does not always process FIFO so I elected one day shipping.
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keep us updated... need to put in my preorder
if i preorder off ebgames.com do they ship it so you get it the day its supposed to come out? or do they ship it like the next business day after that?
if i preorder off ebgames.com do they ship it so you get it the day its supposed to come out? or do they ship it like the next business day after that?
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Originally Posted by JaxComet
I seem to recieve my Amazon orders within 2 days no matter what shipping choice I make.
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Originally Posted by dgc
True for the most part, especially with dvds, etc., but when it comes to new/high demand gaming consoles at launch, that may not be the case.
True. However, I'll be happy just to get one close to launch. I want a Wii but it doesn't fall into the "must have it the day it's released" category.