Wii Raincheck!

[Momma Bear]

To help assuage consumers' complaints that they can't find a Wii, Nintendo announced this morning that it will begin a 'Wii Raincheck' program.

Customers who pay in full for a Wii before Christmas can get a raincheck that they will be able to redeem for a Wii in January.


Nintendo also said that many Wii systems will be available in big-box retailers on Sunday.


Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime said in a conference call this morning that the ranincheck program will be run entirely through retailer GameStop, who he says has "many tens of thousands" of certificates.


The certificates will only be available on December 20th and 21st, and consumers must pay the entire $250 up front. The Wii console will be available "sometime in January" and must be picked up before the 29th.


The program, says Fils-Aime, is for people who want "something to put under the tree."


"A certificate needs to be matched to a specific Wii which needs to be matched to a specific store. Only this retailer has the ability to pull off such a program," said Fils-Aime in regards to why GameStop will be the exclusive partner for this initiative.


Fils-Aime also said this morning that Wii will be available this Sunday in many stores, advertised in circulars for Best Buy, Kmart, Sears, Target, Toys R Us, and Circuit City.


Wal-Mart, says Fils-Aime, will be "pushing out massive amounts of Wii systems into their stores all week long."


Fils-Aime also attempted to get customers away from eBay this holiday. "I know there are temptations for consumers to pay more than they really want to to resellers in order to get their hands on a system. We want to say that if you could possibly hold out just a little bit longer, there will be more and more product available in January.



"We are not slowing down" production, he said.

Let's see if this works

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[.xDizzy]

Gamestop?

Dizzy's prediction:
Screwed before the program even starts

[Momma Bear]

My friend is gonna try, let's see what happens.

[Momma Bear]

I hate to double post. But I was in Gamestop this weekend and asked about the voucher program. They said they have never heard anything about it yet. This was the store manager. I responded "you mean you can't confirm it yet as it probably was leaked?" He smiled at me in the most polite way he could and responded. I don't know anything.

LMAO. Other people overheard me and I got all excited. Mwhahaha

And this was just posted 7 mins ago.

GameStop has announced that they have made a deal with Nintendo which will allow them to create a new rain check program for the Nintendo Wii.
GameStop is going to be selling these Wii rain checks on December 20th and December 21, 2007 for $249.99.
GameStop is going to be selling thousands of these rain checks. The rain check will allow you to get a Nintendo Wii on or before January 29th, guaranteed.


This comes during a [Only registered users can see links. ] shopping season where parents will do pretty much anything to get a Nintendo Wii. This is similar to a pre-order system for the Wii as you will be paying for it in advance to guarantee yourself one before the end of January.


Nintendo stated that they are going to be working hard with Best Buy and Wal-Mart before Christmas to get as many Wii consoles on store shelves as possible.



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