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Tue Sep 19, 2006 5:00 am |
 Post subject: Amazon's Nintendo Wii Pre-Order Frenzy |
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Wii sold out in no time flat
Anticipation for the Nintendo Wii in the wake of the Nintendo press conference has reached fever pitch, so much so that online retailer Amazon.com has had to stop taking pre-orders due to an overwhelming demand.
The Wii was made available for consumers to pre-order Friday September 15th and subsequently reached Amazon's initial allocation limit within a couple of hours.
It's currently unknown how many units were pre-ordered by consumers in total. But an online retailer the size of Amazon must have received an unprecedented amount of interest from customers to sell out of its initial batch of pre-orders.
From cdfreaks.com, here is a comment from one customer that made it under the wire: "Amazon offered preorders with Wii Sports included for $249 today. With 1 day expedited shipping ran $283.83. No absurd bundle required. They began taking preorders this morning and had sold out of preorders by 11 am cst."
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Source: Nintendo Wii News: With A Side Order Of Everything Else Nintendo -
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