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Nintendo Faking Wii Shortage To Raise Holiday Demand

I ran across the above article today and got immediately ticked off at Nintendo all over again. Now granted, I do not make it a priority in my life to have a game console. But with step kids and kids of friends, I’m not one to ignore a console and often think of buying one. Wii was one such console I seriously considered because it would get me up and active off the couch. I thought that was cool.

But given the on going shortage (and to be sure, I check about once a month to see if it’s available at Best Buy, and I’ve done that for months), I’ve decided that I made the PERFECT purchase in California last month at Salvation Army.

Yep, that’s right. for $3.50, I bought myself a 1 game console called ping pong, complete with wireless paddles. I don’t know how old this console game is, but the wife and I went to the Salvation Army on a Thursday, which just so happens to be 50% off day for small appliances. My $3.50 investment became $1.75 at the cash register.

So one could say I’m ready to hold off on a Wii even longer. As much as I want to get my ass off the couch and play some games and work up a sweat doing so, I refuse to jump through hoops for this console that only seems to exist in online electronic catalogs.

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