Ervin Kosch

I am one step away from saying I hate Nintendo.  I have owned and loved every single US released console system until the Wii.  No, Virtual Boy does not count as a console.  As such I really want a Wii and have been touting it since its release.

My wife has indirectly (read sacasically and with much venom) stated that she thinks I’m a complete and utter idiot for wanting one.  I know she hates hearing me talk about it constantly but shes bored when I talking about my other interest. At least she has some emotion when I talk about Wii. Yeah, I know nerd alert.

That really hurts me because there a few items she wanted for a long time and she finally is getting them this year but I can’t get what I’ve wanted for couple of years.  I’m still working with a computer that barely runs.   I’m still driving a crappy car that should junked out.   Yet we can never seem to get enough money to get it fixed while I’m going to college and working two jobs.

Today I’ve received 3 unique alerts from various Wii tracking websites.   The first alert hit my mailbox as soon as it was released.  That sounds great, right?  Sure except I had to go through a third party to see which website had the offer and guess what?  The third party website was offline for 20 minutes.  When the third party came back online Sears, the place with the system, still had them in-stock.  When I clicked add to cart I got a nice message that said ‘We’re sold out of that item, so we’re removing it from your cart.’  Screw you Sears.

I got my next alert but that place was sold-out.  Fair enough.

I then got another alert that was sent generated 15 minutes before it was sent.  The service even had the courtesy to tell me when it generated the text of the message and when it sent it.  So I went to Amazon, the retailer that had the Wii, and they had an “Add to Cart” available.  Great, I added the item and I get a ‘Sold Out’ message with links to other packages that might not be sold out.  Screw you Amazon.

So yeah that bitter taste I’ve had from Nintendo and their sales practices is turning rancid.