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By Any Means Necessary: Buying a Wii

Shoppers explore varied strategies to get Nintendo's rare console

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 8, 2007 12:26 PM CST

(Newser) – The holiday-season shortage of Nintendo’s Wii console is fostering some creative shopping strategies, shared on a number of websites devoted to tracking down the device, the Washington Post reports. One advises Wii hopefuls not to ask store employees when the next shipment will arrive—... Read full story »

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