GameStop ordered to not sell Wiis until 17th, too?

Uh-oh.

After having just found out that Best Buy employees have been ordered NOT to sell whatever Wii units they’ve got in stock, and after all those stories of hoarding that have been going around, it seems that another retailer, GameStop, may have picked up on the idea as well.

According to the people from Kotaku, a call to a GameStop branch has confirmed the suspicion that the sale of one of this season’s most popular items is being tightly controlled and timed. They found out that the store they contacted actually had six Wii units in stock, but the employees were not allowed to sell these units until December 17. Until then, they would have to turn down everyone looking for a Wii.

This might just be a business move to pick up traffic and drive the frantic Christmas-shopping masses to distraction, but still, isn’t it all just a teeny bit unfair?

Via Kotaku

Uh-oh.

After having just found out that Best Buy employees have been ordered NOT to sell whatever Wii units they’ve got in stock, and after all those stories of hoarding that have been going around, it seems that another retailer, GameStop, may have picked up on the idea as well.

According to the people from Kotaku, a call to a GameStop branch has confirmed the suspicion that the sale of one of this season’s most popular items is being tightly controlled and timed. They found out that the store they contacted actually had six Wii units in stock, but the employees were not allowed to sell these units until December 17. Until then, they would have to turn down everyone looking for a Wii.

This might just be a business move to pick up traffic and drive the frantic Christmas-shopping masses to distraction, but still, isn’t it all just a teeny bit unfair?

Via Kotaku