pete7919 said:I was surprised there was about 200 people waiting to get in my Kmart at about 6:20am. I decided my chances for a Wii at that point were nonexistant, and since there's no other reason to shop there I abandoned my effort.

same thing happened here.

juice22 said:pete7919 said:I was surprised there was about 200 people waiting to get in my Kmart at about 6:20am. I decided my chances for a Wii at that point were nonexistant, and since there's no other reason to shop there I abandoned my effort.

same thing happened here.

Same here was looking forward to getting a Wii! Ohh well will just wait untill after the holidays.

bad experience at Kmart- only 8 wiis and about 200 people in line. got the bratz doll for $9.99.

yankees4life said:manchild said:juice22 said:pete7919 said:I was surprised there was about 200 people waiting to get in my Kmart at about 6:20am. I decided my chances for a Wii at that point were nonexistant, and since there's no other reason to shop there I abandoned my effort.

same thing happened here.


Same here was looking forward to getting a Wii! Ohh well will just wait untill after the holidays.

Just absolutely incredible that 1 year later, Nintendo still can't keep up with demand.

I am also shocked about that. I can understand last year the Wii for Xmas being in short supply,but a year after release?

Just got back from the sale. I found everything I wanted. (wasn't looking for tv or wii)

DVDs, kids rugs, circular saw, shoes, towels. All nice deals.

Bill

juice22 said:pete7919 said:I was surprised there was about 200 people waiting to get in my Kmart at about 6:20am. I decided my chances for a Wii at that point were nonexistant, and since there's no other reason to shop there I abandoned my effort.

same thing happened here.

funny. last year they had a line and said the same thing (can't remember what the item was). then when the doors opened, they gave everyone a ticket and then drew names. crap!

Glad to hear the good reports about K-mart. My K-mart was packed at 8:30 AM (I showed up later, hoping to miss the crowd). I've never seen it so packed, except from the days when I was a little kid. In those days, an "average weekend" was more busy than this Turkey-day sale.

I went for the $40 digital photo frame. There was a gigantic line around the electronics counter, and I didn't want to wait in the line only to find out that they had run out of them. (This was genious of K-mart. They had only one employee serving people from the counter, and Kmart naturally assumed that people would browse the shelves and pick up impulse purchases while waiting.)

Turned out they didn't have any frames left, but the model in the glass case made me glad that I checked before standing in the line -- it was pretty low quality (even for $40).

It was sad. There was one lady at the electronics counter that burst into tears, crying loudly after being told that whatever item she wanted was 'not in stock'. I could only wonder how long she had waited in line for that news, or how much she had raised her hopes by seeing the advertisement.

It was also kind of funny watching people run around with their arms full of board games, dropping items from their arms as they frantically searched for what they thought were "deals." There was a large amount of kids there, which surprised me.

One guy almost knocked a dozen people over with his basket as he rushed through, searching like Golumb for his dream purchases. One employee looked like they were going to ask him to leave the store.

Another girl, probably about 400 pounds (I'm serious) was told by a skinny looking lady (probably her mom) told her, "Go stand in front of the TV before anyone else gets it, and if they ask you to move, tell them that it is your TV." Wow. I think that buying a TV was the least of their worries...they should be more concerned about the cost of type 2 diabetes.

I left with nothing, but left feeling somber by the culture of what I saw. It would surprise me if Kmart stays in business two more years. It just seems like the end of an era where Kmart (and Venture Stores) competed, and now it's left to Target and WalMart to duke it out. Perhaps in another 30-40 years, we'll see a whole new round of stores.