A female staff member at CNN tells her frightening tale of buying a Wii. This writer’s story is fairly intense and sounds more like a TMX Elmo tale of terror. Nevertheless, having something that another person can’t get can open you up to a mugging or assault. Has anyone felt threatened or endangered when buying expensive electronics this holiday season?
On a semi-related note: ever since my wife spotted a car outside watching me play Wii Sports through an open window, we’ve been closing the blinds when the Wii gets powered up.
[Thanks, Georg!]
Dave, I was just taking notes in case Wii Sports ever goes online and we need to do battle. Don't be skurr'd.
When I bought my Wii at launch, I wasn't exactly scared, but I was very glad that everyone got police escorts to their cars.
On launch day, I was screaming: I hate you to the pople that had had the chance to buy one, because they had closed the doors like 5 people in front of me. I was so pissed, but I was not going to hurt them!
I did grab the last available non-reserved Wii in Chicago, and although I was a little scared, I knew most gangstas were on the hunt for a PS3 and wouldn't give a second glance to a Wii…Today I would be REALLY scared if I had to get away with a Wii under similar circumstances!
I guess the Wii fever has moved on from the fans and onto the same mindless, blood-thirsty drones who shot and/or robbed people over PS3s…What has the world come to?My friend and his sister seemed perfectly fine after having nabbed 2 Wiis (one's gonna be for me). =D
I'll admit I was scared walking out to my car at 1 in the morning at a dark Portland, OR Walmart. I just held my bag close and ran… lol Wouldn't have been so bad if I didn't hear all the scary PS3 stories.