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zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift you ar... - 12/23/2010 9:16:28 AM

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Okay so i got this wii thing this year for Christmas. I didn't ask for it, i was just talking to him about wii fit one day (after i received my christmas present from him) asking him if he thinks it would be an investment (he knew i don't have any of those types of gamer things) because i heard it is helpful with fitness. He said definitely and he thought it would be a great thing for me to have. So i was saying i would think about it and maybe start saving for it so i can buy in within the next year. I had to run them and an hour later he called back saying i would be getting another package for Christmas.

So i got the console from him and wasn't really gunho about it, as i am not a gamer type person and really didn't get the concept of wii and interaction. So i put it together and then Monday, my boss gave me wii fit plus as a present!

So now i am a little more understanding of this wii concept and getting a little excited about it, i found that they have ZUMBA fitness for wii.

Could someone please put out a bulletin for people to STOP buying this as every place i have been it gets sold out like before its even on their shelves even online many places are out of stock. !!!

I haven't bought anything for myself for Christmas this year so i really would like to get this lol. What i don't get is why almost everywhere its $39 but on Amazon its 68!

Okay vent over. Is there something you have wanted for Christmas for someone or even yourself this year that everytime you think YES i will have it, you find that its been sold out already?

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/23/2010 9:57:25 AM

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There has been a toy this year that just about every boy between the ages of 5 and 10 in Germany had, or wanted to get his fingers on.
Bey Blades, some kind of fighting dreidels. Don't even ask me, I really have not much of an idea.

Shortly after the fall holidays a monumental merchandising campaign was started, anime series and all.
For weeks it was Bey Blades this, and Bey Blades that. Which friend was already a "Blader", what motive was the most coveted, and sorry we are late from school, there was this battle going on we simply had to see.

Being the mean Mum that I am, I did refuse to buy my poor underprivileged boys a freaking spinner for starting at 20 Euros with Christmas already looming. The Christkindchen would bring one.

Well, when the Christkindchen wanted to get it over with and go buy the darned things at the end of November, they were nowhere to be found. Sold out. Everywhere.
The sales people all got that "not again" look when you even mentioned the name, and explained that the things are sold out, the manufacturer is not able to fill the demand, and new deliveries are expected for mid January at the earliest.
Other customers stopped to relate their own woeful tales of searches high and low. I saw one mother cry, after listing the different cities she had visited in hopes of scoring one.

Retreating to the internet and the world of online shopping I learned that yes, you could still buy them. The single packs for as low as 50 Euros, starter packs being a steal at about a hundred bucks.
Yes, for spin tops, and yes, people are buying.

All the while, the marketing machine keeps roaring.

At this point I had a heart to heart with my younger boys. I related that the Christkindchen simply had no way of getting more of those things, but that there where some options.
There is a cheap knockoff on the market, which offers a set with a whole assortment of the things and a fighting arena, as well a different brand that also offers metal fighting spinners like the originals are, and those would stand up to the schoolyard spinner fights.

They are getting the cheap set together to play at home, and each one of the metal fighting ones to play with their friends.

We settled on this just in time as it seems, as now the price for the knock offs too, is shooting through the roof.

I would really like to have a silent word or two with the people who settled on this brilliant strategy.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/23/2010 10:58:01 AM

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yes Sandra, we have those marketing bastages here in the states too.....and no amount of persuasion will ever convince me that they don't do it on purpose. Cabbage Patch Dolls, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, those little mechanical hamster thingys.....I'm guessing that none of them are parents! It's been quite some time since I've had to run around looking for the "next big thing" for the kids, but this seems to happen every year. What's worse, is that the consumers buy into the whole "I HAVE to get this for my kid, or the world will end" thinking/mindset.

The "knock offs" will probably be just as well as the real thing....alot of times, the only thing you're paying for is the name or label. And if I had a nickel for every time that the wanted toy was discarded soon after Christmas, I could buy the next "big thing"!

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/23/2010 12:09:12 PM

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I too am convinced that it was done on purpose. It was the first time it happened on such a large scale Germany. Beyond disgusting.

While I do not buy into the whole "my kids need the newest ...", what got me really into a bind was that my younger boys still believe in the Christkindchen. I had been telling them "The Christkindchen will bring you one" for weeks, and negotiating this situation without destroying their believe was not easy.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/23/2010 1:01:06 PM

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So what other things have people been seeking this christmas only to find it was sold out or unaccessible?

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/23/2010 3:13:47 PM

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The thing I have not been able to get is the Wii Endless Ocean game which is something my grands have wanted. It is out of stock everywhere, except one site which is charging three times the original price, and I am not willing to pay that. They will just have to wait. Fortunately, it is from Nana, so I do not have to go thru anything except their disappointment on Christmas.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 2:20:19 AM

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Nothing. I am lucky enough that the people on my list didn't want some hot new item that's being sold hot and heavy, so any one who didn't get lucky aint getting shit.

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So what other things have people been seeking this christmas only to find it was sold out or unaccessible?

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 3:18:40 AM

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http://www.gamestop.com/browse/search.aspx?dsNav=Ntk:TitleKeyword%7czumba%7c1%7c

Might find zumba there. It says they have some in stock that will ship in 24 hours. Pre-owned from this site is fine. They check out all games before sending.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_seeall_1?rh=k%3Azumba+wii%2Ci%3Avideogames&keywords=zumba+wii&ie=UTF8&qid=1293189399

Amazon seems to have a few.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 3:50:08 AM

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nothing here either...wanted to spoil myself to the kitchenaid mixer this year but my financial plans didnt quite work out as planned since i moved...but that wasnt quite the question...

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 4:23:54 AM

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Actually yes, there has been an item I've wanted to get for someone two years in a row. Each time, by the time I got around to deciding to get it.......sold out!

It was for Generic Dude, the Charlie Brown Christmas Tree. Neither year did we have people coming to the farm so didn't bother with the hassle of digging out the tree and putting it up. No lights, no decorations. We are both Grinch like when it comes to that stuff. However, when I saw the cute little table top Charlie Brown tree in a catalogue I wanted to give it to him as a fun gift. FINALLY......... this year I found it early on and nabbed it. It's had an honoured place on the dining room table for almost 2 months now.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 6:29:46 AM

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I used to have that problem when my daughter was young but now that she's an adult there's nothing she nor I really want or need so it's been kind of a strange Christmas this year of actually trying to figure out what to buy each other.

I guess you could say the gift I wanted this year that I couldn't find anywhere.....spending more time with Master, selling my home and finding a new job.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 8:01:03 AM

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Tazzy, i mistakenly named what i was seeking -- being really new to all this wii gamer stuff (yes gamer virgin here), i thought the zumba fitness and the zumna fitness bundle were the same thing. I was looking for the one that is $39, not the $64 one. In stores i am not finding either on the shelves, but online i did find the bundle just am not willing to pay for it. Believe me i searched all over for this online and in the stores, and no place had it. I can't find it on amazon for $39 and gamestop its not available online.

FR - thanks for those who are commenting, i don't even think its this "big thing" anymore, but i do think a lot of electronical stuff is expensive now so Christmas is more likely when kids will get something big and expensive rather than throughout the year. Because at Christmas its "gifting" lol rather than just giving.

That being said, i got a call yesterday afternoon from the gamestop by my house and they had two come in on the truck and they said they were reserving it for me if i could be there soon. As i was out and about, i ws there soon lol. That place is really AWESOME. I did, however, get the last one as someone had come in looking for one right before me.. They said they didn't realize it was going to be soooo popular and a person came in looking for one when i was there.

Luckily everything i wanted to get people was gotten fairly easily but most of my shopping was done before Thanksgiving and since i have to ship a lot of my stuff to family and friends, i usually get shopping done early. This however was for me. I completely enjoy giving gifts at Christmas and when i feel like it. I like surprising people from little kids to seniors from family to friends.

With that -- Merry Christmas Everyone, May you be safe and happy amongst those you choose to spend it with.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 8:24:03 AM

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I can't say that there's any particular item that made the list this year. I remember a lot of the ones from years past. A pikachu from pokemon, Thomas the Train, Pound Puppies, then a Tickle Me Elmo for My Grand. Every year, I somehow managed to find one. Often, I was convinced it had to be the very last one in the entire town. A couple of times I was at the point of giving up hope, and there it would be on the wrong shelf somewhere, stuck behind some kind of other toys. Maybe another parent had tried to stash it there so they could come back to get it without being seen, but I came across it instead. It was worth it every time, when I'd finally find that one special thing that they had asked Santa for. I didn't even mind that he got all of the credit for a lot of years. He was magical, after all. I was just Mom.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 12:12:33 PM

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Moot point since i see you found it, but next time, you want a game and it's expensive or out of stock, I would personally rent it from gamefly.com if it was me a doing it, as the saying goes.

I know renting games isn't as fun or permenant as buying it, and you do have to pay for the rental fee month to month for gamefly, but I find our gamefly account invaluable for things like sold out games, oe games that are super expensive and no way in hell would I buy it, but I still want to play the game. I just wish I had gamefly before I bought some of the games I had in the past, that wbere huge wastes of money. Either because they sucked, or some other reason.

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Tazzy, i mistakenly named what i was seeking -- being really new to all this wii gamer stuff (yes gamer virgin here), i thought the zumba fitness and the zumna fitness bundle were the same thing. I was looking for the one that is $39, not the $64 one. In stores i am not finding either on the shelves, but online i did find the bundle just am not willing to pay for it. Believe me i searched all over for this online and in the stores, and no place had it. I can't find it on amazon for $39 and gamestop its not available online.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 2:34:09 PM

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Hi TFTB, thanks for that site name in the future i will see if games are there to try out, however, i just did a search for zumba wii on there and it comes up as not for sale and not rentable so i am not sure what that means.

I am very ignorant of how this wii thing works so i appreciate the heads up about this site and will see if i can utilize it in the future. I will also see about the trade in concept but i think gamestop near my house has that also.

Now if i can only find a trade in place for all my work out DVDs that i have impulsively bought and never really used lol but i guess that's what ebay is for.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 3:22:30 PM

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Sadly a lot of places that used to do DVD trades closed up shop. I remember there was one place here they sold porn and other dvd's and they did dvd trade ins, it was fun to go in there and browse.

Really I checked gamefly this morning and I didn't see anything about zumba not being for rent, but I could be mistaken.

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Hi TFTB, thanks for that site name in the future i will see if games are there to try out, however, i just did a search for zumba wii on there and it comes up as not for sale and not rentable so i am not sure what that means.

I am very ignorant of how this wii thing works so i appreciate the heads up about this site and will see if i can utilize it in the future. I will also see about the trade in concept but i think gamestop near my house has that also.

Now if i can only find a trade in place for all my work out DVDs that i have impulsively bought and never really used lol but i guess that's what ebay is for.

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/24/2010 3:25:25 PM

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Ok, you know what it was currently availible for the x box not the wii sorry:)

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/26/2010 2:02:02 PM

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If you do a simple google search you will find it in stock in many stores. Best buy being at the top of the list. 39.99

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/26/2010 2:28:29 PM

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I don't know what search you are doing on this but i did one also just now even though i finally did get it and best buy isn't on the list at all. More so when i did a search for it for the best buy near my home, this is what comes up:

Best Buy
Madison

$39.99Out of stock

I also went to a couple different stores prior to making this thread and called a couple and NO ONE had them in stock WHERE I LIVE. Maybe that's the difference. Google doesn't mean anything when you walk into the store and you find out they were there but no longer. That is the concept of sold out.

But thanks for your insight. Did you have an elusive gift you wanted to mention?

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RE: zumba fitness bundle for wii - that elusive gift yo... - 12/26/2010 6:09:05 PM

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Half.com also has it in stock. I searched google, wii+zumba. It came up with numerous stores where prices were being compared. I only went to best buy..and half both having it in stock.

Nope, no specific gift to mention.

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