This past Sunday, I went to buy groceries at the Zehrs on Ottawa Street South, like I do every weekend. On a whim, I popped into the electronics area to see if they had any Wiis available. The woman behind the counter told me that Nintendo themselves delivered 3 Wii consoles to them last Wednesday at 9AM, and that all 3 consoles were sold within four hours.
Now here’s what I don’t get:
- I didn’t try the usual suspects like Futureshop, BestBuy, The Source or EB. This is Zehrs I’m talking about – the place where we buy our groceries. Even though some Zehrs stores are big enough, like the aforementioned one on Ottawa St., to sell clothes, electronics and things other than just groceries. It’s impressive that they have good tofu and next-gen game consoles.
- How many people are going shopping for groceries in the middle of the day with the intention of picking up a Wii? Honestly. I’ve been to Zerhs at that time of the day before (usually on work-at-home or sick days) and the majority of people there are senior citizens. The Wii is apparently popular with golden years crowd, but how many will buy one themselves? Of course, I forgot about stay-at-home moms; the ones married to rich guys and do groceries during the day in their X3s. They’d be the ones out looking for a game console for little Braden or Catlyn. Curse those yummy mummies!
The search continues, but haven’t put forth a whole lot of effort. But the search continues…
