Word of Warning For Anyone Buying A Wii U, Danger Awaits

For those that don't remember the Wii's launch I'll tell a story.

Many people ordered their Wii's online had their deliveries intercepted by unscrupulous shipping employees who knew they could either take the Wii home or resell the console for a hefty profit.

With stores sending out their consoles today I urge everyone to follow their deliveries daily if not morning and night and if anything unusual happens to contact the shipping company as soon as possible.

Something I forgot the first time around....

REMEMBER, delivery companies have temporary holiday help right now. Scoring a rare console or 2 is worth the risk of losing your job that you're only going to have for a few weeks.

That's messed up. Idk why people would do that especially if they knew their job was at risk. Guess some people are just stupid.StateOfGrace

My Wii turned up 2 days late. Thats the first and only time thats ever happened.

how would thye know its a wii u in the package?

how would thye know its a wii u in the package?

resevl4rlz

From the horror stories with the Wii they know the size box used, the average weight.

Once they knew that the Wii's were shipping they "inspected" boxes sent from those areas until they were able to get the Wii's.

That's why some packages showed up as delayed, they never got back on course, instead they were kept as gifts or sold on Ebay or just back of a truck type deals.

I'll stick this is the first post too. All delivery services have temp help right now who are only going to have their jobs a few weeks, for some people it's worth the gamble to sell a few consoles at profit at the risk of their job.

how would thye know its a wii u in the package?

resevl4rlz

If it's someone who packs items for shipping they'll have an easy time knowing because they packed it.
Someone who has access said packages before they get sent out would be able to have a rough idea of the size of the WiiU box and would also know when they where about to be shipped out so could make an educated guess.
Whoever picks up the items to ship would probably know what they where picking up and again could make an educated guess and could also, along with whoever delivers it to your house, carefully open the package a little and have a look until they find one, and simply reseal anything that isn't a WiiU.

i hope that won't happen to me

good advice

That's why I don't buy online for a console launch. I don't like the idea of delays, damages or stolen items. I'm lucky enough to waltz into a store without a queue and pick up a Wii U without the need to even pre order.

That's why I don't buy online for a console launch. I don't like the idea of delays, damages or stolen items. I'm lucky enough to waltz into a store without a queue and pick up a Wii U without the need to even pre order.

trugs26

That's messed up. I couldn't imagine something like that happening over here though.

Mine is currently on plane from Kentucky on its way to Philly. I always follow my packages pretty closely just in case they make a mistake of some kind.

Mine is currently on plane from Kentucky on its way to Philly. I always follow my packages pretty closely just in case they make a mistake of some kind.

Alx1231

me too. and mine is on a place headed to illinois

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That's why I don't buy online for a console launch. I don't like the idea of delays, damages or stolen items. I'm lucky enough to waltz into a store without a queue and pick up a Wii U without the need to even pre order.

Heirren