David Cavanaugh of Middletown has a bone to pick with GameStop, which originally told him Wednesday they had the Wii Fit in stock at its Meriden store, but when he got there he was not permitted to buy the sought after item.

By reading the blog posting, they make it sound "Illegal" for GameStop to require their store to hold their Wii Fits until a certain date. I don't believe this is illegal because games, music, books are often held for release on certain dates with inventories adjusted for in-store promotions.

But I can feel for the guy. I was at my local GameStop during a UPS delivery where I watched them unpack 6 Wii Fits right in front of me. Waiting in line with only one person in front of me, I thought I'd won the Wii Fit lottery until my turn came and I heard the unpleasant information that those Wii Fits we "already" taken. WHAT? I thought you couldn't hold them?

"I'm sorry sir, those are for pre-order customers who paid over 3 months ago."

"Can I pre-order one then?", I asked.

"I'm sorry sir, GameStop is no longer accepting pre-orders for the Wii Fit."

"Well then, what is the best way to score a wii?", i asked with desperation on my face.

"Call the store about a half hour before we open and ask if we got any Wii Fit shipments but be prepared to race down here. We usually only get a few Wii Fits at a time and there are many people calling our store every morning. If you keep trying, you should eventually get lucky. That's all I can tell you."

....One week later, I bought mine on ebay