You go to the store.
Every.
single.
day.

Or get some insider information from somewhere, which is usually easy to come by.

I used Airmiles to purchase my Wii.

Like, holy shit - Airmiles.

They are almost always in stock at every store in my area other than Best Buy and video game retailers such as Gamestop -- except for the last month or so, because of holiday sales.  I'm for another week or two that a lot of stores will never actually put any units on the shelf because they sold so many rain checks over the holidays (people could buy an empty Wii box and give that as a gift with the promise that they had "dibs" whenever any more came in stock).  Anyway, I recommend checking retailers in small towns as well as retailers you wouldn't normally go to buy video games (such as ShopKo).

I got my wii by camping out for the reservation then I just waltzed right in and got it. I never seen wii in stock before though. I always see ps3s.

be patient, and wait till everyone else has one, then buy it.
steal one.
lurk in a gaming store 24/7 and play it there?

Wow, they've been in stock over here since forever! I mean I think the last time they were actually OUT OF STOCK was when they first came out.

Found one at a local electronics store, it was during my moving to my new house, i seen it there, and asked how much, I thought, I have the money for it here and now, and if I don't buy it, I won't get another chance, and so I bought it. :P

Find a town with a small population nearby (perferrably with a "middle of nowhere" kind of vibe), and methodically call the store(s) that carry a wii. Once a few come in stock, follow it up ASAP (this is important because even with this strategy, my family came across the last one out of 6 within the span of 35 minutes).

wii's are sold out everywhere in england, it's pretty hysterical they've been seen to go for over £1000 on ebay.co.uk. We have two in our house (my brother got his before they became popular, and my parents got theirs just before the mass wiihysteria took over). I can't understand it myself (the wii has terrible games).

There was a local Toys R Us... who rather foolishly advertised in Friday's paper just before christmas that they were getting Wiis in, but only six. It's all they could get.
About a hundred people started queing up outside the store by about tea time on Friday (the store had to open early on Saturday and then there was some shit about the first people in the line and not getting their wiis... it was a month or so ago and I forget details), but it's just silly imo, it's a console... wait a year and pick one up then

but it's just silly imo, it's a console... wait a year and pick one up then

But it's already been over a year

don't get a wii, it's a substandard system with dreadful games. it's really nothing more than wireless gamecube

unless you like shit that is CUTE in which case this will give you a 12 hour erection(at which point all the games get extremely boring)

don't get a wii, it's a substandard system with dreadful games. it's really nothing more than wireless gamecube

unless you like shit that is CUTE in which case this will give you a 12 hour erection(at which point all the games get extremely boring)

This, unless you really like mini-game based games and have 4 people around constantly to play them with you.

I can get you one.

I am dead serious too.