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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sonson" data-source="post: 57185" data-attributes="member: 792">I know of several stores who create their advertisments weeks (and sometimes months) in advance. Because of this, they have to limit the amount of consoles they sell in order to meet the demands of their consummers during those events.I know outright lying to consummers doesn't sound like the right thing to do but honestly, if they were to say "We aren't selling the Wii's we currently have on stock right now", what do you think would happen?Most likely, people will begin to beg for Wii's, going so far as to bribe employees, which management frowns upon. Violence could also break out, and all in all, it would turn into a rather unfavorable situation. In those cases, saying they no longer have Wii's in stock, even when they do, is the "safe" route to take. Companies like this are in it to make a profit after all, and if withholding consoles until a later date would lead to that company making more money than selling them earlier, they'll do so.Of course, there are other reasons why they could be doing that. Heck, maybe the emplyees just want to buy the Wii's themselves, and management is allowing them to keep enough in stock to satisfy the employees later. I don't know</blockquote>