Wii "rain check" is just a receipt

John Biggs

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Friday, December 21st, 2007

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Merry Christmas, kids!

A commenter just visited GameStop to pick up his red hot Nintendo Wii rain check. What did he get? No special card, no fancy case. Just a piece of ragged paper.

Wii Rain Check – REALITY: NO CASE; NO CARD; just a register receipt!!!

Unlike reported at all the sites, I just purchased my raincheck from my local GameStop store in Wilson, NC and all I got was a cash register receipt. They had heard nothing of the DVD-like cases with a gift card inside. Just a plain receipt with a barcode. They have my name and number and a promise to call when it arrives. But nothing to put “under the tree” other than the receipt!!!

Another broken promise from Nintendo??!!??!!

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