Sam's Clubs' Nintendo Wii Family Bundle packs three controller pairs and a Wii for $224 on Black Friday

Craving the gargantuan cement landscape of your local Sam's Club, mixed with the sweet prospect of scoring a Wii (and a barrel of free accessories) below MSRP? Get ready to fight for it. Come "Black Friday," that most manufactured of all shopping days, Sam's Club will be selling a $224 Wii "Family Bundle" that includes the console, three Wiimotes, three nunchuks, Wii Sports, Mario Super Sluggers and King of Clubs Mini Golf. The trouble is, naturally, these will be in "limited quantities," and at this price we're guessing they'll be pretty darn scarce -- more like a bit of bait to get you lined up at 3am and end up buying pretzels, jeans and refrigerators in bulk before going home dejected and self-loathing. This should be so much fun!

[Brandon @ Nov 12th 2008 9:45AM]

That will sell out in the first 3 hours........ This is gonna be the best black Friday ever!!

[Evan @ Nov 12th 2008 10:05AM]

3hrs? more like 3 minutes haha.

[Jon @ Nov 12th 2008 10:31AM]

Not a big fan of the Wii myself, but that's a damn good (tempting) deal.

[El Taco @ Nov 12th 2008 10:31PM]

Have you ever gone to a store on Black Friday? Seriously! In 3 hours the entire store will be sold out! You'll be lucky if you can get one of these 6 minutes after the store opens!

[CB @ Nov 12th 2008 9:47AM]

I think there might be someone waiting outside my local Sam's Club for this right now.

The number of parents looking to keep their spoiled children happy with this should far exceed supply. Plus the dudes looking to sell them on eBay for less profit than actually getting a real job.

[GenBanks @ Nov 12th 2008 10:28AM]

Hehe, and don't forget slacker college students like me who do stuff like that for the hell of it :D

[SteveJ @ Nov 12th 2008 11:06AM]

If it's a hobby, I suggest you find a new one. Or at least start using condoms.

[icepop4who @ Nov 12th 2008 9:49AM]

YES!!! i have a Sam's club near my school. (SUNY binghamton, if anyone knows) Looking back, the wii used to sell upwards of $700 on ebay when it first came out... times have changed

[ack154 @ Nov 12th 2008 9:52AM]

I'm about an hour west of you (Corning)... there's Sam's here too. Well, technically it's in Big Flats... but who's counting?

[ack154 @ Nov 12th 2008 9:50AM]

Good god that is a crazy deal. The games aren't anything fantastic... but that's another $120 worth of controllers alone!

Now CB mentioned eBay there... and thing is, with this kind of deal, you could sell it all at retail price on eBay and make a fat profit.

[Tarnation @ Nov 12th 2008 9:51AM]

Asshats have been warehousing them to drive up demand. Just a few weeks ago the mythical Wii all of sudden became easy to find. Nobody had them for almost a year and a half now they are offering all kinds of deals on them. You can go to almost any retailer and find 3 or 4 sitting on a shelf. It was all just to make sure they end the year in the Black.

[kjb434 @ Nov 12th 2008 10:16AM]

There isn't anything wrong with that.

[GenBanks @ Nov 12th 2008 10:31AM]

There is if you're doing it with something like medicine, food or petrol.

[BigTeebo @ Nov 12th 2008 11:33AM]

I was amazed to see a bunch of Wii boxes(filled ones, and they weren't WiiFits) last weekend at Best Buy. There it was, a stack of 'em. The last time I saw that many, it was 2 summers ago..in Akihabara(horaders). Only took 2 years to get a decent supply(ie not 2 or 3 for a period of 5 minutes) in stores, huh Nintendo?

[SteveJ @ Nov 12th 2008 9:59AM]

You could score:

a sweet Wii deal

Or:

front row seats to the riot sure to follow

[y3k.nik @ Nov 12th 2008 10:10AM]

Can i get 2 tickets for the front row seats please? Could you also throw in an unlimited supply of popcorn?

[Jamus @ Nov 12th 2008 10:02AM]

A local Sam's has only had a "Out of Stock" sign on their big pile of fake cardboard Wii boxes ever since they came out. It is sad. They should just remove the fake boxes and signs and put something else in that shelf space if they can't get a decent supply.

[DJ @ Nov 12th 2008 10:06AM]

You'll probably have SC employees hiding these until they can buy them on their lunch break and turn around and sell them to friends for an extra $100

[Kamokazi @ Nov 12th 2008 10:15AM]

This is a MAJOR black friday item for them, and management, in most cases, won't allow it. I used to work at an electronics retailer back in college, and black friday was 20-25% of the YEARLY gross sales. Black friday was a day you just did not mess with.

Of course there will always be exceptions...

[lisamomof3 @ Nov 12th 2008 10:29AM]

They will have minimum 5 per store, and if you line up early, it ruins your chance of hitting any other store on BF for doorbusters.

Get all the BF ads here: http://blackfriday.gottadeal.com

[Unique Gift Ideas @ Nov 12th 2008 10:35AM]

That's a really good deal for that bundle. Too bad it isn't even near being worth getting up extra early on a Friday morning and waiting out in the cold for four hours. Working in retail really made me loathe this awful day.

[Adamhibbles @ Nov 12th 2008 11:06AM]

I heard that. Worked at circuit for 3 years and worked each of the black Fridays. Each was a 16 hour shift and it started at 3 in the morning. Oh I am glad I sit at a desk and sell paper for a living.

[Adam @ Nov 12th 2008 11:59AM]

@adamhibbles

I didn't know Dwight Schrute was a commentet on engadget!

[chefgon_ign @ Nov 12th 2008 10:41AM]

Deal of the Century. Expect several fatalities on Friday morning as a direct result of this deal.

[94 taurus owner @ Nov 12th 2008 11:30AM]

Already got a Wii so I'm good.

[phanbouy @ Nov 12th 2008 1:18PM]

shoulda spent it on a car upgrade

[telepheedian @ Nov 12th 2008 11:36AM]

Is it just me, or is that Wii kinda beat up?

[dustin @ Nov 13th 2008 12:44AM]

I think the game is broken. Buy now get a years supply of mustard.

[rjflyn @ Nov 12th 2008 11:54AM]

SO far this is the deal of the day for BF. If their smart SC will hand out tickets for them so they wont have a stampede. I know thats whet Best Buy did last year for there special sale they had for rewards members. That how I scored mine. Got there and got my ticket and was able to go eat, come back and shop at my leisure.

Rj

[MdPhoenix @ Nov 12th 2008 12:29PM]

20 bucks says someone gets murdered over this.

[Sam @ Nov 12th 2008 2:03PM]

I'm just trying to figure out what does Sam's club have to gain?
Besides getting tons of traffic, who will be disappointed, and maybe, just maybe purchase a fully priced bundle.

The flip side is, if there are only 100 bundles priced below MSRP, which get sold out in 3 mins, a lot of consumers are going to be very very angry. I can see all those ebay traders looking at making a killing. It's a free for all, even if its restricted to 1 per address.

Let the games begin. If anyone scores, please do make sure you tell us that it wasn't a scam.

Sam
http://www.noiZemag.com/

[Ford Mustang @ Nov 12th 2008 2:10PM]

RE: That will sell out in the first 3 hours

Are you kidding? Have you ever seen these stores on Black Friday? There will be people in line hours before the store opens for these deals. They'll be gone before the doors even open.

Great deal but in reality few people will get their hands on it. Its really just a ploy to get you in the store. I've lost count how many times I read about these great deals, got to the store the second it opened, and found that they were all gone in the first few minutes.

[Icester @ Nov 12th 2008 2:34PM]

Worst idea ever is bundling King of Clubs Mini Golf with the Wii. That game is absolutely horrible from all the reviews I've seen (some of the lowest scores ever). Nothing will turn people off faster than a bad game with a bundle for a first-time buyer - they get the impression that all the games suck.

It's like buying a new car (let's pick on Ford) and immediately you have problems with it. Chances are probably good that you would assume that all Fords suck and avoid buying a Ford again for a long, long time. (Disclaimer: I only chose Ford because its short)

Maybe the low price isn't an accident, but an evil plot by Microsoft and Sony! haha

[Hel @ Nov 12th 2008 2:35PM]

I'm sure these won't be seen by anyone, but stories of finding them will be abundant. Same with every Black Friday huge-loss-leader

[AMiSH PiRATE @ Nov 12th 2008 2:54PM]

eBay system scalpers are exploitative scum no better then the corporations who manipulate product availability to drive up prices. Yes, a business is a business, but that doesn't make it wholesome (says the guy who works in advertising).

@ telepheedian

Looks like that's the texture of the scanned print ad.

[VertoX7 @ Nov 12th 2008 4:08PM]

Lined up at 3am? If you do that you'll be in the back of the line, try like 8pm! Or sooner! Except I usually go to Best Buy, but this is one heck of a deal!

[baal7697 @ Nov 12th 2008 10:47PM]

i hate to rain on everyone's parade but that price is wrong

[DeeKorea @ Nov 13th 2008 12:11AM]

Wow. What a comment. Where is the rest of it?

[Andy @ Nov 13th 2008 11:14AM]

Too bad for the 4th guy :-p

[anil @ Nov 13th 2008 6:03PM]

the bfads link now says it is $425 not $224????
http://bfads.net/Nintendo-Wii-Family-Bundle-Console-3-Wii-Remotes-3-Nunchuks-and-3-Games-at-Sams-Club

[Sam @ Nov 25th 2008 10:51PM]

Sam's Club website has it priced at $425 not $224. Yuck - not such a deal now.

[Angel Rainn @ Nov 26th 2008 9:17AM]

I used to enjoy all kinds of computer games and tried a lot of them. Of course due to my talent to get bored very quickly I never finished them. So, after a while instead of playing them I started to keep myself informed on news, latest games publishings and all the stuff related to games. Now I can find all the games news and reviews on http://www.PCDistrict.com.

[Kathy @ Nov 29th 2008 11:00AM]

I was unable to go to the Black Friday sale of the Wi-Fi Sports Bundle for $224.
Is there any way that I can pick one up on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008? Please advise.

Kathy

[Michelle @ Dec 7th 2008 1:49PM]

I work for Sam's and that is a lie, wish I seen it before black friday! Some people are so bored they make up deals to scam people...sad