Keep Up On Amazon.com Wii Availability with Twitter
Posted on 04 April 2008, at 9:09 am, by Wayne Schulz
I’m still undecided on the usefulness of Twitter. Part of me loves the news feeds from ZDNET, Techmeme, WeSmirch and of course GearDiary - which notify me when new articles have been posted. The other part hates the blatant self-promotion from some bloggers, which while entertaining isn’t relevant to my day. Here’s an interesting Twitter that I just started following. If you add WiiMe to your Twitter account, they’ll continuously check Amazon for availability of the popular WII video system and “tweet” (send a message via Twitter) when in stock. My kids have been after me to pick one up for them. And, yeah, I hear that certain parts of the country have these available. They’re just not showing up here in Connecticut.
Link: WiiMe Twitter Page (where you can begin to follow their feed)
Link: Twhirl - Twitter client - for Mac or Windows (makes watching the feeds easier)
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April 4th, 2008 at 10:13 am
That’s a great idea. I’ll be honest, I’ve always thought Twitter was for twits. I could see using it for this purpose though.
April 4th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I’m not entirely sold on the concept of Twitter. I love it for following news type feeds. It is interesting to watch some people - especially those with thoughtful periodic updates.
I still think it’s primarily CB radio for bloggers.
I’ve convinced my sister to join as well as one of my friends. I’ll be able to judge a lot better whether it’s as useful once/if they start updating.
April 4th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
This is the first time I’ve seen a use for twitter!
One other, more time consuming way to track down Wii’s is to call your local stores every few days. The Gamestop by my office (Short Hills, NJ) has a few in stock every week. I just called every other day for a few days and managed to get there the day a shipment arrived. Far more “low tech” but it worked.
(Especially since a lot of places get their inventory refresh mid-week, when there’s less shopping. So while mid week doesn’t stop Amazon from selling out, there’s just less bodies in malls and stores on a Wednesday, and so if you catch them the day they arrive you’re likely to be successful.)