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Walmart pushing Wii Fit pre-order for Mother's Day

by Alexander Sliwinski on May 2nd 2008 10:30AM

Wal-Mart is saying straight-up that mom could stand to lose a few pounds. Reuters reports that the mega-retailer's online division is pushing pre-orders of Wii Fit as a Mother's Day gift. Wii Fit doesn't release until May 19 in North America, but those who order the pressure-sensitive sweat-board before Mother's Day (May 11) will receive a $10 online gift card to use at Walmart.com in the future.

Kelly Thompson, Walmart.com's chief merchant, says the initial sales have been "extremely strong." Due to the fact that the system doesn't come out until a week after the holiday, Thompson recommends giving the $10 online gift card as a present. That's a great idea! We can see it now: "Hey mom, the passive-aggressive gift telling you that you're a fatty mcfat doesn't come for another week. Oh, in the meantime, here's a $10 gift card to Walmart.com." Somehow a nice brunch and flowers sounds like a better option.

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Tags: mothers-day, mothers-day-gift, mothers-day-gifts, wal-mart, walmart, Wii, wii-fit, wiifit

Reader Comments (24)

I love getting family things that I want for birthdays/holidays, unfortunately this isn't something I want.

only cool thing in this picture is the gibson es-335 in the back

That big, leafy plant in the background is pretty cool as well.

If you zoom in closely, you can see a box full of GTA4 copies under the bed.

Hey, guitars are cool, but that is NOT a Gibson

"Hey mom, the passive-aggressive gift telling you that you're a fatty mcfat doesn't come for another week. Oh, in the meantime, here's a $10 gift card to Walmart.com."

^ LOL Now that's comedy. And then a click & dialtone.

My mother would be so uninterested in this.

Where are all the "yo mama is so fat jokes?"

Your momma is so fat she cons red to richard simmons.

Yo mama so fat she don’t fit in this joke.

Yo mama is so fat that after they had sex, your fatha rolled over three times and was still on top of her!

Yo momma's so damn fat that she applies lipstick with a paint roller.

I'm going to couple this $10-spot with the Wal-Mart refund on Smash Bros from a couple months back and pick up Zack & Wiki.

Ohhhhh Snap!

A brunch sounds like a good idea IF you can actually get a spot (even with reservation) at a nice place with some quiet so you can actually have a conversation over brunch.

Somehow, meh homecooked food in a picnic + a card + flowers sounds like a better option to me.

... but that's beside the point that my mother doesn't own a Wii and even if she did would have no idea how to hook one of these up and use it.

LEAVE MY MOMMA ALONE WAL-MART

Nice one Walmart, what a way to insult your mom. What's next? Maybe they can bundle the WiiFit with a pack of breath mints.

Or they could ship your mom to where Walmart forces all of their suppliers to make their products. She would lose the weight since she would be working most of the day and wouldn't be able to buy enough food with the few dimes that she made that week.

It really comes out the 19th? GameStop doesn't have it until the 22nd I believe...

It's street dated for the 21st, but knowing Walmart, they'll probably break street date.

I've seen walmart shoppers, they would break this thing. isn't there a 400lb limit?

It weighs 330 lbs. or 150kg. The balance board itself can withstand some 600 lbs. of force (basically a 300 lbs. person jumping aggressively on it).

I'll be extremely busy selling flowers to people all that weekend. And then to amnesiacs on the Monday after.

I don't care what everyone says. I want this. I am a mom that is addicted to video games, I need to lose weight and I think this would be a fun way to accomplish that. I also think that Japan is great when it comes to their exercise implements. The world is right Americans are lazy. That's my opinion and yes I am an American. I am lazy. I WANT to lose weight though. I understand the other side though. If you didn't ask for one of these and got one anyways, that's just a slap in the face. It would be rude and just a subtle way to say "Mom, I love you, but you are a heifer!"

I tried to pre order the wii fit from walmart, However I was unable to get a pre order button on the walmart site. I then made a phone call to walmart on line and they also told me that the item was unavailable. This all occurred the day after mothers day and before the sales add expired.
I may be mistaken But............I thought that Bait and Switch was illegal, and I also thought that if you are not prepared to sell an item that it could not be advertised as available through the add date.

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