Last night, in a daring warehouse heist near Seattle's SeaTac airport, thieves made off with 7,000 Nintendo Wii U consoles. Yes, you read that right: Seven thousand.
As reported by ABC News, the heist occurred during last night's storm. The thieves rolled into SeaTac's Seattle Air Cargo warehouse in two semi trucks, entered the warehouse, and used a forklift to load pallets of Wii U's into the semis and a third box-truck before driving off into the night. Can't say they didn't have guts.
The ABC report is a bit unclear about whether the consoles stolen were the new Wii U or the older Wii, but a spokesperson for the King County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Kotaku that the consoles stolen were in fact Wii U's. With an average price of around $300 per console, that means the thieves made off with around $2.1 million in hardware. Dang.
"I'd be surprised if they're still using that truck and that trailer," a King County Sheriff's Office representative told Kotaku over the phone, "but we still want people to call if they see anybody advertising for any great deals for Wii U's on Ebay or privately, especially if there's a large quantity of them." The King County Sheriff's office can be reached at 206-296-3311.
It may be possible to track individual Wii U's and determine if they've been stolen, though we're not entirely certain how that would work. I reached out to Nintendo for more information, but a Nintendo representative pointed out that if there is an anti-theft measure, Nintendo wouldn't want to talk about it, since it would be the first thing thieves would disable. If I get more information, I'll update this article.
In the meantime: If some guy in a back alley offers to sell you a thousand Wii U's for a fraction of their retail price, think twice.
more here
Wow, whoever works security at that warehouse is now looking for work right now.
Also kudos to Nintendo on not spilling their anti theft techniques.
As reported by ABC News, the heist occurred during last night's storm. The thieves rolled into SeaTac's Seattle Air Cargo warehouse in two semi trucks, entered the warehouse, and used a forklift to load pallets of Wii U's into the semis and a third box-truck before driving off into the night. Can't say they didn't have guts.
The ABC report is a bit unclear about whether the consoles stolen were the new Wii U or the older Wii, but a spokesperson for the King County Sheriff's Office confirmed to Kotaku that the consoles stolen were in fact Wii U's. With an average price of around $300 per console, that means the thieves made off with around $2.1 million in hardware. Dang.
"I'd be surprised if they're still using that truck and that trailer," a King County Sheriff's Office representative told Kotaku over the phone, "but we still want people to call if they see anybody advertising for any great deals for Wii U's on Ebay or privately, especially if there's a large quantity of them." The King County Sheriff's office can be reached at 206-296-3311.
It may be possible to track individual Wii U's and determine if they've been stolen, though we're not entirely certain how that would work. I reached out to Nintendo for more information, but a Nintendo representative pointed out that if there is an anti-theft measure, Nintendo wouldn't want to talk about it, since it would be the first thing thieves would disable. If I get more information, I'll update this article.
In the meantime: If some guy in a back alley offers to sell you a thousand Wii U's for a fraction of their retail price, think twice.
more here
Wow, whoever works security at that warehouse is now looking for work right now.
Also kudos to Nintendo on not spilling their anti theft techniques.
GameStop, Best Buy, Amazon, etc. Lots of places to sell it.
