Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Mr. Squiggles is missing in action. Photo: Amazon.com
Of course, for many kids, Zhu Zhu Pets will remain an unfulfilled wish. As with other hot holiday gifts of the past, Zhu Zhu Pets are in demand and hard to find, which is why a Toys R Us email advertisement promising early-bird customers the opportunity to buy a Zhu Zhu Pet was met with such excitement.
A screen-shot on The Consumerist shows the ad, which proudly proclaims "We've Got 'em" and has details on how to get the hottest toy of the year. Guaranteeing the first 50 households the chance to buy one on Sunday, November 8, the ad encourages customers to "get there early."
A man named Arnold went to great lengths to get there early and was surprised to find that his local Toys R Us wasn't even open. What's more, when it did open, there were no Zhu Zhu Pets to be found. After double-checking that his store was in fact a participation location, Arnold realized he'd been had.
What happened? Was this part of an evil plot to increase the demand for the toy rodents even more? Or just a localized mistake? Whatever it was, one thing is for sure: the Zhu Zhu Pets phenomenon is out of control. The $10 toys are selling for around $30 on E-bay and closer to $50 on Amazon.
Have you got your Zhu Zhu Pets yet?
jmkjr72,11-13-2009, 5:28PM
wow aol is such a pia it wont even let you flag obvious spam what the fuck aol
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Beth,11-13-2009, 7:25AM
I am staying out of the stores this time of year. I love purchasing from Avon as they have great fashion items and acessories that are very resonoably priced and look far more expensive than they are.I love getting a good bargain!
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Angiebaby,11-13-2009, 8:19AM
I guess this is why it's a good thing I don't have children. I'm not about to pay no $30 damn dollars for a robo-rodent.
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litinwhitman,11-13-2009, 8:57AM
I did get one at Toys R Us that morning. It was very organized and everyone who was waiting was able to get one. Not sure where this happened, but my local store must have had more then 50. They gave us numbers as we got there .
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kathyinkaty,11-13-2009, 9:33AM
I was also able to get a Zhu Zhu pet (late in the day) at our Toy's-R-Us in Houston. They had a limit one per family, but I don't want Toy's-R-Us to get a bad rap because of one store.
Diane,11-13-2009, 9:15AM
The Toys R Us sale was not a scam. It had to be his local one that had the issue. I went to Toys R Us in my area on that day and purchased one with no problem. There was not even a line or anything. I actually had one for my niece and her mom had already bought her all four, so I listed it on ebay with a starting bid of the $10 I paid, and like the article said, it sold for $35.
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jay,11-13-2009, 10:42AM
a new sucker is born every day. a $3 to selling for $10 first of all, and them scalping for $30 and $50. When does the insanity stop and what are our children really learning from our current economic crisis?
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Bill,11-13-2009, 11:32AM
I will be selling mine on Ebay for mucho $$$ to all the foolish parents that just have to have these for the lil itty bitty children,.
Then I am going to buy a flat screen with the money I make!
Via La Capitalism!
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cflotsofluck,11-13-2009, 12:12PM
To Bill................That's a great idea !! I think I'll buy a couple and do the same thing!! Once the stores run out, some parents will be willing to PAY ANYTHING just to make their rug-rats happy!! Thanks for the tip!!
S Godfrey,11-13-2009, 11:49AM
I tried and tried to get a pet for the grandchildren and they told me 3 boxes came in but within an hour they were all gone...give me a break. I'll never go to ToyRUs again. There are other stores . I think the sales people bought them all. It was before they came so popular.
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josie,11-13-2009, 12:41PM
these toys are so dumb I would never want to play with one of these things!
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Tom,11-13-2009, 7:32PM
Yeah, I bought a male and a female hoping they would mate,, but so far not working..
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Tara,11-13-2009, 4:05PM
hahahahahahha too funny Tom
renata thompson,11-14-2009, 1:59AM
yes i got my zhu-zhu pet on ebay for about $15.00. keep looking there. i enjoy mine very much and so does my dove. she keeps chasing it as it runs on the floor.
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hello asca,11-13-2009, 2:09PM
I have no desire to buy those things and thankfully none of my nieces and nephews want them , but onthe store if they say they are gonna have a sale ona given day and have them they damn well should do both
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