Best Buy cornered for concealing true Nintendo Wii availability

Looks like Best Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) may be facing the short end of the consumer stick soon, as Consumerist reports. Customers in the New Jersey area apparently found out that some Best Buy employees were egging more sales of the Nintendo Wii by performing some amateur theatrics in those retail aisles. If the below is true, Best Buy will be taking a small PR hit here.

Specifically, the old "this is the last one" tactic was being used to goad more consumers to buy (and not 'think about' buying) the Nintendo Wii console as the holiday shopping season continues into mid-November. After all, with the Wii so hot in the news regarding shortages, would s Best Buy employee telling you that "this is the last one" make you buy the 'last' remaining box on the shelf? Sure it would.

The only thing is that as soon as customers left the store, that empty Wii spot was being replenished with another unit -- there was no "out of stock" situation happening there. In this case, Best Buy employees were roaming the public aisles every so often, stating that the Wii perched on top of their head was the "last unit." Later on, the tactic was used again and again. Is this good marketing or a snake-oil way to sell a gaming console as much as possible?