My little lad has got his heart set on a Wii :ermm: there haven't been any in the shops for ages and I doubt any are going to come in before Xmas so I think I'll have to get one from Ebay :(

If anyone has one they want to sell or know of anywhere I could try let me know :D





Please :D

Aww ! :wub:

Alex, I was surprised ( not being a gamer ;) ) that they`re not available here at the mo. :blink:

So I had a look on Amazon, and one of the posters said they`re available on amazon.de - Cleeeck - dunno if that helps - according to the poster, you just need a travel adaptor plug ( no idea if that`s true or not ... ) :)

Perhaps have a look on Amazon.fr and ask Claire for advice ? :shrug:

Might be an idea to keep an eye on this page, Alex:

Wii stock locator

Good luck :)

Won't work - if you try to buy an Wii from one of the European Amazon sites they won't ship it to the UK.

To be honest I'm surprised there's such a shortage of them - over here in Canada they're quite easy to get hold of (but apparently not in the US!)...

Meanies. <_<

Thanks guys, I know a lot of them that were allocated to the Uk were stolen :rolleyes: probably why there are so many on Ebay and judging by the Stock locator a lot of mobile phone companies have got them.

I'm going to keep using that though, thanks Steve :)

Those places that have them in stock are taking the piss, as well. Simply Games have it in stock this morning and they're charging nearly £200 over the RRP, and the only extra they're including is Mario Galaxy! :mad:

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Yes it looks like Dixons and Currys were doing the same thing <_< I wonder what Trading standards would make of that :ponder: despicable :guns:

My local Curry's haven't had them in since launch, and I don't live in a tiny town. I've been trying to get a hold of one since September/October and no local stores have any :ermm:. Going to wait until after Christmas to see if I can get one.

Our joint xmas pressie to each other this year is a Wii, and thankfully we decided to order in mid Oct, expecting there to be shortages nearer Christmas.

It was still difficult enough to get one then though, having to place an order with Blockbuster games (formally gamestation), and not knowing when that would come in. At the same time, Tom must have been lucky to catch some stock on Amazon and ordered one from there too. Of course, they both ended up coming through at the same time, so we had 2 Wiis in the house at one point, but it didn't take much effort at all to sell one of them onto Tom's mate at the same price.

Hope you have luck in your quest, Alex. :) I'm sure even if you can't get one before xmas, there will be a bit more stock in the new year.

A mate from football had the same problem but he left his name with a number of stores and managed to get one a couple of weeks back. He did have problem with one though (Toys R Us i think) who would only sell it as part of a bundle with some naff games.

I watched a Sopranos ep from a couple of days ago, and they were 2 adverts for Wii in the breaks - Seems odd that they`re still being pushed if they`re not going to have some available. :unsure:

I know :rolleyes: I think most of the ads are for specific games though, makes me tut whenever I see them :lol:

I've been thinking of leaving my name with some stores :thumbsup: I've signed up for email updates from quite a few stores.

I can't really wait until after Christmas though as Robbi has asked Santa for one :unsure: :lol:

Thanks for the advice :thumbsup:

My friends husband is after one for christmas too, they were told that if they got to Game early on a saturday morning and queued up that they might have a chance. Turns out that they only have 1 or 2 delivered at a time and they tell everyone the same thing so unless you get there at 6am there is no chance <_<

Well, my brother got hold of one today, so there is hope for the UK :)

Tom just sent me a link to this, which is shocking!

However, not as shocking as this! :o


I had a quick watch on some of the ebay auctions for wii consoles that finished 5 mins ago, and they seem to be going for anywhere from £255 to £280, which is not actually as bad as I expected. Perhaps in the daytime is a quieter time to bid? Obviously postage is quite pricey though at around £25.

Bloody hell :o :o

Edit: Got to wonder about the winning bidder - Job-Blow-A-Me-Give... Hmm, I smell a rat :ponder:

He's importing them from Spain, by the looks of it.

One of his other consoles has 2 hours left at auction and it's only £41 (plus £25 postage :rolleyes: ) at the moment, but I have my doubts as to how legit it is, given that name of the first buyer :shrug:

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www.digitalspy.co.uk <_<

Well in desparation I've signed up for a mobile phone contract as they have promised to deliver one 14 days after activation (which should be Monday) that should leave me time to wriggle out of it if they don't hold up their end of the deal. I hate doing it but it seems the only way I can get one. :guns:

It is disgusting and I just refuse to pay any more than their normal retail price.

Who've you used, Alex? Only problem that you've got is that the reason they post it out after 14 days is that's usually your change of mind period.

Carphone warehouse :ermm: one of the only places that has shown any stock

I did need a new phone but given the choice I would have gone for a Viewty, so worth it if I manage to get a wii though. Fingers and everything crossed.

At least CPW are likely to hold up their end of the bargain, not a fan of them myself but that's more to do with their sales style than anything else.

Thankyou Laura, coming from you that is quite reassuring :thumbsup:

The phone has been delivered so it's a 14 day countdown :fear: cross fingers ...

I forgot to ask you what phone you went for! :lol:

So they should :rolleyes: I've been told that there is a shortage of reasonably prices DS's now too though so they'd better not promote them too much either.

So far I have been reassured again that I will get it before Xmas - fingers crossed smiley needed
:lol:

It is a Sony Ericsson W810i I think, a walkman one :) very nice but as I said it wouldn't have been my first choice.

They're good reliable phones, and they don't have the annoyingly fiddly buttons that Sony Ericsson have started putting on their new models.

Alex, I was in Tesco`s this afternoon and they were announcing they`d just got some Wii`s in. :ph43r:

Dunno if it was just for people who`d put their names down for them or what. :unsure:

Any luck yet Alex? I was in town yesterday and both HMV and Zavvi here (Oxford) have signs all over the windows saying they've got them in stock.

Haven't got any here, I was in Zavvi today :( that is good news though in case the "free" one doesn't come through in time :)

:group: :group: It arrived this morning :yahoo: I can relax and get drunk now :lol:

I bet I know what you said when it came.....







Wait fo it.....










"WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"

:lmao:

I would have thought it was more a case of "Thank fuck for that!" :ph43r:



Congrats Alex :thumbsup:

I guess I won't be the only one playing Super Mario Galaxy on Christmas morning then :ponder: :lol:

:lmao: lots of both :thumbsup:

:ph43r: for sure, Super Mario Galaxy looks fantastic :yahoo:

I don't know what the fuss was about got mine about a week ago. Game and Gamestation had them but they wanted to try a flog crap with it. No I'm not interested in MySims Pets or some unoffical charging station!!! and paying £389.99. But we went in 'Zavvi' (still only letting you buy with a bundle but you could choose the games which is better) and they told us they might be getting some in the following day.

Popped in the next day got one straight away. Problem is the same as with the Gamecube though. Nintendo seems to have a problem with supplying the games still. A new release game like Mario Galaxy will go out of stock in a matter of hours from going on the shelves, and even online. Got Paper Mario with it instead with Rayman Raving Rabbids, Strikers Charged and Mortal Kombat.

Amazon just got some Mario Galaxy's in stock the other day, but its still happening 4 years later, when I used to have terrible trouble getting Gamecube games.

Obviously my local Zavvi haven't had any - there hasn't even been the option of buying them with a bundle anywhere - other than buying online at Dixons/Curry's where they have had an odd few or pre-owned.

So many games to get though, last years Zelda - also the Link Crossbow training game :lol: :thumbsup: Super Mario Galaxy, pre order Super Smash bros Melee 2, Sonic and the Secret Rings, Mario Party 8, Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, Pokemon Battle Revolution - for Robbi :ph43r: :lol: , Mario Strikers Charged Football ... and on and on :lol:

Aw, hope Robbie enjoys it, Alex. :D

That's if he can get on it :lol: ;)

:lol: there may be some competition :lol: got Super Mario Galaxy yesterday :yahoo: also the latest N Gamer magazine which has a SMG walkthrough book - just in case :thumbsup:

At least I'm assuming that Andy's got me Mario Galaxy. It's a dvd case shaped present. Knowing him, it's probably porn :lol: