Gladys Posted November 19, 2007 Share Posted November 19, 2007 Anyone know the word on availability of Wii consoles for Christmas? There seems to be a bit of a dearth at the mo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Ebay, but you will be paying from £230 to £350. Unfortunately a few people saw the shortage comming and bought stock, some guy on a forum I am on bought 60 Wii's and selling them off at £250 + Postage each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Anyone know the word on availability of Wii consoles for Christmas? There seems to be a bit of a dearth at the mo. You've got pretty much no hope unless you're very lucky. If you know someone in Germany, you could get one from amazon.de and swap the power cable, but they wont ship to the uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Anyone know the word on availability of Wii consoles for Christmas? There seems to be a bit of a dearth at the mo. You've got pretty much no hope unless you're very lucky. If you know someone in Germany, you could get one from amazon.de and swap the power cable, but they wont ship to the uk. Since when have amazon.de stopped shipping to the UK/IOM? I bought my sons Wii from there last year becuase they were almost impossible to get hold of. But then the week after i got it from Germany there was a sudden glut of them for a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeiom Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Anyone know the word on availability of Wii consoles for Christmas? There seems to be a bit of a dearth at the mo. You've got pretty much no hope unless you're very lucky. If you know someone in Germany, you could get one from amazon.de and swap the power cable, but they wont ship to the uk. Since when have amazon.de stopped shipping to the UK/IOM? I bought my sons Wii from there last year becuase they were almost impossible to get hold of. But then the week after i got it from Germany there was a sudden glut of them for a week. They do sell to the uk/iom, but for some reason stopped selling Wii's, if you want a 360, or PS3 then they will send those, but for some reason not the Wii. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 They do sell to the uk/iom, but for some reason stopped selling Wii's, if you want a 360, or PS3 then they will send those, but for some reason not the Wii. Nintendo must have bleated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey magic Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 i only thought of gettin one a week ago and by thursday had forund one on game's website been happily playin wii sports ever since. Use ask.co.uk and look for the wii locator found that a great help as it finds any wii's online for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanna Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I dont get nintendos marketing ploy here. Holding back stock to create a false shortage and therefore give the impression of selling out everywhere is a clever marketing move but surely the families that dont get their hands on a wii for christmas time wont bother in january as they will have already got their kids a xmas pressie. So arent Nintendo losing out on alot of sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I dont get nintendos marketing ploy here. Holding back stock to create a false shortage and therefore give the impression of selling out everywhere is a clever marketing move but surely the families that dont get their hands on a wii for christmas time wont bother in january as they will have already got their kids a xmas pressie. So arent Nintendo losing out on alot of sales? I don't believe it's a marketing ploy. Nintendo have confirmed that they can only manufacture 1.8 million wii's a month worldwide. They've no stock either, as the initial sales went better than expected, so they've been playing catchup ever since. There's never been a full supply of wii's, demand simply outstrips supply. Yep, they're losing sales, and they're still kicking arse. Got to wonder how many they'd sell if stock was abundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanna Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I read last time round they held stock back to create a false shortage (photos were posted of packed boxes piled high in warehouses). I assumed they were doing the same again. Most companies that have a product in demand do this type of thing but its normally to keep the price high not to create seperate advertising by saying its outsold everywhere. Still seems a not nice thing to do to consumers but its obviously working cus whereever u look people are talking about this "shortage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Spanna.. they might all be sold tho.... they sell them to there customers whom sell them to their customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 I read last time round they held stock back to create a false shortage (photos were posted of packed boxes piled high in warehouses). I assumed they were doing the same again.Most companies that have a product in demand do this type of thing but its normally to keep the price high not to create seperate advertising by saying its outsold everywhere. Still seems a not nice thing to do to consumers but its obviously working cus whereever u look people are talking about this "shortage". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtm...18/cnwii118.xml I think some shops have been doing 'shenanigans' to milk the situation. I heard of one place shouting out 'last wii for sale now' every 30 mins... But I don't think any of this is nintendo's doing, they simply can't make enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 There is going to be over 600 bundle copys of the wii availabe from dixons.co.uk from 8am tomorrow morning for anyone still looking. Be quick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupra Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Unfortunately a few people saw the shortage comming and bought stock, some guy on a forum I am on bought 60 Wii's and selling them off at £250 + Postage each. this is why there is so much of a shortage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazcabs Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 Woolworths are putting names down on a list so that you can sort of reserve one. Put your name down and wait for a phone call, then they will tell you the bundles that are being shipped to them, you can then make your choice if you want to purchase or not. They have to wait till they are told what is coming in before you can confirm a price as the bundles keep changing. I put my name down last week, should have mine by the end of this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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