Can anoyone suggest where to buy new Nindendo Wii? I am in Drogheda area so Co. Louth, Meath, Dublin is assessable. Tried Byrnes World of wonder in Navan - its sold out. Smyths Toys, in all stores except, Bray answered their phone! Bray is sold out too... any suggestions?
Nintendo Wii - Where to buy?
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nacho_libre
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I've seen a few on ebay with delivery within Europe. Fairly expensive though.
I know. i wouldnt mind its not for me... my sister wants to get for the boyfriend and shes on crutches so i have to do the driving around looking for one and i have a business to run and i'm 7 months pregnant!!!! Didnt think it would be this hard to get one!!!!
Unless you are incredibly lucky, you will not get a Wii anywhere for the next couple of weeks if it wasn't pre-ordered. I guess there might be another shipment before Christmas. It will only be after Christmas that the pressure on stock will reduce and more will become available. EXACT same scenario for the XBox 360 launch last Christmas
Unless your willing to pay the crazy prices on e-bay.... which result from the fact that supply isn't meeting demand and parents will be willing to pay this to get the machine.
Exactly, you'll be amazingly lucky to get one without pre-booking. Pre-booked mine in Currys Liffey Valley by paying a deposit weeks ago, they were all confused this morning and said they hadn't any.
Incidentally I phoned last night and they said it'd be fine for the morning, strange how things change for the little darlings working there.
Xtravison have not been able to fulfill all their "guaranteed" launch day deposits either.
Incidentally I phoned last night and they said it'd be fine for the morning, strange how things change for the little darlings working there.
Xtravison have not been able to fulfill all their "guaranteed" launch day deposits either.
More fool the parents then and obviously they have never heard of telling little Johnny no you can't have it...
Not saying she won't have any luck, but I have had conversations with a relative in the states where we were laughing about this.
With the launch of the PS3 some of the first buyers were escorted home by security guards to ensure the machines weren't stolen on transit. They laughed and pointed out some of the youths, who wouldn't have credit cards and were holding the ~$600 cash, weren't so lucky and were robbed during the overnight quing.
He pointed out that it was almost as bad for the Wii and during a recent road trip (Along the South West) called into a number of shops to check if any were in stock (in order to bring home and pass on to a friend/relative at face value or sell on for a few €) hadn't come across a single unit. (This would have been San Fran to San Diego so quite a distance covered)
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Would a US Wii work in Ireland. Wouldn't they be NTSC? Or is there a setting to work with PAL?
They seem to be sold out in all the Stores over here, but they're selling for $249.99 when they are available. I've seen stores with boxes, but I haven't seen one for sale.
I wasn't looking to hard I must admit.
To ship via some sort of method that would get there by Christmas would probably add andother $30 or more to the price, but you'd still be cheaper than buying it in Ireland.
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They seem to be sold out in all the Stores over here, but they're selling for $249.99 when they are available. I've seen stores with boxes, but I haven't seen one for sale.
I wasn't looking to hard I must admit.
To ship via some sort of method that would get there by Christmas would probably add andother $30 or more to the price, but you'd still be cheaper than buying it in Ireland.
-Rd
Two sources that are often overlooked are Argos and XtraVision. While not in stock at the moment you can reserve one on the argos website once it is in stock.
I picked mine up in XtraVision Balbriggan this morning though they weren't able to accomadate anyone who hadn't pre-booked it.
First day demand aside it's far from being as bad as the Xbox360 was last year. With none of the production problems Microsoft encountered Nintendo have stated greatly increased stocks are arriving regularly so it should be possible to pick one up in time for Christmas.
I picked mine up in XtraVision Balbriggan this morning though they weren't able to accomadate anyone who hadn't pre-booked it.
First day demand aside it's far from being as bad as the Xbox360 was last year. With none of the production problems Microsoft encountered Nintendo have stated greatly increased stocks are arriving regularly so it should be possible to pick one up in time for Christmas.
Was in Argos yesterday and they had signs all over the place saying not available this side of Christmas.
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Ah thats not true they are just sick of constantly being asked. They will definately be getting in at least one more shipment if not two before Christmas it's just a question of keeping an eye on the website and nabbing it.