I don't understand why people are so astoundingly stupid. Whilst the lure of new technology for Christmas must be strong, surely the misguided, and frankly idiotic parents forking out more than twice the retail price for these devices would be better off telling their kids that "they'll get the Wii when they're back in stock - with a huge selection of games, too", It's not as nunchuck wii cex exchange rate Nintendo have stopped making these devices.
I'm surely tempted to box up and sell my own Wii. CEX, the exchange shop, has a number of Wiis in the window for a range of prices. I'm glad to see they're still there at the moment, but I don't doubt some idiot will buy them before Christmas - and all that lovely profit goes into CEX's pocket, not Nintendo's, which sucks too. Needless to say I declined. Me and the kids might be looking forward to getting one, but we nunchuck wii cex exchange rate wait until supply and nunchuck wii cex exchange rate sort themselves out next year thanks very much!
Then suddenly they stopped allowing orders for the Wii from the UK. Is the UK shortage just being 'manufactured' by Nintendo? Why can we not freely import from the rest of the EU?
I so agree with Richard's comments. Why not just wait? We have only just bought a PS2 this summer. And anyway, as a skint parent nunchuck wii cex exchange rate 3, there is no way my kids would ever get a prsent worth that much. We just don't have the money and I am sure as nunchuck wii cex exchange rate not going to go into debt just to buy them Christmas presents. Current listings for Wii Consoles on Ebay - Listings last mostly upwards of a week to 10 days.
Multiply it up to see Ebays profit. Aside from this, I see no problems bringing them into the country and selling them at a profit - its this little thing called supply and demand. If supply is low, and demand is high, the price goes up. It is also very clear that people are perfectly prepared to pay above the odds for a high demand product.
In fact if you go around the retailers trying to find its normal RRP, you'll not find it anywhere. You may indeed look at it as a scummy tactic, its not really it is normal business tactics. But what is more scummy is that Nintendo could quite easily have instead re-routed nunchuck wii cex exchange rate stacks of Wii consoles still in shops all over europe to the UK where demand is thru the roof and nobody would have suffered.
They couldn't have gotten it more wrong! Fact is that this method of making nunchuck wii cex exchange rate money has been going on for thousands of years, its nunchuck wii cex exchange rate free enterprise and it is how the banks and large companies made it big in the first place. Anyone whos pays over the odds for anything needs their head looked at by the relevant professional.
As for Sony, the much sought after PS3 60gb model is the console a lot of gamers are searching for. The only ones gutted will be Nintendo. They are not able to sell a console to everyone who wants one, and they are seeing the retail price of their console being almost doubled because they can't satisfy demand. This is NOT good business! I don't think it's necessary to go to France for one though, UK consoles can be had if you do enough digging.
The DS does seem to be rarer at the moment. I hope the money you make on your overpriced Wii compensates for the lost business from my company and many others due to your blatant profiteering! I work for an online e-tailer who has been doing a lot of importing over units so far this Christmas. The price hike is partly due to the extra costs involved. Most of the retailers are buying "off the shelf" at retail price in bulk.
Then add the cost of air freighting, insurance and changing plugs. It all adds up. Retailers are taking huge risks paying cash up front to unknown suppliers in Europe to secure quantities for people for Christmas since Nintendo failed to meet demand. Sure prices might be out of proportion to the value of the product, however there are people willing and desperate to pay it. Those that aren't can blame Nintendo and nunchuck wii cex exchange rate until stock finally sorts itself our late Q1 You cannot blame the retailers at all.
As an aside, a small bonus in paying over the odds for a European import is that you get a 2 year warranty instead of a 1 year warranty! I dunno what the problem is?
I was asked on Friday to buy a DS for my wifes mums xmas pressie, got one on tinterweb for retail, was delivered yesterday. Asked to get a Wii yesterday for someone, again, bought one at retail on the internet which is being packed as we speak.
These are UK consoles. If people bothered to actually look about rather than rushing in all guns blazing there'd be no need to be so seriously out of pocket. Having said that, they did both take a risk leaving it a bit late! I got one at RRP in Argos when they first came out, just by asking nicely when they were expecting a dilivery and when they would let me pre order which with Argos meens they accualy keep it for you for two days rather than "You must colect it at the start of the day but we may have sold it anyway, as we take more pre orders than we have stock for".
Noone else seemd to that. Yes they have European warranties, the first section of the manual is in english and has the full UK warranty details and specifically says it is a 24 month warranty. The only thing to watch out for is that the warranty is void should the products have been resold privately. From our experience, Argos are brilliant with their stock reservation if you go in-store, and also have plenty of games at little over half the price of anywhere else.
Why are people prepared to risk eBay and dodgy importers, where it's going to take a week to enter the lottery of getting something at an inflated price, when they can probably get it in a couple of days, at RRP, on the high street? The top 10 Christmas toy list is released in the summer August I thinkwith the wii in there dunno where it came on the list this year. In the summer there was easy availability or enough time to pre-orderand as a parent you could guess that your kids or you might want one and they would be scarce at Christmas, so if you are complaining about not being able to find one for your kids or not wanting to pay twice the price, it is there for partially your own fault for being disorganised, personally i waited till January this year to pre-order and it came in 5.
The shelves here are full of the things, too. Sure they are selling a lot, but there is plenty of stock. The Register uses cookies. Wii buyers follow French Connection for consoles. It's the same with the DS I don't understand why people are so astoundingly stupid.
Sony must be nunchuck wii cex exchange rate. Must have society This is so typical of the must have it now, credit society we live in. Get over the overpricing, people! French Wii's are now listed heavily on eBay, with the listings still in french! The same price I paid for my whoops! Sounds incredibly cheap to me. I've seen them for euros in the Auchan supermarket nunchuck wii cex exchange rate Luxembourg. It's the same with the DS "Sony must be gutted.
Well done CPC I hope the money you make on your overpriced Wii compensates for the lost business from my company and many others due to your blatant profiteering! Extra Wii I've an extra one on listed ebay if anyone is interested ; how do i get the auction nunchuck wii cex exchange rate on here without my post getting denied hehe.
Wii's I work for nunchuck wii cex exchange rate online e-tailer who has been doing a lot of nunchuck wii cex exchange rate over units so far this Christmas. What's all the fuss about? Do you still get a warranty on a grey import? You should be ashamed of yourselves Asda and Morrisons get fined for messing with the price of Milk its time some legislation around a products' RRP is brought in to include grey imports, as its shameless.
Seriously The top 10 Christmas toy list is released in the summer August I thinkwith the wii in there dunno where it came on the list this year. At last some payback for all you Euros and Merkins getting the best of everything! Now here's my plan: Find UK-based numpties 3. User topics Article topics Your Posts. The Register - Independent news and views for the tech community.
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