Next shipment of wii

dts

Is there anyone who works for the shops know anything about the next shipment? When, where, how many?
What about the shops that got none, are theres on the way from a head office?
Someone throw me a bone to cling too!

shadowmanman

Next shipment is friday BUT it looks like its gonna be prebooked everywhere still

Vertakill

I'm lookin at www.toys.ie (Smyths) and they say that Blanchardstown are "In Stock" .. and some other places are "Low Stock". I find it seriously hard to believe that Blanchardstown have any. Wonder how up to date that site is.

Give them a call

Vertakill

Ringing any branch of Smyths at the moment is like p!ssing against the wind.
Both Liffey Valley numbers and Blanch's number is engaged and for a while I thought that maybe there were alot of calls going through... but when I finally managed to ring their number it turns out ppl are just ringing and nobody is answering on the other side, hence the constant enganged tone.

shadowmanman

Nope they dont, I was in there this morning, I have been EVERYWHERE looking for one but cant get one

Vertakill

Ahh ok, cheers shadowmanman.

Look on the bright side. If they are not in stock but the website says they are, you get a €10 gift voucher.

shadowmanman

not a problum, next shipment is on Friday with about 10'000 units shipping in Ireland

quad_red

shadowmanman wrote:

not a problum, next shipment is on Friday with about 10'000 units shipping in Ireland

Where'd you hear that, dude?

Vertakill

Haha feck off Jabba :P I was actually thinking of making like 30 odd 'reserve and buy' things and seeing if I could get a free Wii but needless to say I couldn't figure out how the piece of sh!t function works on that website.

Thats a hell of a lot of units on Friday, cheers for the info again shadow. Looks like there'll be a mad dash on Friday morning again.

shadowmanman

I was speaking to the Nintendo rep in Smyths today, about 40% of them will go to Gamestop, 20% to game, 10 % to argos and the rest everywhere else, as for the onlin gurentee (sp) you cant do it with the wii

Vertakill

Sweet, there's a Gamestop about 2 minutes from where I work. I may have to run down a few kids on the Friday morning at school time to get there as they're opening though.

shadowmanman

be warned there is going to be people there overnight again, what gamestop is it you work near?

koneko

lol vert, your parents will murder you if you get that Wii and keep it yourself

I very much doubt the 10k figure, but fingers crossed anyway.

shadowmanman

Thats the numbers that will be shipped for ALL of Ireland (Inc northern Ireland)

magpie

Is Wii good then?

koneko

Hmm, well Northern Ireland is UK not Ireland, and I'd say they'll get a big chunk. For the initial shipment (launch) Ireland got very poor numbers.

shadowmanman

Id say it will probally be 4000 the north and 6000 the south

Vertakill

Hah, I'm totally keeping it Swords village, shadow.

koneko

The Boy Who Ruined Christmas

shadowmanman

shouldnt be to bad then Que wise

Kinetic^

I want a wii and I want one now!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vertakill

Haha Yea hopefully shadow. I'm finished work at about 8:30am so hopefully people will be at work/school by then. Any ideas when Gamestops open at?

shadowmanman

usually 9 however the smaller stores open at 9.30, the opening times are always on display in the window

Vertakill

Grand, thanks again for the info shadow

shadowmanman

no problum! best of luck getting one!

Moojuice

Gamestop have said Wednesday or Thursday any time I asked. Guess ill keep pestering them until I get one.

Absolam

shadowmanman wrote:

I was speaking to the Nintendo rep in Smyths today, about 40% of them will go to Gamestop, 20% to game, 10 % to argos and the rest everywhere else, as for the onlin gurentee (sp) you cant do it with the wii

I think he may have just been yanking your chain.. Nintendo in Ireland only supply the Ireland only chains.. so the likes of GAME, HMV, Virgin etc get their stock either from Europe or the UK..so the rep wouldn't have a clue who's getting what really..

as_seen_on

I have hears rumours(which I dont believe) that gamestops and the like will be sitting on stock until friday and will sell off a load in one go. Anyone think there is any truth to this one?

PS its only been like 4 days since the wii was launched and already I feel like I have been waiting for weeks:D

mel123

I rang Game in Omni today and they said they have no dates when any more consoles are coming in. No one actually seems to have any solid info, which leads me to belive, perhaps, there will be a load coming in and we can all have one As i said in a previous post, i think this is a bit of a marketing ploy, i think there will be loads in time for crimbo, or i should say i hope!!!!

dori_dormer

Just got a call from smyths in blanch last night! They have another batch coming in for their second preorder list people on friday!:D ! n im on it! Yay! ( plus i only put my name on the list 3 weeks ago!)

quad_red

and he is adamant that there is zero chance of any HMV branch in Ireland getting any more supplies before Christmas.

And he wants one for himself.

So either
A) The staff have been fed bull**** to further hype the product.
HMV ain't getting anymore.

Shred

My (future) mother in law was in Gamestop Omni yesterday and the dude there told her that they'll have more in on Thursday and they'll be up for grabs to "anyone". I don't know if he was bullshítting her or not but give them a ring I s'pose.

b0bsquish

Ive also heard that from gamestop in letterkenny, they'll be an order friday sometime after midday, twill be a free for all.

lynchtp

daily shipments according to nintendo, presumably not to the same stores.


http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=pEUMLLwWPqv4Y7rEeokibLovlU42YmDV

Takeshi_Kovacs

lynchtp wrote:

daily shipments according to nintendo, presumably not to the same stores.


http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/news/article.do?elementId=pEUMLLwWPqv4Y7rEeokibLovlU42YmDV

Hopefully some few will becoming to Ireland

Also i find very amazing from that article is the fact that the DS sold more than 515,000 units in one week, making it the highest selling console out of the whole lot, in just 7 days. Good times for Ninty, and the money just keeps rolling in..