Need To Buy A WII Anywhere in Ireland

Sligored

Have promised my son a Nintendo WII for xmas. Went Looking yesterday and cant get one in any shops in Sligo or online. If anyone can tell me when you can buy one with a credit or lasercard i would be forever in your debt. i am prepared to travel countrywide if required to collect. Please

Potential-Monke

I know the manager in GameStop in Limerick, he said he might be able to hold one for you if you want...

Sligored

please pm or send me on his name and i will ring him today . thanks a mil. i really appreciate this

Sneaky_Russian

Anyone know where i can get one in Dublin?

desperate to get one at this stage.

innocenteyesuk

There is a shop on the Quays. TempleCom, possibly? They had some the other day.

Keep trying Argos website, its really the only way you can reserve one with Argos if they have one in stock. The website allows you to reserve one, the phone doesn't.

You can also leave deposit with Smyths and they'll order you one.

Bobalicious93

Harvey Norman are advertising all over the place that they have them in stock so you could try there too

johnnyrotten

HMV in BLanchardstown had them in stock last week

Zapp Brannigan

johnnyrotten wrote: »

HMV in BLanchardstown had them in stock last week

Not anymore. I'm pretty sure everywhere in the center is sold out of them.

witnessmenow

Game in Galway claim to have them in stock

innocenteyesuk

Yeah Harvey Norman have been advertising all over the place actually and a very good deal also!

DannyBuoy

I got mine in Argos a couple of weeks ago. I literally checked the reserve site every couple of hours for all the branches I would go to. Got lucky.

Rew

I got mine ages back when they were still very scarce. I went in to GAME in Blanch asked when their Deliveries came in and when they expected stock. Then tuned up about 30 mins after their delivery time. If you can find a decent soul in one of the shop to give you the info I reckon thats your best bet.

MOH

Komplett advertising a few coming in 27/11, although they've lashed up the price.

Otherwise try adverts.ie for a secondhand one. I got one there a few weeks ago.

Good luck!

K.O.Kiki

Haha Harvey Norman, I remember last year they didn't stock any Nintendo products & pushed for a Sony Christmas

Dodge

Game Stop on Liffey Street (I think) had a few in stock this afternoon. Various packages, the lowest being at €250

Mr E

MOH wrote: »

Komplett advertising a few coming in 27/11, although they've lashed up the price.

Thats cheeky, isn't it? €294 ... They'll get it too.

Zapp Brannigan

Rew wrote: »

I got mine ages back when they were still very scarce. I went in to GAME in Blanch asked when their Deliveries came in and when they expected stock. Then tuned up about 30 mins after their delivery time. If you can find a decent soul in one of the shop to give you the info I reckon thats your best bet.

That's not gonna work. We're not told if we're getting Wii's now in order to stop people telling their friends when to come in and buy them

dave13

Dodge wrote: »

Game Stop on Liffey Street (I think) had a few in stock this afternoon. Various packages, the lowest being at €250

I was in there earlier. they have lots of packages advertised but when you ask they have no Wii's. Annoying.

jazoo

Try xtravision bought one in Ashbourne last week .they will hold one for you .Try you local Xtravision they are the best

jayteecork

None to be had in Cork.
Signs up on every game retailer's window, and Smyth's aren't even taking deposited on them before Christmas.

evad_lhorg

here, relax. there is always this whole bullsh1t hype built up from retailers saying "oh we arent getting anymore... " or some other crap but its all lies. there is always steady amounts coming in. Mario galaxy is out on friday and I guarantee you Nintendo have held off a lot of wiis for the launch of mario.

Dodge

evad_lhorg wrote: »

here, relax. there is always this whole bullsh1t hype built up from retailers saying "oh we arent getting anymore... "

I don't think anyone has said that in fairness.

IrishMike

Was actually in virgin in Limerick Sunday and thats exactly what the guy told me.
Dont have any at the moment and wont be getting any more before christmas.
They are like hens teeth at the moment

pipsss

I didn't read the charter and got myself banned.

AMPM

Not much of a gamer, haven't really played much since I got married and had kids, so I'm pretty much in the dark about most of this. Too busy playing online poker anyway!!!

Eldest child (8) is looking for a Wii for Christmas and obviously they are hard to find in Ireland. Been looking on e-bay and there are tons available, some at reasonable prices too. My query is however; is it safe to buy one online? Are the models all the same or is there more recent versions available? Is there a difference between the UK Pal/European/American versions? Anything else I need to be aware of or should I keep searching in Ireland until I get one?

Any advice welcome and appreciated.

beats26

pipsss wrote: »

ive got one with two games tiger woods golf cant remember the other one aswell as the sports game it comes with anyway played with it twice and havnt used it since so im willing to sell it to highest bidder im in dublin btw

How much are you willing to sell for? I am in citywest and am willing to meet you where ever. I have tried everywhere but without any luck.

Musha

https://www.computeruniverse.net/default_english.asp

seem to have stock, They say shipping 3-14 days. Its OK for these guys that have one or are not intrested in buying one. Can you imagine the look on my 4 year old face when Santa does not deliver:eek:
I would drive the lenght of the country to get one
Limerick is complety sold out, I have tried everywhere.
If I come across one before my one ships I will buy it better to have two than none

daedalus2097

A friend of mine in PayPal says they're getting an awful lot of people filing undelivered claims for Wiis bought on eBay... I'm sure most of those on sale are genuine (though the prices will get higher and higher getting closer to Christmas), but it seems a fair number of people are trying to pull a fast one on people who are maybe not used to eBay and are only using it because there seems to be no other way of getting a Wii for their kids (or themselves ). Not trying to scare anyone off eBay, but just be careful...

ZOLTAN28

always check the feedback of any seller on eBay before buying - i'd be worried about delivery by christmas especially if its comming from Asia (and a lot of them do) - best trying to cajole a shop to keep one for you - xtra-vision are excellent for this type of thing and they will ring around other shops to check stock.

triona1

I have a argos reservation for cork mahon and 1 in monaghan i can't collect so pm if anyone wants them.

ewj1978

I wonder how many thousands of emails triona got when she turned on her pc this morning!!!

whatsupdoc?

Strange
Argos DO NOT take reservations for the Wii on ring and reserve any more?
If they have them, I'd go now to the store and buy them.

triona1

I didnt ring i reserved online.

ewj1978

ALL HAIL TRIONA1

without who my kids would probably not have a Wii for christmas!!

Cheers triona

triona1

No prob.glad to have helped.

whatsupdoc?

Strange you can reserve the Wii online but not the Wii play and remote?

dublingal80

where can you reserve the wii console??
thanks

triona1

Argos but i have been trying for a few days to get one in dublin .only came across reservation for the rest of the country so far.

themadchef

Viking direct, Got one on offer this month €199 in the Nov sale catalogue.

Nintendo Wii sports pack

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Not sure if i am allowed post the link?? so heres the details valid till end Nov according to catalogue

Free delivery as order is over €75

Let me kno if i can post phone number or web add and i will.
Think its a good deal

cmurph

yip..i saw this deal in the nov catalogue...its a great deal

The tax man

Just in case people here aren't keeping an eye on the Wii thread over on Bargain alerts,Komplett are saying they'll have stock on the 22nd Nov. Slightly dearer pack then normal ones going. Linky

witnessmenow

still a decent deal but remember viking prices are not including tax!

okidoki987

Nothing on the Viking site anymore for that offer?

Carpenter

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055184814

Try this if you can:D

timk

hi ya wii available online at www.komplette.ie delivery due 3 days time you can place an order today

Trev C

Dixons.co.uk have 600 for sale tomorrow at 8am. I tried to register with them but you need to be UK resident (or at least have a bill payers address in UK). Pity as they dont have an Irish site

andyeire

I know someone who got one in the Virgin Megastore in Mary st Dublin today

dave13

andyeire wrote: »

I know someone who got one in the Virgin Megastore in Mary st Dublin today

Don't think there is a virgin megastore on Mary St.?

Quigs Snr

Tell me this then. I need to get a WII for my nephew. Might try Komplett, if that fails I am in the US with work in 2 weeks time. I can get one there. Now what problems will I have with that machine here. In the US we have a lower voltage of course, I don't know if the Wii can handle that by just putting a socket adapter on (i.e. does it have a switchable voltage input). And of course theres the region encoding, can the machine be chipped to get around this ? I am not interested in chipping to pirate games if indeed that can be done with the Wii, I am only interested in making it region independant. Obviously this is a lot of hassle but if thats what it comes down to in order to get this kid a Wii on chrimbo then I will have to look at it. Any suggestions ?

WellyJ

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Tell me this then. I need to get a WII for my nephew. Might try Komplett, if that fails I am in the US with work in 2 weeks time. I can get one there. Now what problems will I have with that machine here. In the US we have a lower voltage of course, I don't know if the Wii can handle that by just putting a socket adapter on (i.e. does it have a switchable voltage input). And of course theres the region encoding, can the machine be chipped to get around this ? I am not interested in chipping to pirate games if indeed that can be done with the Wii, I am only interested in making it region independant. Obviously this is a lot of hassle but if thats what it comes down to in order to get this kid a Wii on chrimbo then I will have to look at it. Any suggestions ?

You can chip it to play PAL games yes,

However not all games will work, some just cant be played on a US console.

Also you will have issues with firmware updates.

Best avoiding it to be honest.

mikeruurds

Quigs Snr wrote: »

Tell me this then. I need to get a WII for my nephew. Might try Komplett, if that fails I am in the US with work in 2 weeks time. I can get one there. Now what problems will I have with that machine here. In the US we have a lower voltage of course, I don't know if the Wii can handle that by just putting a socket adapter on (i.e. does it have a switchable voltage input). And of course theres the region encoding, can the machine be chipped to get around this ? I am not interested in chipping to pirate games if indeed that can be done with the Wii, I am only interested in making it region independant. Obviously this is a lot of hassle but if thats what it comes down to in order to get this kid a Wii on chrimbo then I will have to look at it. Any suggestions ?

You could get a step-down converter for under €15 to sort out the voltage issue and you could buy all of your games from videogamesplus.ca or some other US site that ships here. It'll be a lot cheaper than buying the games here anyway.

Cheers
Mike