Wii

Hagar

I understand that the Wii is hard to get in Ireland.
They are freely available here in France. My local Fnac store has them stacked on the sales floor.
Here's a link if you want to order on line.
You may have to pay extra for express delivery.

Agent Smith

I assume this will Play irish Games, do france not use some dodgy version of PAL?

Cassiel

Shouldn't be a problem. Has been widely been reported that the Brits have resorted to taking Wii trips on the ferries to France to get them. And Pixmania flog 'em also.
Nice tip Hagar.

validis_

yeah I was in Germany at the weekend and the shops had loads of stock.

bardcom

Gamestop in Henry Street, Dublin, have Wii's in stock right now! About 20 left...

johnp

bardcom wrote: »

Gamestop in Henry Street, Dublin, have Wii's in stock right now! About 20 left...

Nice!
Don't suppose you know the price?

Hagar

agent smith wrote: »

I assume this will Play irish Games, do france not use some dodgy version of PAL?

Modern French TVs are Dual Pal/Secam, it's not important anyway once you use the Scart/RCA connector lead. They play all games.

armour87

Got a DS today in Game, Derry.

They were selling wiis 2. All bundles.
Number = +444871360293

Cant seem to add a wii to my "panier" on fnac. Must be missing something

[edit] its out of stock [/edit]

Hagar

Sorry Jabba, they were reporting 22 in stock when I made the OP.

bardcom

johnp wrote: »

Nice!
Don't suppose you know the price?

I believe they had 2 bundles - one for about €300 and the other for €330. Haven't a clue what's in either of the bundles....

shaneos

Virgin in Dundrum town centre have some too!

bardcom

shaneos wrote: »

Virgin in Dundrum town centre have some too!

Did they have some today? They'd none yesterday. Any idea on price?

No problem Hagar. Im grateful for the link though. I'll keep an eye on it and just order one when I see it.

wait4me

Don't know if this is any good to ye guys. I was in Smyths Fonthill at 8.30 this evening on another mission and a lady was picking up a pre-ordered wii. I askd were they in stock again and the lad said "no that was pre-ordered. They go on general sale tomorrow" or words very similar. And because I have it to hand as I was on the bearded mission 6304451 is le numero.

hshortt

Virgin in Dundrum are charging 500 Euro. You must buy any five games with the console.

Disgraceful, but there you go.

Stephen

Scumbags.

Talisman

I was in GameStop on Liffey Street last night and they had two left in stock at around 6.30.

dlambirl

so it seems that the wii are coming back in drips and draps..

superfly

dlambirl wrote: »

so it seems that the wii are coming back in drips and draps..

no but they are coming back in dribs and drabs

kopman83

Gamestop in Killarney have Wii in stock.

Talisman

Also in stock in Liffey Valley. A girl from work just bought one there.

Mr Marenghi

Got one in Gamestop on Henry St at 1.30 today, gotta buy a game with it though, brings it to E325

Adyx

At about 3:30 Gamestop in Waterford had 11 Wii's in stock. €300 just for Wii with Wii Sports. While I was there two were sold though in the space of 5 mins so I doubt they'll be there for long. So glad I got mine months ago for €260

bloke

Game in Liffey Valley had them this evening @7:30 or so. There were half a dozen people queuing but you never know - might be some left in the morning! (hopefully karma will now direct me to a nintendo DS in stock somewhere... ;-) )

Musha

Smyths Toys childer road retail park, got delivery this morning, they have them on the shelves so I assume that they are for general sale and not pre-ordered

Shamrogue

Walked into smyths in athlone this morning and asked by any chance do ye have a wii. The guy at the desk had just hung up the phone from someone who had one on stand-by but got one already, and to my amazment he said, i do!
I didnt actually believe him, i thought he was taking the piss!
Excellent! They had one more i think but this was at 9.30am

allen175

aria.co.uk have some in stock, check it out http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Nintendo+Wii+Console+?productId=29852

9 left so hurry up.

They're €370 on aria. No chance I'm paying that much for one.

matchthis

xtra vision newbridge have the wii in stock. Didn't say exactly how many. Phone 045437108

Sponge Bob

There are massive deliveries on the way next week I hear, stacks of wiis on sale nationwide by next saturday.

ted f

We keep getting these promised of "millions" of Wiis for delivery and now massive deliveries on their way. Yet The Registrar reports the following
"Reg Hardware today received a number of emails from readers who were last night contacted by Woolworths to tell them their pre-ordered Wiis might not arrive until Christmas.

"Nintendo have only shipped part of the promised stock for Nintendo Wii to all retailers within the UK," the retailer told pre-order customers. "Due to this, we have only received part of our allocation. We are led to believe by Nintendo that we will receive all stock in time for pre-Christmas delivery. Please accept our apologies for this delay."

Woolworths' email suggests the problem is not restricted to it alone. Indeed, we also heard today from readers who claimed Amazon.co.uk had issued a similar warnings to its pre-order customers. Again, it appears the online retailer may not get enough stock to supply consoles tomorrow, though it appears to be promising to get product out to buyers before Christmas.

Woolworths' comments mirror comments made today by DSG Group, owner of Currys, PC World and the dixons.co.uk website, that while it expects to be able to meet pre-orders for the Wii, it may not be able to supply consoles to anyone else.

"We're expecting four deliveries between now and Christmas and we expect them all to go to pre-orders," the company told website GamesIndustry.biz.

Right now the best value for Wiis in Ireland is E Bay where currently consoles are available for less than 300 euro. As a lot of these are in Ireland ready for despatch you will get them in plenty of time for Christmas.

d22ontour

dlambirl wrote: »

so it seems that the wii are coming back in drips and draps..

I wouldn't say dribs and drabs tbh.They get orders ,they sell-out.It's been like that since the launch of the Wii and if it was drips and draps ':)' well it wouldn't be the top selling console one would think.

Hmm_Messiah

i just bought one in Xtravision kilkenny, not sure if i even want it TBH

They said they got 4 in, but that Byrnes got 280 on friday

(not clear if thats byrnes kilkenny, or nationwide )

Drag00n79

Xtravisions all over the country seem to have gotten deliveries over the weekend.

t-hairy

I went in to Symths on Jervis Street to try and pick up an extra Wii remote. Guess what? Sold out.

Plenty of consoles though :mad:- about 12 on the shelf behind the counter about a hour ago.

bee_dix

I went to xtra vision in finglas and artane and was laughed out of shop,
so went hunting in town and managed get one in gamestop in henry st, bloke said it was on hold for a employee since last friday and his Da had got smack of a car so he could`nt collect, imagine the poor bloke going throught something like that then getting more bad news that his wii was sold....

Makaveli

Xtravision Stillorgan had some earlier but you have to buy a bundle. Didn't get a price.

Talisman

Smyths on Jervis St. have them: €299.99 for console plus any game.

Drakar

Gamestop are 325 for console plus any game so thats a good price.

craigcharlie

Game on Dawson st. had 30 this morning....

I was there looking for Wii remotes; they had none, but they did have the consoles.

Argos in Dundrum shopping centre in Dublin have them

[edit] the consoles I mean [/edit]

whiterebel

Argos in Mahon Point, Cork have a limited supply as of this morning at 11am.

Celticfire

Gamestop Mullingar had some earlier also had controllers..

HungryJoey

HMV @ blanch have around 40 wii's in stock about half an hour ago. No que's in there either so I'd imagine they will be there for a few more hours.

They also had a load of wii remotes ( Wii Play ) Got one my self. Its 2 euro more to get Wii play package with the controller and you get a free game (wii play) with it. ( Controller + wii play)

Mr E

They're everywhere today, folks... if you can't get one today, you aren't trying hard enough.

okidoki987

HungryJoe
How much exactly is the Play and controller in HMV?

Shamo

Must have been a big batch to come into Ireland, a lot of Argos stores have them in stock today. Reserved one at the Wexford store.

apple_danish

Does anyone know of anywhere else in Dublin that has WII remotes in stock today???

jor el

Saw a sign in Virgin in the Cresent Shopping Centre in Limerick yesterday saying they had Wii in stock for 360 (or 380) with 3 games. Didn't say what games and I didn't check as a Wii is not a console I'd be bothered with. Someone might though

dlambirl

Mr E wrote: »

They're everywhere today, folks... if you can't get one today, you aren't trying hard enough.

+1