laurmurf Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 If anyone out there, like me, was searching fruitlessly for a Wii Fit for Christmas then I'd like to pass on a tip i got from the Martin Lews Moneysavingexpert.com website. I ordered mine from Amazon, but Amazon.fr! It was also available from amazon.de but would have taken longer to deliver (5-7 weeks). The price is rrp plus £5 postage, which is a great deal better than some rip-off merchants are selling them for in the UK. My french isn't up to much (and i couldn't ask the kids to translate for me obviously!) but i did get a translation of the process on amazon.fr from the mse website too. Luckily it's so familar from the amazon.uk site that i wasn't too worried. Hope that helps someone else.... now must make sure my daughter, hellymisscloud, doesn't read this post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 We brought one over for DS and DD in May as they were sold out in UK! Cost us approx. £70 from our local hypermarket. If we had thought about it, we should have bought loads and auctioned them on ebay Anyone who wants one could always do a day trip and pick one up along with lots of other goodies Jackiex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Last year I made a killing selling Wiis on Ebay that I was buying from Amazon.de Then Nintendo stopped Amazon shipping them to the UK. They were cheaper than buying them here - even with the shipping costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I manged to get one in Chester during the school hols, HMV had a little hand written sign outside and YS spotted it, I had promised OH one for his birthday last May I asked the assistant if they had any and came home with one They only had the stock in that morning and there were only 3 left Apparently sometimes people bring them back because they buy them without the Wii to play them on Have you tried John Lewis? you can order on line and they email you when the stock comes in Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccbean Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 If anyone out there, like me, was searching fruitlessly for a Wii Fit for Christmas then I'd like to pass on a tip i got from the Martin Lews Moneysavingexpert.com website. I ordered mine from Amazon, but Amazon.fr! It was also available from amazon.de but would have taken longer to deliver (5-7 weeks). The price is rrp plus £5 postage, which is a great deal better than some rip-off merchants are selling them for in the UK. Thanks for the tip, I've been looking for one for ages. However the .fr price is much higher than the .de price. The .fr price is €121 (£95) plus delivery, I wonder, has it increased since you ordered? Also, I had a go at ordering it anyway but couldn't, not sure why cos I cant read French, but I did see something like geographical restrictions. Ooooh I wish I'd tried harder at school. So I am currently still Wii fitless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I can't believe they are selling them RETAIL for £69.99 in some places! I originally ordered mine when they were available to order on Amazon, bearing in mind originally they were due out in January. I ordered in November 2007 at £49.99 and got it in April. Havn't used it much in the last month so I might just sell it for Xmas money if they go into short supply. And order a couple of dozen from Amazon Germany - can't recommend them highly enough guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccbean Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I can't believe they are selling them RETAIL for £69.99 in some places! Thats the whole point though, you can't get them at that price. If you want want now you have to pay over £100, bloomin robbers You got yourself a real bargain, and if you want to offload it, I'll have it, ha ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 I've just bought one tonight off ebay for £75. It's for collection only but the bloke only lives 3 miles away. That's cheaper than amazon who have them in stock for £95! I've been using http://www.wiipreorder.co.uk/Wii-Fit-Stock-Alerts.aspx It's a good indicator of where they're available if you don't mind paying more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 The Wii Fit on amazon.fr which now costs 121 euros isn't being sold directly by Amazon, it's being sold by an amazon dealer. The one i bought yesterday cost 95 euros including delivery (£75) direct from Amazon.fr. It's being delivered next week. amazon.de still has them for sale at 89.95 euros excluding delivery: it think it will work out about 96 euros inclusive so about £76. The problem being that they won't be delivered for 5-7 weeks. The difficultly is that UK purchasers buy them in huge numbers and resell them so Amazon in Europe either runs out or stops selling them to UK buyers: that's what happened with the Wiis last year. Sadly that makes some people desperate and/or foolish and they spend far more than is necessary and well above the rrp. I think if anyone wants to buy from amazon.de they'd better do it soon before the shop's shut! Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 I only paid £69.99 a couple of weeks ago in HMV I rather hoped they would have sorted out the supply and demand for this Christmas Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura007 Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 i got one in GAME for the recommended price, i got a little discount as he thought i looked like a student. i am 34!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
