Go go pets hamsters & accessories stock updates & discussion.

mawaru

You can get Zhu Zhu Pets at $8 from Amazon.com if you get them when they are in stock by Amazon.com and not third party sellers which are very expensive. An $8 Zhu Zhu Pet Hamster from Amazon in-stock, sells for $50 or higher from some of the Amazon 3rd party sellers.

And you don't have to torture yourself by gluing yourself in front of the computer waiting for the moment to come. I use the alarm from this tool which lets you monitor the moment it becomes available online on Amazon.com's stock. It works much better than the email notification programs that email you once an item is in stock - by the time you get the email and check on Amazon, the item is sold out again. With this tool, you monitor an item on Amazon in real-time, and as soon as Amazon restocks the item, you get an alarm. Then you jump in and scoop up the item (at Amazon's retail price) before they sell out again. Kind of like jumping to the front of the line. It has worked really well for me.

Check it out at

watchmyitems.com

See the tutorials at the web site to learn how it works. Takes about 5 minutes to figure it out, very easy. You'll need to know the Amazon ID number (ASIN) which you can always find on a product page under the "Product Details" section.

Here's the tool with a monitor watch setup for "Zhu Zhu Pets Hamster Mr. Squiggles - Light Brown"

watchmyitems.com?item=B002BHDXY0

Give it a try, I can buy my kids a few Zhu Zhu Pets at the retail price of $8 instead of just 1 for $50+! Just refresh the page if the item is not coming up the first time around.

markfrizzell

OMG are we getting invaded by the yanks

Nuttygal

voodoo72 wrote: »

OMG!!! i'm so glad i found you all...lol, i've been glued 2 my comp screen for more than a week, trying to get hold of these...i even got as far as checkout at toysrus this morning, no wait yesterday morning...i forgot i'm into the next day now...lol, anyways couldn't get any further than checkout, my 2 kids want these so bad, i'm dreading xmas morning if they're not there, how do u explain to kids y santa didn't bring them whats top of their lists... i could cry....maybe i'm panicking a bit or maybe just tired...lol...xx

Welcome to the forum
don't panic just yet- there's a great bunch of people on here and if there's any stock to be had then they'll help you find it xxx

Nuttygal

Right, am going back to sleep now- having an iPhone is just too darn handy for Internet- MUST SLEEP lol xx

needtoshop

that go go hamster stock checker is rubbish as said in stock argos =but not-won't use them again. Can't believe i am checking at 5 in morning! But my little girl, well age 5, has beenn awake over an hour with terrible chesty cough so we are all up now! Obviously hamsters don't come out at night............

Maximouse

lizdav wrote: »

Bit harsh .. under ordinary circumstances the stock would have been listed and they did try. I cannot share numbers which were given to me in confidence, but the exaggerated load on their server caused by people F5ing exceeded the server design and load by MORE than a factor of 10.

Plie another 10 cars on the roof of yours and see how fast you can drive then with that extra load.

They were trying to load and that was inhibited by that factor.

At the same time, Toys R Us bucked under the strain ... and Toys r Us have much bigger resources than Character Online's website.

They obviously took a considered view that it would not nmake sense to complete the listing when everyone was watching and would pile in.



I work as an affiliate for myself and just talk with Character sometimes several times a day .. but maybe get a little more access than most customers. MaxiMouse essentially approaches the retailers with the same inquisitive nature.

And I am a HE rather than a she :rotfl:but an easy assumption to get wrong from the screenname.

Oh, I think i've said 'she' before as well...oops :rotfl:

But just in case anyone is wondering, I'm just a Nurse and nothing to do with any retailer - I wish...X

pebbles82

Im here too - off to TRU in a minute to stand in the cold and wet..... i must be MAD!

Fingers crossed I can get one of these little vermin today, and another during the week so I have one each for my 2 girls.

Here's to a successful hammy hunt today people!!!!

minnie1972

needtoshop wrote: »

that go go hamster stock checker is rubbish as said in stock argos =but not-won't use them again. Can't believe i am checking at 5 in morning! But my little girl, well age 5, has beenn awake over an hour with terrible chesty cough so we are all up now! Obviously hamsters don't come out at night............

The stock checker is actually very good it has helped me alot. There is stock avaliable in Argos but stock checker cannot check each individual store. Some stores somewhere will have stock otherwise it wouldn't be listed obviously your local one doesn't. Try checking when the store closes in case someone has reserved something but hasn't managed to go and pick it up it seems a few people have managed to do that on here hth.

minnie1972

Morning Maxi so here we are again:rotfl::rotfl:think I'm going to grab a quick shower before I chain myself to this laptop again:D

Maximouse

minnie1972 wrote: »

Morning Maxi so here we are again:rotfl::rotfl:think I'm going to grab a quick shower before I chain myself to this laptop again:D

I'm just getting ready to go to work - yawn - will have access there but just via a USB 3g dongle - so VERY slow...