Go go pets hamsters & accessories stock updates & discussion.

neverdespairgirl

Don't get me wrong, I completely understand why she's doing it, and good for her, too.

Maximouse

Morning all :hello:

Well there wasn't much point in trawling through the websites again today as the stock status is unlikely to have changed and probably won't till the distributor gets the next batch of a few things around 18/11. So I thought for the ones who didn't read my post yesterday, that i'd repeat it again today with a few little 'tweaks' - thank goodness for cut and paste!

So it appears that until www.Character-online.com get their stock in of balls, surfboards, and skateboards around 18/11 and beds and carriers around 18/12 (free delivery on orders over £25) and until www.wilkinsonplus.com get their stock in and post their hamsters online (they've never listed the other bits that you can sometimes get in store - the good thing about when they do get stock in is that they have a deliver to store option hence no P&P - I posted the other day that Wilkinsons chain is getting just over 2000 hamsters in and they will be in the shops probably by 17/11. Then he told me that the warehouse was also expecting houses and playsets (surfboard, skateboard, ball) in this order so they might be in SOME branches of Wilkinsons as well depending on which shops have placed an order to stock these) that the best online places to keep checking, that seem to be drip feeding stock on to their sites, are www.toysrus.co.uk (I actually haven't seen them list anything for ages and even when they do, blink and you'll miss it), www.argos.co.uk (home delivery has been out of stock for ages but you could do the local store check in case there is any availability in your area), www.johnlewis.com (has listed houses and playsets which are the surfboard, skateboard, ball, a couple of times recently - although over the last couple of days its been just the houses which have been listed 2 or 3 times a day - the last one being at 9pm but be warned if the playset becomes available, the picture for the playsets is of the ball and that is not what you are ordering, you are ordering a playset which THEY choose and ringing up won't let you chose either - they also do free delivery to store), www.boots.co.uk (haven't had any houses or hamsters on site for a couple of weeks so their stock must be imminent as they told me they do have them on order - they also do free delivery to store - however when i asked the instore person yesterday they said they were unlikely to be getting any stock in any time soon as the warehouse was totally out of stock of hamsters and houses and playsets - so the online side of the business wouldn't be able to get any stock either), www.play.com (they suddenly listed items yesterday then everything went out of stock and at time of typing this, no hamster related stuff is on the website) but don't bother ringing them because the call centre staff only have access to the webpage you view, so they have no idea when or if further stock may be posted - their prices on this latest batch were RRP with free P&P). Oh, and remember the famous 'coming soon' on the vast majority of sites probably means 2010 and don't bother clicking on any 'inform me when in stock' buttons on any of the sites, because apart from one site, who is no longer expecting stock, none of the others sent out ANY e mails at all - apparently there is a cost associated with it so due to the millions of people clicking on the buttons, I think they are just not bothering because by the time the person reads the e mail, the stock will have gone anyway. www.hoorayfortoys.co.uk listed hamsters and houses tonight which I think were what were left over from their big stock listing earlier on in the week, so not sure if they will be listing anything further but it might be worth keeping a check on.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ and www.ebay.co.uk

Everything ‘at a price’. Read the descriptions very carefully to double check whether the items you are ordering are actually in stock and does the picture match the description - i.e. the picture might show 4 hamsters, but the listing might actually be for one. Check the RRP on the toysrus website before deciding whether you want to pay these prices. However, if you think about it, if you ordered these items online, you may well have paid around £4 to £5 P&P, and there is the personal cost: how much time (think of being paid at the minimum wage for each hour you've spent on this quest) and effort you have you spent trying to locate the item including parking costs and petrol - not to mention the stress of it all. You may find its actually cheaper just to get one off these sites.


www.character-online.com is the importer /distributor of the go go products for the UK so if they get an order in (as mentioned above), then an allocation of the same items (or even some of the other items if they had been pre-ordered) may also go to some of the shops online and in the high street (shortly after character get the stock) if they have made orders. So if character are not getting any more add ons into the country before Christmas, then there will be no new stock of these items to distribute either but never say never...things seem to change regularly and you never know what they will actually have till they list it.

I think some shops have some stocks left (minimal by now I would think) but they are choosing to drip feed it into some of their stores / online in the lead up to Christmas. The best bet at the minute seems to be if you are lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to get odd bits and pieces that are in the shops - and gone within seconds...
Forum users have mentioned getting things in store at SOME branches (not all stock go go hamster items) of: Toymaster shops, Smyths Toy shops, local small toy shops, Boots, Wilkinsons, Sainsburys, Tescos, Asda, TJ Hughes, John Lewis, Hamleys and Harrods. And of course, toysrus and argos. Its always best to ring as soon as the shop opens to see if they got any deliveries of the Go Go products overnight before wasting your time going there in person.


Tips:

Best thing to do is, if you are watching a particular site, and they have the option for you to register (i.e. get a user name and password and to store your address details etc) then if your register and anything gets listed, you can log in quickly and your address details will already be there, and you'll save time and reduce the risk of your basket emptying whilst you are madly trying to type your details in. If you have pre-warning that something is going to be listed at a particular time, go onto the site beforehand and log in, then just keep refreshing until the item appears then grab it (ok, so we were blamed for crashing character's website doing this so obviously i'm not recommending that this is what we all do). If when you look at your basket, there is only one item and you ordered 2, don't waste time going back to try and add another as the likelihood is that there is only one in there because there is no longer 2 left. If you don't check out then, then that will also disappear... Also, take note of any things in the description that say, for example, only 2 per order, as if you try to add more and think you've got away with it, your order will be probably be cancelled. Happy hamster hunting...

Maximouse

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GO-GO-HAMSTER-ALL-4-SQUIGGLES-PIPSQUEAK-NUMNUMS-CHUNK_W0QQitemZ170406073940QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_ElectronicPets_RL?hash=item27acfe5654 :eek::eek::eek: 4 hamsters for a bargain price of £165 plus, wait for it, you even have to pay P&P of £3.50...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/All-4-go-go-Hamsters-and-Deluxe-play-house-BNIB_W0QQitemZ180431278459QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_ElectronicPets_RL?hash=item2a028ad17b or for all those real bargain hunters out there, what about this house and 4 hamsters for the bargain basement price of £249 plus £5.40 P&P. :eek::eek::eek:

I can hear you all madly unwrapping your presents and rushing out to buy bubble wrap as I type...

markfrizzell

wowzers.. i can understand paying £30 for a hammy but that little lot is my xmas budget for my 2 girls...(well kinda )

markfrizzell

i see boots are refreshing their web site... wonder if they will have any hammies when its up?

Maximouse

markfrizzell wrote: »

i see boots are refreshing their web site... wonder if they will have any hammies when its up?

Well, not unless they suddenly got some stock into their warehouse today - it was empty this morning. But yes, that's why I haven't gone to bed so that I can post if they do list, but they haven't ha, ha, time for bed me thinks...

markfrizzell

nite maxi

thx 4 all the excellent info today

Maximouse

markfrizzell wrote: »

nite maxi

thx 4 all the excellent info today

No probs, the info I've been able to give over the last few weeks was more exciting because I was finding stock, now its just checking that there isn't any :rotfl:The funny thing is that I'm not checking for myself now but you get so involved in the hunt that its an adrenaline rush to be able to find it and post it. I love it when others manage to get something after I've given some info or posted a link - its very satisfying - sad or what, I need to get a life...Night

victory

Morning:D on the hunt again we go:rotfl:was checking ebay last night but still refuse to give in 42 days today until xmas or 6 weeks so there is still plenty of time:rotfl:
max thanks for all the info you are just brilliant:D

MissLily

:hello: Morning all, just checking in and see you all had an exciting night!! Presume it was just hamsters going at Hooray - hopefully Argos still have mine waiting for me to pick up, hope its chunk. Good luck today and i'll check in later.