Wii's Spotted or Wanted. Please post all availability for the Wii here - Part 2

Sweaty_Gi

hesjane wrote: »

schill bid

schill bid ?

pauls68uk

Sweaty_Gi wrote: »

schill bid ?

A schill bidder is someone who bids on their own auctions to bump the price up

thor

The_Surgeon wrote: »

I've ended up with a spare Wii on order from Amazon that it looks like they're posting tomorrow, and it doesn't appear that I can cancel the order...

Does anyone in Leeds want a Wii for retail price?

Amazon do allow you a few days to return it to them as long as you don't open the box. It may cost a 6 or 7 quid in postage but that sounds reasonable to me.

Sarah7

You can cancel Amazon orders by telephone later than you can on the website; give them a call 0800 2796620 although I'm not sure if they'll be open at weekends.

gjchester

biglugs wrote: »

Well what a surprise!! Now that Nintendo and the distributors have cleaned up the market of panicky parents they have finally released the remainder of their stock!
I told you they would do this! Fill yer boots!

Do you actually understand retail???

Nintendo and the distributers have no interest in creating a shortage, they sell the console at a cost price, regardless of the amount available. At the moment they'd rather have stock selling than not. Remember most games consoles (not the wii though) are sold as a loss leader and the games bring in the big profits.

You cannot just up production at a moments notice, Components have to be ordered, especially as many places use "Just in Time" manufacturing they probably don't have a stockpile of components other than to last a few days of production. Production lines cannot be made faster just because there is a shortage, and if they have shipped something by sea they can't speed the boat up. Anything from China will be on at least 2 months lead time,

Retailers on the otherhand can set proices how they see fit, they are the one's taking in extra profit per console. Lets say Nintendo sell them to the retailer at £150 the retailers sell them for £180 thats £30 profit. If they sell them at £250 thats £100 profit for the retailer and Nintendo see's nothing of it.

Why would Nintendo want to create a shortage? The don't make any more money from it, Sure it creates a buzz, but theres no point creating a buzz if they can't supply the goods. It makes no sense, they want the consoles out there so you buy there software, not have people be told it's out of stock and potentially be upsold to a Xbox 360 or PS3.

glitchius

Plus, the market they're going after isn't rabid gamers who are likely to queue outside shops at all times of the night to get one. They're aiming at older people who are likely to go to a shop to buy one and be disappointed with Nintendo and never consider them as a brand again if there's none available.

I think it's genuinely taken them by surprise at how much demand there's been all year.

williambiggins

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freddysmith

Not bad....only £102 over RRP :rotfl:

georgiac

I've seen them going for less than £155 on eBay this morning, grab yourselves a bargain!!!

Smi1er

georgiac wrote: »

I've seen them going for less than £155 on eBay this morning, grab yourselves a bargain!!!

Wait until this evening, between 6 and 10. Search on ones local to you so saving on P&P. I would say there will be some < £150 tonight.