Gonna buy me a Wii

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:32 am

Hey, right now I'm deciding on getting me a Wii. The problem is, I can't seem to find any for a decent prices for one. Sure there's Ebay, but, can I really trust it and not get ripped off? Anyone know where I can get em for a good deal?

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:04 am

about 15 seconds worth of google search. Enjoy

http://www.wii-preorder.com/

http://www.buy-wii-online.com/

if I were you, I would wait until after christmas for bundle pricing, then again they might all be sold out too.

What I did was just always check for Wiis when you are going to walmart, or target, or EBgames, or whatever. You might just be lucky and end up there on one of their shipment days.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:54 pm

neo_bahamut1985 wrote:Sure there's Ebay, but, can I really trust it and not get ripped off?

Well that's what the feedback is for. If you've got a seller with like 8000 feedback, 99.9% positive, I'd say you're pretty safe.

With larger, more delicate packages like that, I personally worry more about the post than anything.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 2:03 pm

Oh, so the higher the positive response, the better? Thanks for the feedback! I'll look into it ASAP. Oh, is it even possible to have a feedback rating of 8000? Can I search by feedback rate?

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:15 pm

I've seen people with feedback over 20000. Yeah, I do believe you can specify that in the advanced search options. And I'd only go for people with 99% positive or more.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 7:19 pm

I'm currently bidding one that has over 60,000 responses on it!! It's around 150 bucks, and is apparently still in very good condition. So far so good.

Edit 5:53PM MST -
I didn't stick with eBay, so, I just got one from another site. Got a new one for $318, not bad considering how hard they are to find (for a reasonable price). So, I'm pretty excited to get one.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:20 am

I hope the one you bought came with extras like games or Wii-motes.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:00 am

Oh, don't worry. I'm getting one that's shipped directly from Nintendo.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:59 am

you bought just the console for that much! **face in palm** I don't care how hard they are to find, was it really worth $100 bucks not to wait man?!

uh, I just looked up nintendo really quick, and they don't sell wii's they just sell parts and accessories and refer you to other retailers for other products. See here

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/retail ... ailers.jsp

were you scammed?

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 3:42 am

What I meant was that the dealer I used apparently gets them straight from Nintendo. Forgot to mention that I guess. I checked the source I got if from, which was www.ebgames.com, so it's legit for sure.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:24 am

snkcube wrote:I hope the one you bought came with extras like games or Wii-motes.

you seem to be forgetting supply and demand here.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 11:56 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:
snkcube wrote:I hope the one you bought came with extras like games or Wii-motes.
you seem to be forgetting supply and demand here.

Heh, that's true. But hey, I don't see why people just can't wait.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 12:08 am

snkcube wrote:
adventure_of_link wrote:
snkcube wrote:I hope the one you bought came with extras like games or Wii-motes.
you seem to be forgetting supply and demand here.
Heh, that's true. But hey, I don't see why people just can't wait.

See iPhone.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:00 am

my brother bought me one back in mid june. He didn't plan ahead or anything, and all local stores were sold out, but he just drove around smaller towns in the area and found some gamestop/ebgames that had it for the regular price.

I agree, if you can't find it for a reasonable price just wait, if you buy, then you are only feeding the problem of overpriced goods.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:03 am

I will buy one just to play Oroboro Muramasa.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:26 am

I ordered mine online and paid retail price a few months ago despite huge shortages at the time.

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:28 am

What he said. There are shortages, and because of them, I had to pay 318 bucks for it. Should be here next week; can't wait to use the Virtual Console!

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:01 am

no, you're stupid.

I asked a circuit city clerk when they were getting some, he told me, i showed up early and got one for retail.

it's that simple, people.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:21 am

or go to target, nobody goes to target, they always have wiis

neo_bahamut1985 · Post by **neo_bahamut1985** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:19 pm

.....

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:50 pm

The one I got off Ebay was brand new, box never opened, yet I paid less than retail.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:49 pm

I went cross-country with my friend when he moved to California... we were just hanging out with his friend there, doing some shopping for games and whatnot. We walked into a Circuit City and there was one just sitting there, behind the counter. I asked them if it was real

It was funny because I guess some guy had asked for one 5 minutes before me but the lady he asked didn't see the one behind the counter.

That's my magical, romantic story of how I got my Wii. For retail.

Panzer88 · Post by **Panzer88** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:34 pm

blackmyst wrote:The one I got off Ebay was brand new, box never opened, yet I paid less than retail.

that seller is either not too bright, or running a questionable business.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:30 pm

Why? There are no shortages over here.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:57 am

blackmyst wrote:Why? There are no shortages over here.

You mean "Place."?

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