Buying a Wii

aguk · 17th November 2008

I am looking to Buy a Wii for xmas before there are any potential shortages.

Becuase of the household I will need at least 4 controllers. But looking at the pricing the controllers with a nunchuck are nearly £50 quid each (I am a tight northern bstard).

Anyone any recommendations on the best place to buy or where I might get some bundled controllers?

othellotech · 17th November 2008

get wiiplay - the games are enjoyable enough and it comes with another controller, places like HMV were doing wii+2games+30 of accessories for 229 recently, so you an get another in the bundle

3rd party nunchuks are cr@p so only get the "real" ones (that menas not the plastic chinese ebay knockoffs as well)

you *probably* only need 2 sets as very few games will use 4, and they'll be a zllion of them on ebay on boxing day from the families too bored with it after 15 minutes ...

pipeten · 17th November 2008

Find peeps who already have too many wii controllers and borrow them for a while. I'm sure 4 would come in handy over xmas/boxing day but longer-term you'll probably only top 2 at a time as the newness wears off.

Then come jan/feb just pickup some unwanted ones up on ebay.

(on a side note, if anyone has a semi-broken/damaged wii controllers that they're willing to flog for next to nowt, gimme a shout (only want the accelerometers/controller parts for a robotics project))

aguk · 27th November 2008

Managed to get myself a nice bundle in the end.

Wii Console with Controller + Wii Sports, Extra Wii Handset + Nunchuck, Wii Play, Wii Music, 4 Station Charger, Plus Wii Fit.

£289.99 from HMV after some haggling.

damien_ls · 27th November 2008

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Originally Posted by aguk

Managed to get myself a nice bundle in the end.

Wii Console with Controller + Wii Sports, Extra Wii Handset + Nunchuck, Wii Play, Wii Music, 4 Station Charger, Plus Wii Fit.

£289.99 from HMV after some haggling.

Nice. Shame I've only just seen this thread - I was going to suggest maybe checking TheNextBid - Lowest Unique Bid Auction - Express Auction as they seem to have Wii's on quite often and seems worth a punt spending a few £ on some bids to get yourself a bargin!

aguk · 27th November 2008

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Originally Posted by damien_ls

Nice. Shame I've only just seen this thread - I was going to suggest maybe checking TheNextBid - Lowest Unique Bid Auction - Express Auction as they seem to have Wii's on quite often and seems worth a punt spending a few £ on some bids to get yourself a bargin!

I've fallen into this trap before

I have bought it now at a price I was happy with at the time - no more checking around or it will drive me crazy

dch · 30th November 2008

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Originally Posted by aguk

Managed to get myself a nice bundle in the end.

Wii Console with Controller + Wii Sports, Extra Wii Handset + Nunchuck, Wii Play, Wii Music, 4 Station Charger, Plus Wii Fit.

£289.99 from HMV after some haggling.

Andy,

What's the 4 station charger like? Do you have the model details as I want to get one, but can only really find two on Amazon - one to be released in a few days and one with 3-5 week delivery.

Cheers,
Sean

aguk · 1st December 2008

Sean it is the one below. Doubles as a Wii stand and looks to be powered by the Wii, not taken it out of the box yet.

hmv.com: games: Wii Quad Charging Stand (2008)

dch · 1st December 2008

Cool - Thanks Andy, I did look on HMV before posting but just looked through the Wii section - looks like they put that in the DS section

Anyway - have just ordered one.

Cheers,
Sean

dch · 6th December 2008

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Originally Posted by aguk

Sean it is the one below. Doubles as a Wii stand and looks to be powered by the Wii, not taken it out of the box yet.

hmv.com: games: Wii Quad Charging Stand (2008)

Just a heads up in case you were not supplied with rechargeable AAA batteries too - you will need to get these to use with this stand - don't want any nasty surprises on Christmas day!

Andrew · 6th December 2008

Thats a good price you got that for Andy...

My Wii (2 wiimotes, wiisports and 2 shite games) came to shortly under that about 6 months ago from HMV - would have prefered the extra controllers than the games tbh.

Though the only games I actually play on it is wiisports, wiiplay and guitar hero.

aguk · 6th December 2008

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Originally Posted by dch

Just a heads up in case you were not supplied with rechargeable AAA batteries too - you will need to get these to use with this stand - don't want any nasty surprises on Christmas day!

I noticed that when I got to the office to check it all out. Felt a little conned so went back a couple of days later and spoke to the manager who had done the deal for me.

I also noticed that Wii Music had gone down by £10. Si I said I would return it and buy it again.

He gave me 16 rechargeable AAAs for free instead. I could have probably bought them cheaper elsewhere but wasn't worth any more time in hunting so took those instead.

pgosling · 6th December 2008

Just got my son a Wii for Christmas! He is going to explode when he opens it!

I am just as excited though!!!

Paid £199 for it with 1 controller and WiiSports. Got it a few months ago though, could have got a much better deal if I had waited I reckon!