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[thechemist]

EDIT: It seems like the deal is over! Good luck to everyone who ordered.

This seems like a very nice price, thought I would make a topic to show everyone.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008B5YB4W/

Credit to Hotukdeals & LewieP http://savygamer.co.uk/2012/06/13/wii-u-black-199-99/

Just a reminder Amazon did honor the £5.98 Vita games a while back, so they don't always cancel mispriced items.

Got to be in it to win it! (well for £199.99)

P.S. I doubt it is out next month.

 

[Horse Armour]

Wii launched at £179.99 for reference.

 

[Majine]

Special Nine Inch Nails edition?

 

[GhostTrick]

Pre-ordered. In case of it goes higher.

 

[morningbus]

Get back to me when Nintendo announces their price.

 

[Ninman]

How much is that in euros or dls?

 

[Saint Gregory]

July 14th?

 

[Lupin the Third]

Apparently it's also only coming in Black and is launching in a month and a day.

 

[krae_man]

July 14th Release date? Awesome!

 

[Cerebral Assassin]

That's got to be an error (the banned site has it for £279.99).

 

[rezuth]

Doubt that is the price though.

 

[D_prOdigy]

Amazon have that weird thing going on where they have a 'pre-order price promise', but in reality can (and do) just cancel your order, don't they?

 

[Diprosalic]

Amazon have that weird thing going on where they have a 'pre-order price promise', but in reality can (and do) just cancel your order, don't they?

don't know but i preordered diablo 3 for 15£ like 2 years ago and i got it for that price.

 

[BobLoblaw]

Not 100%, but if Amazon lists the price cheaper, then you're charged the cheaper price even if it goes up. Same as when the price is listed higher and gets cheaper before the product ships, you're charged he lower amount. I'm more curious as to the response that Microsoft and Sony will have with the prices of their systems.

 

[Sanjay]

Get back to me when Nintendo announces their price.

Pre-order Price Guarantee! I'm tempted and I don't even want to get it day one

 

[donny2112]

July 14th?

Surprise!

 

[rollingstart]

Amazon have that weird thing going on where they have a 'pre-order price promise', but in reality can (and do) just cancel your order, don't they?

generally they honor it, but it seems like they're learning to overestimate than under.

NSMBU is only $99.99 on Amazon US!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0K3CK/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[lettermassing]

You might want to link to @LewieP or http://savygamer.co.uk/2012/06/13/wii-u-black-199-99/ seeing as he found it. I pre-ordered one anyway.

 

[Ryoku]

Surprise!

 

[Yen]

 

[Little Old Man]

Amazon have that weird thing going on where they have a 'pre-order price promise', but in reality can (and do) just cancel your order, don't they?

Yeah they do. Preordered MGS HD for £20. It was £20 for months, and a month before release they canceled most of the orders stating a pricing error.

 

[dc89]

Wow great pricing by Amazon. Let the price wars begin.

 

[Bumhead]

Pre-ordered. Absolutely prepared to take a chance on their pre-order promise at that price.

 

[Thoraxes]

Get back to me when Nintendo announces their price.

Pre-order Price Guarantee.

 

[Banjoman]

"Colour: Black"

 

[jimi_dini]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008B5YB4W/

in a freaking month? Really?

And I want white, not black (no offence lol). Sorry no preorder at this time.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Get back to me when Nintendo announces their price.

Nintendo does not announce UK prices, it's up to retailers.

 

[MoogleWizard]

Pre-order Price Guarantee.

Means nothing if they make a mistake and got the price wrong. They've already canceled pre-orders for me saying they made a mistake.

Anyway, this seems way too low, I'll wait for Nintendo to officially announce the price.

Edit: It says it ships in four weeks lol, no doubt this is a mistake.

 

[Omikaru]

Pre-ordered. In case of it goes higher.

If the price is drastically higher, they will cancel your pre-order "by accident" and tell you to order again at the higher price. If you then enquire about getting the price you originally pre-ordered at, they'll own up and say it was in fact cancelled on purpose.

Don't even bother trusting Amazon's pre-order price guarantee, since it's worth hog shit.

 

[Out of Working Order]

Black isn't even available at launch, is it? Strangely, they still won't allow you to pre-order the White.

Obviously they've just placed the Black in the database, and assigned an estimate price and random release day to it.

I still placed an order though, just in case.

 

[Salvadora]

Nintendo does not announce UK prices, it's up to retailers.

I think that happened just the one time, The 3DS. Not sure if they'll do it again.

 

[Dennis]

Too cheap to be true.

 

[Rhindle]

That's for the controller evidently, coming next month! They might have a console to go along with that later on.

 

[walking fiend]

maybe they sell the GamePad as a separate item?

kidding... but well, Wii is currently 99 (well, it isn't apparently, only the Olympic one, lol) , so it'll launch at double the price of Wii. it rather makes sense considering they are targeting the mainstream...


what's really interesting is July 14th release date; will be super crazy if they really release it in the next month!


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is it possible there's an error and this is removed? has this happened before?

 

[McNum]

Nintendo does not announce UK prices, it's up to retailers.

It's an EU thing. Manufactures aren't technically allowed to tell retailers what to charge for an item. The EU is really harsh on anything that even looks like price fixing. So, Nintendo will never tell us the EU price themselves. They're not allowed to.

 

[MYE]

Pre ordered lol

 

[Huff]

not happening

 

[qwerty2k]

do amazon charge you now or when dispatched?

 

[ShockingAlberto]

I doubt Nintendo has decided on a final price and likely has not given information to retailers yet.

 

[Out of Working Order]

Nintendo got in trouble a few years back for price fixing, I seem to remember.

 

[walking fiend]

It's an EU thing. Manufactures aren't technically allowed to tell retailers what to charge for an item. The EU is really harsh on anything that even looks like price fixing. So, Nintendo will never tell us the EU price themselves. They're not allowed to.

is UK part of EU though?

 

[Merovin]

Amazon are usually very good with their pre-order promise, I have got some great deals that way. Pre-ordered.

 

[Busaiku]

do amazon charge you now or when dispatched?

Amazon never charges until they ship.

 

[Guevara]

For $199 (if traditional pricing conversion applies) I'd buy it at launch.

 

[Shadowlink]

do amazon charge you now or when dispatched?

Amazon usually charges when they ship.

 

[Salvadora]

is UK part of EU though?

Yes. The UK is part of the European Union, just not the Euro zone.

 

[StuBurns]

I was really hoping for £180, but this is respectable.

 

[Chipotle]

do amazon charge you now or when dispatched?

Usually when it's dispatched

 

[Nibel]

July 14th?

Dat launch windoooooooooow

Checked Amazon.de, nothing changed there

 

[Yen]

For $199 (if traditional pricing conversion applies) I'd buy it at launch.

I think your conversion might be off a bit.