Amazon.de

[northernlight]

Hello there.

Just wanted to give mention to the German Amazon (amazon.de). I ordered with them and had no problems at all. Ordered on the 19th Dec and it arrived yesterday, but thats mostly due to the Festive period and the fact i live way way up north in Shetland (... doesn't help the old courier delivery speed!). I searched the net and found another person who had done the same thing who lived somewhere in England. Theirs was sent on the 19th Dec and they received it on the 22nd, so its fairly prompt generally.

Only have to get yourself a three-pin mains adaptor (less than a £1 from any hardware store kind of place).

Just had a look now and they are not currently in stock, but they have been for the past few weeks! One to keep your eye on if you are still looking for a wii

David

[midnightstalker]

so if you buy outside the UK, then that mean's you still need to buy the game's outside UK as well?

as the Wii isnt region free is it?

[huzzellio]

I assume that as it's European and we're European then it compatible.

[midnightstalker]

cool, i ask as ive got a 27" samsung LCD HD TV & i had to buy a 2 pin to three 3 pin adaptor

but i was worried about the game's being locked to region 1?

[huzzellio]

I don't know for defo though :?

[midnightstalker]

nor me as i saw that a guy on here has got some USA game's that wont work on his machine >.<

but isnt USA region 1?

[huzzellio]

nor me as i saw that a guy on here has got some USA game's that wont work on his machine >.<

but isnt USA region 1?
They are on DVD's, don't know about games but USA games definitely don't work on European machines.

[midnightstalker]

must just been the xbox 360 then, as i know that with certain game's you can buy ( ok often more expensive ) from gamespot.com link's from the USA & play the game's on a PAL machine

[huzzellio]

must just been the xbox 360 then, as i know that with certain game's you can buy ( ok often more expensive ) from gamespot.com link's from the USA & play the game's on a PAL machine
Oh right, that's interesting, didn't know that

[midnightstalker]

:wink: dont tell anybody though

i think the game's were pretty kack tho, like DOA 2 & random stuff like that

CLICKY (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-fc-49-en.html)

[wiifind]

Thanks for the post Northernlight this will be really useful for those people who are still wii-less. Here's a link to Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/gp/search?ie=UTF8&keywords=wii&tag=wiifind06-21&index=blended&linkCode=ur2&camp=1638&creative=6742urll) Unfortunately they are still sold out but I'll keep an eye on it and if any more come on sale I'll pass it on.

Thanks,

Pete

[midnightstalker]

also HERE as well, but delivery is 2 - 3 week's :( (http://track.webgains.com/click.html?wgcampaignid=18290&wgprogramid=107&clickref=WiiFindPowerPlay&wgtarget=http://www.powerplaydirect.com/asp/itemdetails.asp?prodID=1357347&currsec=ac&itemsec=ac&selectsearchby=ga_PS2)


my german isnt that great, but arent all those from the market place? :?

ive sent it to my german friend she will translate page for me, unless google will offer a translation?

[rach]

Are we subject to import taxes if we buy off amazon.de?

[midnightstalker]

that's why im tryin what i just edited above :D

i know that importing from the USA is subject to tax

google translate's home page but that's it :(

[huzzellio]

also HERE as well, but delivery is 2 - 3 week's :( (http://www.powerplaydirect.com/asp/itemdetails.asp?cp=1&prodID=1357347&currsec=AC&searchtxt=wii&searchby=title&showtitles=&instock=0&selectsearchby=&formattype=AC&pagesize=25)


my german isnt that great, but arent all those from the market place? :?

ive sent it to my german friend she will translate page for me, unless google will offer a translation?
I looked at powerplay direct before I got mine but when you look at the payment terms and conditions they take payment even when they are out of stock, unlike Amazon who charge you when they are about to dispatch so beware!!!

[midnightstalker]

:shock: connage!!

lucky ive not placed my order with them, im still on hold with Gameplay altho ive just read this on the Wii forum thread

"I preorderd mine when it was out of stock like the 21st of November and its being sent today so anyone who placed an order then or some other time close to that could be also have theirs sent Very Happy"

so it sound's promising, i placed my order late though with them not till the 15/12/06 so i might be lucky & get it before end of January

[nickspoon]

Within the EU, you don't get import taxes. Germany is the same region as the UK (region 2), but I don't know if Wii games are compatible. Regular video DVDs are.

[midnightstalker]

well it's from the marketplace that much i managed to translate im still waitin on the full page translation from my friend will up date as soon she reply's to me :D

[northernlight]

Regarding cost, came to £175.10 including postage.

No import taxes with countries within the EU, due to free movement of goods factor.

I've yet to try with a UK game, but its a PAL system... the only difference i've found with my German Wii and the UK Wii, is the 2 point plug (easily solved) and that the Wii sport stickers on the front of the main packaging has German not English on it (for obvious reasons). Everything else on the box, manuels and the rest of the insides is identical. A PAL game is a PAL game is it not? Not all that much strife if not though... will be cheaper from amazon.de games wise as well for me! :)

Cheers,
David

[midnightstalker]

cool keep us all updated please?

possible post a short video ( if possible ) on youtube?

just done a quick currency check atm there selling Wii's for 309 EU so that work's out on this site as (http://www.forex.ch/converter.htm)

£208? as im not 100% sure on the exchange rate :? bah this is turning out to be far more hassle than it's worth tbh

[northernlight]

Not all that much hassle... I don't think they are in stock at the moment, so that price are people selling on Amazon, like everybody does over here... except not trying to leach £349 out of people. Today was the first day I had spotted they were not in stock since when i ordered... if in stock its no harder than ordering from Amazon UK... hey, .de even have your amazon details if you are registered over here.

Anywho.

[midnightstalker]

have you tried you GERMAN Wii with PAL game yet?

[midnightstalker]

i did it at long last :D

amazon translated GERMAN to ENGLISH (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.de%2FNintendo-Wii-Konsole-Sports-Bundle%2Fdp%2FB0009PRCNE%2Fsr%3D8-1%2Fqid%3D1167954221%2Fref%3Dpd_ka_1%2F028-8893993-5107743%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dvideogames&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools)

[northernlight]

Product description
"With the new NINT DO console"

Nint Do... they sure do :D

[Ero-ThraX]

have you tried you GERMAN Wii with PAL game yet?

I just had to reply to this.. The UK is also in Europe you know.. Any other country in Europe uses PAL, not just the UK. The Boxes just have different writing, and consoles different plugs.

It's 100% certain that you can use a PAL game on a "German Wii", because its not a "German Wii", only the box is German. It is a European PAL Version Nintendo Wii.

[Fergz]

How much is the postage from Germany on these Wii's? I wanna get one but can't translate for the life of me... plus goole translate is blocked at college :evil:

Great Webby btw :D

[Pittsy]

I think looking on Amazon.de is a great idea. Considering the marketplace Wii's on .co.uk are going for £350+, the ones on .de are about £220 if you convert the euros into pounds. Not too bad if you think about it. I ordered one earlier, came to about £220 which i know is more than the RRP in UK, but delivery doesnt take too long going by previous posts.
All depends on how quick you want one, and for an extra £40 it could stop you waiting for weeks on end.

[midnightstalker]

that was my thought's on it but due to the mixed reply's over wiether the PAL game's will indeed run on it, have left me in 2 mind's

a few day's ago they were selling on DE for 309 euro so current exchange rate = £208 so yeh far cheaper than those shark's on ebay & other market site's

i allway's thought that the shiiping was free to EU?

this is a GREAT TOOL :D (http://www.google.co.uk/language_tools?hl=en)

here you go buddy use the above link to translate any PAGE :D

[Pittsy]

I'm 99% sure you can play the PAL games on it. Ive bought games in Europe before and they have fun on my PS1 and PS2, so i would presume that it would be the same for Wii.
If you look on amazon.de and look at the Wii games they sell, e.g. Zelda, and enlarge the image of the box covers, they say PAL on them so i would say that games from UK would be compatible with a console from Germany.

Not sure about shipping charges, i only got charged about 8 euros on my order...but not sure if they will charge me more later?

Oh cheers for the link as well.

[midnightstalker]

np :D were all here to help each other out 8)

ive imported part's for my car from the USA & my part's were $1480 & the import tax & shipping etc was around £150

i would be very interested in hearing how you get on with your's, did you buy from amazon's marketplace or were you lucky enough to buy from shop?

my other concern is this "AGAIN" thing it say's :? what does that mean? is it used or relisted item any idea's anybody?

[Pittsy]

I wasnt fortunate enough to get from amazon itself, got it from the marketplace in the end.
I will tell you how i get on with it when it arrives, hopefully next week fingers crossed!
I have emailed Nintendo as well about the compatibility issue, hopefully get an email back.

[midnightstalker]

did you buy it from the "AGAIN" seller's?

[Pittsy]

Well from the google translator it says "Again" but, it should be New. I translated neu in German to new in English.

[squisher]

If it helps in any way - i can speak pretty good German.
*shrug*