The Search for a Nintendo Wii

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:44 pm

..........is getting daft.

I bought one about 6mths back, use it all the time blah blah blah

cost me £180 with the Wii Sports games etc

People offering me £300 plus at the mo to take it off my hands

Don't really wanna sell but the cash is tempting..........what would TWers do?

WhiteArmy · Post by **WhiteArmy** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:56 pm

Batman wrote:..........is getting daft.

I bought one about 6mths back, use it all the time blah blah blah

cost me £180 with the Wii Sports games etc

People offering me £300 plus at the mo to take it off my hands

Don't really wanna sell but the cash is tempting..........what would TWers do?

Bought mine in August, played it for about a month, kids use it about once a month when they get off the xbox!

Just sits under the telly gathering dust mostly.

Not gonna sell it now i know they're in demand tho

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:59 pm

sell it, then buy a new one in jan plus a load of games when xmas has gone and they're back in the shops

Marshall · Post by **Marshall** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:37 pm

My mate offered me £300 for mine.

But I think I'm happier being smug in the knowledge that I own one and he doesnt.

Truth be told...I barely use mine anymore....

jmjhb · Post by **jmjhb** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 11:52 pm

Bought one in June, but I've really not played it much. I might play it more now that the awesomeness that is Super Mario Galaxy is now out...

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:26 am

Sell it, and then buy one from Amazon.de, where there is loads of stock available and they'll ship to you in a couple of days.

Duh.

Son of Jardel · Post by **Son of Jardel** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:11 pm

My wii was stolen the other week.

Although they dropped the sensor bar and wii sports. As I'm a student, doesn't look like I'll be getting another one either.

Never leave your back door unlocked.

communistworkethic · Post by **communistworkethic** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:16 pm

Son of Jardel wrote:My wii was stolen the other week. Although they dropped the sensor bar and wii sports. As I'm a student, doesn't look like I'll be getting another one either.

Never leave your back door unlocked.

what the feck are you spending £180+ on a fecking game for as a student??

Son of Jardel · Post by **Son of Jardel** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:25 pm

communistworkethic wrote:
Son of Jardel wrote:My wii was stolen the other week. Although they dropped the sensor bar and wii sports. As I'm a student, doesn't look like I'll be getting another one either.

Never leave your back door unlocked.
what the feck are you spending £180+ on a fecking game for as a student??

Me and my mate bought it together. We both had PSPs that we never used so we traded them in along with some games. Looking back, I realised how much alcohol we could have bought for the price.

a1 · Post by a1 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:05 pm

Son of Jardel wrote:My wii was stolen the other week. Although they dropped the sensor bar and wii sports. As I'm a student, doesn't look like I'll be getting another one either.

Never leave your back door unlocked.

i know people buy any old shit from smackrats , but what price would they get from the rest of it ? its gonna be a ball ache getting leads/bar/psu/everything else they left behind..

i'll guess 27 pence .. for spares..

some drunkards kids are gonna get the funniest present ever .. it'll be like that tv show "the 4 real hustle" or whatever..

Son of Jardel · Post by **Son of Jardel** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:08 pm

a1 wrote:some drunkards kids are gonna get the funniest present ever .. it'll be like that tv show "the 4 real hustle" or whatever..

They are also going to get an X-Box plug (yes they nicked the plug but not the x-box so now neither of us can play it), a hair clippers set (

) and four empty DVD cases. They weren't the best robbers in the world really!

a1 · Post by a1 » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:25 pm

Son of Jardel wrote:
They are also going to get an X-Box plug (yes they nicked the plug but not the x-box so now neither of us can play it), a hair clippers set ( ) and four empty DVD cases. They weren't the best robbers in the world really!

if its from an original xbox , you can just buy them from 'anywhere' theyre that "8" jack shaped looking lead you find on portable radios/cassette players/etc .. find an old one..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_connector - its the "c7" one

if its 360 , its just a computer psu's kettle lead (i think - i'm not sure on this) from the psu to the mains .. i think that is a c13 one , i think , it might be a c15- i forget, if its owt like that at all ..

if they snatched the 360s psu brick dealio too.. then msft / ebay / off a broken console ..

Son of Jardel · Post by **Son of Jardel** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:44 pm

a1 wrote:
Son of Jardel wrote:
They are also going to get an X-Box plug (yes they nicked the plug but not the x-box so now neither of us can play it), a hair clippers set ( ) and four empty DVD cases. They weren't the best robbers in the world really!
if its from an original xbox , you can just buy them from 'anywhere' theyre that "8" jack shaped looking lead you find on portable radios/cassette players/etc .. find an old one..

if its 360 , i think its just a computer kettle lead (i'm not sure on this)

if they snatched the 360s psu brick dealio too.. then msft / ebay / off a broken console ..

Thanks for the advice.

Its an original xbox so from what you said it probably won't be too difficult to get a plug for it. Just doesn't quite seem worth it anymore though. When you've played the Wii the original X-Box just doesn't hold the same appeal anymore!

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:54 pm

Sell the god damn thing!! I'd sell mine for that kind of money!!

well maybe

Tals-biggest-fan · Post by **Tals-biggest-fan** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:49 pm

sell it & buy a 360

i did

Leyther_Matt · Post by **Leyther_Matt** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 11:01 pm

Any offers over £250 and get it flogged. I'm sure the novelty has worn off already anyway?

Batman · Post by **Batman** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 7:46 am

sorely tempted

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:08 am

Leyther_Matt wrote:Any offers over £250 and get it flogged. I'm sure the novelty has worn off already anyway?

And buy a replacement from Germany, for cheaper, so you make money and still keep your Wii (ok, you'd need to buy an adapter, too, but that's hardly big money is it?)

boltonboris · Post by **boltonboris** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 4:47 pm

Bought one in February, hardly used it since March, still wouldn't flog it though...

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:18 pm

Get yourself Mario Galaxy and blow that dust off the top of the Wii.