UK Wii Points Rip Off

[79Aust]

Why is the Uk getting ripped off for Wii points?

£19.95 is the Highstreet price at stores such as Virgin, Game etc, seen in Bristol Cribbs Causeway today.
Amazon are selling them at £14.99, with the cheapest seller at £14.79.

With the current exchange rate off www.fxtop.com, 2000 Wii points in the United States cost $20.00, which equates to £10.19.

Who is going to stamp out this monopoly in the UK market and allow fair trade????

 

[Mugato]

My local woolworths in Putney are selling them at 13.99

 

[Sovieto]

just like we get ripped off with the wii and the wii in japan, this person explained it to me, its based more on the economy or something, anyways, how much is a game like mario at your place?

 

[Wii17]

here 1000 is $15 which is us $10 when in us it's $5 =(

 

[Tjharwin]

My local woolworths in Putney are selling them at 13.99

I think I might check out my Woolworths store then.

And to answer one of the questions raised, in the UK a standard DS games RRP is £29.99 and a Wii game RRP is £39.99

Even so, I get DS games for £24.99 and Wii games for £29.99-£34.99
I am very tight when it comes to money, never spending more than I need to.

 

[Big_Mill]

Because its the UK and we pay more for everything. I bought my Wii from Amazon.de and with international shipping costs it was still a fiver less. I think only Australia and New Zealand pay more for the Wii and games.

 

[Wii17]

ya it sucks balls we pay top dollar and get nothing in return, no star cards no wii points nothing i feel jipped

 

[Kryptenx]

here 1000 is $15 which is us $10 when in us it's $5 =(

No, 1000 = $10 USD.

 

[Napalmbrain]

Yeah, we're being ripped off. As usual. Everything costs more in Europe, and my guess is it's due to higher taxes than in America. These days I spending a lot more on Amazon and Play than in shops...

By the way, 79aust- are you sure Game was selling them at £19.95? The Game stores in my town sell them for £14.99.

 

[micster]

Being sold in HMV for £14 ...

 

[NuFLo]

yeh i bought 1 from woolworths for 13.99 the cheapest i've seen. Its outragous how the shops that specialise in gaming such as GAME and GameStation are selling them for 19.99. Aren't they suppose to be giving gamers a cheaper offer compared to the supermarkets?

Although at GAME the "new" gamecube controllers for Wii are the cheapest i've seen, 9.99 if i remember correctly.

UK does get ripped off in this market look at the retail price of wii in america, $250? Thats £127 at the current exchange. we are paying £50 more!

 

[MetroidZ]

ya it sucks balls we pay top dollar and get nothing in return, no star cards no wii points nothing i feel jipped

nintendo europe star points will be traded for Wii points hopefully ~1:1

but yeah, it sucks super monkey balls

 

[79Aust]

I've now just been online and brought 2000 points (2 x 1000) at £6.99 per 1000. if I buy more points, i.e. 3000 @ £21 or 5000 @ £35, I pay £0.07 per point but if I buy less I pay £0.0699 per point.
Is it me or shouldn't more mean less??????

These points, in the UK are a real monopoly, HMV does appear to be the most competitive place yet with most Wii games at £34.99 and yes the points their are £14.00.

I still think that to many people are riding the market here and I hope they get caught out.

 

[Mugato]

nintendo europe star points will be traded for Wii points hopefully ~1:1

ha, if only.

 

[Icuic]

The exchange rate is extremely good at the moment so it looks like we're at the poorer end of the deal in the UK. If it was the other way around it wouldn't look so great. I say take advantage of the great exchange rate while you can. I am
And when it comes down to the UK market a large trend happens to be using the American value and applying that to the Euro value. So if something costs $250 it'll also cost 250 Euros. Then convert Euros to £ and you have roughly what they'll charge. Happens all the time. Damn Euro and cheap Dollar!
Also, VAT = 17.5% so that's a factor.