Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

Finally I gets me a Wii. It's been a journey.
I asked for and received Amazon vouchers for my Buffdy and Xmas, these were going to be put towards the purchase of a Nintendo Wii. I had no idea at this point, that a console that was released mid to late 2006 was going to be more scarce than a Labour politician's integrity. Christmas came and I went online, no Wii's in stock. At least not direct from Amazon. There were plenty of marketplace sellers listing them at anything upward of £230.00 for a £180.00 console. Cunts!. Every day I'd log on to Amazon, every day nada but the marketplace sellers were doing just fine. Prices were stabilising around £250.00 there was no way I'd even entertain buying from one of these parasites but as it was I couldn't have if I'd wanted to because you can't use Amazon vouchers when buying from marketplace sellers.

So I kept checking, and kept checking and then discovered the discussion forums where daily tales of wiiless woes were swapped. T'was no fun. Finally on the 18th of January I logged on and there it was a Nintendo Wii £179.98 hurry only three left.
So I clickied one clicky and there it was... Confirmation! Huzzah!

So imagine my delight when the confirmation e-mail landed in my inbox with an estimated delivery date of ... 20th March 2008.
I wasn't happy, then I was resigned. At least I'd got one... Right?
I checked the forums and there was another bloke in the same boat, so I left a message saying it wasn't just him. Then, after that people started popping up saying they'd ordered the day after, and the day after that, and their Wii's were already on the way. I emailed Amazon customer services I heard nothing. The next day I called them spoke to a bloke who sounded as though he were several miles away. He explained that although Amazon said I'd got one I hadn't as several other people clicked on one clicky nano-seconds before me. I wasn't happy. I asked why people who'd ordered after me were getting their stuff? He couldn't answer me and conveniently the phone line dropped out. I composed a very very stinky letter to Amazon customer services. I didn't swear but was not very polite. I expressed my disappointment at the lack of contact. I demanded my money back. I stamped my feet and scweamed and scweamed and scweamed.

I clicked on send. Then went back to my inbox. In my inbox was a very apologetic e-mail from Amazon saying it was a glitch and my Wii was on the way.

I felt foolish.

Then I thought nah bollocks to that. They should have got back to me much sooner. It was probably only because of the phone call that the matter was investigated. It's too coincidental. So anyway finally I has Wii. Was it worth the wait? Oh yes! Fucking hell but it's good fun. Updates to this blog may be even more sporadic than of late. :D Expect one in March.

7 comments:

bod said...

i played on a friend's last year. have you done bowling yet?

30th February said...

What games you got lined up matey?

thekelvingreen said...

Welcome to the club! I've had mine since last year, and I'd heartily recommend Super Mario Galaxy and Resident Evil 4. I'll be getting No More Heroes this week, because it looks mental.

Drop me a line, and I'll give you my Wii Number!

Rad said...

Bod, oh yes done bowling. And Tennis. And Golf. Did Baseball too but that's shit!

Danny, Force Unleashed is a no-brainer innit? :D I'm debating getting that Donkey Kong Jet race thing but will probably hold on for Mario Kart.

K, Got SMG, fucking amazing game. Shite to watch (so I've been told) =D but so much fun to play!

30th February said...

I've gotta agree with KG on RE4 as well. I never liked the RE games but RE4 is a shitload of fun.

I've still not got my system online yet - need to sort that out.

thekelvingreen said...

I've lost hours with Super Mario Galaxy, and I expect to lose more as I'm well away from 100% completion.

I'm looking forward to Pro Evo, because it looks to have a really nifty new control system. And Smash Brothers is getting bought on release day too. I'm not passing up the chance to smack Mario around while playing as Sonic. ;)

For those with an interest, my Wii Number is 7714 7295 2393 7107

Rad said...

I've heard nothing but good things about RE4 but Umbrella is apparently one to avoid. I'm a bit wary of buying lots of games all at once as some tend to get neglected. I've had my DS for 2 years now and only have 6 games for it. I'll probably be the same with the wii and only go for stuff that gets really decent reviews.