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Monday, Nov 6, 2006

Ok, I need to be talked in or out of this idea - let me know your opinion.

I want to buy a Wii but in about 8 months i'll be moving to the UK. So if a buy a Wii here, i'll either have to sell it and all the games before i leave (no doubt for much less than their worth) then buy a new one in the UK or i'd take it with me and then have to order my future games from Australia (where they remain at some of the highest prices in the world).

My other option is to import a Wii and buy all my games online. For example, if i bought one from DVDBoxOffice.com, it will cost me around AU$405 (including the $80 courrier-based shipping). Compared with the AU$399 i'd pay here, this seems like a pretty good deal! What makes it better however is that buying games from DVDBoxOffice.com costs about AU$60-70 (free worldwide shipping) compared with the AU$99-109 we'll be paying here. On top of that, i'd be getting games as they're released in the US, which is often months earlier than in Australia and Europe and, depending on the time it takes to ship, I might even get my Wii before it's released here!

Can any of you see any holes in this plan? does anyone know if the online capabilities will somehow be region-locked? Any suggestions/opinions will be gratefully received

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Sounds like a good plan to me. Sure it might seem a hassle to have to wait for all your games to arrive by mail for those 8 months rather then having that immediate satisfaction of buying from the store but hell its only 8 months it would sure beat trying to sell it all up and trying to get the console and all those games again with out losing some money out of it. I say go for it.
Posted Nov 7, 2006 2:44 am PT
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