Order Wii Fit now from Europe as it seems the UK has no stock
As expected Wii Fit has sold out all of the retailers in the UK…..
Nintendo always seem to have problems with stock of Wii hardware. Especially here in the UK!
So, I’ve been thinking a bit out of the box and tested out a few “old tricks” that I’ve used before.
What I’m talking about is ordering a Wi Fit from stockists in Europe. The obvious retailer is Amazon.de, the German version of Amazon. I previously blogged about ordering the Wii Console from Amazon.de which helped a multitude of people to get a Wii for Christmas last year. Until Amazon.de stopped shipping the Wii’s to the UK.
I’ve checked, by ordering one myself, and Amazon.de is allowing stock of Wii Fit to be delivered to the UK. They don’t have any stock available for immediate delivery, but it says that it is due for delivery on 3rd May 2008. I don’t know about you, but I’d rather wait a week, than pay stupid prices from Ebay (Just looked and there is a BuyIt Now on for £140!!!).
I paid €94.88 including delivery and tax, which works out at approx £75.
So to do this click here to go straight to the order page, or click on the amazon image at the top of the page.
Open up the google translator in another window by clicking here, this helps to copy and paste any german.
Your Amazon.co.uk user name and password will work, so Amazon.de will recognise your billing and delivery address. If you don’t have one, then I would suggest doing this on the Amazon.co.uk site to avoid having to translate everything from German.
Now follow these steps which will hopefully help you (I’ve used the same pictures that I used for the Wii Console guide, so it may look slightly different)…
1. Go to the order page that you’ve already opened or click here to go straight there. You first need to put a Wii Fit into your basket, so click the “In den Einkaufswagen” yellow box as shown below in the screen shot.
2. This takes you straight to your basket so you now need to checkout so click the next yellow box “Zur Kasse gehen”.
3. Now you need to enter your email address and your Amazon.co.uk password. Then press the next yellow button on the page. As shown in the picture below.
4. Now you need to fill in your delivery address, or choose one that you already have saved in Amazon.co.uk account. Once you’ve filled it in press the yellow button again.
5. Now for the payment. To do this enter you credit card details in the boxes as shown below. I think they only accept Visa or Mastercard.
6. Last stage now, which is just to review the details that you filled in. If you are happy with it then click the next yellow button which says “Bestelleng Abschicken”. And that’s it!!
And that’s it people, good luck and well done for not having to pay ridiculous prices from Ebay.co.uk.
If Amazon.de sell out I’ll have a look at some other retailers in Europe that I’ve previously recommended!!
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Apr 29th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Cheers for this,
I can wait til the weekend for Wii Fit. I hate the fact that most of the pre-orders were probably taken up by people who ordered multiple copies. And are now selling them on Ebay!
I’ve just read a few of your other posts and pre ordered Super Smash Bros Brawl and a few other games to avoid this farce in the future!
G
Apr 29th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I totally agree with you George.
I refuse to pay the over-the-top prices that these scum are charging are Ebay. Ordered mine yesterday with no problems.
My Amazon.co.uk login details worked a treat, and I got a confirmation email practically straight away.
I think that waiting an extra week is better than paying practically double the price on Ebay.
Michelle
Apr 29th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Will the game be in german? Or will it have a language selector up front?
Apr 29th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Hi Amanda,
The Wii Fit game bought from Germany will be in English.
The game is in a region for Europe, it’s your wii console itself that sets the language.
The manual may be in German, although it should be easy enough to download a manual from the Nintendo site.
Hope that helps
Dan
Apr 29th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Hi guys,
Gamestation have some stock of Wii Fit bundled with a Wii console.
The price is £249.89
Click here to go straight there.
Dan
Apr 29th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Just ordered mine. No probs at all.
Amanda, I’ve previously brought Wii games back from Spain and they work fine, so the german ones shouldn’t be any different.
I think that all the Wii games in Europe are made in Germany anyway. Could be wrong though!
Apr 29th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Thank you for such a great tip! Have just ordered mine, very easy with your help and google’s! They said will be posting on May 3rd.
Cheers again!
Apr 30th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Thanks for the tip on Amazon. I had assumed that they wouldnt sell them given the lockdown at christmas on sales to the UK but seems we got there quick enough!.
I got mine from Amazon France - surprisingly it was a little bit cheaper than Germany
May 1st, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Just ordered mine and I couldn’t be happier.
I ordered through Amazon.de as personally I don’t like anything French!!
I’d also like to give my “two penneth worth” about the a$$holes who have ordered in bulk and are now charging over-inflated prices on Ebay!!
It shouldn’t be allowed, or people should be more educated not to be sucked in by these pirates!!!!
Just my opinion, but I’m entitled to it, and I stand by it!!
May 1st, 2008 at 11:53 pm
Thanks so much.
Would rather have done this than pay double on Ebay!
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Hey, I Just ordered Wii-Fat, I also ordered Mariokart.
I got a reply about seperate shipping MarioKart , Hope to get confirmation of the Wii-Fit, and Neoprine Covers next…
Thanks for the Tips.
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May 13th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
how long for delivery please
May 13th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
Hi Wayne,
I’ve just checked the site and it says:
“Gewöhnlich versandfertig in 6 bis 8 Tagen”
Which means “Usually ships in 6 to 8 days”. Hope that helps,
Dan
May 13th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Im planning to get Wii Fit off of amazon.fr, but b4 i do, does any one know whether i’d have to return Wii Fit to Amazon.fr for a refund/exchange or if I could simply send it to Nintendo, which could be easier!
May 16th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Just bought one via amazon in germany and it is a breeze. Total price including postage (being sent tomorrow!) is euro 93.88! Many thanks for the help and advice!
May 17th, 2008 at 8:25 am
Just checked the Amazon.de site. The Wii Fit and Balance board is showing as being:
“Auf Lager” - Which is “In Stock”
May 17th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I’m about to order one from Amazon.fr
Can anyone tell me, I gather the packaging and manual will be in French only?
Thank you
May 17th, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Hi Verity,
When my copy of Wii Fit came from Germany…
The box was multi-lingual, the Wii Fit instruction manual was in German, and the Wii Balance Board instructions were in multiple languages.
I would assume that the French versions would follow suit….
The game will work perfectly in english, and you shouldn’t need the manual as the game teaches you how to calibrate the balance board in english. And then teaches you each exercise and game in English too…
Hope that helps
May 25th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thanks for the help. Wanted a wii fit for daughters birthday and couldnt get one anywhere. placed order at 9 pm on 25/5/08 and stated on confirmation e mail that it will be sent on 26/5/08.
does anyone know how long delivery will take?
May 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
I’ve just tried to order Wii fit from Amazon.de but can’t tell if my order has been processed, I do have an order number, but haven’t received any email confirmation!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Hi
Thanks for publishing this as it’s been really helpful.
I ordered the Wii Fit from Amazon.de on 21st May and got a confirmation of order straighaway then a confirmation of shipping at 6.11am the next morning telling me that the expected delivery date was 26th May! Good old German efficiency!
I ordered another one for my daughter on 22nd and got the same set of emails.
Bank Holiday Monday got in the way but I received both orders today (28th May) at 11 o’clock.
My daughter suggested having both the German site and the UK one open at the same time to help working through the process but I didn’t need it with help from this site and Google translater. It might help though if people want more reassurance.
Cost was as stated in previous messages and manual was multilingual with English the first in the booklet so no problems there. The software even defaulted to English - don’t know how it knew! So clever.
Anyway, thanks again.
May 28th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Hi ordered Wii Fit on the 21st of May still no confirmation but its shows as an order and my card shows the debit. Any clue as to what is going on? It says:
Artikel:
Voraussichtliches Versanddatum: 22. Mai 2008 - 23. Mai 2008
Article: Presumable delivery date: 22Nd of May 2008 - 23rd of May 2008
Any idea on how i should proceed?
May 28th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Hi Daaman,
I don’t know why this may have happened, but it could be something to do with the DHL delivery??
On a previous post about ordering from Amazon.de someone answered a similar query to this. He finally solved the problem by this method:
1. Go to the “Mein Konto” section of the Amazon.de web site and get your DHL “paketnummer”, which for me was a 12 digit number starting “34?.
2. Call up DHL in the UK. The customer services number is 08701 100 300 but you can save on your phone bill by calling 020 8818 8000 and asking for customer services.
3. Tell them you have a German tracking number, and that they will need to contact the European team while you hold to get you a UK number (starting “07?).
4. After a couple of minutes they should get the number, and be able to track exactly where your delivery has ended up in the UK.
Hope this helps you.
Dan
May 29th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Amazon Ger and Fra are out of stock! help, where can i find a Wii?
May 31st, 2008 at 8:38 am
Amazon.de is currently showing:
“Gewöhnlich versandfertig in 5 bis 7 Wochen”
Which unfortunately means: Usually ships in 5 to 7 weeks
Not good… In the past though when searching for the Wii Console Amazon.de can sometimes go from this status to “In Stock” almost straight away!! Keep an eye on it!!
I’ll have a scour around and see what I can come up with elsewhere in Europe.
Dan
May 31st, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I guess I have been lucky, I ordered a WII Fit from Amazon.de on Monday (Bank holiday) and it arrived Thursday 29th May
Thanks for the excellent information
Jun 1st, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Well done, searched for ages. then found your page. Followed the instructions last sunday and the balance board arrived Friday. Game has german cover but the balance board is multilingual. All easy to set up and runs in english by default. total cost with dhl about £77. We can’t get enough of it will all be beanpoles soon.
Thank you.
Jun 3rd, 2008 at 10:35 am
i ordered my wii fit on 22nd may from amazon in germany - this is after trying everyday on the preorder wii fit updates to find one. Its just arrived - wonderful! only drawback is the instruction manual is in german!!
so hopefully when i try it out i will be able to follow the on screen instructions (which i hope are in english)
I would recommend getting one from the amazon germay site as the emails were correct when delivery was expected and i paid the same as i would if id ordered it from here. I refuse to pay over the RRP and think that ebay is a rip-off when they are charging over £130.00 for it - it shows nothing but shear greed on the sellers.
Jun 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
I have been trying for ages to get a WII, following all the stock-checkers. I saw this page about a week ago and thought I’d give it a while longer before going overseas.
A few days ago I tried Amazon france/germany and both out of stock so I thought I’d well and truly missed the boat. Both said 5-7 weeks.
HOWEVER, Amazon.GE now have stock back in - - - - I ordered before they went so now cant wait for it to arrive.
Thanks for your information. The screen shots and transaltor worked a treat.
Jun 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Fantastic guide, i’ve been waiting for ages, signed up for everyone’s ‘email me when stock arrives’ but no luck getting one, then saw this blog, went to virtual germany and ordered a wii fit - just like that. Approx £78 incl DHL delivery. They had 15 in stock when i got on - so why dont the uk get them?? Thanks for this.
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Jun 6th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Ordered mine on the 3rd and just arrived. Yippee.
Amazon.gr worked a treat. Thanks
Jun 11th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Many thanks for your help! I ordered my wiifit from amazon.de on 3 June and received it on 9 June.
Jun 16th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I tried Amazon.de and it said 4-6 weeks delivery, so I tried Amazon.fr and it said I would have it by the end of the month! So I opted for that and it works out at just short of £74.00 including delivery- which ain’t bad.
Many thanks for the blog though- i had tried everywhere (or so I thought)
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
I ordered from Amazon.de, it also said 4-6 weeks delivery, I received it in 2.5 weeks. Many thanks for the advice