Amazon.de / Amazon.fr loophole closed
Amazon.de and Amazon.fr are no longer shipping Wiis to the UK.
I'd been on back order with a UK supplier for 10 days when they revealed they would not have any before Christmas so tried to buy one from Amazon.de yesterday. When a UK address is selected an error message appears stating:
"Länder mit Versandbeschränkungen" ie. this country cannot be despatched to.
Apparently this has happened before and the restrictions have been lifted sometimes, but with the stock shortages now I'd be surprised if this happens again.
A personal peeve is UK retailers (and not ebay or marketplace sellers) marking up their stock so heavily at the moment. Micro Direct have been selling the entry level Wii sports package (usually £180) for £290. An absolute disgrace!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
