Budget buster -- my Wii broke -- where is the best deal? Know of any sales coming up?

[mom2mikel]

All we really need is the Wii console itself -- do you know of any good deals or any that may be coming up soon?

TIA!

 

[Pembo]

Did you contact their customer service? Ours broke and I got a new one for free...and it was more than a year old. Go to their website and go through the support menu.

 

[mom2mikel]

Thanks -- definitely worth a try. Honestly it never seemed to work right (always hummed whenever a game was in). I'll contact them before making any purchases!

 

[Angeni11]

Have you had a power outtage recently?

If so it usually just requires unplugging and plugging everything in a certain order (as hubby found out from their customer service when we thought ours was dead). We also found out that it has a built in surge protector so you shouldn't plug it into one also.

If not I hope they can help you fix it or replace it.


Their customer service was very helpful when we have called in the past.

 

[timmac]

If you aren't able to get it replaced, then I'd recommend visiting GameStop. A used Wii console (and I think one remote is included) is about $99.

 

[NotUrsula]

Ours died b/c DS played Brawl on it; there was something wrong with the original Brawl discs that caused the units to fail. We sent the Wii in and they replaced it at n/c, and also sent us a replacement disk for the game so that it wouldn't happen again.

 

[disneychic2]

If none of the above happens, you might check ebay. My daughter got one last week for $129 and that included two games and it was brand new in the box by a mega seller. They had lots of listings for new Wii consoles. Might be worth a look. Good luck!

 

[kydisneyfans]

If you live near a Meijer, tomorrow is Meijer credit card day. The total purchase is 15% off, that's how we bought our Wii unit.

 

[eeyore81]

Nintendo fixed our Wii for free because of the Brawl issue. However, before I knew that there was a problem with that game, I contacted customer service and it was supposed to be $75.00 to fix it, but without asking they offered a discount to fix it for $50.00. I would definitely call customer service.

 

[Macgyver91]

Thanks -- definitely worth a try. Honestly it never seemed to work right (always hummed whenever a game was in). I'll contact them before making any purchases!

Ours does the same thing and I never thought that was right! We have friends that have a Wii and theirs has never hummed like ours does. Unfortunately it seems to be just limping along lately...maybe I will give them a call as well. Glad I opened and read this...thanks for the help. Hopefully we can both get ours fixed...

 

[Kitzka]

Ours broke too. No brawl issue but we are going to go the gamestop route. We don't need the games either.

Lara