Now all Nintendo need to do is encourage UK stores to stop ripping people off for Nintendo Points cards. I was in Morrisons (UK supermarket chain) and they were selling 1,000 point cards for nearly £14! That's double what you pay through the shop channel. I can understand putting a couple of quid on top, but not seven. Then again, we are talking England where people are dumb enough to spend double for what everyone else gets.
I know what you mean. I've noticed the prices going up recently on physical cards (I generally see the usual 2000 Points cards for £20). I'm reluctant to spend the small amount of money I get on cards but then I don't have a Credit/Debit card to buy the points directly through the shop and whenever I try and get one of my parents to, they're both worried about the security used to protect their details on the Shop Channel even though they will do so on the Xbox Marketplace (Just Can't convince them here) so I'm pretty much forced to use that route. Thanks Nintendo.
If anyone has any tips on how to convince them regarding security, they would be much appreciated
I feel your pain, Terra ...Personally, I can't understand why Nintendo don't just offer every possible kind of payment option (Pay Pal, the lot!) on the Wii Shop Chanel - surely sales would go through the roof! With regards to actual cards, I've seen 3000 points on sale for as much as £40 (which is ridiculous, frankly!), though you can snap up the odd bargain on eBay now and again - I once got 2000 points for £12. (Have you seen the huge stack for sale on there right now? ...£235 they're going for! Though the seller does say he/she will sell them individually - try sending an email, Terra, maybe you'll get some cheap!)
No, actually that would be better since the Electron card isn't usable everywhere, whereas a debit card with a Visa logo should be usable wherever you can use a credit card. I'd say that's your solution right there, just wait for the debit card to come in the post and keep some money in your account. Just be sure to watch your spend because it's a little too easy to just drop 20-30 quid on points without thinking!
Too bad about Tesco, I guess they were just clearing out their old stock as this was soon before the release of the generic Nintendo Points cards (these were Wii Points cards in the keepcase).
That sounds like the best option. Just need to switch my account which my EMA goes through and I'll be set. I'm usually quite careful with how much I spend (Not trying to sound cheap here) so that shouldn't be too much of an issue.
With Tesco, that would make sense, which is a shame. It wasn't just Nintendo Points they didn't have either. All they were stocking were 2100 Microsoft Point Cards and that's it. Nothing for Nintendo or the PSN anywhere. Probably best to look elsewhere.
I feel your pain, Terra ...Personally, I can't understand why Nintendo don't just offer every possible kind of payment option (Pay Pal, the lot!) on the Wii Shop Chanel - surely sales would go through the roof! With regards to actual cards, I've seen 3000 points on sale for as much as £40 (which is ridiculous, frankly!), though you can snap up the odd bargain on eBay now and again - I once got 2000 points for £12. (Have you seen the huge stack for sale on there right now? ...£235 they're going for! Though the seller does say he/she will sell them individually - try sending an email, Terra, maybe you'll get some cheap!)
£40 for points cards is quite ridiculous. As it were before, you could have gotten around 5000-6000 Points for that price (Depending on your payment method) so that's near extortion. I haven't used eBay for quite awhile but I'll have a look there. I don't get a payment this week due to the Half-Term holiday but I'll keep an eye out over the week. Thanks Man
@Terranigma: I use a debit card when I make online purchases, I only make sure there's enough in the bank to buy what I want. And you can't over draw them.
Tell your parents it's cheaper on-line too, being a parent, I like cheap! lol
Since the ad was put up in my store, we've had a good number of people asking about it and a noticable increase in sales of Nintendo Points Cards! Looks like this ad is paying off. Not that I'm terribly surprised, but it's still something to be happy about.
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Since the ad was put up in my store, we've had a good number of people asking about it and a noticable increase in sales of Nintendo Points Cards! Looks like this ad is paying off. Not that I'm terribly surprised, but it's still something to be happy about.
indeed
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As @ogo79 said, the SNS-RZ-USA is a prime giveaway that it's not a legit retail cart.
And yes, he is (usually) always right, and he is (almost) the sexiest gamer out there (not counting me) ;)
That's crazy that points cards are so much more expensive in stores. Here its 100 points=$1 wherever you buy them. Retailers can't be making much money off of them though that way, so I'm not too surprised we haven't seen in store ads until now.
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I doubt if retailers make any less selling the cards than they do selling physical games. More likely, Nintendo sees the small drop in profit as worthwhile to get people without credit card access downloading games.
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