Wii U Console Preferably with Some Extras (Games, Controllers etc)

Hi all,

I am part of a fundraising committee for my kid's primary school. We are having a major fundraising event in September and are looking for prizes for our raffle.

Last year we purchased a Wii U console bundle that was very popular and we want to do the same this year but prices seem to have increased a fair bit since then.

As every dollar saved is a dollar extra we can give back to the school we are keen to find the best possible deal on a Wii U console.

I've see a few deals lately for PS4 and XBox but we are keen on the Wii U as this is for kids from Kindy to Year 6 so we are keen to steer away from the "shoot-em-up", "blood and guts" type games that are typically associated with these other consoles. I'm aware that Wii U also offers similar titles but there are a lot more "young-kid-friendly" games for the Wii U.

I've looked and found EB Games with a fairly decent bundle of console plus 4 games for $428 and Big W has a smaller bundle for the same price.

Does anyone know of anywhere else we could source one of these at a better price - or perhaps willing to sponsor part or all of the cost?

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Comments

  • It seems $428 is the standard price, though you might save by going down the 5% saving off gift cards and using that to purchase it.

    However, this seems like a really good prize and I wonder if the owner of OZbargain might be kind enough to help out. Or even if he lets you setup a small donations page on the front page until you reach your goal, i'll be in and if everyone donates $1 you will get there in no time!

    • However, this seems like a really good prize and I wonder if the owner of OZbargain might be kind enough to help out. Or even if he lets you setup a small donations page on the front page until you reach your goal, i'll be in and if everyone donates $1 you will get there in no time!

      Unfortunately you'd be opening a bigger can of worms in doing so, such is the popularity of this site

    • Thanks for that - I had completely forgotten the gift cards idea.

      I love the idea of the donations but as Spackbace points out it will open a large can of worms. Every school will want to do the same. I think I was hoping to find someone on here who either owned a business that they would like to promote or knew someone who did. Sponsorship of the prize would be best outcome for us but the gift cards option is definitely a step in the right direction.

      Thank you

  • talk to the managers at the local eb, jb etc. you may just find they give you one for free if you mention it was donated by their store or at least sell you one at cost price or something

    • +1

      Thanks but we have already tried that.

      Big W has already given us a $50 voucher to use as a prize and EB Games was, how could I put it nicely… dismissive. JB & Target have not been able to assist directly either.

      It is tough for these stores - I imagine they get a mountain of similar requests all the time and there will be an accountant somewhere putting the brakes on.

      Thank you for the suggestion though.

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