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10% Off Day at HP - Click here for the Top Offers
On 29th November only, HP will be allowing a 10% discount at the checkout when you enter the promotional code 'SANTA'.

Whether you are in the market for a new computer, printer or any other accessory, the discount will be applied to your entire order value. After adding the items to your basket enter the code SANTA in the space provided where it invites you to use an evoucher.

So be quick as this is a one-day offer just in time for Christmas. The HP Santa has come early!!

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e2save have reverted to me to clarify that they will be dropping the interval for gift despatch following entering into the phone contract from 28 days down to 14 days in order to allow Wiis to be released in time for Christmas delivery.

e2save have a wide selection of gift options - including the Nintendo DS Lite, which is also disappearing from shops quickly... I think that Santa Claus (ahem!!) has been clearing all stocks of these extremely popular consoles.

If a Nintendo doesn't appeal for Christmas, then maybe you are in the market for a phone upgrade anyway; Christmas is one of the most popular times to treat oneself to the latest, greatest phone. e2save will allow you to tailor a deal with a gift of your own choosing from cashback (even automatic cashback) to laptops, Sat-Navs and TVS.

Why not try out their interactive deal creator here and get yourself a free wii or another gift of your own choice, but don't delay. e2save have done their part to help get gifts out in time for Christmas, but don't leave it too late or you will be hitting the peak delivery period for the couriers and risking a Christmas disappointment if your gift ends up stuck in a courier warehouse.

Merry Christmas

Santa Claus
webmaster of Letters from Santa
where you can order a personalised letter, set of text messages or even a phone call from Santa Claus.

P.S. Sorry that I haven't left too many Nintendo's available in the shops, there were rather a lot of especially good boys and girls this year.

But maybe I am not entirely to blame for the shortage .... many mums and dads realised how great they were as entertainment for the entire family with Wii Sports straight out of the box suitable for ages 3 - 103 (actually I am many hundreds of years old and still manage a game or two in between supervising the elves and their toy-making and packing), making the Wii a much more suitable console for the family than the PS3 and Xbox 360 with their complicated controllers. The Wii can also form part of a fitness regime with some energetic games involving the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers,. For all these reasons, I am sure that mums and dads have bought large amounts too, creating unprecedented demand that continues around a year after it's UK launch.

May all your Christmas wishes come true.......

Santa.

Labels: deal, ds lite, e2save, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii

Well... a very quick response from e2save following my earlier entry at http://www.santaspage.co.uk/2007/11/free-nintendo-wiis-available-in-uk-with.html.

E2Save have reverted quickly to advise that order placed quickly WILL BE GUARANTEED that their free Wii will be delivered in time for Christmas.

Whether you are in the market to opgrade your phone, to buy a Wii or potentially you were in the market for both, this makes for a great deal when you consider the high prices commanded by eBay profiteers.

So don't delay if you want a free Wii in time for Christmas. E2Save have been unabble to advise as yet when the guarantee will be withdrawn.

Click here to view the Free Nintendo Wii Offers

Labels: e2save, Free, Nintendo Wii

As you know, I have been writing about the difficulty in sourcing a Nintendo Wii anywhere around the RRP within the UK. There are lots of people wanting to charge double the RRP and there are people (fools?) prepared to pay that.





I have since realised that mobile phone retailer E2Save are making them available for free as an inducement to buy a new mobile phone contract.

E2Save are not necessarilly the best known mobile phone retailer, but as they belong to the CarPhone Warehouse group, you can be assured that this offer is absolutely genuine.

Christmas is a time when many people like to treat themself to a new mobile phone, so why not get a free Nintendo Wii if you were going to enter into a new contract anyway? If you don't actually want the Wii, then you could always eBay it yourself and recoup some of your mobile phone outlay.

E2Save current terms are that they automatically send out their inducement gifts 28 days after entering into the contract. Whilst we are just about (maybe) inside that time limit, I have written to them to ask whether they can reduce this window to guarantee Wiis will be delivered by Christmas. Even if they can't do this, it has got to be better to explain a few days delay to kids than to spend an absolute fortune on eBay profiteers.

Click here to view the Free Nintendo Wii Offers

Best Regards,

Santa Claus - your Letters from Santa Webmaster

Labels: e2save, Free, Nintendo Wii

Banish the winter blues if you win this free competition super holiday to St.Lucia courtesy of Hotel Chocolat. The competition consists of three questions for which the answers are contained throughout the website and there will be a draw to decide the lucky winter after the closing date. You do not need to purchase a single item to enter.

Hotel Chocolat products are highly recommended by me ... I can't pass their shop when in Cambridge without spending a fortune stocking up......Yum yum......Strawberry and creme marbled slabs......delicious and matches Christmas and Santa Claus colours!!

If you should be thinking of the Christmas theme, you can even buy Hotel Chocolat Christmas Tree Decorations and Advent Calendars (hurry....advent starts on 1s December).

If you are looking for a Christmas Day treat...and who doesn't usually have a few boxes of chocolates tucked away for an indulgent Christmas and New Year holiday season...you will not regret buying from Hotel Chocolat.

Hotel Chocolat pieces are exquisitely delicious and rich.

Have a look here for Top Sellers at Hotel Chocolat but don't forget to enter the St. Lucia competition. Remember, it is clearly stated that there is no obligation to purchase anything to enter, so each of us has the same chance of winning.

If anyone wins who was pointed to the site by me, please do come back and let me know.

Best of Luck

Santa Claus

This is a follow-up to my earlier article Where can I get a Wii in the UK? where I revealed that despite the scarcity of the console in the UK and the high prices demanded by people trading in them in entrepeneur fashion, it was still possible to purchase from Amazon on the continent at the RRP. I reported availability in Germany, but it appears that Amazon France were also shipping to the UK.

Unfortunately, it appears that Amazon UK Marketplace sellers are being supported (or should I say "aided and abbetted"?) in demanding high prices by other European Amazon sites refusing to accept orders from the UK, not just Germany, but also France.

Shame that.... because it was working out the same price delivered from the EU compared to the RRP here.

I don't believe that there is much anyone can do about this, as it will typically be for the retailer to set their own terms of trade which we can accept or decline, but we cannot insist on a retailer agreeing a sale with us.

There has been much discussion on boards regarding Restrictions on Free Trade, but as this is just a Retailer deciding which markets they will service and not Governmental border issue, there does not appear to be any legal axe to grind.

However, it is curious that the Wiis have good availability on the continent yet no-one has the wherewithall to move stocks to the UK where the consoles are scarce.

And who loses out because of the incompetency?

• Kids - Santa Claus will refuse to buy at the premium prices, though I accept that there is still some market at these high prices.
• Nintendo - same reason as above - Santa Claus may wait until next Christmas or parents may buy next Birthday, however with Christmas approaching the sale may just go to Sony or Microsoft instead.
• Games Manufacturers (including Nintendo) - with a finite budget for Christmas, if Santa Claus has paid premium prices for their console, there will be precious little cash left to buy additional games & peripherals.

Is there anything that can be done in future to stop this abuse? Well, I have an idea that would possibly improve things overnight......What if it were to be made illegal to sell goods above a manufactures RRP (or a set percentage over it) for a given country? There are certain complications with this idea, but in principle if those practicalities could be worked out, it could stop the entrepeneurial purchases that are potentially creating a stock shortage at a decent price and give us back credibly priced goods.

You only have to look below here to see the latest prices being charged on Amazon Marketplace in the UK versus the standard £180 RRP.

Labels: Amazon, Nintendo Wii, wii, Wii availability

So hot, that at least one retailer has suspended its commissions to affiliates, presumably because it does not need affiliates to move the consoles. They go out of stock as soon as they come in.

So what can you do to secure a Wii if your kid has set his or her heart on it

Well, not surprisingly there are eBay sellers capitalising on the shortage..... you can check here to see current consoles on sale at a premium price.

Of course, in a capitalist society it is not surprising that someone is looking to make a fast buck via eBay, but are there other options?

Well, there are options to pick up a Wii at recommended pricing if you have a smattering of German language at your command, which I don't!! I actually suspect that a number of the current consoles for sale in the UK are German imports, because amazon.de has shown excellent availability of the consoles for some time whereas amazon.co.uk has no consoles available themselves at the RRP of £179.99.

Instead we have marketplace sellers selling at the minimum price shown below (deliberately left dynamic to see latest pricing). The best price appears to vary minute by minute (hit F5 for the latest best price).

Good luck to you if you can obtain a Wii from Germany.... to be honest, I would have been quite happy to go abroad and order from Germany (let's face it, Christmas is an expensive time of year) as it would appear that Wii's are selling for a £100 premium on eBay over Amazon.de prices with only the expense of a modest (around £4?) continental->UK adaptor plug required to have full UK usability, but I have yet to find a translation tool that will allow me navigate page to page with translated German to English pages and complete an order.

So..... the answer is that you CAN find reasonably priced Wii Consoles, but I fear that many of us simply do not have the nouse to order from a foreign language site and we will all be suckered in to paying inflated Amazon.co.uk (marketplace) and eBay prices.

So you managed to pick up a console........do you need to buy additional games straight off? In my opinion you do not, as the standard Sports game is actually a collection and contains a multitude of games already (e.g. Golf, Baseball, Bowling) with 10 pin Bowling being my absolute favourite.

To be honest, there are weeks of entertainment straight out of the box if you can only get hold of the console in the first instance.

If you do figure out how to order from Amazon Germany, please do let me know how, as I do not want to pay UK prices......though I fear many of us will end up paying the inflated price to avoid disappointing our kids.

Alternatively, you might just be lucky and get a right-priced UK Wii by looking at consoles on Kelkoo via the search box below, but do shout if you find availability!!

Labels: Amazon, eBay, Nintendo, Nintendo Wii, wii

Hamleys must be the most famous toy store in the world; now Santa can bring you a special offer code to use when buying from their internet store and receive 10% off your order.


Hamleys is still in its famous location at 188-196 Regent Street. Step over the threshold and you enter a world of joy and wonder. Over the squeaking, bleeping, whizzing and chiming of toys, you hear children laughing excitedly as they goggle at the sheer choice over their seven floors of toys and games. The toys may have changed, but if he were here today, we're sure the founder William Hamley would recognise the same delighted faces as he guided you round the shop he dreamt of as a boy.

Hamleys may be a long established bricks and mortar store, but they have embraced the digital age with all sorts of electronics that William could never have dreamed of.

Now you can enjoy the Hamleys experience from your armchair and benefit from free delivery when your order is over £75 in value.

Use our special discount code rudolph07 and obtain a further 10% discount on your order.

Offer Details: 10% Discount when you shop online at Hamleys

Promotion Dates: Start 05/11/07 - 25/11/07

* Terms and conditions:

1. Offer ends at midnight on Sunday 25th November 2007.
2. Offer only available on the website Home at Hamleys and excludes all Hamleys stores.
3. Offer valid once per customer.
4. Offer excludes computer games, consoles, gift vouchers, delivery and gift boxing/wrapping.
5. This offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
6. You must quote code rudolph07 at the checkout to redeem the 10% discount.
7. Hamleys reserve the right to withdraw the promotion at any time.



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Partnering with e2save we are very pleased to bring you an exceptional offer on the cost of a new mobile phone connected on a Pay as You Go basis. Okay the handset doesn't have a 5 mega pixel camera or 8GB of internal memory, it simply makes calls and sends texts...which is what phones are primarily used for.

If your kids are bugging you for a first mobile phone, then the price of this phone makes it an affordable option and because it is Pay as You Go, the costs are under control.. This phone is available for an unbelievable price of.........

wait for it.........

£4.95.....

yes, you see it right...less than a five pound note.... The price offered here is not available directly through e2save 's website. If you want to take advantage of this pricing you will need to click through the links in this article. The offer is conditional on a £10 airtime voucher being bought, but you need that for any phone anyway.

e2save are also offering cracking deals on contract phones, but only you can judge whether a contract is a better proposition for you; therefore as a contract can only be valued personally, I will make no recommendations on that.

You may not have heard of e2save, but you will have heard of their big brother Carphone Warehouse, so you can buy from e2save in confidence.

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I have just been tipped off about a great new offer that is coming out on Jewellery just in time for the Christmas season.

Makoosh has been running a promotional 15% discount on first orders for some time, but between 1st Nov and 31 Dec 2007, the offer is getting even better as they will also include a bottle of Moet & Chandon champagne with every order over £50 and there is no limit to the number of times you may order and get a free bottle of bubbly in that timeframe - it could even be worthwhile splitting your order to take advantage of an extra bottle(s) of bubbly....my maths say that 15% of £50 is £7.50 and that is the discount you would forego on a first order if you split the order. But have you ever seen a half-decent bottle of champagne in the UK for £7.50? I haven't until now.

The lady in your life will really think you have splashed out on her if you present her with a nice piece of Jewellery and a bottle of champers for Christmas.

Here is some of Makoosh's blurb:

"Makoosh stock a large number of affordable designer jewellery pieces from some of the most talked about jewellery designers in the UK; such as Anna Lou of London and Pistachio. Makoosh brands have been gracing the pages of Grazia, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and more on a regular basis; and are a firm favourite with a host of celebs!

Don't forget you can still receive your 15% discount if this is your first order; simply enter the code MAKNEW15 during the checkout process and the 15% will be automatically be deducted.

Stuck for inspiration? Visit Makoosh now to have a look at some of our designer jewellery items you can get with your £50 and claim your free bottle of Moët &
Chandon."

This isn't an endorsement of Makoosh as I haven't used them before. But I often struggle to think of a present for my wife and this attractive offer might just mean that my cash goes that little bit further than I thought.

My mum might just be surprised by a better than normal Christmas present too.

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