The Rescue for PAL-smashers - Freeloader for Wii! *Bad news folks*

[craiigg]

I paid tuesday at 9am and mine did the same thing, although mine got despatched yesterday
Maybe you were only just outside of the number of orders he did yesterday. Be patient =)

 

[Ganon875]

wow... customs only two days?? over here, if you're unlucky and the customs notices the package, it cant ake from 1 - 2 weeks for you to receive it.. if you receive it (i'm serious)...

yeah, when shipping to india, the economy bubble/box are both free...

I'm not counting 2 days for the customs, I was trying to say that if my game slipped through the customs unnoticed, then it should arrive next monday through wednesday. If the customs like to pick my package out, I know it might take a week or two longer. I ordered from play-asia btw.

 

[milind4]

so did anyone get the dust error?? that's the second mort thing on the list of things that worry me.. right after customs...

 

[Ganon875]

I don't really care about customs, as long as they wont take their sweet time.
I prefer waiting somewhat longer and paying for customs then not paying them and getting a DRE. So getting a DRE is my number 1 of my worries...

 

[cr00mz]

stupid question, but what is DRE?

 

[Ganon875]

Disk Read Error, which means your wii cannot read dual layered disc due to dust on your lens... So no brawl for you when you have a DRE wii

 

[craiigg]

DRE's really aren't hard to fix guys. My wii used to never read any games at all, i opened it up and cleaned it =)

 

[Soluble Toast]

Out of everyone importing I've only heard of 1 person getting DRE, and that was that guy a couple of pages ago. I visit 4 forums about the Freeloader, and everyone's works.

Don't worry about DRE. It doesn't affect as many as you think. The only reason you hear about it on forums is so much is because they can't get Brawl to work. Everyone else on the forums are already brawling xP

 

[kereo]

well, my feeling about 365 games is going down each day...
payed tuesday before 3 pm (they despatch the same day if ordered before 3 pm, so the site advertises...) and status went to payment received.
next day it went to being picked and now it still remains the same...
maybe im overreacting, but if it can take up to 3/4 days to send something away,
just put it in a mail somewhere.

not only this, but also the customer supports bugs.
you cant mail the guy who owns the site or anything, for questions that you have about your order but you can only make a ticket. which i have up now for 3 days btw and still no reply.
not that i dont trust them or anything but i dont like not knowing whats going and not even able to contact the site where im buying from.

Strange that it is going so slow for you. Also, I to had send a mail to the shop, and get an answer within the hour =\

 

[Woozah]

I know how you feel, but you shouldn't complain... some of us have to wait weeks, you know...

hehe sorry if i came over like a whiner, but i saw some ppl ask about 365 and just felt like sharing my experience
prolly mine is just a little later, no biggy.
but if it is like codejunkies, and now for example 365 has to much orders (even if it still says stock: yes) you payed at 365 and have status: being picked for a week or so until they despatch (or have it in stock again).
but that is just the worst scenario, i just need to keep a open mind hehe

I paid tuesday at 9am and mine did the same thing, although mine got despatched yesterday
Maybe you were only just outside of the number of orders he did yesterday. Be patient =)

yeah thats why i thought mine will be despatched tomorrow, mine is *being picked* a bit later with the rest of the orders

*edit*

Strange that it is going so slow for you. Also, I to had send a mail to the shop, and get an answer within the hour =\

well if its like a few days slower i dont mind
but i have send them email now to contactus@365games.co.uk about my order, and the same question you asked before how long it takes to ship etc to the netherlands.
but what i ment is, no where on the site, even on the tab *Contact us* you a mail where you can mail your questions to, just there online customer support (which is prolly in beta phase)

anyways, will just wait what 365 have to say and prolly it will despatch tomorrow

 

[:034:]

So, does anybody have any idea when play-asia.com will be getting Freeloaders? I want to order from there, seeing how it's the only reliable site that doesn't only work with Paypal, but if they don't get it...

 

[kereo]

hehe sorry if i came over like a whiner, but i saw some ppl ask about 365 and just felt like sharing my experience
prolly mine is just a little later, no biggy.
but if it is like codejunkies, and now for example 365 has to much orders (even if it still says stock: yes) you payed at 365 and have status: being picked for a week or so until they despatch (or have it in stock again).
but that is just the worst scenario, i just need to keep a open mind hehe


yeah thats why i thought mine will be despatched tomorrow, mine is *being picked* a bit later with the rest of the orders

*edit*

well if its like a few days slower i dont mind
but i have send them email now to contactus@365games.co.uk about my order, and the same question you asked before how long it takes to ship etc to the netherlands.
but what i ment is, no where on the site, even on the tab *Contact us* you a mail where you can mail your questions to, just there online customer support (which is prolly in beta phase)

anyways, will just wait what 365 have to say and prolly it will despatch tomorrow

I personally hope it ARRIVES tomorow for me :D

 

[Ganon875]

You can also get it from codejunkies, but it might be a bit of a hassle to know when you get it

 

[flywithme]

add me to your friends list!

 

[Soluble Toast]

Glad to see more and more people are getting their copies.
This is gonna make Wifi even more fun =D

 

[Faith]

I got brawl in 3 days from PlayAsia. Still waiting for the Freeloader from BargainMemoryCards ;___; anyone got theirs from them yet ??

 

[Soluble Toast]

Btw, flywithme, your FC isn't right. You sure you typed it correctly? It said FC doesn't exist when I tried to add you =S

 

[Woozah]

haha, now i mailed the guy from 365 and instantly i got 2 mails after
1th one about my question, which he answered and he said my order despatched today (prolly my status wasnt changed or something ) and that it takes about 4-8 days to netherland shipping etc.
2th one that my order despatched today.
so my speculation about 365 was wrong hehe

 

[flywithme]

Btw, flywithme, your FC isn't right. You sure you typed it correctly? It said FC doesn't exist when I tried to add you =S

3222 5302 6852

sorry

 

[Ganon875]

I got brawl in 3 days from PlayAsia. Still waiting for the Freeloader from BargainMemoryCards ;___; anyone got theirs from them yet ??

May I ask what type of delivery method you have used and if you had to pay customs?

 

[Soluble Toast]

Faith: I got my Freeloader from BMC on Tuesday. They said they were having issues with back-orders though. Yours could be back-ordered.

 

[Influenssa]

Yeah, I'd like to know what shipping method did you choose too. That message really boosted my hopes of getting Brawl tomorrow. And of course the Freeloader could be quite useful too. :D But when I ordered Phantom Hourglass from play-asia it shipped monday and I got it on thursday or friday, so really high hopes about tomorrow.

 

[RossCowan]

For anyone that ordered from 365, do they use a reasonably sized envelope? My Brawl shipped from them today with Next Day delivery and i'm just hoping it's not in some beast of a package that won't fit through the letterbox.

 

[craiigg]

If it's next day delivery you *usually* have to sign for it =x

 

[Faith]

Faith: I got my Freeloader from BMC on Tuesday. They said they were having issues with back-orders though. Yours could be back-ordered.

Would that still apply if they already send me an email that confirmed the shipping :o. Just wondering how long the actual sending took ^^;

 

[Ganon875]

Yeah, I'd like to know what shipping method did you choose too. That message really boosted my hopes of getting Brawl tomorrow. And of course the Freeloader could be quite useful too. :D But when I ordered Phantom Hourglass from play-asia it shipped monday and I got it on thursday or friday, so really high hopes about tomorrow.

It really boosted my hopes for getting it tomorrow too. I might be playing it tomorrow and in the weekend

 

[craiigg]

I gots a day off work/college tomorrow so i getz to play online in english rather than vs in japanese all day
good times

 

[DalzK]

cool...Ordered a freeloader yesterday from 365 (next day delivery) and status just changed to despatched. Would that mean im gettin it tomorrow and is there a chance it wont arrive till monday?

 

[Soluble Toast]

365 must be pulling in a lot of business from the importers xP

Daarn, nobody's online =[

 

[cr00mz]

another stupid question, i'm using my wii screen setting as 60hz 480i (or p or whatever) does that mean my tv supports 60 hz?

 

[flywithme]

365 must be pulling in a lot of business from the importers xP

Daarn, nobody's online =[

i am
PLAAAY ME

 

[TetraMaster]

I should be online quite later or tomorrow if anyone's up for a match =]

 

[AerionTOFAST4U]

cool...Ordered a freeloader yesterday from 365 (next day delivery) and status just changed to despatched. Would that mean im gettin it tomorrow and is there a chance it wont arrive till monday?

Wondering the exact same thing

 

[Soluble Toast]

I will be Tetra master =]

Hm. That lag was worse than with DVD's match =[

 

[flywithme]

I will be Tetra master =]

Hm. That lag was worse than with DVD's match =[

so its not just me? because my wireless is crap.

 

[Soluble Toast]

Fly: Nah. It'll be me also. My wireless connection is 3 rooms away. I'm gonna try and get an LAN adaptor. See if that makes it any better. The screen froze for like 10 seconds in one of those matches O.o

 

[yogho]

With what update for your wii does the freeloader not work?

Just wanna know

I bought it from 365gamer, well not yet. Gotta wait for paypal to transfer my money.

 

[DalzK]

Freeloader works with any update :D
Though it would be safer to use 3.1E or 3.2E (not sure what happens if its below)..

 

[Influenssa]

I recommend not to try US Brawl on lower firmware than 3.2E. Japanese Brawl works on 3.1E. In lower firmware versions you'll propably brick/semi-brick your Wii cause there is 3.2U update on US Brawl and propably 3.1J on Japanese Brawl. But if you have 3.2E then there will be nothing to worry.

And now I'm sure that the update that you must install to play Brawl won't brick your Wii on future updates. One guy had Japanese Brawl and the update installed from that version. Then he got the US version and didn't have to update it so that update will most likely be the same for the European Brawl. So we are still getting lag free online.

E: Yeah and the Freeloader itself supposedly works on all firmware versions. Brawl is all what's in my mind.

 

[Andromeda]

My Freeloader has been shipped. Woho.