I`m all for finding a cheap Wii and associated products, but going from shop to shop in the High Street is probably not the %%%%1415%%%%best option. The internet is very likely to beat that method. Just recently I was able to save £50.00 for a member of the family who wanted to buy one. It all comes down to knowing how to use the search engines properly when it comes to shopping online. In fact the simple principles I am about to outline, can be used to buy all manner of things.

When it comes to searching for specific things to buy, you can use price comparison sites but don’t stop there. They are often biased towards particular dealers/retailers. They are useful but not an end in themselves. The same can be said of the Google “Shopping” link (though it should always be checked). With that done, form your own search patterns using keywords specially selected for the task, So what would you use? Let’s say I am looking for a Wii – a first time purchase. I could just enter “Wii” in the search box, but if I did, I would have thousands and thousands of results and very many of them would have nothing to do with actually buying a console!

You could use a number of Google search techniques and there is nothing wrong with them, but more often I will simply apply some parallel thinking to the words I place in the search box. I think about some keywords that would be in my final result. For example: Wii, cheap, bargain, save, console, cheapest, “Nintendo Wii” and at the same time use just one Google technique which is to exclude any keywords I don’t want to search for such as accessories. I would list my keywords and add -accessories. (Note the minus sign) which will exclude the accessories keyword.

So once you have found your cheap Wii, and you start thinking about Wii content, I would really recommend comparing prices in quite a different way. You either pay per item or you could very likely be better off joining some kind of legal unlimited download club.