Tag: Rise
Ofcom "exit without penalty" policy could protect from mid-term phone contract price hikes
Ofcom are exploring ways to protect consumers from mid-contract phone and broadband price hikes. Currently, networks and ISPs can raise the price of phone and broadband contracts in line with inflation, with small print meaning customers can't argue against the…
O2 mobile contract bills to rise 3%, and there's nowt you can do about it
Mobile network O2 will be upping the price of all of its monthly contract costs, adding 3.2% to monthly bills from next February, regardless of the price of the contract you originally signed up for. While users on PAYG plans…
Video games blamed for rise in rickets
Gaming is coming under fire once again. But before you brace yourself for the usual arguments concerning in-game violence and sexual content, be prepared for something of a Dickensian twist. For gaming is not being blamed here for a rise…
Nintendo hikes up the price of the Wii to £20 more
The credit crunch is biting hard, and it seems that it’s chomping on Nintendo particularly hard – the company is being forced to raise the price of its multi-bazillion selling Wii console. Nintendo says:
“Due to the severe and continuing depreciation of the pound, we are, unfortunately, having to raise our trade price to UK retailers of Wii hardware. The price that they then offer to consumers is, of course, up to the retailers.”
Those retailers are invariably feeling the pinch just as hard, so I suspect it’ll go straight through to the price on the ticket. The Wii currently retails for £180, and this change will add £18-£20 onto that figure. Depressing, in more ways than one.
(via Eurogamer)
