Nintendo’s Wii may still be the must have console this year, at least according to eBay. The Wii is already the most searched for item on eBay across all categories. Not only that but the Wii Fit is second on the list.
The Wii has an average selling price of about $100 above retail cost on eBay. It has been reported that 3,171 Wiis and 1,059 Wii Fit bundles were sold in 24 hours on Black Friday. Either consumers are worried they won’t be able to find a Wii or Wii Fit this holiday season or they just don’t want to leave the house to purchase these gifts and will settle to pay a premium price for them.
I guess it looks like we will be seeing another holiday season of intelligent shoppers buying up all of the Wii products they can find and selling them on eBay for a profit. I just can’t seem to fault the more intelligent shoppers here, the early bird gets the worm.
[Via Gamesindustry.biz]
Guess I was wrong…
I remember when I had thought about doing this >.>
It’s a win-win for Nintendo and the Ebay seller but a loss for the shopper.
It’s funny, because I see them on store shelves now. I don’t know why the demand is still so high.
It is very odd. I just think the average consumer is very uninformed, that’s all I can think of at this point.
To be honest, if no one purchased those on eBay for greater than retail; the sellers would have to sell for less or keep them. So, it is the buyer’s fault for creating such a market. Or…At least halfway.
@Odie – That’s what I meant to say! It would be pretty hilarious if everyone that tried to resell these things on ebay ended up having to eat it and lose money instead. Suckers.
That’s what I call risky business practice ! Haha. Eating them? Do they not know the Wii is one of the most toxic console out of the three? :O
@EHT – Thanks to you I now know not to eat any console for that matter.
No don’t thank me, thank Greenpeace for informing me right before I was going to eat my N64. That’s what their campaign is about after all.