Value is a relative aspect. Classical economic theory and marxist adepts thought value was absolute. They thought you could measure the value of goods just by calculating the amount of work (hours) needed to make that good. That is a wrong view. If value was absolute that means that every price should reflect this value. I do not want to go to deep into that aspect, but I think we all agree on the basics.
Nintendo makes Wiis. They cost less than 250 and they sell it for profit. This means they sell it for more than it is worth for them. We buy it for 250 and most people think (at least I do) it is a bargain. Come on, we get a game, online capabilities and 512 mb to save data (we paid the same price for less 5 years ago). Someone that just wants to play a Wii and has no time to camp may find a good idea to pay 300 for it. What I mean is that he can make (just an example) 100 bucks in that 3 hour he would spend on the line. Theorically, it would be a good deal for him paying 251-349 for that Wii. Now lets say some random "Daddy" forgot to buy the Wii for his daughter Xmas present. That would ruin his and her Xmas. He is desperate enough to pay 1000 dollars for one Wii, just to save his daughter from a traumatic childhood experience.
I do not think the OP is a repulsive human being. He is sot of a smart ass (not an insult), but he is not doing something wrong. Gamestop rip us off much more than that and we still do not complain that much.
Satan said:
"You are for ever angry, all you care about is intelligence, but I repeat again that I would give away all this superstellar life, all the ranks and honours, simply to be transformed into the soul of a merchant's wife weighing eighteen stone and set candles at God's shrine."
