The difficulty of selling a Wii

[TheBigFatJ]

Eomund said:

choirsoftheeye said:
Dear Everyone,

The fact that capitalism is beneficial for some things doesn't mean that all instances of it are ethical or worthwhile. This isn't a debate of socialism vs. capitalism, it's a debate about a particular facet of capitalism. Stop grandstanding about the free market and consider the specific ethical properties of what I believe has been correctly identified as scalping.

Thanks!
-Choirs

Sadly, Capitalism is exactly what this is about. IF NOBODY VALUES A WII AT HIS ASKING POINT NOBODY WILL BUY IT! He will not take advantage of anybody that wants his Product. You may indeed call this scalping, that doesn't mean this is exactly what is happening. It is all about your perspective, world-view, paradigm, prism of reality, etc... of the market. I don't think he is taking advantage of anyone, so I cannot say that he is crossing any ethical line in the sand.

Except that he's not actually offering a product he created -- he's selling you a product that retailers can't legally sell for above MSRP but he's putting a huge markup on it because demand is high enough to do so.  It's definitely a grey area, and definitely not something a nice person would do.