The difficulty of selling a Wii

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Eomund said:

 @ TheBigFatJ:

Being a nice person isn't really relevant to my point. He isn't creating some product, this is true, but how are any retail chain doing anything different from him, expect they are bound to rules saying they can't raise a price like he can. He IS however creating a service for people who would otherwise be inconvenienced by standing in line or hoping to find a Wii at his local Wal-Mart. The service is worth something.

He's taking a product that was already generally avaliable to the public (a service provided by the retailer) and making it generally avaliable to the public.  He is not providing any service that wasn't already provided.