I've just pre-ordered 5 Wii U's!

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Kantor on 03 October 2012

So essentially you are counting on Nintendo repeating the supply shortage at launch which is the biggest mistake they have made in the last decade.

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Lafiel on 03 October 2012

you are not really a video game fan if you want to make other fans (even of the same console/maker) pay more for it by taking up their possible preorders and then selling it to them at higher prices - my opinion

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WiiBox3 on 03 October 2012

Good chance you can make a lot more than that, if the supply is limited.

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crissindahouse on 03 October 2012

Lafiel said:
you are not really a video game fan if you want to make other fans (even of the same console/maker) pay more for it by taking up their possible preorders and then selling it to them at higher prices - my opinion

just imagine only people who don't care to preorder (so not the biggest fans) and seem to have too much money to pay so much on ebay get his consoles! they won't stop to purchase other games then because they have enough money but man-bear could now invest the extra money in games which means the game industry will profit from that!

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SmokedHostage on 03 October 2012

Given the Wii U's line-up..

Yeah, I don't see this working out the way you plan it to.

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sorry you are a f***** bas**** hate you so much. :)

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Jaywood2010 on 03 October 2012

man-bear-pig said:

I saw a guy on here a few weeks ago saying that he bought 2 Wii U's; one for himself, and one to sell when supply runs dry in December (to make a £100+ profit). This got me thinking...why don't I do this too?! xD

UK retailers are still taking pre-orders, so what's stopping me from buying a few now and selling them in December? Well...I had a lot of money saved up from the Summer, so I did just that! :D I've pre-ordered 5 Wii U's which I'll sell on eBay in December when there's fuck all supply! :D. I should make about £100 on each console...so £500 profit! Right in time to buy myself an iPad mini for Christmas (if they release one, which I think they will) :D

Why don't more people do this?! It's easy money! :D

2 things. One being the risk that its not sold out. Then you lose money. 2 being isnt a mini ipad an ipod :P

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Ajescent on 03 October 2012

Why is there an apostrophe in the title? You ordered 5 WiiU's what? Controllers? AV cable? HDMI cable...what?

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Mummelmann on 03 October 2012

If they're actually allowing one person to pre-order five units, that tells me that they have ample supply and fully expect to have the markets covered. Likely, you'll end up with zero profits plus the cost of shipping the consoles to your buyers, or four units you'll never use. Allthough we heard reports that certain outlets were stopping pre-orders due to demand, the total amount of pre-orders globally appear quite low, another indication that shelves will be stocked for the entire season and then some.

The Wii U is not the Wii.