Strange list.  Amazon doesn't sell the Wii U, so I'm not sure how it could be out of stock, much less "Stock goes FAST!".  They do allow third party sellers, though, of which there are hundreds.

Also, why would you compare it to the Vita's launch?  Just for the general jerkyness of it?

Well condiering for my 60GB PS3 model I paid $1000AUD, a $427AUD WiiU doesnt sound so bad now.

Like how people would get 2 jobs for the PS3 because it had the words Playstation

Actually now that I think about it. My first paycheck as a graduate engineer went to my PS3 haha. But still one job.

Clearly there's high demand for the console, otherwise nobody would have any trouble finding one anywhere and online retailers would have an abundance of stock; neither of which is the case at the moment.  

Furthermore, with so many people purchasing the system solely for the sake of selling them at a profit, naturally that's going to bring those prices down.  The day after pre-orders went on sale there was an eBay listing for $900 with multiple bids.  But after so many more scalped units began appearing - each a little lower than the last - the prices have steadied at $50 to $150 more than retail just to stay competitive with each other.

Finally, again, the economy is quite different today than it was six years ago.  While people are still willing to spend money for the holidays, you're not going to see the WiiU - or a newly released PS4/NeXtBox - hitting remotely close to $9000...

This is so true. When I visited America during the holidays in 2006, everyone was crazy spending (even the people I was staying with).

When I visited them again in 2008 (this was before the crash), all they could talk about is how they don't know if they will have a job, how fuel is expensive, how this is expensive. I perosnally found it amusing as petrol comapred to Australia was DAMN cheap still. They were so worried about their financial situation that they would not even spend $5 on a pack of 24 coke cans t walmart. To me that was like a no brainer don't think twice as 24 pack of coke in Australia was about $30 at the time.

I guess the point I am making, if there were signs back in 2008 of people starting to worry, I can only imagine what 2012 is like in the USA.

It's improving, but it's not the same. People are much more cautious about their spending than they were in 2006. Anything considered a "luxury good" doesn't earn as much as it did pre-recession.
I actually never thought about how the recession might've affected sales. Good point, sirs.

The reason the Wii U is sold out is because of low shipments.  Not saying its just a Nintendo thing, as all the console manufacturers do this for various reasons.  Low production.  Creating demand. 

The Wii U has ~4.5K people reselling them at this moment.  The PS3 had ~15k and the Wii had ~27K people selling them during their first week.  The PS3's average price overall was ~$1200 for both SKUs combined, or more than twice the price of the entry model, with a few crazy sales thrown in ($9000 and over).  The Wii had an average sale price of ~$430, or ~$180 in profit.  So what does this tell me?  It seems that the vast majority of people who bought the Wii U are Nintendo fans who intend on keeping the system, with very few resellers thinking there is enough demand from non-Nintendo fans that would ensure a good enough profit for selling the system on ebay.  And there's been countless sales that have gone by without any bids.

Yea, the economy isn't doing so hot.  However, people always find ways to buy those expensive large screen TVs and iphones/ipods if they want them badly enough.  The Wii U is in the same ball park pricewise. 

Yep, but its fanatic, just like apple, people who can pay 200 more than others just to play with the new hardware(not even most powerful than the others) of Apple/nintendo.

Why is it the majority of people that aren't buying the WiiU find them in stock?

So, if you are looking to buy one, pretend you aren't buying.