@Griffin - Well there's also the demand difference to consider between the PS3 and Wii.

@cdude1034 - This probably isn't the get-rich-quick scheme you imagined it was. I'd just sell the Wii you've got come Christmas and mark it as a win.

@twesterm - Lighten up a bit.

@ItsaMii - Well said.

It's not about a wrong view in classic economics, it's about a different approaches to values when the liberal market economy was created. That's why we had the argument on "labor theories of value" and the "more value"

It would be an anacronism to say that they are wrong.

Nobody wants to pay extra for a used system they'll get in the mail from someone they don't know when they could just wait a few weeks, and pic one up for less at a Walmart with a warantee and everything.

Anyone who WOULD do that for a Wii already has one at this point.

Gotta put it in perspective.

It could possibly help someone else get one who has been struggling to find one. As someone else stated wii's are available in some areas and not in others. Although those were probably display cases he saw stacked up.

It could also have been that he walked in to a store (not needing a wii) and got lucky enough to find one and bought it before someone else could and then turned around and said I'll sell it to you for $330. It doesn't sound like he woke up early waited in line and bought one when he said:
"I'm selling because I already have one. I found some so I bought one specifically to sell."


While there is nothing wrong with a free market and him trying to sell something for more than it's worth. And he may not really be a "Dick", there is a certain amount of "Dickieness" in what he is doing.

A wise man once said: The game is to be sold not told.

Don't be a Po Pimp.

John Lucas 

The "I'm helping people" argument is bullshit. You can do nothing to help people as a whole, since you aren't manufacturing any Wiis, or are you? Ever think that if people were not hoarding Wiis to sell them, it would be easier for any games fan or parents to find a Wii for their kids?

What you're doing is making sure that getting a Wii is more likely if you have more money and an internet connection. In essence, you're helping the rich and screwing over the poorer people.

Nothing wrong with capitalism. I just hate it when people buy things when they are scarce to begin with, and then jack up the price. Nothing wrong with it. It just chaps my ass. Not mine really because I am not buying it. But if you were the only guy in town, and you were selling it to me, my ass would be all kinds of chapped. But if a person wants it, and is willing to pay the price, then God bless you.

Wait until late November or early December. It will sell at said asking price if not more...

Supply is alright right now... But, by end of November people will be going crazy for them...

I was in a walmart last week with my wife and kids... Walked straight to electronics and saw 12 Wiis... One hour later there was only four left. Supply is barely keeping with demand right now... By late November, people will be in line again.

But actually, it would be harder for game fans or parents to find a Wii for there kids.  People like cdude make it easier to get a Wii.

Also, by driving the cost from $250 to $300, the Wii is not moving from the poorer people market to the rich people market.  That is just silly. 

yeah wait until christmas then ake a buck off it