The latest game consoles are often in short supply during the holiday season, and it's not uncommon for the most desired ones to go for higher prices, but shoppers have gone absolutely bonkers in attempts to acquire a Nintendo Wii.
According to UK newspaper Metro, Wii bundles are being sold for a more than £1,000 (just over $2,000) on eBay UK. We didn't believe it either, but a quick search on ebay.co.uk proved us wrong. This bundle, which sold for £1,070 ($2,189 by today's conversion, may be one of the auctions that Metro was referring to. Granted, the winning bidder (check out his user name) doesn't seem like most reputable guy.
As MCV points out, things seem to have calmed down a bit, as most auctions are ending with with prices in the £250 (about $500) range. The US Wii sales on eBay seem to be going for similar prices.
Of course, you can always find a "successful" freak eBay auction with an outrageous price. Here's a US sale for a Wii bundle that came to $10,990. Right.
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10:51 AM on 12.10.2007
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It jumped from 550 to 5000 in a single hour.
Serves them right.
If I can't find one, I'm moving to something else. I'm not going to turn into one of those insane Tickle Me Elmo people.
also, I hate it when you see a Wii auction on Ebay and the seller says it comes with 14 games, but really it just has Wii Sports and Wii Play... thats like selling Rayman and saying ur selling 50 games
look at: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/job-blow-a-me-give/
sorry. I've been sick.
Bahamut is going to be Pimpin'...
You can get a Wii ANYWHERE at Europe but UK.
Here at Spain (where the ebay Wii comes from) you just can step at any videogames (or just hardware) store and get mm lest say...50!!!
So all uk people who wants a Wii can buy a plane ticket,get it a the Duty Free store (I've seen a lot on thursday) and come back to UK for less tan 1000 €
You can get a Wii ANYWHERE at Europe but UK.
Here at Spain (where the ebay Wii comes from) you just can step at any videogames (or just hardware) store and get mm lest say...50!!!
So all uk people who wants a Wii can buy a plane ticket,get it a the Duty Free store (I've seen a lot on thursday) and come back to UK for less tan 1000 €