wiiloaded.com — Currently it stands as a rumor, but when it comes to Wii news, that's most of what we have to work with! Are retail outlets receiving their second shipment as early as November 20th, and why? Is Toys R Us really receiving so many units per store? Read and discuss.
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davodavoNov 6, 2006
MikeUnwired, it isn't stealing. Don't even bother trying to argue that it is, because it's not. How could it be stealing? He's paying for the console, right? Nintendo Wiis aren't commodities. They aren't natural resources. He isn't buying a large river or lake in a third world nation and thus controlling a large portion of its water supply. This is a video game console. If you won't pay more than retail for it, someone else who is willing to will buy it. If nobody wants to pay more than retail for a Wii, then theprizefight will have to lower the price or not sell them at all.But theprizefight, I don't think you'll get much more than, if even, retail value for a Wii on eBay. There isn't going to be a shortage.
arekrashanNov 6, 2006
He'll only benefit from his intended course of action if there are enough people who want a Wii badly enough to pay over retail price for it. If that means you don't get a system, tough. The people who are willing to pay more for the system than you are obviously want it more than you do. It's only fair that they should take priority over you. Speculators are merely enabling the consumers who are willing to pay extra to ensure they get a unit. Blame the consumers who want a Wii more than you, not the speculators.
sonderiaomNov 6, 2006
I can already debunk that chart. Being that I work at Costco, I know that we can only buy the Wii in pallets of 24, therefore ALWAYS getting more than the 10 that this chart thinks will be alloted.
scratchedNov 6, 2006
I understand that 42 is an average, but from what I remember from scanning over the list yesterday I though I remembered a lot of stores with a lot more than 42. I'd have to pull the table into excel and average it up to be sure, but IIRC the average should be more than 42.And like I think someone else mentioned on here, if the list were legitimate, I doubt that Best Buy would have been spelled incorrectly. I'm not saying with absolute certainty that the list is a fake, it's just that the numbers (at least based on yesterday's target list) doesn't seem right.Is there anyone here that can confirm this table?
shanesanNov 7, 2006
We call this "fear of change." :)
johnz0r7Nov 20, 2006
ShortCircuit13,You don't know what you are talking about. Ebay prices are not more efficient. Nor do they reflect a "true value" any better than a retail price does. A final auction price on ebay probably represents less than 2% of the market. Not only that - there is no way of knowing the true demographics of the users that participated. Inflated prices arise because of supply and demand, consumer to consumer monopolies, a technological hindrance/ inconvenience to the majority of middle-high/low - mid interest consumers. While what people do with their wiis is their own business, it does not in any way respresent the "true value" of the product. I can't believe I heard you call a grown man a "kid" an "idiot" a"boy" and think you need to redirect your "ignorant" and "arrogant" accusations to yourself. Anyone who tries to patronize someone by calling them "Kid" needs to take their ego down a peg or two.
fartherMar 15, 2007
It's not theft, it's capitalism! He's not adding value to it, the value is added to it by market forces driven by scarcity - he's simply following the invisible hand.Hahaha, almost believed that one for a second myself!
fartherMar 15, 2007
Shortcircuit: Playing speculative games with the market is not accounted for by classical economics. Speculation is not part of 'normal' supply and demand, which is supposed to drive the market. I suggest you study further before you speak condescendingly to people whose level of knowledge you can't possibly guess.