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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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I cant seem to find the article, but seems all the Nintendo Wii Ebay scalpers are beginning to choke on their stock piles, and heres proof that bids are not really goint to, any longer, reap them worth while profits. I rofl'd sooo hard at this fact and seems they will now have to get jobs lol, go look! And if you notice, seems alot of the sellers are making fake ebay IDs to push up bids, just think 0 feedback and user age less than a month? Suspicious!!

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?f...=wii&category0=
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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Oh noes! Jobssss!

That really sucks for them.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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They are not as hard to find as they once were.
When I picked up Smash Brothers last Sunday, I went to the local ShopKo. They got 48 in that day. They opened at 8, I was there at 8:30 and they had 15 left. In the 5 minutes I waited for them to bring me a copy of Brawl (it was still in the back of the store), they sold 4 more.
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Old Mar 15, 2008 | 07:47 PM
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Ya I have seen alot of them around, yet I will on occasion, run into some idiot tryin to buy the whole stock cause they think its gonna bring them untold wealth. But as with any market like this, supply will quickly exceede demand.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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What is the normal retail price of a Wii system? Seems like everywhere I look online has giant bundles for $500, and if I'm remembering correctly it's well below that just for the system.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by J3ffro,Mar 16 2008, 12:24 AM
What is the normal retail price of a Wii system? Seems like everywhere I look online has giant bundles for $500, and if I'm remembering correctly it's well below that just for the system.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by IrishS2k,Mar 16 2008, 01:33 AM
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Cool, that's what I had pictured. I remembered reading a comparo of the three systems, and that was the one I wasn't interested in; I know, who knew; but focused on the PS3 and 360 because of the "amazing hardware" that always drew the big stares. All I knew is it was a little more than half of the other systems when they launched, and I had 'em pegged as $300-400ish, so I guess I was in the ballpark.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:57 AM
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I have all 3 and the Wii gets the least amount of use. The games don't really appeal to me. Their games seem kinda gimmicky too IMHO.
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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Same here. I played though Zelda, Metroid.. and I don't use it for much else. Tiger Woods is fun with friends, as is Excite Truck. I bought papar mario but that is zZzz. I'll pick up Brawl soon, and most likely mario kart and mario galaxy. But overall, I'm very selective and sticking to remakes of classic games.
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