This was a horrible Christmas for a whole lot of children. Hundreds of thousands of children had a Nintendo Wii on their list and the largest percent just couldn't get one. Stores that sell every one they get to scalpers should be banned from carrying the product! Our ad for Walmart showed they had 3 just before Christmas. There were 300 people there to buy them. Our local paper carried ads selling them for anywhere between $600.00 and $1,500.00. Now we can't find the controllers, nunchucks etc. I finally got the system yesterday by finding out when deliveries arrived and being in the store early letting the Media Department know I was there waiting for the item, so we managed one system. Nintendo needs to step up and get the regular people items into the stores. I use to respect Amazon.com but today when I checked there they were selling nunchucks (a $19.95 controller) for $^9.95. Boo to them and at this point Nintendo!
2006-12-29 05:38:59 · 2 answers · asked by sharron_perdue 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Games & Gear
My major question is what Nintendo is willing to do to keep scalpers from getting all the systems and selling them for more than double the price to over $1,600? It's against the law for scalpers to b uy up all the tickets to sporting events and concerts, so I believe it should also cover products! They advertize in newspapers and on line and something should be done to stop them.
2006-12-30 07:57:49 · update #1
Many companies, try to make their systems as good as possible, and attempt to release it before Christmas. This was a plan Sony and Nintendo were using. Although Sony had only 400,000 systems for sale, Nintendo had 7,000,000+ for the world.
The companies want to get some out, rather than not get less customers than an average day in the year, for at Christmas, many people needed gifts.
Many fans of the systems will line up again, and again to get the systems, I'd say about 60% of the customers. People that only need gifts, will not wait in line again, and again just to buy a gift. The companies are aiming for the gamers, for they know that more money will be made there.
2006-12-29 12:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Nin10dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a publicity stunt to make more people want them. Companies do it every year with toys that are expected to be popular.
2006-12-29 13:50:18 · answer #2 · answered by Licca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋