Retailer Selling Its Supply of Wiis Through eBay

[GS News]

Originally Posted by gamingtoday

In what’s arguably a worse practice than forcing [Only registered users can see links. ] upon the consumer, [Only registered users can see links. ] has the story on a chain of game retailers in the Illinois/Missouri area called Slackers is secretly sellings its supply of Wiis on eBay. And, to boot, they’re selling them at the outrageously inflated price of $399.99.
“In the past year, none of the 12 [Slackers locations] have sold any Wiis except for a one-time promotional deal, where we did force customers to buy a game with it,” an employee told Ars Technica. “The real crime is that we get Wii shipments regularly. In fact, right now we have about 20, but none of them make it to the store front. They all get put on the store’s eBay site at a minimum $499.99 buying price.” The price has since been lowered to $399.99, since the higher priced units weren’t selling.
The store’s eBay account currently has several Wii systems up for auction, including [Only registered users can see links. ]which is “NEW WITH GAME FREE SHIPPING!” You can’t beat that.
They all come with a free game?
Oh.
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[Momma Bear]

You mean to tell me that no one bought Wii's from them? They forced a game on someone after they finally bought a Wii?