The $100,000 Wii

I spotted this on eBay.
That’s right, some guy actually thinks he’s going to get $99,999 US for a Wii, or $124,000 CAD. In all fairness, he is offering free shipping to Canadian residents. In case you’re wondering what $100,000 gets you…

• Nintendo Wii and Wii sports (5 games), one controller (wiimote + nunchuk)
• Gamecube controller
• Classic controller for retro games
• 128MB SD memory card for save games
• Wii : Zelda Twillight Princess
• Wii : Super Smash Bros Brawl
• Gamecube : Megaman X Collection (RARE)
• Megaman X
• Megaman X-2
• Megaman X-3
• Megaman X-4
• Megaman X-5
• Megaman X-6
• Megaman Go Kart
• Gamecube : Sonic Gems Collection
• Sonic CD
• Sonic the fighters
• Sonic R
• Sonic the hedgehog 2
• Sonic Spinball
• Sonic the hedgehog triple trouble
• Sonic dift 2
• Tails’ skypatrol
• Tails adventures
• Gamecube : Sonic Mega Collection
• Sonic the hedgehog
• Sonic the hedgehog 2
• Sonic the hedgehog 3
• Dr robotnik’s mean mean machine
• Sonic Spinball
• Sonic 3d blast
• Sonic & knuckles
• More bonus games
• Gamecube : Sonic Adventure DX (RARE)
• Gamecube : Sonic Adventure 2 battle
• Gamecube : Zelda the windwaker bonus pack (RARE)
• Zelda the windwaker
• Zelda ocarina of time
• Zelda master quest (ocarina of time, harder)
• Virtual Console : Paper Mario 64 (N64)
• Virtual Console : Super mario World (SNES)
• Virtual Console : Super Mario Bros : Lost levels (Super Mario bros 1, harder) (SNES)
• Virtual Console : Super gouls n’ ghosts (SNES) (HARD)
• Virtual Console : Legend of zelda a link to the past (SNES)

I’ve left out the user name of the guy to protect the guilty. It’s worth noting that Wind Waker and Sonic Adventure DX are not rare titles as claimed. I found both of them for sale on EBGames’s US website. Now, I’m not accusing this guy of scamming people. Most cases of this are publicity ploys and the price will likely drop once enough traffic draws attention to it. It just seemed so outrageous, I had to post it.

Even two years after it’s release, the Wii is still in high demand and still proving difficult to find. I have yet to see one just sitting on a store shelf. Yes, I still would like one but paying $300+ on eBay, which is the going rate, is ludicrous. Wii is over priced to begin with at it’s MSRP of $279.