With the recent shortage of Nintendo Wii’s, many are on the prowl to obtain the item that’s probably on most kids’ wishlists. Well, one retailer has been told to sell their Wiis on eBay at a mark-up of $399.

The retailer, Slackers, located in the Illinois/Missouri area, has been selling their shipments on Ebay for the past year, according to an employee from the store.

“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. A link to their eBay auction can be found here.

Source: Ars Technica, news.filefront.com

Tags: Christmas-shopping, Wii-shortage

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