Our mall is full of ALL of the game consoles.... all at 'low' prices (like $249 for the wii). So I'm wondering what all the hype is about? Why are people buying them on eBay if they can get them at the mall and skip the shipping fees? Are they sold out elsewhere?
Do you think they'll be hot this holiday season? Would it hurt to 'stock up' at the normal retail prices and let them bid it out at Christmas time?
Well, one of the mail reasons, that people are buying them on ebay, is that not everybody lives close to a mall. I used to sell merle norman cosmetics on ebay and couldn't keep enough in stock. Most of my customers told me that the reason they bought from me was that they loved the makeup, but didn't like to drive an hour to the nearest MN Store.
Too, don't forget that ebay is open 24/7. Not everyone has a 9-5 job. People who work the night shift find it rather hard to find anything open at midnight when they get off of work...
And yes, it would probably be fairly safe to assume that they will still be hot at christmas again. Just remember this, that alot of people don't have time to get out and shop, so now days they tend to do alot of it online. Also there are alot of 'last minute shoppers out there too. When the shopping days start running out, all of the popular stuff will be flying off of the shelfs and if they can't get that they will go to the next closest product...