Do you think it is fair or right?  

Actually if it's not your job, you don't have the right to buy something with the only aim to sell it with a higher price -or at least in france-. But there's no way you can control it, really. I know many french people who couldn't buy a WII in France, so they bought it in Germany..

I'm not sure I completely agree with it, but I know where you're coming from. The "laws" of supply and demand make these people see dollar signs in their eyes. They see a high demand and little supply and decide to take advantant of that.

There's nothing wrong with that in itself, but it becomes wrong when they ask outrageous prices for them. There's nothing wrong with asking for $20-40 dollars more than what the purchase price is at a store, but doubling it is just plain low and an obvious attempt to score quick cash preying on the fact that they know that parents want their kids to be happy.

There should be laws in place that limit these people, but nothing that stops it completely. I don't personally agree with it, but just because I don't agree with something, doesn't mean it's totally wrong.

I don't see anything wrong with this. . .people camped out at the stores to get them, this may be how they make extra cash at the holidays. I would never do it because I don't have that kind of energy. The people who camped out for days for the products need to be compensated, at least they are willing to sell them. If your not willing to pay for it, someone else will.

I'd wait until there was more stocked in the shop, i would not be prepared to pay way over the odds for a games console.
And I don't agree with people buying products just to sell them at a higher price, but the same is happening in the housing market.

you know what...i wanted to do the same with the PS3...its a good profit, and as long as there are people willing to pay this much for it, then its fine. with sites like eBay it makes it easier. now if the buy like several (which you can't unless you're a dealer) thats wrong. now, these stores and deals are pretty much doing the same thing. they pay a certian amount for the game stations and then sell it at a higher costs which is why some places sell it cheeper then some. there's no real differance. it just depends on how much you want to pay for it. if you're going to outlaw that kind of action, then you will be only allowed to buy directly from nintendo, and you know they don't do that.

well I have points on both sides of this coin, First I do see your point about families wanting to get and give their children what they want for Christmas and that its hard even at regular prices sometimes, especially when they are only making and distributing a certain amounts, that makes it very hard on the working middle class families, but on the other hand if SOME FOOL wants to spend thousands of dollars let him, because the man that is selling it to him might need a little more money then what he has and he is just trying to give his kids a good Christmas as well!

its very natural its a law of supply and demands hehe. many people want it but not everybody can buy it. they raise the price because some people really do want it. Why not buy PS3 its way more better i think. I have Xbox 360 and its good enough.

Personally, I don't see the big deal. If they get them first and people are dumb enough to pay more than they're worth then so be it. As for "the Children" ... I hate to tell you but your kids will live without Nintendo WII until they're more plentiful. Christmas isn't about the gift, it's about the family and celebrating of the birth of Jesus. And creating an atmosphere where the child feels deprived if they don't get what they want for Christmas is simply wrong. For one season, try to enjoy a holiday with few gifts and more focus on the family time (baking cookies, watching Christmas movies, making homemade gifts, making ornaments) and see what Christmas your kids remember when they grow older. I'm a mom of teens... my kids cannot tell you a single gift they got, including the ones they were dying to have. But they can tell you about the times we made cookies and had frosting fights and went caroling to the retirement home, etc. Just a thought.

I dont think those people are jerks, I think they are smart. Because, really, if you are just an honest parent trying to make a living for yourself and by something for your kids, why not go to the store and stand in line and get one?? The people who buy these online for outrageous prices are the dumb ones. No one is FORCING you to buy them at the outrageous price, people are bidding on it and making the price outrageous. A friend of mine bought a PS3 and put it on Ebay. He started it at ONE CENT. Not over the price he paid, but ONE CENT. People then bid on it THEMSELVES, and someone ended up buying it for $1400. He didn't overcharge, they overbid.

I would never buy something like that. And yes I think there should be laws to stop this kind of stuff. I actually think there are laws against this, but it isn't taken care of that often.