Is this wrong?

[brawndolicious]

I was bidding for a wii on ebay (no other way to get it) with 40 minutes left to go and I bid $380 over the last bid of $370 and with ten minutes left to go somebody bid $400 so I waited and at 2 minutes to go bid $410 and then they bid $420 so in the last 28 seconds I bid $425 and won.

it's a lot more than how much it is at stores but it comes with 14 games and 2 controllers.

[brawndolicious]

oh no, that's 9 games.

[BobbyRobby]

There's nothing wrong with sniping auctions.  He was trying to do the same to you.  If he really wanted it, he'd put in a higer price.

5 of those games are Wii Sports and the other 9 Wii Play.  You got fucked.

Wii Sports actually has a pretty good resale value.  sucks since my roommate bought our Wii used

[brawndolicious]

dude I don't honestly think that somebody got a wii and had 14 games and thought to suddenly sell it.

I'm very much obsessed with metroid prime 3 though and this is honestly (somehow) the only time I bought a system with a specific game in mind to play.

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Not wrong -- just stupid.  You can get Wiis for like $300-$325 on Craigslist.

Enjoy your "14 games"

EDIT:  And there's systems on eBay with a $350 buyout, yet you're bidding $75 above that -- wtf were you thinking?

[brawndolicious]

I don't really give a shit.  I'm more concerned with how common it is to wait to the last second.

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Wii auctions seem to have inspired a new era of deception on eBay.  An auction with a Wii and Wii Play and extra nunchuck is now advertised as "1 system PLUS 14 games PLUS 4 Controllers" because it's 2 nunchucks and 2 wiimotes.

God help us if these sucker-buyers if the sellers ever bundle in Warioware or something.  "80 games PLUS 4 controllers!"

I don't really give a shit.  I'm more concerned with how common it is to wait to the last second.

It's very common....but you didn't even wait until the last second.  You made the mistake of getting into a bidding war in the last hour, when you should have been outbidding with 10 seconds left.  Never get into a bidding war.  It becomes emotional and you end up paying way more than you should have (eg: $175 for Wii Play) just because you wanna beat the other guy.

[brawndolicious]

I figured if it went that high that they wouldn't really give a damn but when I checked on it out of curiosity it said I was outbid.  I don't know why that pissed me off.