A couple months back I was in the market for a Nintendo Wii.  Being that they are short on stock , I turned to the Wii Tracker for some help.  After a couple weeks, I started to notice a pattern.  The Wii would come in stock at retailers, but only in expensive bundles.  This was frustrating because I really only wanted to spend $250, not $400-600 on a bundle.  To me, it appears that retailers are taking advantage of the Wii shortage to boost sales.  While the practice of bundling is sometimes illegal, it does not appear to be so in this case because the products are related.  However, I find the practice troubling, at best.

According to Wii Tracker, here are the list of retailers that are taking part in this practice:  Circuit City, Costco, Toys R Us, Buy, Comp USA, Dell, EB Games, eToys, Frys, GameStop, Sam’s Club, and WalMart.

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