I thought this kind thing only happens on ebay

[hvhant]

Compusa has DS on stock, but for 224.99!! How could they charge 75 bucks(or 50%) more than MSRP?

[Scorch]

lol.. owned.

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=317285&pfp=hpf1

[greydemise]

Compusa has DS on stock, but for 224.99!! How could they charge 75 bucks(or 50%) more than MSRP?


smart..theyll make a crapload of money taht way..but the overprice makes me a sad panda :(

[dpatel]

if people will pay.. why not.

[dwsscs]

This sucks! I will remember this next time I need something. I guess I won't be going to CompUSA, unless they have one of those sales that turns me into a "Devil".

[stocker08]

wow, they migh tmake money, but thye ARE bastards

[NintendoFanGirl]

This topic has been moved. Please read the forum descriptions before posting. Thanks!

[wubb]

I'm surprised CompUSA would do this. Maybe it's a pricing mistake?

Or maybe it's because they are doing overnight shipping for $0.01 on it? (So they are upping the price of the DS to cover the S&H.) Still lame.

[Cracka]

if it were walmart, there would already be a jihad started by now

[Kuma]

if it were walmart, there would already be a jihad started by now
speaking of which

[Xtreme331]

It's called supply and demand. Low Supply, High Demand, high prices. See? I learned from high school economics!

[TurkeyOnRye]

Sad pandas are sooooo depressing :cry:

[stemartin7]

What a ripoff

[dracula]

i just bought ten


(jking)

[Dr Mario Kart]

seems like a smart move to me. If people will buy them for that much, then by golly, if i was a person in the business of making money, id sell them for that much. I mean, from the consumer end, it sucks, but thats business.

[Lexian]

It sucks for the consumer, but it's also a risk for the chain if people decide that they won't bother paying that much for a DS also. No one is forcing people to buy it from CompUSA

I thought Nintendo enforced fixed pricing. Isn't this the sort of thing that gets retailers black-listed?

[spankmenow420]

nintendo only enforces price fixing for the minimum a item must sell for..not a maximum.

[mkelehan]

Nintendo enfored minimum price fixing in the 80s, before it was deemed incredibly illegal. However, since they sell DS units to retailers for about $145, selling them for any less would be a bad idea.

[DX]

I'm surprised CompUSA would do this. Maybe it's a pricing mistake?

Or maybe it's because they are doing overnight shipping for $0.01 on it? (So they are upping the price of the DS to cover the S&H.) Still lame.

$70 for sh/h? :shock:

[lain21us]

Nintendo enfored minimum price fixing in the 80s, before it was deemed incredibly illegal. However, since they sell DS units to retailers for about $145, selling them for any less would be a bad idea.

I confess that I have no knowledge of the retail price of the DS. However, I think you'd better check your sources on that one. I've never heard of a manufacturer selling an item for 3% less than retail. In any case, I think it's quite safe to say that no retail outlet would be stupid enough to sell the DS for $150 if they had purchased it for $145. You have an interesting theory as to why CompUSA would bump the price up, but it seems to me highly unlikely.

[Kaijufan]

AFAIK as long as the SRP isnt on a product stores can sell them for whatever they want to.