Sam's Club B&M - Mario Kart 8 Wii U Bundle @ $337; Why more then MSRP?

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I was in my local Sam's Club and noticed they had several of the Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundles but they were all priced at $337 despite MSRP being $329.99

I understand the "S" in MSRP stands for "suggested" but despite a few instances of Toy's R Us and Gamestop trying to be cute and effectively price gouging a few items I can't remember the last time I saw a major retailer do something like this.

What is worse is they have placards stamped at $327 with stickers over them with the $337 price.

Now I was curious as sometimes Sam's club does "a la carte" bundles so I thought maybe this came with something extra on top of what is actually bundled inside but no---it did not.

An employee tried telling me that they don't price items higher then MSRP and the actual price was probably $349.99 which I know to be true. When this was pointed out to him and he confirmed it by looking on line he looked at the box and said it was more expensive because this was a "bundle" that included a controller and racing wheel. I didn't bother arguing with him at that point since he obviously didn't know what he was talking about but I was wondering if anyone knew why Sam's club was pricing the console this way?

All stores in my area are sold out and I don't need a Wii U but know of a family member who would like to buy one for her son and outside of another $250 M&L bundle I figure this was the best way to go

 
An employee tried telling me that they don't price items higher then MSRP and the actual price was probably $349.99 which I know to be true. When this was pointed out to him and he confirmed it by looking on line he looked at the box and said it was more expensive because this was a "bundle" that included a controller and racing wheel. I didn't bother arguing with him at that point since he obviously didn't know what he was talking about but I was wondering if anyone knew why Sam's club was pricing the console this way?
That's funny.

Walmart's website has it in stock for the normal price. Some of my local Walmart and Target have them in stock, but I assume you checked yours already. $7 over MSRP isn't a lot on a $330 item considering it's sold out at Gamestop, Best Buy and local stores depending on where you live.

 
That's funny.

Walmart's website has it in stock for the normal price. Some of my local Walmart and Target have them in stock, but I assume you checked yours already. $7 over MSRP isn't a lot on a $330 item considering it's sold out at Gamestop, Best Buy and local stores depending on where you live.
I live in a small market, which for most things is good however where I live is the first major shopping area for the Canadians who come down to shop (depending on the exchange rate it is very beneficial to them) so things like this get bought up.

I don't think the $7 bump is outrageous it just made me a little bit upset that I'm paying a yearly membership so they can charge $10 more then the price printed on the placard which they put a sticker over and then tried to argue that the price was justified because they were selling a "bundle".

It's not something I need (I already have a Wii U) but was just trying to help a family member out and was wondering if we had any Sam's clulb employees who knew why this was priced they way that it is

 
^ I don't think so but if I'm in there later this week I'll open one and check. I would imagine they'd be labeled as such. All the other makeshift bundles that sam's club creates are heavily advertised as such

 
It might be a specialty bundle. The XBoxOne and PS4 Costco bundles use the same style box as the normal one, just with some extra words on the side.
 
Just an update their is nothing special with this bundle... at all. I opened one and the only thing that is in it which might be exclusive to Sam's Club (I doubt it though) is a one month Hulu Plus trial voucher. The rest was just standard contents.

 
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