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Chancer punts 'lucky' Wii for $1,234,567...

Anonymous Coward

Come on, it's a good exchange rate at the moment... 

Happy

what's that then, about 75p?

Mark

well... 

Well I'll certainly be needing that ebay mastercard.

Pie Man

Seller's fees? 

Pirate

What's the seller's fees on this B.I.N. price?

Anonymous Coward

Gasp 

Ebay in 'greedy chancer trying to find gullible punter' shock.

business as usual then.

executor485

How much is S&H 

Paris Hilton

Its not the price of the LUCKY Wii that gets ya, its the S&H costs... Cause as we all know, people will sell a $15 item and charge $25+ for S&H. At this awesome price I'd imagine S&H would be semi-reasonable?

Danny Traynor

$25 back 

I love how if you spend 1,234,567.89 on your ebay mastercard you get a whole $25 back. Who needs nectar points?

Matt Milford

Maybe theres a bird that lays golden eggs at the end of it 

Plant the lucky wii and a giant wii-stalk will grow, and take you to an enchanced land in the clouds where you must kill a giant to get his bird that lays golden eggs.

foxyshadis

Total fees 

The total fee on the auction would be about $18500... I wonder if the guy ate the $5.00 insertion fee as a cost of advertising his other auctions. Joke's on him as soon as someone hits BIN on a lark and ebay takes the fees out of his credit card. (Sure, they'll refund fees back... two months later.)

Robert Hirst

Hmmmm.... 

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If the serial number was 123456789 then they might be on to something... but aside from the amount they have decided to put the Wii up for (which anyone could decide to flog one for), where's the connection between this particular Wii and that oh-so-well-known lucky number?

Rick Brasche

why so much hate..it could actually be a lucky Wii! 

Coat

lucky for the seller, that is, if some chump buys it!:)

it's funny seeing used ones sell locally around here for $500. If my girl and I didn't play so much, I'd be tempted to cash in on folks who're incapable of shopping around for the things.

Brian

1,234,567.89? Really? 

Coat

Crap.

Short by 10 bucks.

Ah, well....

Nathanael Robertson

Re: How much is S&H 

Free!!!

I know! I'm blown away by their generosity too!

(It is however, only listed as shipping to the US... Bad form there I think)

JasonW

Now if it was Zim $..... 

Coat

I'd have enough :D

Anonymous Coward

Must have money to waste then... 

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... if this person is idiotic enough to list any item for over a million dollars then they deserve to pay $18k in seller fees for an auction that will NEVER sell. Hard to believe that anyone actually thinks they're going to get rich this way. If they took what they're GOING to pay in seller fees and put it into a real business venture they could create quite a nice income. With an $18k investment I could support my family with my eBay business!!!

Anonymous Coward

The Lucky Wii-ster 

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Actually the listing fees were only $5.80 and the Final Value Fee if the item sells is $18,536.52. Probably could be written off on taxes anyway as business expense, not to mention eBay offers a substantial reduction in fees if it is donated to charity. In any case $18k is nothing compared to $1.2 Million.

Keep watching as Saturday December 8th something really unthinkably lucky happens.

So before you thumb me down and chastise my idiocy – just wait until it’s all over and then you can have a have a hay day with your downward pointing thumbs!

k0rrupt10n

Wii are watching... 

Alien

And now there's one for $5M USD!!!