There are of course many places to purchase the Nintendo Wii.  Department stores, online stores, auctions – the problem is that most of these places are not above exploiting the popularity of the Wii by offering it at sky high prices that the average gamer simply just cannot afford.  And, again, it seems like every time a store has a new Wii game to offer, the Wii purchase prices sky rocket even more. 

With a site like Ebay, you can never be sure exactly how much you are going to pay, unless the seller you are looking at has activated the Buy-It-Now option – but generally, where the Nintendo Wii is concerned, that option is no better than the prices offered by department stores.  Besides that, very rarely are the Wii products available on Ebay offered with very many options.  Meaning, you might completely break your bank account and just receive the console with one controller and one game for your troubles – and how much is that really worth? 

Sites like Amazon are by far the better option.  Amazon in particular – an