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Sell-out Nintendo console going on eBay.

11. December 2006, 3:45 Uhradmin

PARENTS desperate to get a Nintendo Wii for their kids this Christmas can buy one on eBay - but it’ll cost at least THREE times as much.

Within hours of the video games console being launched in the UK more than 1,200 were on the website.

Canny traders, who pre-ordered months ago for the retail price of £179, were selling this year’s Christmas must-have for more than £500 last night. And eBay spokesman Richard Ambrose said: “We expect trading to be fast and furious in the coming weeks.

“We can expect a large volume of Wii sales as high street stocks run low and parents are under pressure try to find the must-have for under the tree.”

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