Console Shortages: Why not use charity auctions?

14th Nov 2006, 01:13 GMT

We saw shortages with the 360 last year and now with the PS3 and Wii this year. A normal free market will respond to shortages by raising the price until the shortage is over. That’s the standard, textbook response. However, that’s simply not an option since that would trigger huge, lasting negative sentiment among the [...]