Would you buy this used Wii U?

 There's a guy on my local Craigslist selling a 32gb Wii U for $200 (originally said $250, but said if I grab it today or tomorrow he'd let it go for $200). He says it works perfectly (I would of course try to make sure it read a disk though I only have Wii disks and he stated he's already traded in all his Wii U games, turned on, etc). He states that there are no manuals (no biggie), no registration stuff (bummer to lose the eShop 10% bonus and Club coins, but not huge) and no Nintendo Land (traded it in). Oddly he said it never came with any stands, but perhaps he doesn't know what I mean. Then there's always the risk of it being a Craigslist deal....

Lastly, I'm wishy-washy on picking up the console in general as there really isn't anything I want on it at the moment, but I figured I could always stack some VC stuff on it and there will eventually be stuff I'm interested in and I doubt I'll be able to pick up an equivalent to the deluxe bundle for anywhere near that cheap any time soon.  

My suspicion is that we won't see a Wii U price drop at E3 even though it desperately needs one. Gamestop just extended its trade in promotion for the Wii towards a Wii U until past the E3 date which I don't suspect they'd do if they though both items would have a further decrease in their value.

So ultimately, $150 off retail for no Nintendo Land (honestly, probably wouldn't have gotten much play time anyway), no packaging or new purchase Club Nintendo bonus, a used console and the potential that comes with buying from a non-returnable source (though I would make an effort to minimize that risk and, as a whole, Nintendo consoles tend to be fairly reliable) and a thrown in copy of House of the Dead 2&3 (I assume the Wii version?). I guess there is always the potential he has bought some VC stuff that could be lingering on it too, I didn't ask, but it doesn't seem that way.

sounds stolen to me. DaBrainz

sounds stolen to me. DaBrainz

[QUOTE="DaBrainz"]sounds stolen to me. TxTech1923

[QUOTE="TxTech1923"][QUOTE="DaBrainz"]sounds stolen to me. TwistedShade

screw that, just wait to see what new SKUs Nintendo will release and see if a price cut comes this fall

Thanks..... I decided not to get it. My inner impulse buyer was feeding that desire and I need to learn to control him better (he wins WAY too often). 

I, too, prefer to buy a system new unless there is a crazy deal and that's actually the reason I was asking. I'll just wait unti the price of a new one inevitably drops to a reasonable amount for what is offered on the system. I expect there to be a price cut and perhaps a new bundle post-E3 anyway.

Yea GameStop is only giving $120 for the 32GB ATM, $80 for 8GB

Sounds a bit fishy to me, but the price is decent. Main issue is the U still has crap for games, you're going to be wishing you saved that cash for something else soon after.

Yea GameStop is only giving $120 for the 32GB ATM, $80 for 8GB

bonesawisready5

lol at 200 dollars id get it , 

there is already some nice games available , resident evil lego city nfs mw u , zombi u nsmbu walking dead ,   sniper elite 2 ,   so what if some of these are on 360 ps3,   they are good titles, theres enough on vc as well,  theres also 2  zeldas coming , new yoshi game, wiiparty 2 ,   so many new upcoming exclusives that at 200 , thats a steal  ,  

you can wait and pay 350 if you want 

Yea GameStop is only giving $120 for the 32GB ATM, $80 for 8GB

bonesawisready5

the values are sooo low, i remember being offer 25 bucks for at the time a near new ps2 i paid 300 for, only 2 months prior i wanted to trade it because i wanted a slim, once they offered me 25 i was like sorry no im keeping it   theres no way would i trade at gamestop after that point ,