Feeling gullible? Buy a painted Wii

mistermostyn | December 28, 2007 | News | Wii

A couple of New York City artists are looking to obtain their favourite material 'wants' by getting punters to buy representative paintings of each specific item, which just so happens to include the Nintendo Wii.

Christine and Justin would really like a Nintendo Wii. Should anyone be (stupid enough?) willing to offer up the retail price for Nintendo’s hit console in return for the canvas-bound interpretation then the eager couple will immediately purchase said Wii and cross that particular item off their list of material ‘wants.’

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black doom | December 28, 2007

Go for it... you know you want to.
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Bri | December 28, 2007

Well, it's a better approach to making money than selling a "miraculous Virgin Mary" cheese sandwich on eBay =/
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  Guticb | December 28, 2007
  
  Sadly, the cheese sandwich would fetch more money.
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    black doom | December 28, 2007
    
    What? Did they paint it poorly?
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Remino52 | December 28, 2007

Wow that is cool and weird at the same time.
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Yoshi Freak | December 28, 2007

I want that! I'd hang it in my room.
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ali3n | December 28, 2007

So you pay like 1/4 of the price of the real thing and you get a painting (and the painting is not all that amazing)?
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Dance Floor Killah | December 28, 2007

A painting... wow. Definitely wouldn't buy a painting, I'd actually make an effort to look for an actual console.
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Final Blade | December 29, 2007

Interesting, i wonder how much money they get for those paintings.
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mistermostyn | December 29, 2007

Sigh, clicking the source would reveal the answers to these questions.

No, you don't pay 1/4 of the price of the real thing and get a painting. You pay the full price of the item in return for the painted version.

How much money do they get for the paintings? They get whatever the retail price should be for a Wii, iPhone, Guitar Hero guitar, etc.
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  Final Blade | December 30, 2007
  
  Um i didn't exactly have time to read the full, so sorry for not reading the whole thing.
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KingX2 | December 29, 2007

Yeah...I'm not that crazy about the system to buy a painting of it as well.