They are really going for about 150-160, including the amount paid for shipping. Less the 86 dollars for the item makes it about $74. Less 13% ebay + paypal fees, let's call it $64.agfan2013 said:
Each unit plus tax $86, then I estimated $10 since hes shipping for free using priority USPS. So $220-96 is $124 bucks profit times the 21 units is $2604. Not sure if its worth that if he waited in lines, did midnight releases, etc. If he works in a store then its easy money, but there should be some sort of store policy to prevent employees from doing it.
And if he sells enough on eBay, he's gonna have to pay taxes on the profit (self-employment, so lets say 10% + both halves of FICA, so another 15%), so we're looking at about $50 in profit for each. (I help my wife resell a lot of things on eBay)
I doubt he was able to hustle his way to 21 units though, considering they all came out around the same time. I'm guessing he had inside help, probably himself.