“Buy It Now” prices on eBay are showing a slight downward trend.  And, the number of Kindles on eBay is rising.  At present there are 32 being auctioned.

Given that supplies are limited, that Amazon has publicly stated that it won’t be delivering new Kindles before Dececmber 25 and that the Kindle is likely to be a highly desirable Christmas gift, it’ll be interesting to see what happens to Kindle prices on eBay as Christmas gets closer.

On the one hand, supplies in the market are likely to increase as Amazon completes orders already in the pipeline.  On the other hand, as the Kindle becomes more widely know, demand for it is likely to increase.  It will be interesting to watch Kindle prices on eBay over the next few weeks.

As this is written, there are 17 Kindles on eBay.  It’s probably that more and more are being delivered and the new owners want to take advantage of the current scarcity premium on Kindles.

If you haven’t already ordered your Kindle from Amazon, it’ s now too late if you want a Kindle for Christmas.  This may help to explain the meteoric prices being bid at eBay.  Today, there is a high bid of $999 for a Kindle and the auction still has eight hours to go.

There are now nine Kindles for sale on eBay. One has a “Buy It Now” price of $999.

More Kindles are now starting to show up on eBay, perhaps because more people are receiving their Kindles from Amazon and can’t resist getting the premium for selling on eBay.  It’ll be interesting to see at which point prices come to rest once Kindles are more widely available.  Presumably,  once Amazon is caught up with its deliveries, the eBay clearing price should be close to the Amazon retail price.

A Kindle was just sold on eBay for $999. It was as a Buy-It-Now transaction. That’s a premium of $600 over the retail price — presumably for the ability to have and use the Kindle now rather than wait until Amazon.com restocks.