NationStates Jolt Archive


PS3 on Ebay.... It has begun

Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 08:53
$1,300. Pay double for an already expensive machine. How bad do think the craze will get? http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-System-Console-60GB-Pre-Sale_W0QQitemZ320045072579QQihZ011QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I want the PS3 but....
Wilgrove
06-11-2006, 08:54
I'm waiting for someone to sell the PS3 box, those are always fun to watch!
Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 08:59
I'm waiting for someone to sell the PS3 box, those are always fun to watch!

I saw somebody selling pictures of the graphics from X-Box. I think they were going for around $200. I'm too honest for my own good...
Delator
06-11-2006, 09:04
$1,300. Pay double for an already expensive machine.

Pfft...$1300, plus a trade in, would get me a better car.

Anyone who isn't waiting for the PS3 to drop in price is an idiot who deserves to be seperated from his money.
Harlesburg
06-11-2006, 09:10
Yeah i heard this plan few weeks back from some people.

Personally i hate Scalping.
Kyronea
06-11-2006, 09:27
Pfft...$1300, plus a trade in, would get me a better car.

Anyone who isn't waiting for the PS3 to drop in price is an idiot who deserves to be seperated from his money.

...

No, see, there's plenty of money to be made here by the smart investor. It's all at other people's expense, so I would never do it myself, but it's still money there to be made. If you want it.
Nevered
06-11-2006, 09:42
anyone here read VGcats?

they had a good comic concerning the price/availability of consoles:

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212

this guy on ebay: yea, he's the little one in the fifth panel.

so much money to be made, and none of it is going to Sony! :p
Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 09:47
anyone here read VGcats?

they had a good comic concerning the price/availability of consoles:

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212

this guy on ebay: yea, he's the little one in the fifth panel.

so much money to be made, and none of it is going to Sony! :p

That actually makes me wonder if somehow some of that money is...

Fuck. I need to go to bed. I'm turning into a Conspiracy Nut.
Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 20:28
It's gone to $1,800. http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-System-Console-60GB-Pre-Sale_W0QQitemZ220044437286QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

SUCKER! suckersuckersuckersucker... sucker.
Imperial isa
06-11-2006, 20:32
it best be gold plated at that cost to get it
Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 20:32
it best be gold plated at that cost to get it

Maybe it's scratch and sniff?
Kamsaki
06-11-2006, 20:33
Look at it this way. If people are prepared to pay that much, they won't mind the $500 that Sony is charging, and if Sony sell enough of those, they'll cut prices quicker.

Long live fools with money!
Righteous Munchee-Love
06-11-2006, 20:38
Pfft...$1300, plus a trade in, would get me a better car.

Anyone who isn't waiting for the PS3 to drop in price is an idiot who deserves to be seperated from his money.

Unfortunately, quite a lot of those idiots don't actually spend their own money, but make their parents' lifes miserable until these have to waste their hard-earned savings for this stuff.
Rainbowwws
06-11-2006, 21:04
But the release date is nov11 isn't it? There is still time to get in line.
Cannot think of a name
06-11-2006, 22:11
Is that $1,800 just for the place in line, or for the machine itself? Because when I saw people selling pre-sale or whatever bids on the Lotus Elise it was just for the position in line and on top of that they had to pay the price of the car. If after the $1800 the buyer still has to pony up $600...goddamn. I mean, I want one, too, but I can wait a minute. It's not like the thing can give blow jobs or anything...(well, even at $1800)
New Xero Seven
06-11-2006, 22:14
Whats wrong with these people? You bid that much just to get the gaming console first? What a waste. Video games are fun, but its not one of life's necessities... (gawd!) :eek:
Shazbotdom
06-11-2006, 22:30
Problem is that the PS3 is going to be around $200 more than the XBox 360 and thats without an internal hard drive for storage. Seems like a waste of money to me. that and the PS3 hasn't even shipped yet, so i don't know how these people on E-Bay are selling them.
Desperate Measures
06-11-2006, 22:59
Is that $1,800 just for the place in line, or for the machine itself? Because when I saw people selling pre-sale or whatever bids on the Lotus Elise it was just for the position in line and on top of that they had to pay the price of the car. If after the $1800 the buyer still has to pony up $600...goddamn. I mean, I want one, too, but I can wait a minute. It's not like the thing can give blow jobs or anything...(well, even at $1800)

Insert compulsory joke about it coming with a hard drive.