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Old 11-17-2006, 06:12 PM   #1
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"PS3 eBay prices soar"

Now, I'm as capitalistic as the next guy but some people have just too much money on their hands! Who pays $2,000 for a what they can buy in a couple months for like $400?!

PS3 eBay prices soar
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot
Posted Nov 17, 2006


Online auctions see Sony's next-gen consoles fetching between $2,000 and $15,000 on launch day.

There was little doubt that online auctions for Sony's PlayStation 3 would be commanding exorbitant prices after the system's launch at 12:01 a.m. this morning. With expected shortages around the country and gamers and scalpers alike camping out for days just for a chance at landing one of the systems, prices on preordered systems were routinely hitting the $1,500 mark a month before the system went on sale.

Now that the PlayStation 3 has hit the market and sellers have their systems in hand, prices for online auctions are soaring. A quick survey of eBay Friday morning found more than 10,000 listings for PS3 systems (although many had been taken down), with three auctions won by bids of $15,000 or more. However, it seemed most systems were going for between $2,500 and $5,000, with one "lucky" bidder snagging a PS3 for $2,250.

Auctions for Nintendo's Wii were less plentiful (a search yielded more than 1,100 listings for Wii systems) and were commanding lower sale prices, but some of the $250 consoles were going for several times their retail price, with one bundle including games and accessories topping the $1,400 mark.
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Old 11-20-2006, 04:42 AM   #2
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Meh. It's insane. I've heard takes of mugging and violence in the ps3 lines. People are morons.
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Old 11-20-2006, 05:20 PM   #3
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Mugged nothin'... I read some guy got killed for one!

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someone sold one for 99 mil i think LOL
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Old 11-20-2006, 07:30 PM   #5
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someone sold one for 99 mil i think LOL
Yeah, 99mil pesos!

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i dunno
(if that was sarcasm i missed it)
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i dunno (if that was sarcasm i missed it)
Well, I figured no one really paid 99mill for a PS3 (did they?!) so I was saying pesos cuz $1 U.S. Dollar = 10,000 Mexian Pesos.

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It rediculous when people will go spending large amounts of money which is well over the RRP price of the console. It's not like it's going to be out of stock forever isn't it.

It will be back in stock just like the PSP console within a few weeks or months.
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supply and demand...
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