PS3 Sells for $10,100

MVerlie · 11-16-2006, 02:00 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PLAYSTATION...em180050827536

Any truth behind this?

If so, what the fuck.

Szlia · 11-16-2006, 02:35 PM

That's what happen when Bill Gates and Ross Perrot enter in a bidding war on eBay.

Soygen · 11-16-2006, 02:37 PM

Hah. I really hope that's a bogus bid. If not, I really hate the fact I don't have a PS3 to sell.

Goliath · 11-16-2006, 02:42 PM

Anyone checked out the lines yet? I'm gonna go check out Fry's Electronics after work and see how bad it is. Fry's Electronics doesn't do preorders and they always get a ton.

Wiretwister · 11-16-2006, 02:46 PM

Going to take a Hi-def video at local best buy right now.

I should go up there when they open the doors and take hi def video of the tears of people that dont get theirs.

Itzena · 11-16-2006, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goliath

Anyone checked out the lines yet? I'm gonna go check out Fry's Electronics after work and see how bad it is. Fry's Electronics doesn't do preorders and they always get a ton.

Judging from the stock reports I've seen reported elsewhere, 'a ton' of PS3s would be (barely) into double figures.

Senen · 11-16-2006, 02:52 PM

Only thing I wish is I had gotten more preorders, if youve been watching Ebay PS3 presales have been going upwards of 3k each for the 60gig version. Selling PS3's is basicly paying for a big christmas this year, on average netting 2k per box is pretty nice wish there was more opportunities like this to make extra cash.

Aegdaien · 11-16-2006, 02:56 PM

One of my friends is camping out at Target with some buddies (i.e. warm bodies he's paying to be there so he can buy theirs as well) and they only had 8 people in line. No one else is getting in line because the manager came out and said that they were only getting 8 in. Same thing with Walmart...they let the first x people inside to camp out and sent the rest home. Best Buy is a clusterfuck in my local area. The property owner doesn't want people camping out and had sent people home both Monday and Tuesday night. He finally agreed to let people stay on Wednesday morning, under the agreement that no one can use tents. I live in Indiana, and it's been raining nonstop since Tuesday at about 40 degrees. People are out there wrapped in garbage bags and tarps without any shelter...and there's at LEAST 20 people in line, if not more, meaning that there's no way they're all gonna get one.

It seems like it varies pretty drastically on store/location, but from what I saw it's been pretty civil for the most part. I checked about 5 or 6 different stores who weren't doing pre-orders, and there's no way that anyone attempting to get into line since this morning is going to get a PS3.

Goliath · 11-16-2006, 03:02 PM

Well I just called Fry's Electronics and they had 100 people in line a few hours ago. I happened to call right as they were getting the shipment in, he told me 36 total, and there's now about 200 people in line, so lol guess that idea is out.

Sithro · 11-16-2006, 03:07 PM

I played the PS3 and Motorstorm...

It's not worth $10,000.

Goliath · 11-16-2006, 03:08 PM

It's not worth half what people are paying. But the fact of the matter is, the ratio of consoles to video games is .9/1. People are buying these to resell them, and they contribute in making them rare, and increasing their own prices. It's quite bogus.

AladainAF · 11-16-2006, 03:33 PM

Best buy has a guarantee MINIMUM of 20 60gb systems and 6 20gb systems on launch day. They are handing out 26 tickets in order of the line at 7am tomorrow.

Lines are already wrapped around the buildings here in Austin TX.

Zuuljin · 11-16-2006, 03:55 PM

Same here in socal. 3 best buys near my area, all have 60+ people outside (guesstimate, honestly could be more).

Aulirophile · 11-16-2006, 05:37 PM

I got bored today and called the nearest 100 Best Buys to me (some 5-6 hours away). All of them said their entire shipment is "spoken for." With variations like "huge line outside already" and "we were told to say." I intimidated one of the weaker employees into admitting that, at least at his store, a few employees are snagging anything over the highly publicized minimum of 26 per store and reselling them. Some Best Buys are getting 100 or so units, so if 5-6 employees decided to snag 50 of them they'd made 14k+ each. Talk about a Christmas bonus.

Zefah · 11-16-2006, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sithro

I played the PS3 and Motorstorm...

It's not worth $10,000.

It isn't worth $1,000.
It really makes me wonder if these people know that nothing good is going to be out of the sytstem for a long time or if they are simply paying out the ass for it because its "popular" and the demand is high.

11-16-2006, 02:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
MVerlie Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 309 +0 Internets	PS3 Sells for $10,100 http://cgi.ebay.com/SONY-PLAYSTATION...em180050827536 Any truth behind this? If so, what the fuck.

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Szlia Conquest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 4,610 +5 Internets	That's what happen when Bill Gates and Ross Perrot enter in a bidding war on eBay. __________________ -retrosabotage-

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Aulirophile Ultima Ratio Regum Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: California Posts: 1,581 -2 Internets	I got bored today and called the nearest 100 Best Buys to me (some 5-6 hours away). All of them said their entire shipment is "spoken for." With variations like "huge line outside already" and "we were told to say." I intimidated one of the weaker employees into admitting that, at least at his store, a few employees are snagging anything over the highly publicized minimum of 26 per store and reselling them. Some Best Buys are getting 100 or so units, so if 5-6 employees decided to snag 50 of them they'd made 14k+ each. Talk about a Christmas bonus. __________________ "Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire." ~Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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11-16-2006, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
Soygen 100% Pure Soy Monk Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Posts: 6,176 +19 Internets	Hah. I really hope that's a bogus bid. If not, I really hate the fact I don't have a PS3 to sell.

11-16-2006, 02:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Goliath Still not the Abyss Join Date: May 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,873	Anyone checked out the lines yet? I'm gonna go check out Fry's Electronics after work and see how bad it is. Fry's Electronics doesn't do preorders and they always get a ton.

11-16-2006, 02:46 PM	#5 (permalink)
Wiretwister Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Central Florida Posts: 180 -1 Internets	Going to take a Hi-def video at local best buy right now. I should go up there when they open the doors and take hi def video of the tears of people that dont get theirs.

11-16-2006, 02:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
Senen Old School ! Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 521	Only thing I wish is I had gotten more preorders, if youve been watching Ebay PS3 presales have been going upwards of 3k each for the 60gig version. Selling PS3's is basicly paying for a big christmas this year, on average netting 2k per box is pretty nice wish there was more opportunities like this to make extra cash.

11-16-2006, 02:56 PM	#8 (permalink)
Aegdaien Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,107 -6 Internets	One of my friends is camping out at Target with some buddies (i.e. warm bodies he's paying to be there so he can buy theirs as well) and they only had 8 people in line. No one else is getting in line because the manager came out and said that they were only getting 8 in. Same thing with Walmart...they let the first x people inside to camp out and sent the rest home. Best Buy is a clusterfuck in my local area. The property owner doesn't want people camping out and had sent people home both Monday and Tuesday night. He finally agreed to let people stay on Wednesday morning, under the agreement that no one can use tents. I live in Indiana, and it's been raining nonstop since Tuesday at about 40 degrees. People are out there wrapped in garbage bags and tarps without any shelter...and there's at LEAST 20 people in line, if not more, meaning that there's no way they're all gonna get one. It seems like it varies pretty drastically on store/location, but from what I saw it's been pretty civil for the most part. I checked about 5 or 6 different stores who weren't doing pre-orders, and there's no way that anyone attempting to get into line since this morning is going to get a PS3.

11-16-2006, 03:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Goliath Still not the Abyss Join Date: May 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,873	Well I just called Fry's Electronics and they had 100 people in line a few hours ago. I happened to call right as they were getting the shipment in, he told me 36 total, and there's now about 200 people in line, so lol guess that idea is out.

11-16-2006, 03:08 PM	#11 (permalink)
Goliath Still not the Abyss Join Date: May 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,873	It's not worth half what people are paying. But the fact of the matter is, the ratio of consoles to video games is .9/1. People are buying these to resell them, and they contribute in making them rare, and increasing their own prices. It's quite bogus.

11-16-2006, 03:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
AladainAF Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,716	Best buy has a guarantee MINIMUM of 20 60gb systems and 6 20gb systems on launch day. They are handing out 26 tickets in order of the line at 7am tomorrow. Lines are already wrapped around the buildings here in Austin TX.

11-16-2006, 03:55 PM	#13 (permalink)
Zuuljin So there's this plane on a treadmill... Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern California Posts: 2,906 +2 Internets	Same here in socal. 3 best buys near my area, all have 60+ people outside (guesstimate, honestly could be more).