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PS3 sold for $0.99
Author: Ryan GarsidePublished: 23rd November 2006
The unlucky guy even put a picture of himself queuing to prove it was genuine. What an idiot.
It starts with a young man from Boston, who waited in his local BestBuy line for 40 hours to ensure he got hold of his Playstation 3 come release day. Once he secured his purchase he quickly ran home and jumped on eBay. So desperate was he to make his Playstation 3 stand out form the crowd on the auction floor he had also bought a whole host of games, an extra controller as well as a free 2 year warranty worth $100. The package he offered looked pretty tasty.
It really was looking good for ebayer kusakay - 26 positive feedbacks and the chance to earn an absolute fortune, all just for standing in a queue for 40 hours. However, kusakay made a mistake and instead of putting the Playstation 3 up for auction for $0.99 he clicked the 'buy it now' button. As would be imagined the kit, worth over $1,000, was swiftly snapped up by a buyer called geeqnastie. All for less than a measly dollar.
If this isn't a hoax then no doubt the Playstation 3 will actually end up 'stolen' before it can be posted when the fool realises his mistake. Either way it just highlights what stupidity/lack of sleep can actually do to you. You have been warned.
Check the auction out for yourself here then have a laugh with the rest of us in the forums.
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thats what u get for jacking up MSRP for ur own personal fortune. im not saying its legally wrong... it is a valid way to make money... but jeez i hate those people.
In the end I suspect Cthippo is correct so it's a moot point.
Gotta agree with this. He deserves to lose it for 99 cents - can't stand the greedy tossers who resell these things on the internet. Yes it's supply and demand, but it sucks for all the people who aren't crazy enough to spend 1k but would still like to get one of the things.
Gotta be an idiot if he hands it over!!
Serves him right tho, but yeah theres no way its getting sent anywhere for 99c
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SELF-OWNED!
He obviously won't send it!
I'm not a console man, but I still think this guy oughta be lynched.
Entitled? For Pete's sake, it's a bloody console!! A luxury item and one with specially poor value. Nobody is entitled to it, no matter how "hardcore" they think they are...Camped for 40 hours and didn't catch one? Bad luck...try in 5 years with PS4, or alternatively, get a life and wait 6 months.
I can't understand such a hate towards the guy. Ok, it's funny as hell, he made a mistake, got self-pwned and we all got some laughs. And no, he won't sell it for .99c and there's little eBay or the buyer can do about it. But the people guilty of this buying madness are not the guys selling the consoles...are the imbeciles that paid up to 1000 for a X360 last year, and the retards that are going to pay even more for the PS3 this year.
But hey, "a fool and his money..." and all that stuff.
I don't think Ebay can make it go through... they could suspend the seller's account at worst, but in cases like this where it is clearly a mistake in the listing (and honstly, no-one could expect a buy-it-now of 99c to be serious) they would probably just issue a caution. The buyers could try and sue for breach of contract, but only a true muppet would risk the kind of legal fees that would incur if the case went against you.
Worst case, he doesn't send it, refunds (if the seller even sent $$ already with Paypal or the like) the seller, closes out that eBay account, and opens another.
Although, I would like to be a fly in the e-mail server these two are going back and forth on for this... :D
As for the whole "he shouldn't have bought 4 of them just to resell at a huge markup" discussion. My take is this. It's no different than getting an account with a huge distributor, buying high-end motherboards / cpus / video cards, marking them up significantly, and reselling them. Yeah, he prevented 3 other people from getting one, I'm willing to bet that about 2-3 weeks before X-Mas, major retailers in big cities are going to get good-sized PS3 infusions.
yes they proably are i can wait i hope they go down in price a bit lol
wont happen but think of it lol
Don't forget, Sony's selling these consoles at a loss...
I don't expect there to be too many additional PS3s until next year. Well, at least you're not going to see them on the shelves just sitting there. The Wii will be going quickly too, but with weekly shipments, a lot more people will go home satisfied.