looks like buying PS3 to EBay didn't work after all

[Don]

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061115/japan_pl ... .html?.v=5

I heard people in Japan were hiring homeless Chinese guys to stand in line for them and then trying to resell it on EBay, but looks like the whole thing backfired.

[Julius Seeker]

It will be interesting to see how things unfold once the Wii launches in 2 weeks.

[Flip]

The US eBay is going nuts over it. When it really launches it will be interesting to see if it continues. I'm sure many of those $2,000+ bidders arent intending to pay.

[Don]

Well, the Japan one had stuff bid up to the millions, but that doesn't mean much if people don't actually pay. If anything I think it'd be worse here in US trying to turn a profit because we receive about 5 times the shipment but we definitely don't have 5 times the gaming population, so demand would probably be lower. I mean sure some people will sell their PS3 for $2000 but I bet most will end up losing money on it like what happened in Japan.

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

Good. Fucking speculators! And waiting in line to get a PS3 in order to ebay it is bad enough; but getting homeless people and immigrants to do it for you? Jesus Christ, that's just fucking appalling.

[Blotus]

Get GoW yet, Drew? My Live tag is NiceTimes2.

[Julius Seeker]

God of War is a fairly good game. Though I won't buy a PS3 for the sequel. Perhaps down the road, maybe. Though I think I will need the system to be under 300 dollars and have 5 good games; otherwise I'll feel like I am buying a baked potato for 9 bucks.

[Kupek]

He probably means Gears of War.

[Zeus]

He probably means Gears of War.

He definetely did. The fact he gave his Live name suggests it isn't a PS2 game :-)

[Andrew, Killer Bee]

Get GoW yet, Drew? My Live tag is NiceTimes2.

It shipped from Canada yesterday. With luck I'll have it early next week. I'll give you a hoy when I do .

God of War is a fairly good game. Though I won't buy a PS3 for the sequel.

You won't have to - God of War 2 is coming out on PS2, wooo!

[Zeus]

Get GoW yet, Drew? My Live tag is NiceTimes2.

It shipped from Canada yesterday. With luck I'll have it early next week. I'll give you a hoy when I do

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