So, how much are you willing to pay for Sony's Next Generation Console? $500? $750? $1000?
It seems that the auction site ebay has been inundated with sellers trying to offload their pre-ordered PS3 consoles at inflated prices.
The average price for a console off of ebay is currently around the $1500 mark.
Some people have managed to get more than 1 pre-order in, which will guarantee them more than one console.
An example of this is an ebay member, Dubamoinc, who states, "I waited in line at GameStop this morning (10/06/2006) and i am the number one person on the pre-sale list which means i am guranteed a PS3 on november (sic) 17th 2006. I have 4 pre-orders in and I am guranteed (sic) ALL of them that day".
This is just one of many, who are willing to part with their pre-orders to make a small fortune. Economically speaking, you can understand their reasoning behind such a move, but with so few PS3's available at launch, why were people able to pre-order more than one console, and, more importantly, selling their pre-orders online ruins it for other people who didn't manage to get one. Personally, I think ebay should ban practices like this, but, as long as ebay is making money, they don't care what gets sold.
On another note, one seller is hoping that they will somehow make a massive fortune. The person has apparently put a Buy-It Now price on a PS3 pre-order rumoured to be $100,000. If anyone chooses to buy it at that price then they are either VERY rich, VERY desperate, or more than like both.
So if you desperately want a PS3 at launch, and have an extra $1000 laying around the place (that could actually be put toward a half-decent HDTV to play your PS3 on) then head over to ebay.
Ebay, definitely the sellers site...
Jason F Staff