PS3 crosses $10,000 barrier on eBay
Whatever you want to call them (opportunists, price gougers, geniuses), the slew of sellers auctioning those PS3 consoles they waited in line for could soon be laughing maniacally all the way to the bank.
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We reported earlier that bids for Sony PS3s had reached $9,000 this morning. By Friday afternoon bidding on eBay had jumped over $10,000 for a new, unopened 60GB unit. (Thanks to Evan J. for the tip.)
One entrepreneurial young man, asking $16,000, pleads on his seller's page, "FREE OVERNIGHT!!!! Help fund my college education!" The accompanying grainy photo of him holding his receipt and PS3 is slightly reminiscent of those ransom videos where a kidnap victim is forced to hold that day's newspaper to prove he or she is still alive. But despite the creepiness factor, we can't fault "discounts-from-philly"'s desperation for higher education. But we can if he just uses the money to get bigger tires and a paint job for his truck.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. 
- for the doubters
- by thundert00th November 30, 2006 3:25 PM PST
- <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://search.ebay.com/playstation-3_W0QQfromZR40QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsbrsrtZd" target="_newWindow">http://search.ebay.com/playstation-3_W0QQfromZR40QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsbrsrtZd</a><br />i stand corrected. the highest price is 20 mil, sorry.
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- Selling and Posting are 2 different things.
- by par4pogue December 20, 2006 7:50 AM PST
- Everybody needs to realize that PS3s are not selling for over 2 Grand on ebay. Yes they are being listed for well over that, but they never sell for that. Even if a PS3 ends with a final bid over 2 Grand ($700 now), the transaction never happens. The item will be relisted a few days later. There are several different reasons for this, but primarily it is from scam artists. They win the auction with a very low feedback score and try and get the seller to ship the item without collecting payment.
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