Ebay cracks down on PS3 Pre-orders

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited October 2006 in Science & Tech
A number of PS3s have already appeared on eBay, marked up by thousands of dollars; however Ebay seems to be cracking down on those listing the pre-ordered PS3 console's for outrageous prices.

These are machines that are being pre-ordered by staff at games stores and listed on Ebay with a huge mark-up. The antics of the store owners have been attracting attention from PS3 fans, who fear a repeat of the Xbox 360 debacle, where store owners and managers took advantage of a unit shortage, taking the consoles off their shelves and flogging them on eBay.
However, it seems that eBay has decided to ban such sales. PS3 pre-orders with huge mark-ups appear to have been pulled from the auction site, upon the orders of eBay HQ. It is unlikely to stop the black-market in PS3s taking off when the console is released, but it is a start.
Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • zero-counterzero-counter Linux Lubber San Antonio Member
    edited October 2006
    Good, futile though.
  • JengoJengo Pasco, WA | USA
    edited October 2006
    Nice Try ebay.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited October 2006
    Anyone that pays that much for those PS3's that they are going to be scalping deserves to be screwed. :shakehead:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited October 2006
    Anyone who pays that much for game system that will be a fraction of that price in only a couple months does not have a real life. Sad, really.
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