PS3 Sold for $0.99

There have been many stories all over the internet this past week of people selling their PS3s on eBay. But this one is truly my favorite story so far.
A young man in Boston waited in line for a PS3 at a local Best Buy for 40 hours to make sure he got his PS3 when it was released. He bought a bunch of games, an extra controller, and a 2 year warranty worth $100. As soon as he got home, he headed straight to eBay to collect his fortune. But, as you can tell from the title of this article, the story takes a very sharp detour into a flaming brick wall. You see, ebayer kusakay was one sandwich short of a picnic and, instead of setting up his auction to start at $0.99, he selected the ‘buy it now’ button. In a matter of seconds, the PS3 was purchased by a very lucky geeqnastie.
So there you have it, a happy ending for everybody. If your waiting in line for 40+ hours for a console to sell it, at least know how to sell it on eBay.
Oh yea, the picture above is him posing for the camera while he waited in line at Best Buy.




November 25th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
Holy crap that is awsome! for the buyer that is! You think the nincampoop actually sent it out?
November 25th, 2006 at 1:04 pm
I bet he didn’t.
November 29th, 2006 at 7:23 am
[...] OK, I know that people are in a frenzy over this whole PS3 thing, but enough is enough. Who in their right mind would buy a PHOTO of a PS3 for $610. And let’s say the person really did want the photo…what would they do with it? I thought my article before for the $.99 PS3 was bad, but this one has to be the worst example of exploitation ever! [...]