stupid people I would just wait for them to get all the bugs out then buy it...

in the end, Sony is stupid....they know they have a limited supply....and pple are going at lengths to get the unit on day 1.

No matter what, the 400,000 units will sell out in 10 minutes when the stores open.


so if sony was smart, they would be the one jacking the price up for the 1st batch of units....this would limit the number of pple making quick cash and more money would go in Sony's pocket.

The bill of materials for a PS3 is higher than what they are selling it for....they should get that back at least...mind u they will with the coming games and such



All of the above is pure capitalist talk...and IMO makes sense....


That'd suck for those gamers wanting the thing so bad.....and luckily im not one of them!!


(I sense lots of flames coming for this post lol)

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Originally posted by devnull in the end, Sony is stupid....they know they have a limited supply....and pple are going at lengths to get the unit on day 1. No matter what, the 400,000 units will sell out in 10 minutes when the stores open. so if sony was smart, they would be the one jacking the price up for the 1st batch of units....this would limit the number of pple making quick cash and more money would go in Sony's pocket. The bill of materials for a PS3 is higher than what they are selling it for....they should get that back at least...mind u they will with the coming games and such All of the above is pure capitalist talk...and IMO makes sense.... That'd suck for those gamers wanting the thing so bad.....and luckily im not one of them!! (I sense lots of flames coming for this post lol)

The worst thing is, Sony actually cut supply even more on tuesday or wednesday, so it is estimated that North America will only receive 150,000 - 200,000 units! Thats is definitely not acceptable, especially for the Christmas season.

And to top that off, it does not appear that their are going to be any significant Shortages for the Wii. If you want a Wii before Xmas, there is a great chance that you will get one!
The best thing Nintendo could do.

What console do you think Timmy's mom is going to buy? the $700+ system that you can't get...or the $300+ system that will be available! Timmy will be very happy w/ his Wii.

And yeah, the eBay stuff..thats Capitalism working at its best!

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH find me a real job that'll pay over a grand for standing around for a while

How about being a scalper.

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thank god I never waited in line

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If REALLY wished to have one, and I had lots of extra disposable cash, id pay $3,000. Because that would be nothing for something I want.

$3,000 wouldnt wouldnt affect me in any meaningful way.

And that's great if you can afford to, bc then u can get what you want, and you dont have to wait.

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Originally posted by Jem_hadar If REALLY wished to have one, .

Christmas is just around the corner!!!!

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Originally posted by raveed Anyone who resorts to measures like camping outside stores just so that they can buy a hot item that they can sell for profits gets a thumbs down. People can say what they want about it being ok to make profit from stupid people who are willing to pay well over the retail price for a sold out commodity but it just goes to show what your personal attitude towards money is (probably the same as those scalpers outside the guvernment) and what shit you are willing to put yourself through to make some easy cash. And theres nothing wrong with scamming people from their hard earned money, there are better and more subtle ways to do it. Get a real fucking job.

well said. people were talking about it all day at school today. stupid if you ask me. losers.

I must add too though...the ppl that are going to pay over two grand, let alone 700 bucks for a fucking video game system is a fucking idiot. not to mention a hundreds of dollars for games and accessories.

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SHIT

I FAILED!!

Went to a local walmart.....

was 8th in line

waited 10 hours...and then the manager comes out and says they only have 6 in stock....

first he didnt want to tell us...but then the line grew to like 40 ppl

and he then comes out and goes...

i dont u all just standing here for no reason freezing, i feel bad, so i just want to tellu that we only have 6 in stock....

they were expecting 15 but only got 6 so i was shit out of luck

kinda mad cuz i waited for like 10 hours..

the frist 6 ppl got there yesterday morning at 8am..

maybe next time

Wii Wii Wii!

My friend went at 9am this morning ... i told him he was crazy

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Originally posted by raveed if you guys really are as smart businessmen as you think you are then why arnt you in the position of the person who is able to shell out 2000 for the ps3 instead of selling it to him for that much.

that's gotta hurt.
and the reality is they are simply, not.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* losers.

pretty much.

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Originally posted by zokissima You get scammed every day, you buy clothes that on average have a 500% markup (that is a fact btw), yet no one ever says anything, and we see posts like these. We live in a world where literally almost everything you buy has an enormous markup over the actual cost it took to produce and sell any given item. Why don't you go complaining about that.

read that over a couple times and see if still makes sense to you.
I was going to write a well-written reply, but on second thought - I'll leave you with one word, in hopes it'll help you realize just how terribly wrong and irrelevant this 'supporting statement' is, to
this discussion.

ECONOMY