PS3 pre-orders

**Cowutopia** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:13 PM

The ones that are really losing money are the retailers. Sony can't
really markup the ps3 too much because people would give them more guff than they already are for $600. Stores like EB and GS and even TRU and Target should all mark them up like 200 over MSRP and pocket the cash themselves.

**Cowutopia** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:15 PM

Is that legal?

**icarusfall** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by morphix

Karma will get you for cheating people.

You can't be serious.

Capitalism: You want it, you got it; and everything that comes with it.

**Razor Ramon** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:17 PM

How are you cheating people? You put it up and let them fight for it. That's capitalism, buddy. You want the goods you gotta pay.

**Rumpy** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by Cowutopia

Is that legal?

A store selling it over MSRP? Sure it is. The "s" stands for suggested you know.

**Diff-chan** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:23 PM

Originally Posted by morphix

Karma will get you for cheating people.

Nobody's cheating anyone, though.

**Razor Ramon** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:23 PM

I thought the S stood for Superflous amirite?

**morphix** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:25 PM

Originally Posted by icarusfall

You can't be serious.

Capitalism: You want it, you got it; and everything that comes with it.

come on, don't bullshit a bullshitter.

You know what is right and what is wrong. Do what you want but what goes around comes around

**MechDeus** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by morphix

I had the opportunity to profit from it but I think it is wrong to take advantage of parents who just want to buy their kids what they want for Xmas.

Hello, welcome to the entire reason the products are on the marketplace in the first place. This is followed by how the entire reason there's a shortage is because of the product being pushed out for people to purchase at Christmas.

Nobody's cheating anyone. This isn't some sustained multi-year markup like Radiant Silvergun. It'll last for a month, maybe until Christmas, and then things will drop down into standard pricing. Do you know why the prices go up? Because someone bids on it and then someone else places a higher bid. Repeat.

Besides, it's not like there's enough to go around in the first place.

**morphix** · 12 Oct 2006, 02:28 PM

Originally Posted by Diff-chan

Nobody's cheating anyone, though.

Just like no one was cheating anyone when after hurricane Andrew people were selling $500 generators for $5000 each.

Sure you don't have to buy a PS3 on Ebay, but these opportunistic leaches are going to make it hard for honest people to get a new system this year.

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