Thoughts on ebaying/reselling ps3's

[dc_publius]

Trip report:
I called EBGames at 1015. The manager said he still has a few systems, but expects to be sold out within the hour. I haul ass to the store.

I get to the store at 1030 and there is no line. I thought it was too late, but I got there in time afterall. I placed my preorder and I'm ready to go. As my order is being filled, the phone rings off the hook constantly with everyone asking about PS3. The manager says that they got the memmo about opening preorders yesterday night and there were 9 people already waiting before the store opened.

I thought about stopping by at 2 malls to see if I can score some more, but I think it's a lost cause. If the out of the way location sells out by 1030, the mall EB Games preorders will be sold out for sure.

Big kudos to crestedbutte for letting us here at 2+2 know about this!

[Nicholasp27]

i was signed up for their email on their site; surprised i didn't get an email


congrats on the score; u just made $700!

[dc_publius]

I signed for an email on their site as well.

Worthless, apparently.

[Nicholasp27]

Offtopic:

a gamestop i called said tomorrow for the Wii

i'm gonna pre-order one of those, but for myself, not for re-sale

[dc_publius]

How do you even pronouncde Wii? I don't want to sound stupid ordering it. One of the comments on the gaming site linked above says about Wii: "Regarding Wii reserves: My manager said "as early as this week"."

[Nicholasp27]

pronounced like 'we'

as in u and me, we

[dc_publius]

OK. Now is probably the perfect time to score more of these. EB Games wasn't taking preorders untill they were alloted their batch. This means that other manufacturers are getting allotments assigned as well and should be taking preorders soon.

I'm having trouble finding the kinds of official bundles available. When I preordered mine, they just asked me about the hard drive. I went for the more expensive. Are there any official bundles with games? Those will probably fetch more money.