Thoughts on ebaying/reselling ps3's

[godofgamblers]

To anybody in the know about the current PS3/video game industry, how profitable would it be to resell PS3's given the current launch date and expected units and anticipation for it? I'm thinking about getting a group of friends and camping out and getting some if they're worth it, i.e. $300 or so profit per unit. Thanks for any opinions.

[Dazarath]

In the past, consoles resold immediately on Ebay have gone for around 1.5-2x the market price, with adjustments for how popular the console is and the supply. If I'm not mistaken, Sony announced that only 400k units would be in the initial shipment, so if I had to take a guess, I'd say you'd make closer to $900 profit per unit. The problem is actually getting your hands on one. The preorders are going to sell out so freaking fast, you could be stuck with the 36th wave of shipments or something. Just my thoughts.

[Thremp]

Preorder them... I think you can cancel if they're out.

BTW when do preorders for this start?

[dc_publius]

Let's start a list of good preorder places. If you have been successful getting your order filled for Xbox (and other hot systems before it) list it. I will look into my records.

[catalyst]

You have to put money down on preorders for them to hold a system for you, so cancelling out on them may be a pain.

[calmB4storm]

If you had a choice (which I'm not sure is too likely), would you recommend going with the $500 or $600 system to maximize ROI?

[Redd]

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If you had a choice (which I'm not sure is too likely), would you recommend going with the $500 or $600 system to maximize ROI?

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$600, no question IMO. The guys most likely to overpay for a system on launch day will be the geeky types who only want the high-end one.

[Anadrol 50]

Is this sytem out in Japan yet?

[imjoshsizemore]

I was thinking about doing this as well, they should sell for easily $1500 on eBay... just need to figure out where/when to preorder.

[Freakin]

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just need to figure out where/when to preorder.

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anywhere as soon as possible.

i doubt there are going to be hardly any options to preorder