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Offline Eiksirf
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« on: October 27, 2006, 03:50:32 AM »
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With next-gen consoles Wii and PS3 to launch soon, online auction site eBay hopes to reduce the fraudulent listings and unfulfilled orders that plagued the site during the launch of Microsoft\'s Xbox 360. Effective immediately, eBay has placed the following restrictions on pre-orders for Wii and PS3:
 
  • Only one of each console can be listed per eBay account prior to the launch of the console (PS3 is expected to be available on 11/17/06, Wii on 11/19/06).
  • The seller must only accept payment through PayPal, and have at least 50 feedback with a 98% or greater positive rating so that they qualify for PayPal Buyer Protection.
  • The pre-sale item must be listed in the 3, 5, 7 or 10-day formats, and cannot use Buy It Now.
  • The listing must include a photo of your pre-order receipt in the description.

 
Beyond outright scamming, hopefully these new restrictions will reduce the hoarding and price gouging that have become the dark flipside to launch frenzy.

50 feedback? At least this is only for selling pre-orders. Should be a different story with system in hand?
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006, 04:11:04 AM »
Toy R Us will be taking pre-orders for the Wii this Sunday at 7AM. You have to be there earlier. Hopefully, the eBayers and Nintendo fans will be killing each other when I arrive so I can take over the #1 spot.
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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2006, 04:12:25 AM »
smart move.
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 04:58:09 AM »
I\'ll just wait for my bro in law to buy a PS3, then sell it to me when he\'s broke....
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2006, 12:45:33 PM »
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I\'ll just wait for my bro in law to buy a PS3, then sell it to me when he\'s broke....


Now that\'s a plan ;)
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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2006, 05:08:26 AM »
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smart move.


Yes. And it gets better:

http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20045&

Cliffs: EBGames and EBay are looking at auctions of pre-sales and cancelling the auction if it\'s an EBGames pre-sale. :laughing:

Sony is in cahoots as well. They want gamers who want the system to pay it at cost and not have to pay scalpers more money first.
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2006, 07:18:46 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2006, 07:47:47 AM »
That can\'t be serious. Who would pay that much for a console? I guess people don\'t know how to be patient. I mean they\'ll be easy to get in a month or so and the same games will be out so what\'s the difference? You just sound like a moron when you say you bought a PS3 for 9000 dollars.
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« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2006, 08:04:10 AM »
Unless they\'re uber rich and wipe their asses with Benjamin$.
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« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2006, 09:21:46 AM »
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Unless they\'re uber rich and wipe their asses with Benjamin$.


Still though. I hope it breaks on them. Then they will realize how stupid it was paying 9000 dollars for a 600 dollar console. I find that funny.
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« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2006, 05:48:58 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2006, 06:30:28 AM »
I think people type a high number to assure the win, not thinking someone else will do it too. So then they end up winning an auction they won\'t pay for.
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« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2006, 06:55:04 AM »
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I think people type a high number to assure the win, not thinking someone else will do it too. So then they end up winning an auction they won\'t pay for.


I did that once. Some guy was selling a Mitsubishi Evo8 for 1 penny. I bid with $1.00 and no one else was bidding. I got scared after 6 days, I cancelled my bid claiming the car was Right Side Driven which is not suitable for the US roads. ;) Boy was he pissed.

Shipping was gonna cost $40,000! :laughing:
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« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2006, 08:54:00 AM »
Which is of course not allowed under Ebay policy.  You can\'t have zero or very low cost items where they make both shipping and enough profit in the hidden \'shipping costs\'.  You could have gotten out of it even had you won ;)

Oh, and sell sooner rather than later.  They\'re sending out shipments daily, to the tune of 1 million shipped by Christmas, so I\'m thinking the price will drop.
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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2006, 07:01:28 AM »
yeah, i\'m debating dumping my 2 for 1.5k or so now.  sony is claiming a shitload more will be shipped before xmas.
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